Eid al-Adha

From tensions in Mira Road housing society over Muslim bringing Qurbani goats inside, court petitions seeking permission for the slaughter of cows, which Hindus revere, to full-fledged violence in Nuh, Bakrid this year witnessed communal tensions in some places and clashes between rival groups in others.

"Can PETA run a similar campaign at Kamakhya temple," Apoorvanand maliciously asked in his column for The Wire.

Recently, the Calcutta High Court dismissed a batch of petitions, including the petitions filed by ‘secular’ political parties, Trinamool Congress and the CPIM, challenging the notification issued by the Suvendu Adhikari government, which prohibited Qurbani of cows and bulls on Eid-ul-Adha or Bakrid.

The hashtag #ArrestAarfaKhanam has been trending on top on X for over 24 hours, as netizens demand action against advocate and Congress leader Aarfa Khanam for a now-deleted Eid-Al-Adha post

In a shocking incident, a Muslim in Uttar Pradesh sacrificed himself on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha, a festival when Muslims slaughter various animals for sacrifice

Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the interim govt of Bangladesh, on Friday announced that the much-awaited elections will take place in first half of April in 2026

As a side-effect of heightened vigilance on India-Bangladesh border, smuggling of cattle from India to Bangladesh has also come down significantly, which increases during Eid-ul-Azha

Ahead of Eid-ul-Adha or Bakrid, African country Morocco, which as a 99 per cent Muslim population, has banned animal slaughter this year.

On Eid-al-Adha, instead of celebrating their festival, Islamists in several parts of the country were preoccupied with attacking and mocking Hindus