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  Haj 2025: India salvages 10,000 slots after private operators miss Saudi deadline

  India | April 15, 2025 12:00 IST

  India salvaged 10,000 Haj slots after private operators missed Saudi deadlines for critical arrangements. The Ministry of Minority Affairs intervened at high levels after Saudi authorities raised safety concerns and declined deadline extensions.

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  Centre releases Haj policy 2025, Haj Committee of India quota now 70 per cent

  India | August 06, 2024 22:29 IST

  India and Saudi Arabia last year signed a bilateral agreement under which New Delhi has been allocated a quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims for the annual Haj pilgrimage in 2024.

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  SC directs States to inform it about constitution of Haj committees

  India | August 12, 2022 14:06 IST

  The petition had sought direction to strictly follow the provisions of the 2002 Act especially concerning just and proper utilisation of the Central and state Haj funds created under chapter IV of the Haj Act.

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  All applications for Haj 2021 cancelled: Haj Committee of India

  India | June 15, 2021 16:52 IST

  The Haj Committee of India on Tuesday cancelled all applications scheduled for Haj 2021.

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  No Haj without two vaccine doses: Haj Committee of India

  India | April 16, 2021 12:00 IST

  The Haj Committee of India (HCI) has said that no Indian Muslims shall be allowed to go for the annual Haj pilgrimage unless they have taken the two vaccine doses.  

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  Haj 2021: Apply for online application from November 7 to December 10

  India | November 06, 2020 16:03 IST

  The Haj Committee of India has issued the action plan for Haj pilgrimage 2021 with precautionary measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. The guidelines will be issued soon. 

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  Record 2 lakh Indian pilgrims to go for Haj this year: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | June 09, 2019 17:33 IST

  "The number of women Haj pilgrims going without mehram (male companion) has increased this year and stood at 2,340. Around 48 per cent of the two lakh Haj pilgrims from India are women," the minister informed.

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  Government promises to improve facilities for Haj pilgrims

  Politics | June 23, 2014 14:10 IST

  New Delhi: Government today promised to bring in significant improvement in facilities for Haj pilgrims and request Saudi Arabia to withdraw 20 per cent cut in India's quota for the annual pilgrimage.  Acknowledging that there

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  First flight for Haj Bound pilgrims from Tamil Nadu on October 6

  India | June 24, 2012 15:39 IST

  Kumbakonam (Tamil Nadu),Jun24 : The first flight for Haj-bound pilgrims from Tamil Nadu will commence on October 6 this year, Haj Committee of India Vice Chairman, A.Aboobucker said today.Besides having MRT train facility to Mecca,