New Delhi

Counting for Gujarat Assembly polls tomorrow

New Delhi, Dec 22: Counting of votes for the two-phased Gujarat Assembly elections will take place tomorrow.

New Delhi stands by its avowed polices on Taslima Nasreen: Pranab

New Delhi, Dec 22: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee

Gorkhas protest in Delhi for a separate state

New Delhi, Dec 21: People belonging to the Gorkha community, who had assembled in the National capital from different parts of the country on Friday, staged a protest demonstration demanding a sepa

800-year-old ship on 'Marine Silk Road' to be recovered

New Delhi, Dec.21: A Chinese salvage team is getting ready to recover the wreckage of an ancient merchant ship loaded with exquisite porcelain from the South China Sea on Saturday.

Indians by nature are more outward bound: Sugata Bose

New Delhi, Dec.21: “India’s engagement with the world is very old,” stated Dr.

Eid-ul-Zuha being celebrated with traditional fervour

New Delhi/Hyderabad/ Mumbai, Dec 21: Eid-ul-Zuha is being celebrated with traditional fervour across the country today.

Thousands of Muslims attended the special morning prayers in mosques to mark the festival.

In New Delhi, despite early morning fog, thousands of devotees converged at the Jama Masjid to offer Eid 'namaaz'.

On this day, Muslims sacrifice goats and distribute its meat among family, friends and the poor.

Muslims believe a sacrificed goat is a reflection of one's own spiritual sacrifice, and see it as essential for achieving communion with “Allah”.

Eid-ul-Zuha is a time to offer the perfect goat to the Prophet.

The festival is also being celebrated in Hyderabad and Mumbai.

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