Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): The Allahabad High Court on Friday allowed ‘azaan’ from mosques but said that the use of loudspeakers could not be permitted. The court said that ‘azaan’ was a part of Islam but using loudspeakers were not a part of the religion. The bench comprising Justice Shashikant Gupta and Justice Ajit Kumar gave this […]
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Noida: Now drones to monitor Friday prayers at mosques
Noida: In an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the Noida administration to deploy drone cameras for monitoring the Friday prayers in the city mosques. Recently, the number of Covid-19 cases in India soared to over 2,000, fuelled largely by infections linked to the March Tablighi […]
Many foreigners found living in mosques in UP, sent for medical examination
Lucknow/ Meerut: A number of foreigners who may have attended the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi, have been found to be staying in various places in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow police commissioner and other senior officials, on Tuesday, reached the Markazi mosque in Kaiserbagh in the state capital and found six nationals of Kirgizstan and Kazakhstan staying […]
Temples, mosques to help bring peace in violence- hit Delhi areas
New Delhi: Temples, mosques and gurudwaras will now be used to pacify protesters in the violence-hit areas of northeast Delhi. An appeal for peace will be made from the loudspeakers of the temples and mosques in the area. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked for this initiative to be taken, and has also urged […]
Won’t spare mosques built on govt land: BJP’s Parvesh Verma
New Delhi: BJP MP Parvesh Verma has kicked off a row by claiming that if the BJP comes to power in Delhi then it will not only clear the Shaheen Bagh area of the anti-CAA protesters within an hour, but will also remove all existing mosques in his parliamentary constituency built on government land within a […]
Tricolour in mosques, human chains on R-Day in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The southern state of Kerala will see the Tricolour in mosques, reading out of pastoral letters in churches, and a 700-km long human chain as a protest against the CAA and proposed NRC on Republic Day on Sunday. The human chain, which will be organised by the ruling CPI-M, will run from Kasargode till […]
Plea in SC to let women offer namaz inside mosques
New Delhi: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday pleading that Muslim women be allowed to enter and offer namaz inside mosques. Moving the plea, a Muslim couple asked the apex court to declare the prohibition on entry of women inside mosques in the country as “illegal and unconstitutional” as it violated […]
Aspiring Hyderabad pilot killed in Christchurch
Hyderabad: A youth from Hyderabad aspiring to become a commercial pilot was among the 50 people killed in the New Zealand mosques attack. He is the third man from Telangana confirmed dead. Ozair Khadir, 25, a resident of Noor Khan Bazar area in the old city here, was in the list of Indians named by […]
New Zealand set to ban semi-automatic weapons
Auckland: New Zealand will ban semi-automatic rifles, Attorney-General David Parker said on Saturday and was greeted loudly by a crowd here on vigil after the horrific killing of 49 people in Christchurch shootings Parker was meeting a vigil group at the Auckland’s Aotea Square a day after 49 people were gunned down at two Christchurch […]
4 held for New Zealand mosques shootings
Christchurch: Four people were arrested on Friday after two gunmen opened fire at two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch city, with the police saying that there were “multiple fatalities”. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said the four arrested people comprised three men and one woman, CNN reported. “We are not aware of other people, but we […]