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SC refuses to entertain plea for consideration of private tour operators f
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by Al Islam Tour Corporations seeking consideration as private tour operators for the Hajj in the year 2022.
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Hajj orientation cum training program being held for pilgrims across diffe
Updated : 3 years, 9 months 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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Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim to miss West Indies tour
Updated : 3 years, 9 months 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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Gujarat ATS seizes heroin worth Rs 280 crore
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kutch (Gujarat) [India], May 2 (ANI): A team of Gujarat ATS and the Indian Coast Guard on Monday intercepted a boat namely 'Al Hajj' within 14 nautical miles from IMBL in the coastal waters of India and seized heroin worth Rs 280 crore.
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Saudi Arabia sets limit of one million Hajj pilgrims this year
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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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At least 6 killed in Houthi attack in northern Yemen
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], September 26 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were killed and more than 20 others injured when crowds celebrating a public holiday in the northwestern Yemeni province of Hajjah Saturday night were hit by a ballistic missile launched by Houthi, said a government official who p
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Thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims gather at Mecca to perform Hajj wi
Updated : 4 years, 7 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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Saudi Arabia bars foreign pilgrims from Hajj due to COVID
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 12 (ANI): In a wake of entire world witnessing the COVID-19 pandemic, Saudi Arabia once again barred foreigners to perform the Hajj, and set a limit of maximum of 60,000 pilgrims inside the Kingdom.
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2021 Hajj will depend on Saudi Arabia govt's decision: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Haj House in Srinagar converted into 100-bed COVID-19 care centre
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 8 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases increasing in Jammu and Kashmir in the second wave of pandemic, Haj house in the city has been converted into a COVID care facility to accommodate patients.
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Saudi Arabia resumes Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], October 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Saudi Arabian authorities resumed on late Saturday the Umrah pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, the kingdom's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said.
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With less crowd, more restrictions Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage amid COVI
Updated : 5 years, 7 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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