Shehzad Alam

When it comes to performing Ramleela, there is no religious divide.Mohammad Shehzad Alam, 24, has been associated with Navyug Ramleela and Dussehra Committee in Sector 7 for the past 13 years.

The Holi celebrations at ‘Dewa Sharif’, the dargah of 18th century Sufi saint, Haji Waris Ali Shah, in Dewa town of Barabanki are unique in many ways as both Hindus and Muslims celebrate the festival of colours in harmony and play with rose petals, other flowers, ‘abeer’ and ‘gulal’ .

Even though Covid-19 has kept people confined to their homes, it has failed to dampen the spirit of Muslim residents of the Tricity, who are all set to start observing Roza (fasting) from Saturday, when the holy month of Ramzan begins. They have vowed to celebrate the month by helping those in need.

In city, the sacrifice of goats on Eid-ul-Adha is not just a gesture to show the willingness of devotees to sacrifice their dear ones to the Almighty, but also to give a better future to orphan children studying in city-based madrasas the religious Islamic schools.

The transport department is planning to start a road safety campaign that will involve local resident welfare associations, market stakeholders, school children and society representatives. As part of the campaign, the district magistrates will form plans to address the increasing number of accidents in consensus with the locals.

Meerut: UP cabinet minister Shahid Manzoor allegedly passed comments against people with disability when a group of them under the banner of Divyaang Jan Vikas Samiti went to meet him at his residence in Delhi Gate on Sunday afternoon

A woman tried to obtain the fancy car number DIL 0100 by changing her identity. Transport officials caught her, suspecting her to be an imposter. The case was referred to the police for investigation.

The roaring sale of gold and silver coins, bars and jewellery as well as electronic goods apart, there was something else which attracted the buyers this Dhanteras: the colourful 'gharaundas' (small homes).

After Hindu Navratras, it is now time for Muslim residents to celebrate Eid-Ul-Adha, commonly known as Bakr Eid or Bakrid, on Wednesday.

LG VK Saxena enacted a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, transferring numerous IAS and DANICS officers. Special secretary YVVJ Rajasekhar and RN Sharma were moved out of Delhi, while key appointments included Nikhil Kumar as divisional commissioner and three women IAS officers to the education department. Additional responsibilities were allocated across departments, streamlining administrative roles.

Apples will taste less sweet this Navratra as the floods in Kashmir have resulted in short supply of the fruit in the state and traders say the situation is unlikely to improve in the next 15-20 days.

The Chinese have been reading and writing for a long time-they even invented paper-and China is the main guest country at the World Book Fair that started on Saturday.

China Also Brings Replicas Of Oracle Bones, Sanskrit Texts To Book Fair The Chinese have been reading and writing for a long time--they even invented paper

This small politically active town of former nawabs in Uttar Pradesh, has a strong and indelible Bollywood connection. In the mid '60s, with the release of the movie 'Waqt', actor Raj Kumar's famous dialogue to Madan Puri as latter opens a knife with the sound of its gears clicking,