Bakr-Eid

Police pickets have also been put up at places considered communal hotspots and UP-112 vehicles have been directed to be deployed in sensitive areas and routes.

Eid-ul-Adha was celebrated across Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday with limited number of people offering prayers at mosques amid gathering curbs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The fear of resurgence of the COVID pandemic after a drop in cases this month has forced the government to take stringent measures, casting a shadow over Bakrid celebrations in Kerala on Wednesday.

Eid will be a working day for the CBSE officials on Wednesday as the board has to meet the deadline for preparation of class 12 results, examination controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday termed wholly uncalled for the Kerala government's relaxations for Bakrid in areas with high COVID-19 positivity rate

The Supreme Court on Tuesday termed wholly uncalled for the Kerala government's relaxations for Bakrid in areas with a high Covid positivity rate

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have sought a ban on illegal killing of cows and camels on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha in the Union territory scheduled next week. In a communication addressed to the divisional commissioners and IGPs of Jammu as well as Kashmir, the J-K Animal/Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries department has called for banning slaughter of cows, calves, and camels on the occasion of the Muslim festival during which sacrificing sheep, cows, calves and camels is an important ritual. Director Planning, J-K Animal/Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Department, while citing an official letter dated June 25 from the Animal Welfare Board of India, Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, said a large numbers of sacrificial animals are likely to be slaughtered in the UT during Bakrid festival scheduled from July 21-23. The Animal Welfare Board of India, in view of animal welfare has requested for implementation of all precautionary measures to strictly implement ..

Low-key celebrations of Bakrid across India amid corona in 10 pics

Bakrid (Eid-al-Adha) celebrated amid the coronavirus pandemic, confining the festivities to homes

Celebrations of Eid al-Adha were subdued in most parts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday following the imposition of weekend lockdown in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

Millions of households in north Englan, face stricter lockdown rules than the rest of the UK from Friday amidst a feared spike and second wave of Covid-19 cases

The occasion of Eid al-Adha in and around the capital offered a glimpse of what they are grappling with and how the unfolding crisis lays bare complex relations between Kashmiri Muslims and Pandits

Id-ul-Zuha or Bakr-Id, is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year