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  201 Indian pilgrims died during Haj pilgrimage 2024 due to health issues: Govt informs Lok Sabha

  India | July 25, 2024 16:21 IST

  More than 70 per cent of the total fatalities have occurred among pilgrims aged 60 and above, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha.

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  Haj Yatra: First batch of 145 pilgrims return to Srinagar

  India | July 16, 2022 12:58 IST

  Haj Yatra 2022 news: The first flight carrying pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia landed at Srinagar International Airport at around 7:40 am.

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  Haj 2022 process in India to be 100% digital: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  India | October 10, 2021 10:29 IST

  The Haj 2022 will be announced after consultations with different departments concerned in the upcoming Haj review meeting to be held in New Delhi on October 21, the statement said.

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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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  Indian pilgrims will not travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020, says Naqvi

  India | June 23, 2020 13:22 IST

  The government has decided that Muslims from India will not travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020 after the kingdom conveyed that pilgrims should not be sent this year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

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  Saudi Arabia mulls cancelling Haj for first time: Report

  World | June 13, 2020 13:20 IST

  Saudi Arabian authorities were considering cancelling the annual Haj pilgrimage season for the first time since the establishment of the Kingdom in 1932, after the number of coronavirus infections exceeded 100,000

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  Those cancelling pilgrimage will get full refund: Telangana Haj panel

  India | June 06, 2020 23:01 IST

  With uncertainty looming over Haj this year due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Telangana State Haj Committee on Saturday announced that those who desire to cancel their pilgrimage can do so and will get 100 per cent refund.

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  First group of Indian Haj pilgrims arrive in Medina

  World | July 05, 2019 13:29 IST

  Indian Ambassador Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General Noor Rahman Sheikh and Haj Consul Y. Sabir received the pilgrims on arrival at the Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport. 

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  Muslim women can travel for Haj without male guardian: PM Modi

  India | December 31, 2017 14:51 IST

  According to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, now Muslim women aged above 45 will be allowed to go for the pilgrimage without 'mahram' in a group of at least four.

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  Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) to go on strike

  India | September 22, 2015 10:12 IST

  1. Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) to go on strikeBhopal: Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) to go on strike today over denial of their demands by the MP Government, in Bhopal.2. First Minister-Level Strategic Dialogue Between India

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  Saudi Arabia says Haj won't be affected by Makkah crane collapse

  World | September 13, 2015 8:29 IST

  Riyadh: Saudi authorities said late Saturday that Islam's annual haj pilgrimage won't be affected by Friday's crane collapse that killed 107 and injured 238 pilgrims at Makkah's Grand Mosque, the media reported.Prince Khalid Al Faisal,

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  Haj pilgrims advised not to carry viagra, porn material

  India | August 23, 2015 13:40 IST

  New Delhi: Haj is considered as the biggest Muslim pilgrimage to the holy destination of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.As the Haj pilgrims from India have begun their journey to Mecca, an advisory has been issued

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  How much subsidy does the government extend to Haj Pilgrimage?

  India | August 14, 2015 16:19 IST

  Both politically & otherwise, Secularism in India is often discussed and any such discussion is incomplete without the reference to subsidies extended by the Government to the religious activities of citizens. The subsidy extended to

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  Isolation ward in Mecca to check Ebola virus

  World | September 09, 2014 13:40 IST

  Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will establish a 50-bed exclusive isolation ward at Arafat Hospital in Mecca during the Haj pilgrimage as a preventive measure against the Ebola virus and other communicable diseases, Arab News reported on

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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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  Haj To Be Once In A Lifetime Affair Only, Centre Tells Supreme Court

  India | April 16, 2012 7:50 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 15:The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a “once in a lifetime” affair as against the existing