Pak SC issues notice to ex-PM Gilani over Haj corruption case

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 23:38

Pakistan`s SC issued notices to Gilani and other officials to respond to allegations that the previous Pakistan Peoples Party-led government closed a probe into corruption in organising the Haj pilgrimage.

1.7 lakh Indian pilgrims for Haj this year

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 14:22

Saudi Arabia has allotted a quota of 1.7 lakh pilgrims from India for Haj this year, even as New Delhi made a formal request for an additional 10,000 slots.

India seeks higher Haj quota

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 09:46

Every year, India sends 170,000 pilgrims for the Haj. This year, Haj falls in October.

Azam Khan requests PM to attend Haj conference

Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 19:38

Uttar Pradesh Minority Affairs Minister Mohammad Azam Khan on Saturday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend an All India Haj Conference proposed to be held in April.

Azam Khan writes to Centre against curtailing of Haj subsidy

Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 21:55

Uttar Pradesh Haj Minister Azam Khan has written a letter to External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid asking him to reconsider the Centre`s decision to provide subsidy to Haj pilgrims.

Fulfil commitments made to Muslims: Haj Committee member to SP

Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013, 18:53

A member of the Uttar Pradesh Haj Committee on Monday asked the ruling Samajwadi Party to fulfil its promises made to Muslims during the 2012 state Assembly election.

Syria ‘planned to bomb Haj’ in 2012

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.

Pilgrims can avail govt subsidy for Haj only once

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 15:40

The Haj Committee of India has imposed new norms of once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage via subsidy.

After Umrah, Dilip Kumar-Saira Banu want to go to Haj together

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.

Supreme Court continued its judicial activism

Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 12:08

From ruling that sleep was a fundamental right to urging the government to phase out the Haj subsidy in 10 years, to nixing guidelines on media reporting, the Supreme Court continued its judicial activism during 2012.

Air India successfully completes Haj 2012 operation

Last Updated: Sunday, December 2, 2012, 22:01

Public sector carrier Air India said that it has successfully completed the Haj 2012 operations, terming it as one of the most successful operation ever by the carrier.

Haj: Travel agency charged with fraud

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.