Saudi Arabia has implemented stricter penalties for hospitality providers in Mecca and Medina during Hajj to enhance pilgrim services. Repe...

A sacred brick, journeying from Mecca to Ayodhya, heralds the foundation laying of the Mohammed Bin Abdullah mosque. Organized by the Indo-...

The Saudi government has set up a new council, under the direct control of the king, to supervise the affairs of the two holiest mosques of...

This was a time when Mecca was the centre of trade, connected to the port city of Jeddah. It was also a pilgrim spot housing many pagan dei...

SpiceJet is the only Indian airline operating Haj flights this year, it claimed. The operation of special Haj flights is set to resume afte...

The 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...

Such a move would restrict the pilgrimage to Mecca, a once in a lifetime duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it, to Saudi nati...

Earlier this month Saudi Arabia allowed citizens and residents to perform the Umrah pilgrimage at Islam's holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, ...

On Wednesday, the kingdom halted the umrah pilgrimage for its own citizens and residents. The move came after authorities last week suspend...

Saudi nationals and residents can still visit Mecca and Medina and pray there, provided they do not go for the purpose of umrah, deputy haj...

Saudi Arabia temporarily suspended entry of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) citizens to Mecca and Medina, the foreign ministry announced in ...

Altogether 99,903 people went to Saudi Arabia for Haj from 21 embarkation points across India through Haj Committee of India this year, he ...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman said today that "irresponsible comments" and criticism of the kingdom's management of the hajj will not affect h...

He told young people who want to join Islamic State they would be "cannon fodder" rather than "valued members" of the movement.

Tata Steel said it has bagged an order to manufacture 60,000 tonnes of high-quality rails for a new high-speed line linking Mecca and Medin...

Saudi has slashed the number of Hajj pilgrims, including from India, by 20`% this year, citing massive ongoing construction work.

Five Haj pilgrims from India, including three women, were killed and 19 others injured when their bus met with an accident near Mecca in Sa...