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Coronavirus fears

29 Feb 2020

Coronavirus: Haj pilgrims from Kerala await Arabia to lift travel restrictions

Umrah is a pilgrimage to the holy site that can be undertaken at any time of the year, while the annual Hajj pilgrimage has specific months according to the lunar calendar.

09 Jul 2019

Haj passengers can carry Zamzam cans within permissible bag: Air India

The Hajj pilgrims carry Zamzam water from the Zamzam well at Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.

25 Jun 2019

Two lakh Indian Muslims will go to Haj without subsidy this year: Naqvi

The Centre has ended the “deceit of Haj subsidy” with decisive honesty and transparency, Naqvi said while inaugurating a two-day ‘orientation-cum-training programme’ for Haj 2019 deputationists in the national capital.

05 Sep 2017

Pilgrims back home as Haj 2017 comes to close

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

24 Jul 2017

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flags off first batch of Haj pilgrims

India has a Haj quota of 1.70 lakh. Out of this, 1.25 lakh pilgrims travel through Haj Committee of India, while the rest through private tour operators from 21 embarkation points.

Jammu and Kashmir

15 Jun 2017

Haj committee providing orientation to Kashmiri pilgrims in Srinagar

The Haj Committee of India has initiated an orientation training programme for Kashmiri pilgrims ahead of this year`s `Haj` to Mecca.

21 Aug 2016

First batch of Haj pilgrims from Telangana leave for Jeddah

The first batch of 340 pilgrims left from Telangana for Saudi Arabia on Sunday to perform the Haj pilgrimage.

28 Jul 2016

First batch of Haj pilgrims from J&K to leave on August 10

Nearly 6,500 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir would perform Haj this year and the first batch would leave for Saudi Arabia on August 10, officials said on Thursday.

24 Sep 2015

Mecca stampede: We will provide all help to Indian nationals, says Sushma Swaraj

After the stampede tragedy in Saudi Arabia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday that the government would provide all help to Indian nationals.

24 Sep 2015

Sonia Gandhi expresses shock over stampede deaths in Mecca

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed deep shock and distress over the deaths and injuries in a stampede in Mecca.

19 Sep 2015

No political propaganda during Haj: Saudi Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia will not allow any political propaganda during this year's Haj and those trying to violate the pilgrimage's sanctity will be arrested, the crown prince has said apparently referring to attempts to use Islam's holiest site to highlight the situation in strife-torn Syria and Yemen.

14 Sep 2015

Traumatised by Mecca crane crash tragedy, pilgrims ask for accountability

Jumaa Ibrahim and his wife Hasnaa Karam, a Syrian couple in their early 60s, arrived in Mecca on Friday, and headed straight to Islam's holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba.

Mecca crane collapse

14 Sep 2015

Mecca crane collapse `act of God`: Engineer

The collapse of a construction crane that killed 107 people at Mecca`s Grand Mosque was "an act of God" and not due to a technical fault, an engineer for the developer said Saturday.

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