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Between Celebration and Suspicion: How Bakri Eid passed across india in 2026
With police deployments, cattle regulations, housing society disputes and political mobilisation surrounding Eid-ul-Adha, the festival reflected the tensions of contemporary India
Lucknow: Four men arrested for Lulu Mall namaz video
Police clarify that previous arrest of Hindu men was for disrupting public order while trying to enter mall to recite Hanuman Chalisa
Gyanvapi case: SC admits petition seeking permission to worship “Shivling”
Case to b heard on July 21, the same day as mosque committee’s plea against a survey of the premises will be heard by another SC bench
Babri Masjid demolition case: Allahabad High Court to hear plea against acquittal of 32 people
Leaders such as LK Advani, Uma Bharati and Murli Manohar Joshi had been acquitted in the criminal case surrounding the demolition
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Allahabad HC directs Mathura court to expeditiously decide on plea seeking scientific investigation of Shahi Idgah
Court directs Mathura court to decide matter preferably within three months
Lucknow: Were Lulu mall “namazis” part of conspiracy to disrupt communal harmony?
The men didn’t face the correct direction, and finished namaz in 18 seconds!
Gyanvapi case: Plea before SC for carbon dating of “Shivling”
Seven Hindu women including an advocate, a professor and five social workers have moved the petition also calling for a GPR survey
Gauhati High Court issues notice on plea challenging ban on sale of beef in municipal area
Plea filed against complete ban on business of selling beef in Assam’s Sonari Municipal area
Gyanvapi case: Now, plea moved before SC seeking permission to offer prayers to “Shivling” found on mosque premises
Plea has been moved by Rajesh Mani Tripathi, president of Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Dal
Ajmer: Another dargah cleric mocks Hindu deities
Vishva Hindu Parishad demands his immediate arrest; cleric issues apology
Lucknow: Lulu mall authorities put up notices prohibiting religious prayers on mall premises
Video of people offering Namaz inside the mall had gone viral, Hindutva groups had called for boycott of the mall
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