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Why Centre is trumpeting Haj subsidy removal: Owaisi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday questioned as to why was the Centre trumpeting the withdrawal of Haj subsidy when it is already giving a hefty amount to other pilgrims.
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Haj subsidy removed: Cong says actual beneficiary will be airlines, not Ha
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): The Congress said on Tuesday that with the removal of Haj subsidy, the actual beneficiaries would be airlines not the Hajis.
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Haj wall row: UP Haj Committee Secretary removed
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Haj Committee Secretary R.P. Singh has been removed from his position over the issue of the boundary wall of state's Haj Samiti Office being painted with saffron colour a few days ago.
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Centre withdraws subsidy for Haj pilgrims
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The Union government on Tuesday scrapped the Haj subsidy for pilgrims as the fund will instead be used for the empowerment of minorities from this year.
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UP Haj House painted saffron: Notice issued to committee secretary
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Haj Minister Mohsin Raza on Saturday issued a notice to Haj Committee Secretary R.P. Singh seeking clarification on Lucknow's Haj House being painted saffron a few days ago.
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'Saudi increases India's Haj quota'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said that Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota.
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Women to now travel for Haj without 'mehram', confirms Naqvi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 8 (ANI): The Muslim women of India have been allowed to travel for Haj without a 'Mehram', or a male guardian, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi tweeted, on Monday.
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Haj House row: Akilesh tears into Yogi Govt
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday hit out at Yogi Adityanath led-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government after the exterior walls of a Haj house was painted in saffron and said that changing the paint is not a symbol
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Suspected LeT member arrested, arms, ammunition recovered
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): A suspected member of Lashkar-e-Taiba was on Sunday arrested from Hajin's Banyari village in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.
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UP Haj House repainted after outcry over saffron colour
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The boundary walls of the Haj House, which was painted saffron yesterday, has been repainted to its original colour.
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SP scoffs at BJP over saffronisation of Haj house
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday scoffed at the ruling dispensation in Uttar Pradesh after the exterior walls of a Haj house in Lucknow were painted in saffron colour and said if this continued, then one day everything would be painted in saffro
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Govt hurting Muslim sentiments: Maulana of saffron-painted Haj house
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): The maulana of the Haj house, whose exterior walls were painted in saffron colour in Lucknow, has averred that the government should not do anything that hurts the sentiments of the Muslim community.
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