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UP: FIR against school principal for asking students to wear kurta, cap, make 20-second 'Happy Eid' video for extra marks
•In his complaint, VHP leader Lal Mani Tiwari called the principal of Jhunsi school, a 'communal-minded Muslim woman' and alleged that she made a deliberate attempt to hurt religious sentiments of Hindus
Jodhpur communal clash: 211 arrested so far, says Rajasthan police chief
•A curfew clamped in the city following the violence continued for the third day on Thursday with the police saying all efforts were being made to maintain law and order
Madhya Pradesh: Curfew relaxed for 11 hours in Khargone, petrol pumps allowed to open
•Earlier, on Tuesday, there was a curfew in place for 24 hours and citizens were asked to celebrate the Eid-al-Fitr and Akshaya Tritiya festivals at home.
No curfew relaxation in violence-hit Khargone on Eid, Akshaya Tritiya
•The festival of Eid-al-Fitr will be celebrated either on 2 May or 3 May depending on the moon sighting, while Akshaya Tritiya, will be celebrated on 3 May
Pakistan detects second polio case in a week, triggers concern over possible spike during Eid holidays
•Pakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world along with Afghanistan
Explained: The significance of the alvida namaz and the tension over it in Uttar Pradesh
Fp Explainers •Muslim clerics have appealed to people to offer the alvida namaz only in designated places, and not on roads, to avoid causing any inconvenience to others
Explained: Why Heropanti 2 will have an edge over Runway 34 at the box office
Ganesh Aaglave •Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff are locking horns at the box office this Friday with Runway 34 and Heropanti 2.
Mann ki Baat: Stay alert, keep following COVID-19 appropriate behaviour, says PM Modi to the people
•In his monthly radio broadcast, Modi said that in the coming days the festival of Eid, Akshaya Tritiya, birth anniversary of Bhagwan Parashuram and Vaishakh Budh Purnima will be celebrated
Anger, dissatisfaction among violence-hit Jahangirpuri residents ahead of Eid
•'This Eid is not the same. I wanted to buy clothes for children which I cannot do now. It is not feeling like a festival. Our livelihood is destroyed,' said Akbar, who lives in a one-room set with his family.
No religious procession in Uttar Pradesh to be taken out without permission: Yogi Adityanath
•With Eid festival and Akshaya Tritiya likely to fall on the same day next month and many other festivals lined up in the coming days, Adityanath said the police needs to be extra cautious.