Muharram 2025: Final date, school closures, traffic advisory, and what stays open, closed on AshuraMuharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, carries profound weight for Muslims worldwide. In 2025, India’s moon sighting on 26 June...
06 Jul, 2025, 08.23 AM IST
July 7 public holiday: What’s open and closed—schools, colleges, banks, stock market, markets?July 7 public holiday: Muharram, potentially observed on July 6 or 7, 2025, in India, marks the Islamic New Year, with the final date conti...
30 Jun, 2025, 11.25 AM IST
Muharram 2025: Why the month matters, when Ashura will be observed; check date, history & significanceThe Islamic month of Muharram, a period of mourning and reflection, commenced in India on June 27, marking the start of the Hijri year. For...
30 Jun, 2025, 08.13 AM IST
Muharram 2025: Date, traditions, and spiritual meaning behind the sacred monthMuharram 2025 starts on June 27, pending the moon sighting. It marks the Islamic New Year and is a sacred month. Shia Muslims mourn Imam Hu...
23 Jun, 2025, 05.04 PM IST
Islamic Hijri calendar 2025: New year, Muharran, Ashura date. Here's allMuslims globally prepare for Muharram, marking the Islamic New Year 1447 AH. The lunar calendar sets the date around June 26, commencing a ...
23 Jun, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Muharram 2024: Know the history, significance of Ashura and cultural practicesMuharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, starts the new Islamic year and is one of Islam’s four sacred months, traditionall...
17 Jul, 2024, 08.45 AM IST
Mourners express solidarity with Palestinians during Muharram procession in KashmirThis traditional procession from Guru Bazar to Dalgate in Srinagar was banned from 1989, when people took up arms in the Valley, and the ad...
16 Jul, 2024, 10.43 AM IST
Why Shia celebrate Muharram, why was it banned in Kashmir? Here is the 30-yr-long Kashmir storyJ&K administration allowed the Muharram procession in Srinagar after nearly 30 years, marking a significant development. The procession, wh...
29 Jul, 2023, 02.36 PM IST
What is Muharram? When is it celebrated in 2023? All you need to know about the Islamic festivalMuharram, the first month of the Muslim calendar, begins on July 19, which marks the start of the new Islamic year. This sacred month is al...
27 Jul, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Shia leaders split over J&K’s Muharram callAnsari, who also heads the Shia Association, has decided to lead the procession on 10th of Muharram also known as ‘Ashura’.
01 Aug, 2021, 11.49 PM IST
Ban Ki-moon condemns terror attacks in Pakistan during MuharramUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the attacks in Pakistan on Shia processions marking Ashura that have claimed 36 lives.
24 Oct, 2015, 10.06 PM IST
IS-claimed bomb attack on Shia procession in Bangladesh, 1 deadA 12-year-old boy was killed and about 90 others injured today in blasts targeting a Shia procession in front of the community's main shrin...
24 Oct, 2015, 07.45 PM IST
Curfew clamped in Rawalpindi after sectarian clashesArmy soldiers patrolled various parts of the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi after at least eight people were killed in sectarian clashes duri...
16 Nov, 2013, 11.22 AM IST
Tight security across Pakistan for MuharramThe clampdown was enforced by thousands of security personnel. Bomb disposal squads, helicopter-borne snipers and specially installed CCTV ...
15 Nov, 2013, 06.09 PM IST
Pakistan government suspends mobile phone service in Karachi, QuettaPakistan government today shut down the mobile phone network in the nation's biggest city Karachi and troubled Quetta city to thwart any te...
16 Nov, 2012, 09.50 PM IST
- Pak CID unearths terror plot ahead of Muharram
Pakistan's criminal investigation agency today claimed to have unearthed a major plot to unleash terror attacks on religious processions du...
15 Dec, 2010, 03.47 AM IST
- Pakistan troops capture 50 militants: Military
Pakistani troops captured 50 Islamist militants in an operation in the rugged tribal region near the Afghan border, a day after killing doz...
19 Jan, 2008, 07.13 PM IST