A total quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims from India has been finalised for Haj this year on Sunday, after India signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 with Saudi Arabia (KSA) at Jeddah.
During the meetings, experiences on Haj management and administration were shared and there was an exchange of ideas on best practices with the respective counterparts.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan met with Indian Ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Suhel Ajaz Khan and other officials of the Indian Consulate in Jeddah on Monday.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs, Smriti Irani, accompanied by Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 with Saudi Arabia's Minister for Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah in Jeddah.
Union Minister of Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs, Smriti Irani, accompanied by Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan is set to embark on a visit to Saudi Arabia from tomorrow.
Union Minister Smriti Irani and Lok Sabha MP from Amethi on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the expansion of the oil bottling plant in Amethi.
"Those who are known for injustice are pretending to provide justice these days (Jo anyay ke liye jane jate hai suna hai aaj kal vo nyay ka dhong kar rahe hai)," Irani told media on Thursday.
In an interview with Smita Prakash for the ANI Podcast, the minister for Women and Child Development said," When I spoke in the parliament, I spoke from my personal experience because I don't want more and more women to be harassed."
Amid an ongoing North-South divide debate, Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP from Amethi, Smriti Irani, criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and the Gandhi family's "stance" on the matter and questioned the motives behind such a debate in the country.
"Iraj Elahi, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi, today met with her Excellency Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Women and Child Development Minority Affairs and discussed a wide range of issues related to women and minorities," the Iranian Embassy in India posted
In an interview during the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, Smriti Irani said that the kids went through a lot and it's a choice that she made and they bear the consequences of it.