Art & Culture

Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, expressed resentment against making students chant bhajans and asking them to perform ‘surya namaskar’ in schools. MMU, an association of around 30 Islamic religious and educational organisations in Kashmir, seeked for the ban of such impositions, stating that it is hurting the religious sentiments of Muslim students. Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti also commented on it, calling… read-more

In a relief to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena sack, the Bombay High Court allowed a Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra. On September 23, the HC also noted that the Mumbai civic abused power in the case and said, "We are satisfied that in this case the BMC has abused the power by rejecting the application citing another application." Moreover, the court also rejected Eknath Shinde's intervention plea.

A Muslim couple from Chennai donated an amount of Rs 1.02 crore, to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Lord Venkateswara Temple, in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. On 20 September, the couple Abdul Ghani and his wife Nubina Banu met with the TTD Executive Officer A Dharma and handed the cheque. Of the total, Rs 15 lakh will be for Anna Prasadam Trust and the remaining for new furniture, and cooking equipment.

Following the India - Pakistan cricket match during the T20 World Cup on August 28, communal tensions flared up in Leicester in the UK, between members of the Indian-origin Hindu community. In regard to this, on September 19, the  High Commission of India in London condemned the violence perpetrated against the Indian Community in Leicester and sought immediate action against those involved in these attacks.

The BJP will organise "unity in diversity" festivals, a blood donation drive and a cleanliness drive across the country as part of its fortnight-long "seva" campaign. The scheduled event is in line to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on September 17. The 15-days event will be launched on Modi's birthday and conclude on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, said BJP General Secretary, Arun Singh.