Number of pilgrims swell, Haj House still in bad shape

The first training programme for Haj pilgrims from the state, who will be performing Haj this year, was inaugurated by State Haj Committee chairman Syed Khaleeluddin Ahmed at Hi-tech Function Hall at Malakpet in the city on Sunday. Ahmed said that ...

The selected Haj pilgrims of Andhra Pradesh have been advised to take care of their health and practice walking to ensure that they perform the holy Haj this year without any difficulties. Addressing the selected pilgrims during the First ...

The Ministries of Labor and Interior has announced that, the Haj and Umrah overstayers who arrived in the country before July 3, 2008, can work for private companies or as domestic workers. As part of its major concessions, the ministries have also ...

DOHA: Private tour operators in Qatar conducting the Haj and Umrah trips to Saudi Arabia are agitated by a proposal by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to hand over the job to a national company. The proposal to set up a national company ...

Travel agents have allegedly made a mockery of an auto driver’s labour of love to fulfil his 68-year-old mother’s final wish — to go on haj. Syed Amjad Pasha has now filed a criminal complaint against the agents. In 2009, a surgeon told ...

The construction of Haj House complex coming up on 10 acres of land at Pahadi Shareef near Shamshabad may not have taken off yet, but two agencies of the minorities welfare department (MWD) are already staking claim to its premises.

Haj aspirants have reason to cheer this season as the Haj Committee of India has announced that the state is all set to get an additional quota of 205 seats.

Experts participating in the 13th Scientific Forum for Haj and Umrah Research held at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah stressed that Mount Abu Qubais can't be demolished near Al-Safa door at the Grand Mosque due to the Zamzam springs. Prince ...

Get more Haj quota for India: Maharashtra minister PIL important for providing justice, says President Infrastructure key to development: Young MPs New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has expressed "displeasure" over availability of just ...