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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 ...
PIL in Delhi High Court to set up independent body for Haj pilgrimsThe plea referred to a recent notification of the Centre, scrapping the subsidy for pilgrims to get cheaper flights to- and-fro.
Haj subsidy withdrawal: What about funds given for Hindu pilgrimages? asks OwaisiAIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today claimed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh gave funds for pilgrimages, and wanted to know if that w...
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...
Muslims were cheated in name of Haj subsidy: AIMPLB"The subsidy was not given to those going on Haj but it was for Air India that is running in losses. It was an eyewash. Muslims were cheate...
No government role in negotiations on Ayodhya dispute: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviMukhtar Abbas Naqvi said it would be an "ideal" situation if the issue was resolved through peaceful deliberations among parties to the dis...
Review meeting on draft Haj policy on Nov 2Prior to that, the HCI and Haj committees from states and Union Territories (UTs) are scheduled to discuss the draft policy at two separate...
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 this week, Mumbai-Jeddah sea route to be revivedA key feature of the policy, expected to be implemented from the next year, will be to revive the option of sending pilgrims via the sea ro...
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...
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...
- China 'illegally' refers to Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet
China "illegally" refers to Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet and claims around 90,000 sq km of Indian territory, RS was informed.
- SC reduces government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims
The Supreme Court today reduced the government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims to 300 from the 5,050 seats, proposed by it.
- Steps on Supreme Court Haj subsidy order after getting judgment: S M Krishna
The government will decide steps to be taken by it on the Supreme Court order to end Haj subsidy after receiving the judgement of the apex ...
- Scrap Haj subsidy; use it for Muslims' education: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to reduce, and abolish within 10 years, the huge subsidy provided for Haj pilgrims.
- Muslim MPs welcome Supreme Court order on Haj subsidies
Muslim MPs today sought an arrangement which will directly benefit the pilgrims and improve standards of the minority community.
- Haj subsidy stays as SC vacates HC order
The Supreme Court on Monday vacated the Allahabad high court order that restrained the government from providing them with financial subsid...