Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand on Monday visited the Bibi ka Alawa at Dabeerpura and offered ‘dhatti’ to the Bibi ka Alam. Speaking to the media, Anand said the Bibi ka Alam procession would be taken out from the Bibi ka Alawa on Tuesday and that all arrangements were in place for smooth conduct […]
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Traffic police announced certain traffic directions/restrictions on Tuesday on account of Bibi ka Alam procession in the old city. The traffic restrictions will be imposed between 12 noon and 10 pm on the procession route between Bibi ka Alawa Dabeerpura to Masjid -e- Ilahi Chaderghat. The procession will pass through Bibi ka […]
Hyderabad: Every year, as thousands of visitors flock for a glimpse of the Bibi-ka-Alam during the first Islamic month of Moharram, there is one question that is whispered around, with the answers as varied as the number of the people who crowd Dabeerpura at this time of the year. And that question is all about […]
Hyderabad: A city-based organization, the Shia Companions, has urged the State Forest department to issue a government order according permission to use Rajni, the local elephant, for the Muharram procession next month. Syed Ali Jaffry, general secretary of Shia Companions, said it was an age-old practice to carry the Bibi-ka-Alam on an elephant by the […]
Hyderabad: The majestic elephant ‘Sudha Rani’, who had participated in the religious events of Muharram and Bonalu in Hyderabad in the last few years, passed away in the early hours of Monday in Karnataka. The elephant was aged around 60 years. The mahout, Nazeer, speaking to Telangana Today from Belagavi district in Karnataka, said that […]
Hyderabad: Muslims across Telangana observed the ‘Youm-e Ashoora’ that falls on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Popularly referred as ‘Muharram’, the day commemorates the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Muhammad in Karbala battle centuries ago. To mark the day, special religious meetings were organised across […]
Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Friday supervised the security arrangements for the Bibi ka Alam procession. Along with the officers stationed at Charminar police station, he monitored the procession as it commenced at 1 p.m from Bibi ka Alawa. Anjani Kumar, along with DS Chauhan, Additional Commissioner (law and order) and other police […]
