Delhi HC seeks Centre's response on PIL challenging decision to allow only Central Police Force as Haj Officers

Apr 05, 2023

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought responses on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging office Memorandum (OM) issued by Haj Division, Ministry of...

Candidature of Haj applicants cancelled automatically, says Telangana Haj Committee

Jun 24, 2020

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 24 : Telangana State Haj Committee has cancelled all applications for Haj 2020 after Saudi Arabia said only Muslims living...

Haj 2020: J-K Haj Committee asks pilgrims to apply for refund

Jun 07, 2020

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 7 : The executive officer Jammu and Kashmir Haj committee has asked the Haj pilgrims, who intend to...

In a first, over 4,000 women from India apply for Haj travel without 'male guardian'

Mar 29, 2023

For the first time in the history of Haj pilgrimage, 4,314 women have applied to go on the pilgrimage without a 'Mehram' or male...

98 Indians died during Haj pilgrimage this year: MEA

Jun 21, 2024

Ninety-eight Indians, who were among 1.75 lakh pilgrims from the country to go for the Haj pilgrimage this year, died on account of causes...

First batch of Haj pilgrims from Srinagar depart for Saudi Arabia

May 09, 2024

The first batch of pilgrims embarked on the annual Haj pilgrimage from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport in the early hours of Thursday.