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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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Saudi Arabia to allow around 1,000 pilgrims in scaled-down hajj this year
Updated : 5 years, 7 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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Terrorists trying to target Amarnath Yatra: Indian Army
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 17 (ANI): Four days ahead of the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra, the Indian Army on Friday announced that terrorists were trying to target the pilgrimage at National Highway 44.
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People who registered for Haj 2020 should be given priority for pilgrimage
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 29 (ANI): The Bihar Haj Committee has requested the Centre to give preference in 2021 to those people who had registered for Haj 2020 but could not go due to the restrictions on the pilgrimage this year.
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Maharashtra Govt to ensure safe Pandharpur pilgrimage: Anil Deshmukh
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Solapur (Maharashtra) [India], June 27 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday said that state government wants annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur on the occasion of 'Ashadhi Ekadashi' to be safe and hence nine palanquins which come every year will be allowed to come for the
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Candidature of Haj applicants cancelled automatically, says Telangana Haj
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 24 (ANI): Telangana State Haj Committee has cancelled all applications for Haj 2020 after Saudi Arabia said only Muslims living in the country can take part in this year's Haj pilgrimage.
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COVID-19: Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' Hajj
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 23 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has announced that it will hold a "very limited" Hajj this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with people already living in the kingdom allowed to take part in the pilgrimage that begins in late July, Al Jazeera reported.
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Andhra CM, Governor condole deaths in Vedadri road mishap
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 18 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed grief over the loss of lives in the road accident on Wednesday near Vedadri village in Krishna district, in which 10 people were killed and se
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Amarnath Yatra: Mahant announces Chhari-Mubarak pooja schedule, says pilgr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of the holy mace of Lord Shiva, has announced the schedule for the Chhari-Mubarak rituals for this year's Amarnath Yatra and said the pilgrimage will be "a low-key affair" in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Haj 2020: J-K Haj Committee asks pilgrims to apply for refund
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 (ANI): The executive officer Jammu and Kashmir Haj committee has asked the Haj pilgrims, who intend to cancel their pilgrimage scheduled for 2020, to apply for a refund.
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Uttarakhand Teerth Purohits expresses anger over formation of Char Dham De
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 28 (ANI): Teerth Purohits and Panda Society of Uttarakhand has expressed anger over the formation of a high-level coordination committee for the smooth conduct of pilgrimages to Char Dham and 51 other shrines in the state.
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Pakistan thanks MEA for sending 193 stranded citizens back home
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], May 5 (ANI): The Pakistan High Commission on Tuesday thanked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for sending its 193 stranded citizens back home via Attari-Wagah border on Tuesday. They had come to India on a pilgrimage or for medical treatment.
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