"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...

The Supreme Court has asked additional solicitor general Pinky Anand to file an affidavit giving details of the total Haj quota seats and t...

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.

The Kerala Haj Committee said that the Central government distributes quota on the basis of the Muslim population in each state.

The government increased the ministry's budget to Rs 4195.48 crore for 2017-18 from Rs 3827.25 crore in 2016-17, an increase of about 9.6 p...

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

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...

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

A five-member committee is looking into whether subsidies have benefits and if pilgrims can travel paying less if there is no subsidy at al...

Over two million pilgrims started moving from the tent-city of Mina to Mount Arafat and its surrounding ground for prayers, marking the cli...

The committee has sought reasons for halving the allocations to Rs 3,341 crore for 2015-16 from Rs 6,711 crore for this fiscal.

China "illegally" refers to Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet and claims around 90,000 sq km of Indian territory, RS was informed.

The Supreme Court today reduced the government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims to 300 from the 5,050 seats, proposed by it.

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 ...

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...