Guwahati, May 27 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that more than 800 Eidgah committees across the state have called for restrictions on cow slaughter ahead of Eid, describing the move as an important step towards maintaining communal harmony and peaceful coexistence in Assam.Speaking to reporters, Sarma said many members of the Muslim community in Assam had voluntarily decided not to sacrifice cows during the upcoming festival while respecting the sentiments of t…
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Guwahati, May 27 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday welcomed appeals by several Eidgah committees and members of the Muslim community in the state to refrain from cow slaughter during Eid, saying the move would strengthen Assam’s cultural harmony and social unity. Taking to X, Sarma said many Eidgah committees across Assam had earlier urged people to avoid cow sacrifice, and now several members of the Muslim community had voluntarily come forward to adopt the appeal.“…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) North East Delhi Police have put in place elaborate security and civic arrangements for Eid al-Adha, with around 1,100 police personnel deployed across the district to ensure peaceful celebrations and smooth management of public services, Deputy Commissioner of Police Rahul Alwal said on Monday.Speaking to IANS, Alwal said the district administration has carried out detailed planning for the festival, identifying key religious sites and coordinating with multiple civic a…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Muslim side has moved the Supreme Court challenging the recent verdict of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which recognised the Bhojshala complex in Dhar as a Hindu temple and granted exclusive worship rights to the Hindu community.As per details available on the apex court’s official website, a Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed by Quazi Moinuddin, and the matter has been registered as Diary No. 32281/2026.The plea, filed at around 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, is …
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) It would be a matter of delight if the cow is declared a “national animal”, said Jamiat Ulema-e- Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani on Wednesday, while holding the polarising politics around the sacred animal as the “root cause” behind incidents of hate-filled rants and attacks against the minority community. Venting his concern over the ‘politics of hatred’ and rising incidents of lynching against Muslims, apparently at the hands of cow vigilantes, Ma…
Dehradun, May 19 (IANS) Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Board Chairman Mufti Shamoon Qasmi on Tuesday expressed support for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his remarks opposing the practice of offering namaz on public roads, saying that those who claim to represent the Muslim community often lack a proper understanding of Islamic teachings. This came as CM Yogi on Monday asserted that offering namaz on public roads should not be allowed, saying that roads are meant for smooth tra…
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), May 16 (IANS) Following the verdict of the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the historic Bhojshala complex in Dhar witnessed its first formal day of daily Hindu worship on Saturday. The court, in its ruling delivered on Friday, May 15, officially recognised the eleventh-century structure as a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi Saraswati.This decision effectively ended a decades-old arrangement and triggered an atmosphere of immense jubilation among devotees …
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The West Bengal Backward Class Development Department had directed District Magistrates to re-verify all Backward Class certificates, including Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) documents issued in their respective districts in the last 15 years from 2011 to 2026, that is the three terms of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state.Insiders from the current state secretariat of Nabanna said that cle…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) National General Secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti Swami Jitendranand Saraswati, on Friday, claimed that according to the ‘Sant Samiti’, popular temples in the country were demolished to create mosques.His reaction came after the Madhya Pradesh High Court recognised the Bhojshala complex as a Hindu temple and the property of King Bhoj. Revoking the ASI’s 2003 order, the court granted the Hindu side the exclusive right to perform worship at the site while dismis…
Dhar, May 15 (IANS) Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who represented the Hindu side in the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute, on Friday termed the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s verdict “historic” after the Indore bench declared the disputed complex in Dhar as belonging to Raja Bhoj and granted Hindus the right to worship. Speaking to the media after the court pronounced its judgment, Jain said, “The Indore High Court has delivered a historic verdict, partially setting aside the A…