A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud sought the Centre's response by February 19.

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi claimed that the increase over the past two years - of nearly 40,000 - is a "record expansion" since Ind...

Naqvi said that sending pilgrims through ships would help cut down travel expenses significantly and added that it would be a "revolutionar...

The 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...

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Hari Shankar issued notice to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the Ministry of Soc...

Congress on Tuesday accused Narendra Modi of lying that the government has removed the restriction and will now allow Muslim women to trave...

More than 2.63 lakh people have applied for undertaking the annual Haj pilgrimage till December 13. Out of this, 1.38 lakh applications hav...

"There are 21 major embarkation points in the country, but Haj travellers have been using other cities as well to fly to Saudi Arabia."

Naqvi listed several schemes the government has been implementing for the welfare of the communities and talked about the proposed Haj Poli...

An expert committee had recommended that the number be brought down to nine, to “address the concerns of state governments and pilgrims”.

Clerics have opposed the government’s move by stating that the reform violates the rules of Sharia and that it is a form of “unwarrantable ...

The minority affairs minister said the committee also suggested that the money spent on the Haj subsidy be used for the educational empower...

A 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...

The practice of ferrying devotees between Mumbai and Jeddah was stopped in 1995 after MV Akbari, the ship which was used for transporting p...

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to reduce, and abolish within 10 years, the huge subsidy provided for Haj pilgrims.

The Supreme Court Tuesday came out against the government policy of providing subsidy to the pilgrims going for Haj to the holy city of Mec...

HC has upheld the legality of government’s new Haj policy requiring all private tour operators to have 250 square feet office space