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Islamic Hijri calendar 2025: New year, Muharran, Ashura date. Here's allMuslims globally prepare for Muharram, marking the Islamic New Year 1447 AH. The lunar calendar sets the date around June 26, commencing a ...
23 Jun, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Saudi says 1,301 deaths during hajj, mostly unregistered pilgrimsSaudi Arabia reported over 1,300 deaths during the hajj pilgrimage, with most victims lacking permits and facing extreme heat without shelt...
24 Jun, 2024, 12.47 AM IST
Saudi Arabia: Hajj pilgrimage returning to pre-COVID levelsThe hajj, required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their life, represents one of the world's largest gatherings of people. Before the pa...
10 Jan, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
Saudi Arabia to reopen to vaccinated tourists after 17-month Covid closureHowever, Saudi Arabia did not announce any lifting of restrictions on the umrah, a pilgrimage that can be undertaken at any time, which usu...
30 Jul, 2021, 11.35 AM IST
Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdomThe kingdom made the announcement Saturday on its state-run Saudi Press Agency.
12 Jun, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
Beset by virus, Gaza's hospitals now struggle with woundedDistraught relatives didn't wait for ambulances, rushing the wounded by car or on foot to Shifa Hospital, the territory's largest. Exhauste...
14 May, 2021, 02.04 PM IST
Health advisory for Ayyappa pilgrims with two-month-long pilgirmage season set to start from Nov 16Closed spaces with poor airflow, crowded places, close face to face contact among pilgrims have to be avoided and to ensure safe pilgrimage...
09 Nov, 2020, 09.00 PM IST
Kashmir headed towards virtual shutdown, all public transport banned in SrinagarA day after a woman tested positive for coronavirus, Kashmir valley was headed towards a virtual lock down on Thursday as restrictions were...
19 Mar, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Government pitches in to help Valley residents celebrate Eid with traditional fervourThe authorities have also deployed mobile vans for door to door delivery of vegetables, LPG cylinders, poultry and eggs, they added.
11 Aug, 2019, 05.04 PM IST
- Mumbai may become India’s gateway for deadly MERS virus, scientists warn
India has been named as among the countries that face the highest risk of importing the deadly MERS coronavirus.
22 Jul, 2013, 07.20 AM IST