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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicEid-ul-Fitr

Topic: Eid-ul-Fitr

Noida deploys 5,000 police personnel at mosques, other religious sites for Eid, Navratri

Other security arrangements include tracking of social media & interactions with religious leaders to maintain peace and order.

An Eid kit from BJP & the do’s and don’t’s of free speech

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Nayab Saini-led BJP govt recategorises Eid-ul-Fitr as restricted holiday, uproar in Haryana assembly

Oppn slams move to recategorise Eid-ul-Fitr as restricted holiday instead of gazetted. CM Saini says decision was taken because it coincided with end of financial year.

Butchers set to be tested for Covid-19 ahead of Eid in Hyderabad

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi tells ThePrint process will most likely start Tuesday. Those who test positive will be quarantined or admitted to hospital depending on symptoms.

BSF skips customary Eid gesture with Pakistan, exchanges sweets with Bangladesh

Officials said the exchange of sweets did not take place with Pakistan Rangers due to continued incidents of cross-border terrorism on the Western front.

Simple iftar, no community prayers: How Muslims are spending holy month of Ramzan in lockdown

Ramzan this year has spelt more individual introspection, simple rituals, digital charity and prayers.

On Eid, BSF soldiers & Pakistan Rangers exchange sweets on the border

The BSF & Pakistan Rangers usually exchange sweets on festivals such as Eid and Diwali, and on Independence Day and Republic Day.

Eid celebrations in Jammu & Kashmir marred by clashes between protestors & security forces

Clashes broke out in some parts of Nowhatta, Sopore in north Kashmir, and Anantnag in south Kashmir, said officials.

Use common sense for sighting moon for Eid, Pakistan minister tells clerics

Pakistan's science minister Fawad Chaudhry has discontinued traditional methods of sighting the moon for important Islamic festivals, angering clerics.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.