Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Kolkata witnessed a change in arrangements for Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) prayers on Thursday, with namaz held at Brigade Parade Ground instead of the customary Red Road venue, for the first time in years.After several years, the prayers were not conducted on Red Road, where they had traditionally been held twice a year — during Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha — under previous regimes, including the Left Front (1977-2011) and the Trinamool Congress (2011-2026).During the Trinamool…
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Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief and MLA, Humayun Kabir, on Wednesday “warned” the BJP government in West Bengal, saying any attempt to prohibit ‘qurbani (ritualistic animal sacrifice)’ on the upcoming ‘Bakrid’ festival won’t be entertained by the Muslim community.His reaction was in response to the Bengal government’s May 13 notice on ‘Animal Slaughter Guidelines’.The notice made it mandatory to obtain a fit-for-slaughter certificate before slaughtering bulls, bulloc…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi an “infiltrator” during an Eid gathering in Kolkata, stating that such remarks were unacceptable and amounted to misuse of a religious platform. Adhikari’s reaction came after Banerjee participated in Eid celebrations at Red Road, where she launched a sharp attack on the BJP and Prime Minister Modi, r…
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) The Kolkata Police’s Mounted Police will not participate in the Republic Day parade on the Red Road on Sunday. Sources in Kolkata Police said on Sunday that the Mounted Police have been kept out of the parade for the fourth consecutive year since a 2022 incident where a horse turned its back on the then-Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar during the salute.However, spectators can find some consolation in seeing the Indian Army’s mechanical ‘robotic mules’ instead of the real horses….