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Supreme Court Refuses Permission For Muharram Processions, Cites Covid
Refusing permission for Muharram processions in the country over the weekend, the Supreme Court today said it would lead to chaos and "one particular community will be targeted" for spreading the coronavirus.
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Muharram 2019: 10 Things To Know About The Day Of Ashura
Muharram is a period of intense grief and mourning for Shia Muslims. The mourners congregate at a mosque for sorrowful poetic recitations. Some Shia Muslims observe the mourning with blood donation. Sunni Muslims commemorate the day through voluntary fasting. While fasting during the month of Ramadan became obligatory, the fast of Ashura was made n...
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Pakistan Sets Up Committee To Scientifically Fix Religious Festival Dates
Pakistan has set up a committee to determine lunar dates of religious festivals through a scientific method and end confusion in dates related to moon-sighting by clerics.
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J&K Police Discount Resignation Videos, Say Morale High Despite Killings
Hours after three policemen were killed by terrorists, the Jammu and Kashmir police leadership today said the morale of its personnel remains high in spite of the barbaric attempts to intimidate them.
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Early Snowfall Strands Hundreds in Pakistan
Hundreds of tourists were stranded today after the earliest snowfall in 40 years blocked a main highway in Pakistan's northern areas, dumping three feet of snow on one town in less than 24 hours.
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In Riot-Hit Saharanpur, Eid in the Shadow of Curfew
Eid prayers began at 8.45 this morning in riot-ravaged Saharanpur, where curfew has been lifted between 7 am and 11 am and will also relaxed between 3 pm and 7 pm. Three people were killed and 24 injured in clashes on the weekend in the Uttar Pradesh town.
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Stone-pelting mars peaceful tazia procession in city
Despite the deployment of nearly 15,000 policemen on the streets to ensure a peaceful tazia procession, trouble erupted in Shahpur and belied the city police's claim of providing solid bandobast to avoid any untoward incident on this Muslim festival day. Once again two communities were engaged in a face-off -- after unidentified miscreants pelted s...
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Supreme Court Refuses Permission For Muharram Processions, Cites Covid
Refusing permission for Muharram processions in the country over the weekend, the Supreme Court today said it would lead to chaos and "one particular community will be targeted" for spreading the coronavirus.
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Muharram 2019: 10 Things To Know About The Day Of Ashura
Muharram is a period of intense grief and mourning for Shia Muslims. The mourners congregate at a mosque for sorrowful poetic recitations. Some Shia Muslims observe the mourning with blood donation. Sunni Muslims commemorate the day through voluntary fasting. While fasting during the month of Ramadan became obligatory, the fast of Ashura was made n...
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Pakistan Sets Up Committee To Scientifically Fix Religious Festival Dates
Pakistan has set up a committee to determine lunar dates of religious festivals through a scientific method and end confusion in dates related to moon-sighting by clerics.
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J&K Police Discount Resignation Videos, Say Morale High Despite Killings
Hours after three policemen were killed by terrorists, the Jammu and Kashmir police leadership today said the morale of its personnel remains high in spite of the barbaric attempts to intimidate them.
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Early Snowfall Strands Hundreds in Pakistan
Hundreds of tourists were stranded today after the earliest snowfall in 40 years blocked a main highway in Pakistan's northern areas, dumping three feet of snow on one town in less than 24 hours.
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In Riot-Hit Saharanpur, Eid in the Shadow of Curfew
Eid prayers began at 8.45 this morning in riot-ravaged Saharanpur, where curfew has been lifted between 7 am and 11 am and will also relaxed between 3 pm and 7 pm. Three people were killed and 24 injured in clashes on the weekend in the Uttar Pradesh town.
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Stone-pelting mars peaceful tazia procession in city
Despite the deployment of nearly 15,000 policemen on the streets to ensure a peaceful tazia procession, trouble erupted in Shahpur and belied the city police's claim of providing solid bandobast to avoid any untoward incident on this Muslim festival day. Once again two communities were engaged in a face-off -- after unidentified miscreants pelted s...
