Eid

Mamata Banerjee joins Eid prayers at Red Road

Mamata Banerjee joins Eid prayers at Red Road

After a gap of two years, people offered namaz of Eid-ul-Fitr on Red Road in Calcutta and Eid prayers were conducted on Tuesday morning. As Covid cases have dipped across Bengal, the state government has allowed the offering of namaz on Red Road for Eid in 2022. Participating in the prayer for Eid-ul-Fitr held on a rain-drenched Red Road here, Banerjee urged the people gathered there not to be scared but to be united for a better future. Addressing a gathering of around 14,000 people for the Eid prayer on Red Road, Banerjee assured them that "neither I nor my party nor my…
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Indian Army, BSF exchange sweets with Pakistani counterparts on Eid

Indian Army, BSF exchange sweets with Pakistani counterparts on Eid

The Indian Army and Border Security Force (BSF) on the Eid festival on Wednesday exchanged sweets with the Pakistan Army and Rangers respectively on the Line of Control (LOC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army exchanged sweets with its Pakistani counterpart at five places on the LOC, whereas the BSF offered sweets to the Pakistan Rangers at six places on the IB. Colonel Emron Musavi, the Srinagar based defence spokesman, said that as a gesture for promoting peace, harmony and compassion in the true spirit of the Eid festival, India and Pakistan Armies held…
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