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Topic: Muharram

ThePrint photos of the week: 6-12 July, 2025

In PhotosOfTheWeek we bring you five pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters this past week.

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei attends ceremony in 1st public appearance since Israel ceasefire

According to a video circulated by Iranian state television, at a religious ceremony to mark Ashura, the crowd chanted as Khamenei entered the hall weeks after the Israeli conflict.

Security heightened, CCTVs installed in Moradabad ahead of Muharram & Kanwar Yatra

According to city SP Ranvijay Singh, peace committee meetings have also been held at all police stations, besides internal departmental coordination.

4 held under UAPA for waving Hezbollah flag at Muharram rally in Srinagar. Oppn slams ‘brazen’ arrests

FIR was lodged as there were flags of Iran-backed outfit during procession, says cops. Srinagar MP, PDP functionaries slam arrests made under stringent law.

Oppressed for centuries—Kashmir’s Shias get their due as Muharram procession restored

From the time of before Aurangzeb and EIC to the Dogras and now. Shias have been sidelined and systematically targeted. This procession is a step towards coexistence.

‘To change narrative, show normalcy’: Why Srinagar Muharram procession was allowed after 3 decades

Permission was given to Shia mourners after 5 weeks of deliberations & security review, several conditions, and assurances by community leaders that event would be held peacefully.

College dropout rate of SC, ST, OBC students alarming. Accessibility goes beyond admission

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Muharram restrictions lead to violence in Kashmir as mourners clash with police, many injured

Srinagar officials claim at least 200-250 Shia mourners, looking to take out Muharram processions, were left injured. Police says they fired pellet guns in response to stone-pelting.

Muharram restrictions have Kashmir on edge, 200 detained as clashes with police break out

Covid-19 has heightened scrutiny on Muharram processions, which have been subject to several restrictions since the advent of militancy in 1989.

No Muharram procession, rules SC, says it could lead to targeting of particular community

Supreme Court was hearing a PIL by Syed Kalbe Jawad, a Shia cleric from Lucknow, who sought permission for Muharram processions with 5 participants in view of Covid-19.

On Camera

Mumbai is seeing a big fat family drama. Priya in, Rani out & saas-bahu saga rules

In the Delhi coverage of Sunjay Kapur’s funeral, the Kapur clan seemed united in grief. And then Rani Kapur broke the ‘bhaanda’. Things turned ugly.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.