A police official ended up severely injured when a sword flew off a member of the Tazia procession in Chandernagore’s Sadiapara in West Bengal. The injured sub-inspector, Rajiv Paul, was…
Multiple incidents of vandalism and violence, inadvertent or otherwise, by weapon-wielding Muharram processioners have been reported in the last week. A Muharram procession in the upper Assam town of Dibrugarh…
Communal tension is reportedly growing in Malda’s Koligram after the administration gave permission for a Muharram procession to pass through the village, breaking a longstanding consensus that neither Muslims nor…
There have been multiple instances of rioting and attacks on Hindus during the Muharram Tazia procession carried out last weekend in UP. Disturbances have been reported from at least 9…
57-year-old Manhar Variya was murdered by his neighbour Nazir Pathan (35) at VUDA quarters near Rang Vatika in Bapod, Vadodra on Tuesday evening. Family members of the deceased claimed that…
It seems that all hell broke loose because of Durga Puja ‘Visarjan’ falling on the eve of Muharram Ashura day, specially in Deoria district, UP. The country has seen various…
Ashura, the 10th day in the month of Muharram, was observed yesterday across the world, and also by the Muslims of Bharat. For Shia Muslims, the day of Ashura is also the…