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Telangana Police’s elite OCTOPUS force and other security agencies conducted a two-hour mock drill at Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid to assess emergency response, rescue, evacuation, preparedness and coordination. Officials said the exercise simulated a security emergency, with no actual threat reported

Friday prayers at Hyderabad’s historic Mecca Masjid concluded peacefully amid tight police security as Ganesh idol immersion processions continued in the city. A procession carrying large idols passed the mosque quietly, while worshippers dispersed gradually after the prayers.

Police made elaborate security arrangements at Charminar on Friday amid Friday prayers and a large gathering at Mecca Masjid. Senior officers monitored the situation, while RAF and Task Force personnel were deployed. Small Ganesh idols continued passing through the area during prayers.

Ahead of Ramzan, GHMC carried out special sanitation drives around Charminar and Mecca Masjid, ensuring clean streets, cleared footpaths and improved hygiene for worshippers and visitors, with teams working round the clock to maintain cleanliness standards

Thousands of Muslims gathered at Mecca Masjid and other mosques across Hyderabad to offer Jumaath-ul-Vida prayers. Authorities deployed heavy security and implemented traffic diversions to manage large crowds during the last Friday of Ramzan.

Hyderabad Traffic Police have announced road closures and diversions around Charminar and Mecca Masjid for Jummat-ul-Vida prayers on March 20. Restrictions will be in place from morning to afternoon, with designated parking and alternate routes arranged

With gold prices nearly doubling in a year, Muslims in Hyderabad are set to contribute significantly more Zakat this Ramzan. Zakat, one of Islam’s five pillars, requires 2.5 percent of annual savings to be given to the needy. Religious leaders emphasise its obligatory nature, regardless of rising costs.

On the first Friday of Ramzan, thousands of Muslims gathered at Hyderabad’s historic Mecca Masjid to offer Namaz-e-Juma. Led by Hafiz Maulana Mohammed Rizwan Qureshi, the prayers saw worshippers arriving from across the city.

As the holy month of Ramzan approaches, the GHMC has launched a focused cleanliness drive at key religious and heritage sites, including Mecca Masjid, Madina, and Charminar.

At least 45 Indian Umrah pilgrims, most of them from Telangana, died in a horrific bus–tanker collision near Madinah early Monday. The bus burst into flames, leaving bodies charred. One person survived. Authorities are coordinating relief and DNA-based identification

DCP (South Zone) Sneha Mishra personally oversaw the security arrangements at the historic site

The protesters termed the recently-introduced at as ‘unconstitutional’

The biggest congregation was witnessed at the Mir Alam Eidgah, Bahadurpura where more than one lakh people attended the congregational prayers

The TS Wakf Board had spruced up the historic Mecca Masjid, where around 10,000 people are expected to attend the prayers on Friday

Social organization ‘Terminate Hunger Welfare Association’ is distributing around 2500 boxes containing date, water melon, banana, papaya, musk melon, guava, grapes and other fruits along with a bottle of water

MLA Mir Zulfeqar Ali emphasises on uninterrupted power, water supply, separate arrangements for women at Mecca Masjid

All the mosques across the city are being refurbished in view of the large attendance witnessed for prayers during the month

The Muslims calculate the zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, on one’s annual savings with at least 2.5 per cent of it to be distributed. It is mainly distributed during Ramzan.

Maulana Hafeez Mohd Muzaffar, member of the committee, said the procession actually scheduled for September 28 was rescheduled as the Vinayaka Visarjan procession is being taken out on the same date

He condoled the passing away of Hyderabad Mecca Masjid Imam and Islamic scholar Hafiz Maulana Muhammad Usman Naqshbandi.