Bakr Eid

Beautiful, honest or organic-fed: Pick your goat online this Bakr Eid

Online shopping is not just for clothes, shoes and gizmos. With Id-ul-Zuha or Bakr Eid round the corner, India’s Muslim community is using social networking, online marketing and e-commerce sites to buy and sell (sacrificial) goats. While online retailing of goats started a year or two ago, it has picked up significantly this year.

PM Modi, President Pranab greet nation on Eid-ul-Azha

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha.