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...

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

Prior to that, the HCI and Haj committees from states and Union Territories (UTs) are scheduled to discuss the draft policy at two separate...

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