Eid-ul-Adha on August 12 in Dakshina Kannada
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Qazi, Al Haj Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar on Friday announced that August 12 will mark the Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid) in the District.
The Qazi further announced that August 3 will mark the beginning of the month of Dhul Haj.
According to the reports the crescent moon of the month of Dhul Haj was sighted in Bhatkal on Friday.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
