New Delhi:
Muslims across the country celebrated
Eid ul-Fitr, a festival of joy and feasting, marking the end of the fasting month
of Ramazan, on Monday. In Delhi tens of thousands of Muslims offered Eid prayers at the
historic Jama Masjid. As is customary, people embraced each other and exchanged Eid
greetings after the prayers. Similar prayers and greetings were exchanged at a mosque
outside the Taj Mahal complex in Agra. In Patna, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took
part in Eid prayers. Kumar called on people to join hands to create a new and
beautiful Bihar.
Indo-Pak border forces greet each other on Eid
Wagha border: In a unique gesture the officials of the
Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers exchanged sweets and greeted
each other at the Wagha Border check post on the occasion of Eid- ul- Fitr. Brigadier
Kamran, a wing commander of the Pakistan Rangers offered sweets to his BSF
counterpart
Commandant Ram Chander Singh . "The minor ups and down between both sides keep
on happening. But if we can rise above the misunderstandings created by miscreants
between the two nations then we will be able to share happiness together and would
be able to resolve our own issues as well issue of the world, "said Brigadier
Kamran. The long-kept tradition of exchanging sweets and pleasantries between
border forces is being followed on the festival of lights and Eid. Officials of
Border Force of India and Pakistan believe that this goodwill gesture helps the
countries to share happiness and celebrations with each other. "As the convention
goes we convey the greetings on this auspicious day of Eid to Pakistan rangers
on behalf of DG BSF and we wish peace and tranquillity on the border," said Commandant
Ram Chander Singh .
