Coastal Karnataka celebrates Eid al-Fitr; thousands offer prayers braving rains

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June 25, 2017

Mangaluru, Jun 25: Hundreds of thousands of Muslims across coastal districts of Karnataka on Sunday celebrated Eid al-Fitr with traditional fervour and devotion. Heavy rains could not dampen the spirit of devotees as all the mosques and Eidgahs in the region were filled with worshippers for special prayers.

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Imams who led the Eid namaz in various Eid-gahs and mosques turned emotional when they raised their hands seeking Allah’s help, guidance and forgiveness. They prayed for peace and communal harmony in the region while urging the Muslims to establish good relationship with people of all faiths.

Braving windy weather, hundreds offered Namaz at Eidgah Masjid in Light House Hill, one of the historic places in Mangaluru. Dakshina Kannada Khazi Twaqa Ahmed Musliyar led the Eid prayers and delivered the sermon. Despite overcast conditions, large number of devotees had gathered at the masjid where make-shift roofing had been provided in view of the incessant rains over the last few days.

Until the Namaz was offered at 8:00am, rains had stayed away, but as the Qutba began skies opened up forcing people to squeeze themselves under the roofs and also inside the mosque, where already people had virtually crammed in hundreds.

In his customary sermon, the Khazi exhorted the Muslims to follow the taqwa (God-consciousness) in their lives. “We have fasted for a month to comply with the command of Almighty Allah. Let us also lead a pious life in the remaining 11 months of the year,” he said.

He exchanged Eid greetings with the devotees and called upon them to remember the lesser privileged people and needy during the festivities. “We have a social responsibility towards the poor and needy. As long as we attend to their problems, God’s blessings will continue to shower upon us,” he said.

Children dressed in festival attire added colour to the celebrations. People wished Eid Mubarak and hugged each other as a large number of shutterbugs tried to capture the poignant scenes of the festival prayers and greetings. Scores of volunteers from Zeeanth Bhaksh masjid helped the police in maintaining traffic and discipline.

Eid prayers were also held at other masjids of the city including Masjidunnoor, Bolar Masjid, Kankanady Masjid, Ibrahim Khaleel Masjid and Taqwa Masjid in Pumpwell in the city. More details to follow.

However, a section of Muslims in regions like Ullal today observed fast responding to the call of Ullal Khazi Fazal Koyamma Thangal Koorath who has decided to celebrate Eid on Monday.

Also Read: Ullal Muslims plunge into confusion as local Khazi snubs Bhatkal moon

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ASSALAMU ALAIKUM.

DEAR MUSLIM BROTHERS & SISTERS, ALSO ALL THE FAITH FOLLOWERS HAPPY EID MUBARAK TO YOU ALL. MAY ALLAH ACCEPT ALL OUR GOOD DEADS DURING THE RAMADHAN. TAQQABALL ALLAHU VA MINNA VA MINKUM.

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13 new covid cases take Udupi’s tally to 902; DK’s tally reaches 203 including 17 new

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June 7,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 7: Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have recorded 17 and 13 new coronavirus positive cases between 5 p.m. on June 6 and 5 p.m. on June 7.

16 among 17 new covid patients in Dakshina Kannada are returnees from Maharashtra, while one returned from Goa recently.

Maharashtra returnees comprise 14 males, including three teenagers t, and two females aged 32 and 41. The Goa returnee is a 32-year-old male.

All of them have all been admitted to the designated COVID hospital in the district.

With this, the total tally of coronavirus cases in Dakshina Kannada has risen to 203, out of which 47 are currently active. As many as 150 patients have recovered and been discharged, and seven have died.

Among the 13 in Udupi, 12 are Maharashtra returnees, while process of contact tracing of one patient, a 30-year-old woman, is going on.

The patients comprise eight males, including a 7-year-old boy, and five females. They have all been admitted to the designated hospital.

This takes the total number of coronavirus cases in Udupi district to 902, out of which 798 are currently active, 103 discharged, and one patient has died.

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Palghar lynching: Arnab Goswami booked for promoting enmity, defamation

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April 23,2020

Apr 23: An FIR has been registered in Nagpur against Republic TV channel's editor Arnab Goswami for promoting social disharmony and accusing Congress President Sonia Gandhi of orchestrating the Palghar lynching.

Three Mumbai residents, including two sadhus, who were on their way to Silvassa on April 16, were lynched by a mob in Gadakchinchale village of Palghar district on the suspicion that they were thieves. Nagpur Police Commissioner B K Upadhyaya said they received a complaint which was turned into an FIR at Sadar police station.

DCP Vinita Sahu said Goswami has been booked under sections 117 (abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than 10 persons), 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 153 (B) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration), 295 (A) (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 290-A (public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for), 500 (defamation), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the ipc. Another FIR was filed against him in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

In a statement condemning Goswami, Maharashtra Congress said the killing has been wrongly given a communal angle despite ample proof of the contrary. "At a time when country is fighting against coronavirus pandemic, it is very unfortunate that a section of media as well as politicians are trying to create social unrest... [and] spread racial and religious hatred in society. Goswami has tried to create misogyny against women in the society. He made an outrageous remark against the Congress president on a live TV programme. This is completely unethical journalism and we publicly protest it. We believe in brotherhood and cannot accept such animosity. This will be dangerous for the unity and integrity of the country (sic)," it said.

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Respected Mr. Uddhav thackeray, put this crazy fellow Go Swamy in Mental Hospital, he require treratment, and after the treatment, sentence him to lifetime in prison.

He should be banned for lifetime from all the news channels, his licence should b cancelled and a hefty penalty should be put on him so that no one in future try to be a journalist to spread hatred and communal divide in society. He is a disgrace to India.

One of the ugly person in our belover india, his duty is to divide people, make riot, and get good amount of money...he is not favouring any human being or even hindus....for him what if any innocent hindu or muslim die...he is sitting is AC room and igniting riot....

his supporters must be ashmed to have like this person whos bread and butter from killing innocent human of india...

Nice to herar this great news, Not only Arnab Gobarswami and his channel also ABP News, Zee News and India News all spreding Cammunal hatreds all these channels should be terminated forever.

Well done, I am very happy to herar this news, I beg not only criminal cases even his channel should be closed forever he is very big b***terd, he is always condem the penelists with harsh words while on the debates all are taking him lightly it looks very bad to the viewers

This bugger should be put behind the bar as what Maharastra Govt has done for ABP News reporter.

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Modi, Shah destroying India; RSS must be defeated to save the country: Kharge

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July 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 2: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that the "RSS needs to be defeated to save the country" and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are "destroying the nation".

Kharge was speaking at a KPCC program where DK Shivakumar took charge as state Congress president.

He said that the Prime Minister and the Home Minister are not ready to take accountability for any issues including China, and are instead blaming Rajiv Gandhi Foundation of getting funds from China.

"Rajiv Gandhi foundation utilized funds for the development of the nation and for the betterment of the downtrodden people," Kharge said.

"Prime Minister Modi and Shah both are destroying the economy of the nation, and their policies and plans are the reason for increasing COVID-19 situation in India," he said.

"Prime Minister and Amit Shah never listen to Opposition parties, instead they plan something and their policies are the reason for MSME losses and job losses in the country," he added.

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