Friday prayers not allowed for tenth consecutive week: Jamia Masjid management body
Srinagar, Dec 15: The management committee of the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta here alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir administration did not allow Friday prayers for the tenth consecutive week.
Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid in a statement said the authorities once again disallowed Friday prayers at the central mosque for the 10th consecutive Friday and also put Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Muhammad Umar Farooq, who delivers the Friday sermon there, under house detention.
The Anjuman said that no reason is provided by the authorities for these restrictions and curbs.
Meanwhile, the Mirwaiz condemned the repeated closure of the mosque on Fridays and his "arbitrary on-off detention", including on Fridays.
"All claims of so-called normalcy by rulers fall flat by such anti-people measures. I fail to understand why the central Jamia Masjid was being targeted again and again unless it is to cause grief to the Muslims of the valley and show them their place in Naya Kashmir," the statement said.
The Mirwaiz has said that the in-charge "rulers" should stop playing with the Muslims' religious sentiments and let them offer prayers in their mosques without hindrance.
"People's silence and endurance of brazen attacks on their religious rights should not be mistaken as their weakness to respond," he said.
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
