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SRINAGAR, India —  SRINAGAR, India — Thousands of Shiite Muslims were allowed to hold a religious procession marking the Muslim month of Muharram in Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city on Thursday for the first time since an anti-India rebellion broke out in the disputed region more than three decades ago. ...

After more than three decades, thousands of Shia Muslims in Indian-administered Kashmir took part in a procession to mark the eighth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Dressed in customary black, the mourners beat their chests and chanted elegies as they walked through the ...

Members of the Shia community in Srinagar on Thursday took part in a Muharram procession on the Gurubazaar to Dalgate route after a gap of over three decades, PTI reported.The Jammu and Kashmir administration permitted the procession citing a long-pending demand of the Shia community.Traditionally, mourning processions in the ...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that for the first time Muharram procession was taken out peacefully in Srinagar after a gap of over 30 years. Addressing National Convention on Sufism: “a bridge between the communities”, at SKICC here, the LG said that firs time ...

Peaceful 8th Muharram procession a historic day for J&K: Police Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said that 8th Muharram procession has been another historic day in the continued march towards peace and stability, showing situation is at par with the days when normalcy was prevailing here. In ...

Srinagar: For the first time after three decades, thousands of Shia mourners hit the traditional routes of Srinagar to take out 8th Muharram procession. Amid praises for Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), thumping their chests and recitation of praises for Hazrat Imam Hussain(AS), the ...

SRINAGAR, Jul 27: After a gap of more than three decades, the Shia community in Srinagar on Thursday took out a Muharram procession on the Gurubazaar to Dalgate route, with hundreds participating in it.The procession was taken out by members of the community after permission was granted by the ...

Procession From Gurubazaar to Dalgate Permitted After More Than 3 Decades Srinagar: The administration has decided to allow a Muharram procession from Gurubazaar to Dalgate in the city after a gap of more than three decades.“There was a long-pending demand from our Shia brothers that the traditional procession on ...

Srinagar: In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday decided to allow the 8th Muharram procession through the traditional routes with a timing rider after almost three decades. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said that the administration after considering the Shia leaders plea about allowing ...

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri SRINAGAR, Jul 26: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has formally allowed Muharram 8 procession in summer capital Srinagar, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said on Wednesday.Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said that the procession will be allowed from traditional route for two hours ...