News for 'Mecca'

Petrol scores a century in cricket's Mecca, crosses Rs 100 in Mumbai

Petrol scores a century in cricket's Mecca, crosses Rs 100 in Mumbai

Rediff.com29 May 2021

Petrol price on Saturday crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Mumbai after the 15th increase in fuel prices this month. Petrol price was increased by 26 paise per litre and diesel by 28 paise a litre, according to a price notification of State-owned fuel retailers.

PIX: India celebrates Eid with prayers, feasting; 'Free Palestine' poster in UP

PIX: India celebrates Eid with prayers, feasting; 'Free Palestine' poster in UP

Rediff.com11 Apr 2024

Dressed in traditional finery, Muslims across India offered prayers at mosques and eidgahs on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramzan.

Shah Rukh Visits Vaishno Devi Shrine

Shah Rukh Visits Vaishno Devi Shrine

Rediff.com12 Dec 2022

The superstar was at the shrine around 11.30 pm and offered his prayers before returning.

Rahul Gandhi will be arrested after LS polls: Assam CM Himanta

Rahul Gandhi will be arrested after LS polls: Assam CM Himanta

Rediff.com25 Jan 2024

The Assam police suo motu registered the FIR against Gandhi and several other leaders for "wanton acts of violence" here during the party's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' on Tuesday.

'Muslims should give Gyanvapi, Mathura to Hindus'

'Muslims should give Gyanvapi, Mathura to Hindus'

Rediff.com30 Jan 2024

'During the nine years of BJP rule, not a single temple has been reconstructed.' 'They might have constructed the Ram temple as it is an emotional issue. But they are not much interested in issues like heritage.'

Mehbooba Mufti issued passport after 3 years

Mehbooba Mufti issued passport after 3 years

Rediff.com4 Jun 2023

People's Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport with 10-year validity, sources said in Srinagar on Sunday.

When ISI Alerted India About Terror Plot!

When ISI Alerted India About Terror Plot!

Rediff.com2 Feb 2024

The ISI was taking no chances and wanted no repeat of Pulwama; it wanted to make it clear at a political level it was not involved with the revenge attack being planned, but was only giving India a friendly tip-off. A stunning excerpt from Ambassador Ajay Bisaria's Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship between India and Pakistan.

Telluride Film Festival: The Mecca for lovers of cinema

Telluride Film Festival: The Mecca for lovers of cinema

Rediff.com28 Aug 2013

Aseem Chhabra celebrates 40 years of the prestigious Telluride Film Festival.

Nikhat Doesn't Want A Mercedes Anymore

Nikhat Doesn't Want A Mercedes Anymore

Rediff.com27 Mar 2023

''I want to send my parents for Umrah because Ramazan is going on.'

Islam has pride of place among religions in India, says NSA Doval

Islam has pride of place among religions in India, says NSA Doval

Rediff.com11 Jul 2023

Asserting that terrorism is not linked to any religion, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday said it is no coincidence that despite there being around 200 million Muslims, the involvement of Indian citizens in global terrorism has been "incredibly low".

Final Countdown: India ready for date with history on Super Sunday

Final Countdown: India ready for date with history on Super Sunday

Rediff.com18 Nov 2023

Indian cricket team will not just be looking to win a third ODI global title but also look at saving the '50-over format' which has been battling identity crisis for at least five years now.

'Something unique in the mitti and paani of Bharat'

'Something unique in the mitti and paani of Bharat'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2024

'There is something in our desh ki mitti that has held us together.'
'So many conquerors, colonisers, cultures came and went, but we withstood them and rose up again.'

Stokes to skip T20I series vs India; returns for ODIs

Stokes to skip T20I series vs India; returns for ODIs

Rediff.com1 Jul 2022

England Test captain Ben Stokes will skip the Twenty20 series against India but will return for the one-day internationals.

The Last Nizam of Hyderabad

The Last Nizam of Hyderabad

Rediff.com17 Jan 2023

What you need to know about Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the 8th Nizam, who will be laid to rest in Hyderabad today.

'Togetherness Is The Message From Ayodhya'

'Togetherness Is The Message From Ayodhya'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2024

'Sri Ayodhyaji will emerge as the greatest centre of cultural togetherness, universal harmony, vasudeva kutumbakam, compassion, and love for every single living being on this Earth.'

Football icon Mohammed Habib passes away

Football icon Mohammed Habib passes away

Rediff.com16 Aug 2023

Habib, who was suffering from dementia and Parkinson's syndrome for the past couple of years, breathed his last in Hyderabad, his birthplace.

Saudi GP to go ahead despite rebel attacks

Saudi GP to go ahead despite rebel attacks

Rediff.com26 Mar 2022

Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix race faced a temporary setback after Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot Friday

Gurgaon: Corporate India's new mecca

Gurgaon: Corporate India's new mecca

Rediff.com7 Apr 2008

Gurgaon is increasingly becoming India's corporate mecca. As one of Delhi's satellite cities, it is adding up space, especially in commercial areas. Hewitt, Dell and Indiatimes are some of the other companies who now find themselves in close proximity of the Golf Course. DLF is chalking out grand plans, several of which will be in the commercial space. DLF has built 17 mn sqft in residential high rises. But commercial development is already over 10 million in just four years.

Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' Hajj due to COVID-19

Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' Hajj due to COVID-19

Rediff.com23 Jun 2020

More than two million people perform the annual pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca every year, including many travelling from abroad.

Stokes rested from South Africa T20s, Potts called up

Stokes rested from South Africa T20s, Potts called up

Rediff.com15 Jul 2022

Spinner Adil Rashid returns to both T20 and ODI squads after missing the series against India to make The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Women's entry in mosques for namaz permitted: AIMPLB

Women's entry in mosques for namaz permitted: AIMPLB

Rediff.com9 Feb 2023

The AIMPLB said this in an affidavit filed in the apex court which is seized of a plea relating to the entry of Muslim women into mosque for offering namaz.

Kashmiri Pandits welcome returning Haajis, recite Islamic prayers

Kashmiri Pandits welcome returning Haajis, recite Islamic prayers

Rediff.com16 Jul 2022

The Pandits congratulated the hajis for completing the pilgrimage and sought their blessings. They offered roses to the pilgrims.

'NIA has become the BJP's parrot'

'NIA has become the BJP's parrot'

Rediff.com17 Apr 2018

'We were expecting death sentences, but now the court has acquitted them, despite Aseemanand himself admitting to his crime in front of a judge.' More importantly, it seems the tag of 'Hindu Terror' coined by the United Progressive Alliance government was wrong all along. Amjedullah Khan, spokesperson for the Majlis Bachao Tehreek, has been tracking the Mecca Masjid blast case from day one and was also involved in securing the release of more than 100 Muslims youths who were falsely accused in different terror cases in the aftermath of the blast. He spoke to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com about the acquittal of Swami Aseemanand and what it means.

Army Still Up To Mischief In Pakistan

Army Still Up To Mischief In Pakistan

Rediff.com4 Nov 2022

But it is less adventurous. It seems, at last, that in its eighth decade, Pakistan has settled into being a parliamentary democracy just like Bangladesh has and like we have always been, observes Aakar Patel.

Bihar BJP objects to Muslim minister entering temple

Bihar BJP objects to Muslim minister entering temple

Rediff.com23 Aug 2022

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with 'deliberate insult' to Hindu sensibilities for taking along a minister from another faith inside an ancient temple where it is prohibited.

Saudi forces foil suicide bomb attack on Grand Mosque

Saudi forces foil suicide bomb attack on Grand Mosque

Rediff.com24 Jun 2017

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said security forces exchanged gunfire with one of the suspects, who blew himself up inside a home he was hiding in on Friday. Five people, including a woman, were arrested in security operations in Mecca, Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said.

Indian students find a new Mecca

Indian students find a new Mecca

Rediff.com18 Oct 2004

Rashid to miss white-ball series against India for Hajj pilgrimage

Rashid to miss white-ball series against India for Hajj pilgrimage

Rediff.com24 Jun 2022

Rashid will fly to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, which means he will also miss the latter stages of Yorkshire's T20 Blast campaign.

What are Sunny and Vengsarkar doing at Wankhede?

What are Sunny and Vengsarkar doing at Wankhede?

Rediff.com30 Oct 2021

Cricketing legends Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar received yet another tribute in their native Mumbai when the Sunil Gavaskar Box and Dilip Vengsarkar Stand were inaugurated at the city's Wankhede stadium.

Disappointed by SC verdict on plea against clean chit to Modi: Jafri's son

Disappointed by SC verdict on plea against clean chit to Modi: Jafri's son

Rediff.com24 Jun 2022

Ehsan Jafri was killed during the riots. Zakia Jafri, his wife, had filed the petition challenging the special investigation team's report giving a clean chit to Modi and 63 others.

Imran Khan, 70

Imran Khan, 70

Rediff.com5 Oct 2022

How many cricket legends have been elected prime ministers of their countries?

Coronavirus impact: Saudi move to halt pilgrimages to hit Indian carriers

Coronavirus impact: Saudi move to halt pilgrimages to hit Indian carriers

Rediff.com28 Feb 2020

Over 50 per cent of all traffic to Jeddah consists pilgrims headed to Mecca and Medina.

India logs 4,518 new Covid cases, positivity rate rises to 1.62%

India logs 4,518 new Covid cases, positivity rate rises to 1.62%

Rediff.com6 Jun 2022

The death toll climbed to 5,24,701 with nine fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

'We don't want time-pass trial of Malegaon blast case'

'We don't want time-pass trial of Malegaon blast case'

Rediff.com3 Dec 2021

'If there is effective prosecution, only then we will get justice, but first let them (NIA) run the case honestly in court.'

Hyd'bad bombers thought they avenged Mecca Masjid

Hyd'bad bombers thought they avenged Mecca Masjid

Rediff.com7 Oct 2008

It is said that terror operatives were under the impression that the Mecca Masjid blasts were triggered off by some Hindu outfits and hence to avenge this, the twin blasts at Hyderabad were executed.

Fairy-tale farewell: India whitewash England in Jhulan's last waltz

Fairy-tale farewell: India whitewash England in Jhulan's last waltz

Rediff.com24 Sep 2022

India Women beat England by 16 runs in the third and final ODI to record their first clean sweep in this country.

Mecca Masjid blast: Rs 3 lakh compensation for acquitted youths

Mecca Masjid blast: Rs 3 lakh compensation for acquitted youths

Rediff.com5 Jan 2012

Almost five years after they were arrested, tortured and falsely implicated in terror-related cases, Rayees Ahmad, Dr Ibrahim Junaid and 14 other youths from Hyderabad will get compensation from the same government machinery which had labelled him as "anti-national".

Ramzan pics: Blessed by the Almighty

Ramzan pics: Blessed by the Almighty

Rediff.com24 Jul 2013

We invited you to share your Ramzan photographs -- here's a fresh set of responses.

Farewell To Cricket: Indian women gear up for memorable Lord's dance for legendary Jhulan

Farewell To Cricket: Indian women gear up for memorable Lord's dance for legendary Jhulan

Rediff.com23 Sep 2022

Call it destiny or design, Goswami's last hurrah is taking at Lord's.

Conway breaks Ganguly's 25-year-old record on debut

Conway breaks Ganguly's 25-year-old record on debut

Rediff.com3 Jun 2021

Conway remained unbeaten 136 as New Zealand finished the first day at a solid 246 for three