Bilateral Haj Agreement signed with Saudi Arabia; India's quota fixed at 175,025 for 2026India's Haj quota for 2026 has been confirmed at 175,025. Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju signed the bilateral Haj Agreement in Jedd...
10 Nov, 2025, 08.34 AM IST
India's Haj quota for 2025 same as 2024; application process beginsThe 2025 Haj quota for India is set at 1,75,025, remaining consistent with 2024. Applications can now be submitted through the Haj Suvidha ...
13 Aug, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
Union Minister Smriti Irani attends Haj and Umrah conference in Saudi ArabiaUnion Minister for Minority Affairs, Smriti Irani, participated in the third Haj and Umrah Conference in Jeddah. In discussions with the De...
10 Jan, 2024, 04.33 PM IST
India signs bilateral Haj agreement 2024 with Saudi Arabia, easing journey for over 1.5 lakh pilgrimsUnion Minister Smriti Irani, along with Minister of State V Muraleedharan, signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 with Saudi Arabia's Mini...
08 Jan, 2024, 10.35 AM IST
SpiceJet to operate 37 special flights between India and Saudi Arabia for Haj pilgrimsSpiceJet is the only Indian airline operating Haj flights this year, it claimed. The operation of special Haj flights is set to resume afte...
02 Jun, 2022, 01.42 PM IST
Saudi Arabia expands Haj to 1 million pilgrims, easing COVID curbsThe kingdom's ministry of Haj said the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca this year will be for those under 65 and that pilgrims must be ful...
09 Apr, 2022, 07.19 AM IST
Haj 2022 process in India to be 100% digital: Union minister NaqviThe Haj 2022 will be announced after consultations with different departments concerned in the upcoming Haj review meeting to be held in Ne...
10 Oct, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
All applications for Haj 2021 cancelled: Haj Committee of IndiaIn a circular, the committee said that the Ministry of Haj and Umrah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has issued a statement informing that due to...
15 Jun, 2021, 05.32 PM IST
Arrangements being made to vaccinate Haj pilgrims: NaqviNaqvi said around 50 per cent of the total applicants so far are women and over 700 women have so far applied under the without 'mehram' (m...
05 Jan, 2021, 04.00 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
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...
13 Dec, 2018, 07.42 PM IST
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,...
03 Oct, 2018, 03.47 PM IST
Rs 57 cr less to be paid to airlines this year as air fare for Haj pilgrims: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi"Rs 57 crore less will be paid to airlines this year even after ending the Haj subsidy," a statement from his office quoted the minister as...
30 Jun, 2018, 02.34 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
Saudi Arabia okays India's plan to ferry Haj pilgrims via sea route: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviNaqvi said that sending pilgrims through ships would help cut down travel expenses significantly and added that it would be a "revolutionar...
08 Jan, 2018, 01.14 PM IST
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...
14 Dec, 2017, 04.03 PM 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