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Over 10,000 from Kerala cleared for Hajj
Updated : 6 years 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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Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends entry for Umrah amid coronavirus fears
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Thursday temporarily suspended the entry of pilgrims who visit the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque, in an attempt to ensure public safety by preventing the spread of the coronavirus epidemic that has so f
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Security heightened for Pakistani pilgrims visiting Ajmer Urs
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Additional security will be deployed for Pakistani devotees visiting Ajmer for the 808th Urs of Khwaja Garib Nawaz Moinuddin Chishti. About 260 Pakistani worshippers are scheduled to visit the city on the annual pilgrimage after a gap of two years.
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People continue to flock to Prayagraj to watch Siberian birds
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Migratory Siberian birds who fly thousands of kilometres to Prayagraj - site of holy pilgrimage for Hindus - due to the confluence of the three rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, are now slowly heading back to their home country.
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Making Haj cent percent online removed middlemen, says Naqvi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that making Haj process 100 per cent online has removed middlemen making Haj pilgrimage affordable for the Indian Muslims.
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Govt will arrange safe, secure Amarnath Yatra: Union Minister Kishan Reddy
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 15 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Saturday said that the government is committed to arranging a safe and secure Amarnath Yatra.
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Sonia Gandhi is a 'teerth' for Congress, says BJP's Rameshwar Sharma
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Hitting out at Madhya Pradesh Minister Govind Singh over his scrapping of 'Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojna' remark, BJP leader Rameshwar Sharma on Saturday accused Congress of not believing in 'Sanatan Hindu Dharma' and said that party interim
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Conducting pilgrimages for devotees not the govt's job, says Madhya Prades
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Minister and Congress leader Govind Singh said that the 'Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojna' should be scrapped as it was not the government's job to conduct religious pilgrimages.
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50 Pakistani Hindu families arrive on religious pilgrimage, want to settle
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Attari (Amritsar) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): A group of 50 Hindu families from Pakistan arrived in India on Monday via the Wagah-Attari border to visit the holy city of Haridwar.
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Anjanashalaakaa ceremony of Shankheshwarpuram pilgrimage concluded with ga
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 3(ANI/BusinessWire India): From January 21 to 26, 2020, a grand ceremony of Anjanashalaakaa was performed at the Churchgate Cross Maidan, Mumbai under the Nishraa (blessings) and presence of Gachhaadhipati AB Daulatsagarsuri Ji Maharaja and the source of ins
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HC notice to Delhi Govt over free pilgrimage scheme
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi government on a petition challenging its free pilgrimage scheme, 'Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojna'.
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HC to hear plea challenging Delhi govt's free pilgrimage scheme
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday said that it would hear on January 28 the plea filed before it challenging the Delhi government's free pilgrimage scheme.
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