India signs Haj agreement with Saudi Arabia, quota fixed at 1,75,025 pilgrimsIndia has signed a Haj agreement with Saudi Arabia, setting a quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims for 2025. Minister Kiren Rijiju signed the agreeme...
13 Jan, 2025, 06.31 PM IST
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...
30 Jul, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
Government to re-allocate Go First's Haj flights to IndiGo, two Saudi carriersThe decision comes against the backdrop of the uncertainty over cash-starved Go First, which has cancelled all flights since May 3. The bud...
11 May, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
Record 2 lakh Haj pilgrims from India this year: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi1.40 lakh pilgrims will go through the Haj Committee of India,.
09 Jun, 2019, 04.19 PM IST
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...
16 Jan, 2019, 02.07 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to give details of 5th time applicants for HajA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud sought the Centre's response by February 19.
30 Jan, 2018, 07.59 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on Kerala Haj panel's plea alleging discriminationThe Kerala Haj Committee said that the Central government distributes quota on the basis of the Muslim population in each state.
05 Jan, 2018, 02.50 PM IST
Over 1.7 lakh from India will perform Haj this yearA five-member committee is looking into whether subsidies have benefits and if pilgrims can travel paying less if there is no subsidy at al...
02 Apr, 2017, 03.39 PM IST
Haj application process in UP likely to be linked with AadhaarAsked whether the process of filing of Haj application would also be linked to Income Tax Returns, Raza said there was no such proposal.
26 Mar, 2017, 04.26 PM IST
UP minister Mohsin Raza wants rich Muslims to give up Haj SubsidyRaza lost his cool at the haj office on Thursday when he spotted Azam Khan’s pictures still on the walls and asked officials to realise a n...
25 Mar, 2017, 12.25 AM IST
Expansion of India's Haj quota has benefitted all states: GovernmentThe Haj quota list of states was released yesterday.
10 Mar, 2017, 06.28 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh should get Haj quota as per 2011 census: Inayat Hussain QureshiAccording to Qureshi, the construction of 'Haj House' in state capital Bhopal is near completion and efforts are being taken to construct a...
31 Aug, 2015, 04.57 AM IST
136,020 Indians to perform Haj this year, quota remains sameIt was also conveyed by the MoS that the using of catering services in Mecca should be optional for the countries as when roads are closed ...
04 Feb, 2015, 05.26 PM IST
- Centre grants 1,699 additional seats for Haj-2013: Peerzada
Centre has granted 1,699 seats from Haj Committee of India (HCI) to Jammu and Kashmir, raising the total seats to 8,819 for Haj-2013.
11 May, 2013, 09.52 PM IST
- Jayalalithaa petitions PM on 'woefully inadequate' Haj quota
The state had received 12,000 applications this year, but the central Haj Committee had allotted only 2,863 seats, Jaya said.
14 Jul, 2012, 12.50 PM IST
- India seeks enhancement in Haj quota
India has approached the Saudi Arabian government for increasing quota for its Haj pilgrims.
07 Sep, 2008, 07.43 PM IST
- Indian Haj pilgrims will get better facilities: Ahamed
The 157,000 Indian pilgrims visiting Saudi Arabia for Haj this year can look forward to streamlined arrangements in terms of accommodation ...
17 Apr, 2008, 10.59 AM IST