District authorities in Jalandhar have issued an advisory on Saturday asking residents to avoid large gatherings and stay indoors as a precautionary measure amid heightened security between India and Pakistan.
Air sirens were sounded across Chandigarh on Friday as part of a precautionary measure after the city received an alert from the local Air Force station about a possible attack, said the official.
"All citizens are requested to stay indoors and away from the windows, keep lights turned off, and draw the window curtains. There is no need to panic. A siren will blow now, and we will pass the message again once it is clear," the DPRO said.
According to the alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department, there has been constant rain since morning in Uttarakhand's Nainital and other adjoining areas.
"Some say if you're so scared, you should not offer namaz and stay indoors. They say just like we have covered our mosques, we must cover ourselves also, or else stay indoors," Owaisi said while addressing a gathering at Chowk-e-Masjid in Telangana's Hyderabad.
After Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur's appeal to Muslims to "stay indoors," which sparked a controversy, Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Singh stated on Tuesday that while Muslims can offer Namaz, there should be restrictions on how and where they perform it in relation to Hindu festiva
Sambhal Circle Officer (CO) Chaudhary said that since Holi came once a year and there were 52 Jummas (Fridays) in a year, people from the Muslim community had been requested to stay indoors if they could not accept being coloured.
In response to the deteriorating security situation, educational institutions across Kurram district have been closed for the day and authorities have urged residents to stay indoors as tensions remain high.
A total of 880 casualties have been reported as a result of devastating floods in Assam from 2019 to July 25 this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said.
The advisory comes in response to recent violent clashes between students and police in Dhaka, following the Bangladeshi government's decision to close all public and private universities.
Nepal's embassy in Dhaka has issued an advisory for Nepali students to stay indoors and follow the instructions of their respective universities and college administrators after the students' protest intensified over the government jobs quota
Rickshaw pullers are not only working under intense heat; at times they have to wait for hours on the road as there are less passengers in this intense heat. The rickshaw pullers say that passengers usually prefer to stay indoors in the summer months.