Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 14:24
The second batch of 2,279 pilgrims Friday left Jammu base camp for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 17:44
Pilgrimage to the shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath in Uttarakhand cannot resume for three years due to extensive damage caused by heavy rains and floods, an official said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 11:55
Tamil actor Simbu says such trips are not undertaken in search of god but to help him find solace away from his busy work schedule.
Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 21:45
Devotees took a holy dip in the glacial lake at Sri Hemkund Sahib as the Sikh shrine in Uttarakhand`s Chamoli district reopened.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 21:30
Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the government to frame a five-year policy for regulating the Haj pilgrimage to replace the current annual plan which it termed as "ad-hoc and unsatisfactory".
Last Updated: Sunday, February 3, 2013, 23:37
Thousands of people climbed the sacred U Lum Sohpetbneng mountain as part of an indigenous tribal pilgrimage to the "navel of heaven".
Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 16:41
Syria had planned to explode a bomb during the Haj (pilgrimage) season in 2012, a former military officer has said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 15:34
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has said his government will soon facilitate for free of cost visits of disabled persons to religious places.
Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 20:02
Saira Banu is extremely joyous after performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia with her husband and Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar and says now she wishes they get an opportunity to go for Haj together.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 20:11
Veteran star Dilip Kumar, 90, has left for Mecca pilgrimage with his wife Saira Banu and few other relatives.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 17:31
Dilip Kumar, who turned 90 last month, will head to Saudi Arabia Wednesday evening to perform Umrah with wife Saira Banu.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 17:12
A teacher at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here has charged a Ahmedabad based travel agency of indulging in fraud and gross irregularities while arranging for his Haj pilgrimage last month.
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