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PIL in Delhi HC against Minority Affairs Ministry's decision to allow only
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi High Court challenging office Memorandum (OM) issued by Haj Division, Ministry of Minority Affairs on March 20, 2023, according to which only Central Police Force employees will be allowed to serve and travel to the Kingdom of Saudi
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Extensive health infrastructure creation in Mecca, Medinah, Jeddah to ensu
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Each year Saudi Arabia hosts around 25 lakhs to 30 lakh pilgrims from across the globe to visit Mecca and India sends the third largest contingent of pilgrims in the world.
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In a first, over 4,000 women from India apply for Haj travel without 'male
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
For the first time in the history of Haj pilgrimage, 4,314 women have applied to go on the pilgrimage without a 'Mehram' or male guardian with blood relation, said sources in India's Minority Affairs Ministry.
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Pak: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor urges Election Commission to hold polls i
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the Geo News, in the letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, the Governor said that it would be in the "best public interest as well as in the interest of the state" if the election will take place on October 8 instead of the previous date, which he had s
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PTI to move apex court against ECP decision on Punjab elections date
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The biggest province in the nation's elections were postponed, according to the election organising authority, who gave security concerns as the main justification for the decision. After consulting with the ECP, President Arif Alvi announced the date for the Punjab elections in view of the
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CBI arrests senior railway employee in bribery case in Bihar
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested a Chief Controller (Operating) of East Central Railway from Hajipur in Bihar for demanding a bribe.
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Online applications for Haj 2023 closes on March 10
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Saudi Arabia in January announced that there will be no limit on the number of pilgrims for this year's Haj.
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One family built guest house on land allocated for medical college: Smriti
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"For 30 years, the people of Amethi were repeatedly told that a medical college will be opened. But if you visit Amethi you will see that this one family made a guest house for themselves on the land allocated for medical college," Smriti Irani said addressing the Lok Sabha.
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Hajj to cost lesser this year: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Hajj pilgrims from India will have to pay less as compared to the previous year as the central government is considering to reduce the cost of the pilgrimage by Rs 50,000 per person, sources in the Ministry of Minority Affairs said on Monday.
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Mau DM orders confiscation of Mukhtar Ansari's close aide's property under
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Mau District Magistrate Arun Kumar ordered the confiscation of properties worth Rs 2 crores of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's close aide Haji Rafiq Ahmad under the Gangster Act on Tuesday.
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Brunei's Sultan extends Republic Day wishes to PM Modi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"I am very pleased to send my warmest congratulations to Your Excellency and to the Government and people of the Republic of India on your Republic Day," read a press release addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
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Pakistan: Azam Khan takes oath as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker CM
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Khan's name for the provincial caretaker role was finalised after consultation between outgoing chief minister Mahmood Khan and Leader of the Opposition Akram Khan Durrani
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