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‘Heatwave in Mecca’, 6 Gujarat pilgrims die during Haj
June 23, 2024 8:56 am
Six deaths have been reported this year due to the extreme heatwave
Egypt cracks down on tourism companies after haj deaths
June 22, 2024 11:33 pm
The tourism companies which facilitated the travel of those who died did not provide them with services of any kind, including medical, the statement said without naming the companies involved.
Mumbai airport to facilitate travel of over 65,000 Haj pilgrims this year
May 27, 2024 10:59 pm
The annual Haj flights from CSMIA operate for two months each year.
Saudi announces ‘visa within 48 hours’, 96-hr stopover visa for Indian Haj pilgrims
December 06, 2023 8:04 am
Indians can now perform Umrah on business, tourism and umrah visas; three new visa centres to be opened in India
‘Treat Mumbai and Ahmedabad pilgrims as same’: Plea in HC seeks quashing of Haj Committee circular
May 17, 2023 5:08 am
The petitioners have also highlighted that in previous years, the break-up of the amount recovered under various heads was made known and disclosed to the pilgrims. But that has not been done this year, they said.
Bring charges for Haj pilgrims at par with Mumbai embarkment point: Sharad Pawar
May 21, 2023 2:32 pm
The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has identified 22 airports in India as embarkment points for Haj pilgrims. Aurangabad in Maharashtra is one of the embarkment points selected by the Haj Committee.
Ex-Cong MLA flags hike in Haj cost from Ahmedabad
May 07, 2023 11:18 pm
Nearly 9,000 pilgrims from Gujarat board from Ahmedabad to visit Jeddah for Haj every year. "Normally, in the past four years, there has been a difference of Rs 10,000-20,000, but this year charges from Ahmedabad are Rs 70,000 higher than Mumbai," Shaikh told this paper.
Govt assures health support for Haj pilgrims
March 30, 2023 6:18 am
Each year, Saudi Arabia hosts around 25 lakh to 30 lakh pilgrims from across the globe to visit Mecca, and India sends the third-largest contingent of pilgrims. This year, a quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims has been allotted to India, of which 1.4 lakh will go through the Haj Committee.
Muslim pilgrims flock to Mecca for first post-pandemic haj
July 03, 2022 7:11 pm
In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj, while around 19 million took part in the umrah, another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike the haj - can be carried out at any time of the year
Re-designate Chennai as embarkation point for Haj pilgrims: Tamil Nadu CM to Centre
March 18, 2022 8:30 am
During Haj 2019, more than 4,500 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands undertook the Haj from Chennai.
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First batch of Haj pilgrims from Kashmir departs
August 27, 2014 4:01 pm
The first batch of pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir for Haj 2014 left the summer capital of Srinagar on Wednesday on a direct flight to Madina in Saudi Arabia.
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