10,000 Haj pilgrims from Kerala await Saudi Arabia to lift travel restrictions amid coronavirus fears
Umrah is a pilgrimage to the holy site that can be undertaken at any time of the year, while the annual Hajj pilgrimage has specific months according to the lunar calendar.
Feb 29, 2020, 08:52 AM IST
Air India allows Haj passengers travelling to India to carry Zamzam cans within permissible baggage allowance
The Hajj pilgrims carry Zamzam water from the Zamzam well at Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
Jul 09, 2019, 17:07 PM IST
Two lakh Indian Muslims will go to Haj without subsidy this year: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
The Centre has ended the “deceit of Haj subsidy” with decisive honesty and transparency, Naqvi said while inaugurating a two-day ‘orientation-cum-training programme’ for Haj 2019 deputationists in the national capital.
Jun 25, 2019, 20:44 PM IST
Pilgrims back home as Haj 2017 comes to close
More than 2.35 million pilgrims have completed Haj this year, fulfilling their religious duty in peace and unity at the holiest city in Islam, Makkah.
Sep 05, 2017, 10:27 AM IST
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flags off first batch of Haj pilgrims
India has a Haj quota of 1.70 lakh. Out of this, 1.25 lakh pilgrims travel through Haj Committee of India, while the rest through private tour operators from 21 embarkation points.
Jul 24, 2017, 17:48 PM IST
Haj committee providing orientation to Kashmiri pilgrims in Srinagar
The Haj Committee of India has initiated an orientation training programme for Kashmiri pilgrims ahead of this year`s `Haj` to Mecca.
Jun 15, 2017, 14:53 PM IST
First batch of Haj pilgrims from Telangana leave for Jeddah
The first batch of 340 pilgrims left from Telangana for Saudi Arabia on Sunday to perform the Haj pilgrimage.
Aug 21, 2016, 20:27 PM IST
First batch of Haj pilgrims from J&K to leave on August 10
Nearly 6,500 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir would perform Haj this year and the first batch would leave for Saudi Arabia on August 10, officials said on Thursday.
Jul 29, 2016, 00:37 AM IST
Mecca stampede: We will provide all help to Indian nationals, says Sushma Swaraj
After the stampede tragedy in Saudi Arabia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday that the government would provide all help to Indian nationals.
Sep 24, 2015, 20:18 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi expresses shock over stampede deaths in Mecca
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed deep shock and distress over the deaths and injuries in a stampede in Mecca.
Sep 24, 2015, 19:00 PM IST
No political propaganda during Haj: Saudi Crown Prince
Saudi Arabia will not allow any political propaganda during this year's Haj and those trying to violate the pilgrimage's sanctity will be arrested, the crown prince has said apparently referring to attempts to use Islam's holiest site to highlight the situation in strife-torn Syria and Yemen.
Sep 19, 2015, 15:49 PM IST
Traumatised by Mecca crane crash tragedy, pilgrims ask for accountability
Jumaa Ibrahim and his wife Hasnaa Karam, a Syrian couple in their early 60s, arrived in Mecca on Friday, and headed straight to Islam's holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba.
Sep 14, 2015, 15:52 PM IST
Mecca crane collapse `act of God`: Engineer
The collapse of a construction crane that killed 107 people at Mecca`s Grand Mosque was "an act of God" and not due to a technical fault, an engineer for the developer said Saturday.
Sep 12, 2015, 20:00 PM IST
