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Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim to miss West Indies tour
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 21 (ANI): Bangladesh wicket-keeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim is all set to miss the West Indies tour starting in June due to the Hajj pilgrimage.
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Saudi Arabia sets limit of one million Hajj pilgrims this year
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 9 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Saturday said it will allow one million visitors for the Hajj pilgrimage this year.
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Thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims gather at Mecca to perform Hajj wi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 19 (ANI): Thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims gathered at Islam's holiest site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj by following COVID-19 protocols.
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2021 Hajj will depend on Saudi Arabia govt's decision: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI):Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that no decision has been taken by the Central government on the 2021 Hajj pilgrimage yet, adding that India will stand with the Saudi Arabia government's decision for annual Hajj yatra a
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With less crowd, more restrictions Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage amid COVI
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mecca [Saudi Arabia], July 30 (ANI): With face masks, sanitisers, less crowd and social distancing, this year Hajj pilgrimage is different owing to coronavirus pandemic.
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Saudi Arabia to allow around 1,000 pilgrims in scaled-down hajj this year
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 21 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Monday announced only around 1,000 pilgrims of various nationalities already in the Kingdom will be allowed to perform a dramatically scaled-down hajj this year, as the country continues its battle against the surge in coronavirus infecti
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10,000 Hajj pilgrims from Kerala await Saudi Arabia to lift travel restric
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): With Saudi Arabia indefinitely suspending visas for visit to Islam's holiest site for the Umrah pilgrimage in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, more than 10,000 people in the state who are awaiting their turn this year for the annual Hajj pi
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Over 10,000 from Kerala cleared for Hajj
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Even as Saudi Arabia has indefinitely suspended visas for the Umrah pilgrimage in the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak in several parts of the world, more than 10,000 people in Kerala have been cleared by the State Hajj Committee for the ann
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Telangana: Home Minister Mahmood Ali launches registration for Hajj
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Telangana Home Minister Mahmood Ali inaugurated application process for the annual Hajj pilgrimage for the year 2020 here on Thursday. This year the government has decided to make Haj applications paperless and online.
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Saudi Arabia suspends visas to pilgrims from Congo fearing spread of Ebola
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has suspended issuing visas to pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of the Congo over fears that Ebola could spread during next month's Hajj pilgrimage there.
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J&K: Local groups organise Hajj training for pilgrims
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 22 (ANI): A local group here in association with the State Hajj committee is organizing a special training program for the pilgrims to prepare them for the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
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First batch of Hajj pilgrims from Srinagar leaves for Jeddah
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 4 (ANI): The first batch of 11,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left for Saudi Arabia on Thursday to perform this year's Hajj pilgrimage.
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