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Mahmood Ali reviews Jahangir Peer dargah extension, Makkah Masjid renovation works
Hyderabad: Telangana state home minister Mahmood Ali along with the state minority welfare minister K. Eshwar on Saturday held a review meeting on the extension works of the historical Jahangir Peer dargah…
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One year salary of Makkah Masjid’s Imam released
Hyderabad: After a report in Siasat dated July 16 about the apathy of the officials concerning the slow pace of repair and renovation work and nonpayment of the Imams salaries for 16…
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Imam of Makkah Masjid not paid salary for 16 months; restoration work goes on at snail pace
Hyderabad: In spite of the tall claims of the Telangana Government for implementing Minority schemes, its Minority Welfare Department (MWD) utterly failed in the care and maintenance of minority religious place. The…
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Hyderabad: Friday prayers offered at Makkah Masjid after five weeks
Hyderabad: Friday prayers were offered in Hyderabad’s historical Makkah Masjid and other mosques after five weeks. Earlier, the state government had directed to close all the religious places to control the spread…
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Makkah Masjid bomb blast case hangs in limbo; future action uncertain
Hyderabad: Fourteen years after the bombing of the Makkah Masjid, which claimed several lives and sent ripples of fear over the safety and security of public spaces, and Hyderabad itself, the long…
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Places of worship reopen in Telangana
Hyderabad: After Telangana government lifted lockdown in the state, worshippers in huge numbers were seen at different religious places i.e., mosques, temples, churches and gurudwaras on Sunday morning. Last year when the…
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14 years on, Makkah Masjid blast case has no accused; NIA silence raises suspicion
Hyderabad: 14 years ago, when Friday prayers were ongoing at historic Makkah Masjid in Hyderabad’s Old City, a bomb blast took place which left nine dead and at least 60 severely injured.…
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Hyderabad: Taraweeh prayers at Makkah Masjid to continue
Hyderabad: The special Taraweeh prayers in Ramzan, which would have ideally been stopped due to the night curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 p.m., will now continue as the government and police department…
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Hyderabad: Covid-19 norms being followed at mosques
Hyderabad: As the country is witnessing a surge of COVID-19 cases across the country, the mosque managements in Hyderabad were advised to follow strict Covid norms during the month of Ramadan. The…
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Hyderabad: Taraweeh prayer at Makkah Masjid
Hyderabad: Superintendent of historical mosque Makkah Masjid Alhaj Mohammed Abdul Qadeer Siddiqui informed that Imam Hafiz Rizwan Qureshi will recite 3 ‘paras’ of the Holy Quran daily from 1st to 9th Ramzan…
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Taraweeh prayers, iftar allowed at Makkah Masjid: Officials
Hyderabad: Officials from the Telangana State Minority Welfare department have said that the Taraweeh prayers and Iftar can be done in mosques by following proper COVID-19 guidelines, as the state government hasn’t…
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Regularise services of Makkah, Shahi mosques’ employees: Shabbir
Hyderabad: The former opposition leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir wrote a letter to chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to regularise the services of the employees of Makkah and Shahi mosques. Mohammed Ali Shabbir…
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Makkah Masjid damaged; no action taken by government
Hyderabad: The Makkah Masjid is under attack yet again from encroachments. This time, it is construction activity on the Panchmohalla area, towards the southern side of the historic mosque. A slab has…
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Makkah Masjid: Outer wall, minaret suffer damage due to construction activities
Hyderabad: The apathy shown by the state’s archaeology department with regard to the historic Makka Masjid is causing anger and despair among the Muslims in the city. The department and mosque officials,…
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Makkah Masjid: Proposal to outsource services of Khatib, Imams and Muazzins from April
Hyderabad: While the state government had resources to increase the salaries of lakhs of government employees and extended their retirement age by three years, it has no budget to regularize services of…
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Hyderabad: Two arrested for making TikTok video at historic Makkah Masjid
Hyderabad: The Hussainialam police on Tuesday arrested two persons for making Tiktok videos in the vicinity of Historic Makkah Masjid. Mohammed Adil Ali along with his friend Mohammed Abdul Khusro, both residents…
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British High Commission officials visit Makkah Masjid
Hyderabad: British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis along with deputy high commissioner to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Andrew Fleming today visited the historical Makkah Masjid and were amazed by its architectural…
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Makkah Masjid renovation work unlikely to be completed before Ramadan
Hyderabad: The renovation work of Makkah Masjid is progressing at a slow pace. The work is going on under the supervision of the outsourced staff of the State’s archaeological department. The officials…
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Makkah Masjid repairing work resumed after 1 year gap
Hyderabad: Repairing and renovation work of Hyderabad’s historical mosque Makkah Masjid resumed after a gap of one year. However, there is no likelihood that this work will be completed by the onset…
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Makkah Masjid gates opened, spiritual fervor returns to Friday prayer
By Mohammed Hussain Ahmed Hyderabad: The gates of the historical Makkah Masjid have been opened for worshipers. Huge crowd thronged to offer Friday prayer after a long spell of closure in the…
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Hyderabad: Makkah Masjid’s works at snail’s pace
Hyderabad: The restoration work of the historic Makkah Masjid at a snail’s pace. The work which had started in 2017 and should have been completed under the stipulated time of 18-months, is…
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Prayers resume at Makkah Masjid
Hyderabad: Finally after the five long months wait, historical Makkah Masjid at Charminar and Shahi Masjid at public garden will be thrown open for five times prayers. The decision has triggered a…
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Prayers resume at Makkah Masjid, Shahi Masjid; Muslims rejoice
Hyderabad: Finally after the five long months wait, historical Makkah Masjid at Charminar and Shahi Masjid at public garden will be thrown open for five times prayers. The decision has triggered a…
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Makkah Masjid and Shahi Masjid set to reopen from Sept 5
Hyderabad: The 400-years-old Makkah Masjid at Charminar and also the Shahi Masjid, public gardens to be thrown open from September 5. Almost after 5 months, these two very old and historic mosques that…
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MIM Chief visits Mecca Masjid to check out renovations
Hyderabad: AIMIM President and MP Hyderabad Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi inspected the recent renovations of Mecca Masjid along with AK Khan — advisor to the government on minority affairs and Mumtaz Khan Shahnawaz Qasi — Director, Minority…
