Muharram-Ashoura 2025: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes first public appearance since Iran-Israel warAli Khamenei made the rare public appearance on the eve of Ashoura. The octogenarian leader was shown in a video broadcast by state televis...
06 Jul, 2025, 02.36 AM IST
July 7 or 6? Check when schools, colleges and offices will remain closed for Muharram 2025 holidayMuharram 2025 Holiday: India awaits the moon sighting to determine the Muharram holiday, potentially impacting school and office schedules....
03 Jul, 2025, 04.10 PM 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
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
Pakistani pilgrim bus crashes in Iran, killing three: mediaA bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims to Iraq for the Arbaeen ritual collided with a truck in southern Iran, resulting in three deaths and 48 i...
26 Aug, 2024, 12.42 PM IST
Pakistani pilgrim bus overturns, killing 28, injuring 23 in IranIn Yazd province, Iran, a bus accident claimed the lives of 28 Pakistani pilgrims and injured 23 others. The mishap, caused by a braking sy...
21 Aug, 2024, 11.03 AM 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
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
Who is the Iranian scientist killed in Tehran?Western officials and experts believe Fakhrizadeh played a pivotal role in suspected Iranian work in the past to develop the means to assem...
27 Nov, 2020, 09.45 PM IST
'Totally untrue': UNHRC dismisses criticism of its Kashmir reportIn a media brief, the UN body today said that the reaction of Indian authorities to the report has left it "deeply disappointed".
18 Jul, 2018, 11.41 AM IST
Winning battle of hearts, MJ Akbar heads to Karbala in IraqShia clerics that ET spoke with welcomed the move and said a delegation of theirs had requested the PM, to not limit his travel to Sunni co...
22 Aug, 2016, 03.20 AM IST
Two-thirds of world's Shias live in Iran, Pakistan, India and IraqThe difference between the two sects originates from the question of who was the rightful successor to Prophet Muhammad as the spiritual he...
18 May, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
HC allows Shias to intervene to oppose ban on kids in MoharramThe Judges also decided to allow only lawyers during the next hearing. However, they assured that all the parties in the matter would be he...
28 Nov, 2014, 06.16 PM IST
Muharram observed across country, 7 injured in clashes in UPMuslims observed Muharram by taking out taziya processions, flagellating themselves and offering special prayers but the day of mourning wa...
04 Nov, 2014, 09.55 PM IST
Mobile phone services blocked in PakistanPakistan today blocked cellular services in over 50 towns and cities, including Islamabad, to prevent terror attacks on Shia processions.
03 Jan, 2013, 07.24 PM IST
- Israel-Iran shadow war
The only one to survive so far is Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani, now the head of Iran's atomic energy organization, who jumped away from his car ...
14 Feb, 2012, 08.28 AM IST
- Blood and violence as millions mark Ashura in Iraq
Millions of Shiites across Iraq on Sunday joined ceremonies marking the climax of annual Ashura rituals, marred by attacks that killed 21 p...
20 Jan, 2008, 10.44 AM IST