Friday, November 27, 2009 MAKKAH MUKARRAMA: Millions of Muslims in Maidan-e-Arafat after performing the Hajj Rukn-e-Azam, overnight stay in Mazdalfa left for Mina in the morning. Saudi Arabia Mufti-e-Azam, Sheikh Abdul Aziz al Sheikh delivering Khutba-e-Hajj at Masjid-e-Nimra in Maidan-e-Arafat said the world and the ummah presently facing the greatest challenge of terrorism, which was being used for dividing the ummah into pieces. He condemned the practice of enforcing the views by force. Drawing the attention of the youths, he said that the western channels were misleading the Muslim youths, but the Muslim media should counter it.Following the Khutba, Zuhar and Asar prayers were together offered and, thereafter, the pilgrims went for Waquf in Maidan-e-Arafat.Khadim Al-Haramain Al-Sharifain King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and members of the Saudi cabinet were present in Mina for looking after the facilities given to the Hujjaj.Hujjaj after reaching Muzdalfa offered Maghrib and Isha prayers together and after overnight stay in Mazdalfa offering Namaz-e-Fajr started leaving for Mina for Rami Jamarat.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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