Navratri
- India
HC junks PIL challenging UP govt’s move to hold religious events during Navratri
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the state government’s decision allocating Rs 1 lakh to each district to hold religious events during Navratri and Ram Navami festivals and…
- India
Muslims inmates in Agra jail fast on Navratri, Hindus in Ramzan
Agra: In a display of communal harmony and brotherhood, some Muslim inmates at the Central Jail here joined their Hindu brethren to fast on Navratri — a gesture reciprocated by a few…
- India
UP govt asks local admin to hold Navratri events, triggers criticism
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has asked local administrations across the state to organise special religious events at temples during the nine-day Chaitra Navratri and Ram Navami festivals this month, triggering criticism…
- Hate Crime
October Hate-tracker: Hindu-Muslim clashes mark Navratri, Dusshera, Milad-un-Nabi
Hyderabad: October is the festival season in India. While it is always a joyous occasion, the month was also unfortunately marked with incidents of hate and communal fights between Hindus and Muslims…
- Delhi
Over Rs 1.25 lakh cr sale for retail traders this festive season
New Delhi: From the day of first Navratri September 26 and till October 23, business of more than 1.25 lakh crore has already taken place in the country, Confederation of All India…
- India
Navratri diaries: Communal unrest dominates festival spirit
As the country bid goodbye to Goddess Durga, religious clashes dominated the nine-day Navratri celebration across the country. States such as Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka reported incidents of clashes between…
- India
Guj govt, DGP get legal notices over cops publicly flogging Muslims
Ahmedabad: A voluntary organisation in Gujarat has sent legal notices to the state Chief Secretary and Director General of Police after some police personnel publicly flogged a few members of a minority…
- India
Clashes, death, acid attack mar Navratri festivities in MP
Bhopal: Untoward incidents, including the death of a girl, acid attack on a woman and clashes were reported during the 10-day long Navratri celebrations in Madhya Pardesh which culminated on Wednesday with…
- India
Gujarat: Garba venue attacked, accused thrashed in public as villagers cheer
Kheda: On Monday night, a mob of 150 to 200 people from the minority community allegedly attacked a Garba venue in Undhela village of Kheda district. Eight persons were injured including a Gram…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Yogi orders for security audit in all puja pandals
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed that all puja pandals and religious events should compulsorily carry out fire and security audits. He has asked the organisers of all such…
- India
Video: Plastic bottle hurled towards Kejriwal at Navratri event in Gujarat
Rajkot: A plastic water bottle was thrown in the direction of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a Garba event in Gujarat’s Rajkot city, but the object did not hit him and…
- Hyderabad
Navratri 2022: 8 Best places for dandiya nights in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: It is that time of the year everyone eagerly wait for! The festive season is officially upon us as Navratri celebrations have kick-started on a high note in the city. The…
- India
Maha permits use of loudspeakers till midnight in Mumbai on Oct 1 during Navratri
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday allowed the use of loudspeakers till midnight during the ongoing Navratri festival on October 1 also, apart from October 3 and 4, in Mumbai. “Chief Minister…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Women who attacked idol seem mentally unstable, say cops
Hyderabad: The people of Chintal Basti, a predominantly Hindu area near Khairatabad, welcomed Goddess Durga on the occasion of Navratri on September 26. A pandal was set up and decorated with lights…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad idol attack: Hindu groups call for bandh, shops closed
Hyderabad: A bandh is observed in Chintal Basthi Khairatabad after the Hindu groups gave a call to protest the alleged desecration of a Hindu idol at a pandal on Tuesday morning. Two…
