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Mann Ki Baat: 4,000 Indian women performed Haj without 'mehram', it's 'huge transformation', says PMPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said over 4,000 Muslim women performing Haj this year without 'mehram' was a "huge transformation" a...- Manipur CM to take action against those misusing social mediaManipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh has threatened to take action against those who misuse social media. The state government has come up...
- Minority Affairs Ministry was hopeful of Haj till the endOn Monday night, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi received a phone call from Haj and Umrah Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad ...
- Over 2,300 women to go on Haj this year without 'Mehram': Mukhtar Abbas NaqviThe Modi government had last year allowed women going to Haj without Mehram, which had resulted in about 1,300 Muslim women going for the p...
- India signs bilateral annual Haj agreement with Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage next yearAt the event, Naqvi said the Saudi government has always played an active and effective role to ensure safety and better facilities to Indi...
- Process for Haj 2019 to be announced in October: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviIt is for the first time that preparations for next year's Haj have started immediately after completion of the current year's Haj process,...
- 2,000 additional seats allotted to J-K for Haj 2018 as 'special quota': Mukhtar Abbas NaqviA total of 10,062 seats have been allocated to Jammu and Kashmir for Haj 2018 up from 7,960 seats allotted to the state for Haj 2017.
- Global tender floated for shipping firms to revive sea route for Haj: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviSaudi Arabia had earlier given its nod to India's plan to revive the option of sea travel to Jeddah, over two decades after the practice wa...
- 1,308 women to perform Haj without male guardians, informs Mukhtar Abbas NaqviThis is first time that women will be performing rituals without a 'mahram'. The Centre plans to deployed Haj assistants to help the women ...
- Haj expenses to come down as leaks are being plugged: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.The rates have also come down for Lucknow, Hyderabad, Srinagar, Chennai, Goa among other places. The maximum difference of about Rs 97,000 ...
- No subsidy for Haj, funds to be used for minority empowerment: NaqviNaqvi told reporters that despite the subsidy withdrawal, a record number of 1.75 lakh Muslims will undertake the pilgrimage this year from...
- New Haj policy panel head suggests removing age bar on women travelling sans MehramThe Centre has for the first time decided to allow women pilgrims over the age of 45 to undertake the pilgrimage in groups of at least four...
- Delhi High Court seeks Centre's reply on plea to quash Haj policy barring differently-abledA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Hari Shankar issued notice to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the Ministry of Soc...
- Empowering minorities educationally high on 2018 agenda: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviThe government increased the ministry's budget to Rs 4195.48 crore for 2017-18 from Rs 3827.25 crore in 2016-17, an increase of about 9.6 p...
- Move to allow women to go for Haj sans male companion giving positive results: NaqviMore than 2.63 lakh people have applied for undertaking the annual Haj pilgrimage till December 13. Out of this, 1.38 lakh applications hav...
- Centre announces multiple embarkation points for Haj pilgrims"There are 21 major embarkation points in the country, but Haj travellers have been using other cities as well to fly to Saudi Arabia."
- NDA govt ensured development of minorities, eradicated disease of appeasement: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviNaqvi listed several schemes the government has been implementing for the welfare of the communities and talked about the proposed Haj Poli...
- Embarkation points for Haj flights to remainAn expert committee had recommended that the number be brought down to nine, to “address the concerns of state governments and pilgrims”.
- Haj subsidy to be abolished gradually: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviThe minority affairs minister said the committee also suggested that the money spent on the Haj subsidy be used for the educational empower...
- New Haj policy: Modi government planning 15 cruise trips for pilgrims between Mumbai and JeddahThe practice of ferrying devotees between Mumbai and Jeddah was stopped in 1995 after MV Akbari, the ship which was used for transporting p...
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