Haj

Haj Committee of India announces action plan for 2021 pilgrimage; application opens on 7 Nov

Hajj pilgrims from India who will be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia will be selected through a lottery in January and in July 2021

Centre says Indian pilgrims will not go for Haj this year due to COVID-19; full refunds to be processed soon

The money will be refunded through online Direct Benefit Transfer mode into bank accounts of applicants, the Minority Affairs Minister said, adding this will be the first time since Independence that pilgrims from India will not be going for Haj

Iran, Italy and South Korea account for 80% coronavirus cases outside China; Saudi bans pilgrimage to Mecca; global fatality rate at 3.4%, says WHO

Saudi Arabia banned citizens from performing this year's Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca, Italy weighed closing schools nationwide and Iran cancelled Friday prayers for a second week as nations scrambled Wednesday to control the coronavirus outbreak

Saudi Arabia introduces free sleeping pods for this year's Haj pilgrims

The pods also provide a space in which pilgrims can change their clothes and take a shower.

First batch of Haj pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia; govt to facilitate 1,28,702 Indians this year

The first batch of Haj pilgrims on Saturday was flagged off by Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who said the preparations for ensuring a smooth pilgrimage had been completed.

Delhi State Haj Committee meets Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi over facilities arranged by Centre for pilgrims

Flights for Haj will start from 14 July, when pilgrims from Delhi, Gaya, Guwahati, Lucknow and Srinagar will embark on the pilgrimage. Flights from other embarkation points would start later.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says airlines carrying Haj pilgrims will be paid Rs 57 crore less in fares this year

Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announced a reduction in the funds spent on air fares of Haj pilgrims as compared to 2017

Govt announces reduction in airfare for Haj pilgrims, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls it 'empowerment without appeasement'

The government on Tuesday announced a significant reduction in airfare for those going on the Haj, a month after it scrapped subsidies for the pilgrimage

Pakistan to send transgenders for the first time as volunteers during Haj pilgrimage this year

For the first time in the history of Pakistan, transgenders will be part of a team of boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as volunteers during 2018 Haj pilgrimage

Haj subsidy: PIL in Delhi HC seeks to set up independent body for pilgrims, quash govt-contolled committee

A PIL seeking an independent Muslim body to look into arrangements for Haj pilgrims, quashing the govt-controlled Haj Committee has been filed in Delhi HC.