KSI Jamaat's new president Ali Akbar Mohammed Raza Shroff elected unopposed in Mumbai
Jan 24, 2023The Khoja Shia Isnashari Jamaat (KSIJ), Mumbai, elected Ali Akbar Mohammed Raza Shroff as its president (2023-2026) unopposed on Friday.
After Iftar parties, it's season of Eid Milan functions in Mumbai
May 9, 2023After countless Iftar parties in the holy month of Ramzan, it is the season of Eid Milan functions in Mumbai and suburbs.
Mumbai: Girls don’t play the flute. In this orchestra, 20 women do
Jan 15, 2020 Legend has it that when Lord Krishna played his flute, it left the gopis of Vrindavan spellbound. So, in popular imagination, it is the male who plays the flute, and a series of famous male flautists went on to firm up that notion.
Pilgrims can avail subsidy on Haj once in a lifetime
Jan 23, 2013The Centre has decided to allow Haj pilgrims' travel to Mecca at government subsidy through the Haj Committee of India (HCOI) only once in a lifetime as against the earlier policy of once in five years.
Mourning raga: Quiet flows the Ganga
Aug 22, 2006Bismillah Khan mirrored a mosaic where both Islam and Hinduism sat comfortably.
Malad slum school adds kickboxing to expel negativity
Aug 6, 2023Till a few months ago, 14-year-old Shaikh Saquib Ashraf, a class 8 student at Rose Mary English High School at the sprawling slum of Malvani in Malad West, would get angry at many things. He would get angry when he saw his father slogging at the back-breaking but low paying job as a rickshaw driver, was unhappy at his family's crammed existence in the infrastructure-starved impoverished pocket where neighbourhood boys often fought over minor issues.
Post-pilgrimage, Haj committee ups charges by Rs 5,000
Jan 31, 2009Among the latest victims of the global meltdown are over 1 lakh Indian pilgrims who have just returned from Mecca after the Haj.
When faith strikes a very loud note
Jun 13, 2016Community Leaders Urge Mosques To Tone Down High-Decibel Reminders Through Day And Night
Muslim leaders bat for Arup Patnaik
Aug 19, 2012A section of Muslim leaders has opposed MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s demand for suspension of police commissioner Arup Patnaik.
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