Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated with religious fervor in Dakshina Kannada
Mangaluru: Muslim community in the coastal part of Karnataka celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday with devotion and gaiety.
Namaz and religious preaching led by Dakshina Kannada Qazi Thwaqa Ahmed Musliyar was held at Eidgah Masjid in Light House, Mangaluru.
Speaking on the occasion he said, people of the community have observed fasting for 30 days during the month of Ramzan and indulged in charity acts. They have abstained from activities that hurt others.
After cleansing one’s mind and then becoming clean physically, one wears new dresses and sprays scents on his body. They visit mosques, pray and distribute sweets.
Along with personal celebration they donate festival items to needy and poor and bring smile on their faces on this day. This is the specialty of Eid, he added.
Eid encourages to improve relation between humans across families, society, country and globally. Let in this Eid bring people together who soured their relationships. A phrase in Quran says, Evil should be faced with virtuous and the preaching of Prophet who has conquered this world with love and trust must be guiding light, he said.
Imam of Shah Amir Ali masjid Moulana Riyaz ul Haq gave information about Eid namaz.
An all religious harmony meet was held after the Eid namaz. DK district in charge minister U.T Khader, parliamentary secretary for chief minister, Ivan D’Souza, Qazi Thwaqa Ahmed Musliyar, president of the mosque Y. Abdulla Kunhi gave message of the festival.
Special namaz was held at various mosques across Mangaluru. People greeted by hugging each other.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
