Tag: Eid

Mobile services suspended in Kashmir ahead of Eid

All mobile phone services, save BSNL post-paid connections, were suspended across the Kashmir Valley on Monday, a day ahead of Eid, even as the shutdown continued for the 66th day. Mobile Internet facilities on cell phones and other appliances have already been suspended since the current spell of violence broke out in July. Sources also …

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September 12, 2016

UAE prisoners pardoned, to be released on Eid

United Arab Emirates authorities on Thursday ordered release of a number of prisoners from punitive and reformative institutions ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha which falls on September 12 in the gulf region. On the occasion of the festival, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan pardoned 442 prisoners. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the ruler of …

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September 8, 2016