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Saudi Arabia increases quota of Indian pilgrims visiting Mecca, Madina
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The Saudi Arabian Government on Wednesday increased the quota of Indian pilgrims visiting Mecca and Madina by 34, 500 for 2017.
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Iran finally receives Haj invite from Saudi Arabia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan. 11 (ANI): Iran has said that it has finally received an official invitation from Saudi Arabia for its pilgrims to attend this year's Haj.
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Tibetan leader rejects China's demand for recalling Tibetan pilgrims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 10 (ANI): Tibet's exiled Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay has rejected China's demand for a recall of Tibetan pilgrims attending the Kalchakra Mandal initiation conferred by the Dalai Lamba.
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Kerala: Stampede at Sabarimala temple injures 17 pilgrims, one critical
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sabarimala (Kerala) [India], Dec. 25 (ANI): At least 17 pilgrims were injured, one of them critically, following a stampede at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala on Sunday.
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Pilgrims from Tamil Nadu leave for Katchatheevu for Church consecration ce
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Dec. 23 (ANI): In Tamil Nadu, hundred pilgrims left for Katchatheevu to participate in the consecration ceremony of St Antony Church the island from Ramesaram today morning.
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China's diktat indicates 'whether there is religious freedom or
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): As China recently issued directions to Tibetans and Chinese pilgrims visiting India to come back before 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) initiations by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama dubbed the diktat as "sad&
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Dalai Lama dubs China's diktat to pilgrims to return before 'Kal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): As China recently issued directions to the Tibetans and Chinese pilgrims visiting India to come back before 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) initiations by Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama on Thursday dubbed the diktat a
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Hurriyat inviting 'terrorists' not 'tourists' to Kashm
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu (J-K) [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Madhav today dubbed the separatists invitation to tourists and pilgrims to visit the valley as hypocrisy and sarcastically said that they must have mistaken tourists with terrorists.
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Yasin Malik assures safety, invites tourists to visit Kashmir
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (J-K)/ New Delhi [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): Separatist leader Yasin Malik on Wednesday invited the tourists and pilgrims to visit Kashmir, adding that the people of the valley have been 'safeguarding and providing exemplary hospitality' to them.
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Iraq: ISIS claims responsibility for blast killing 80, mostly Iranian Shi&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C,[US] Nov. 25 (ANI): The U.S. State Department confirmed that at least 80 people, mostly Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims were killed and 50 injured on Thursday when a truck bomb exploded at a gas station in Iraq. The ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement poste
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Pakistan issues visa to 81 Hindu pilgrims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21 (ANI): The Pakistan High Commission has issued visa to 81 Hindu pilgrims to visit shrines in Pakistan on account of 308th birth anniversary of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Saheb.
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Demonetisation: Kalachakra Committee issues guidelines for pilgrims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Nov. 19 (ANI): In wake of the difficulties being faced by Tibetan pilgrims due to demonetisation, the organising committee of Kalachakra has issued certain guidelines to improve the situation for pilrigms.
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