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Jammu and Kashmir: Pilgrims receive special vaccination before leaving for
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
With an aim to make the Hajj pilgrimage hassle-free and COVID-free, a special vaccination was held in Srinagar on Saturday for pilgrims before departing to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
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Direct flights from Israel to Saudi Arabia likely next month
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Israel has issued a formal request for the flights and is awaiting the Saudi response, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said earlier this month.
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Hajj: Congress leader K Sudharkaran urges Centre to waive submission of pa
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress' Kerala president K Sudhakaran on Monday asked Union Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani to waive off submission of passports for NRIs selected for this year's Hajj pilgrimage through the government quota.
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Hajj to cost lesser this year: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 3 months 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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Uttar Pradesh to send over 30,000 pilgrims for Hajj this year
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A record number of over 30,000 Muslims from Uttar Pradesh will undertake Hajj pilgrimage this year.
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Bakra Eid 2022: History and significance behind the 'festival of sacrifice
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Eid al-Adha or Bakra Eid, which will be observed on July 10 this year, is a holy occasion also called the 'festival of sacrifice' and is celebrated on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic or lunar calendar. It marks the end of the annu
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Thousands of maskless Muslim pilgrims kick start largest Hajj of COVID era
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mecca [Saudi Arabia], July 6 (ANI): Thousand of maskless worshippers gathered to circle Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia's Mecca on Wednesday, kick-starting the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Adil Rashid misses out on white-ball series against India for Hajj pilgrim
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rashid will also be missing out on the later stages of Yorkshire's T20 Blast campaign and has been granted leave by the ECB and Yorkshire.
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Arrangements for safe journey of Hajj pilgrims in place: Telangana Home Mi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 8 (ANI): Telangana Home Minister Mahmood Ali on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the preparations for a safe journey of Hajj pilgrims and said that all the arrangements are in place.
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First batch of Hajj pilgrims depart from J-K's Srinagar
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 5 (ANI): The first batch consisting of 145 Kashmiri pilgrims left for Madina to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, informed the officials on Sunday.
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Hajj pilgrimage: First flight departs with 377 pilgrims from Kochi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 4 (ANI): The first flight with pilgrims for the Hajj pilgrimage 2022 departed from Kerala's Kochi airport to Medina in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
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Hajj orientation cum training program being held for pilgrims across diffe
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Srinagar(Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 21 (ANI): As the annual Hajj pilgrimage 2022 is scheduled to begin in the last week of May, an orientation cum training program was organized by authorities of Hajj house Srinagar in various districts of the Kashmir valley on Saturday.
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