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Amarnath yatra: Pilgrims to get new `high security` permits

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 16:23

To prevent illegal duplication of registration forms for pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir, high security `Yatra Permit` will be issued to devotees this year.

Mandela`s native village becomes pilgrimage site

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 00:19

Late former South African president Nelson Mandela`s village is becoming a pilgrimage site, authorities said Wednesday.

Gunmen kill family of 5 in Iraq: Officials

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 16:25

Authorities in Iraq say gunmen broke into the home of a government employee in a town north of Baghdad and killed him and his family.

Sabarimala pilgrimage season begins Saturday

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 15:17

The sanctum sanctorum of the Sabarimala temple will open its door early Saturday on the first day of the Malayalam month of `Vrishickam`, heralding the beginning of the two-month long Sabarimala pilgrimage season.

7 from J&K die during Haj pilgrimage

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 18:29

Seven people from Jammu and Kashmir died during the annual Haj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia this year, an official spokesman said here on Saturday.

Iraq attacks kill 11 people ahead of Shiite pilgrimage

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 22:50

Attacks in Iraq, including a car bomb targeting Shiite Muslims, killed 11 people today, officials said, just a week ahead of a major annual Shiite pilgrimage.

Saudi deports Indian Haj pilgrims alleging `forged` passports

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 22:07

Saudi Arabian immigration authorities have deported two Indian pilgrims, without allowing them to perform Haj, due to overwriting on their passports, which were considered "forged".

Madhur Bhandarkar looks forward to divine pilgrimage

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 13:37

Filmmaker Madhur Bhankardar is on his way to Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, to visit the famous Shree Mahakaleshwar temple.

Indian Haj pilgrim presumed dead found alive

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 14:40

An Indian man who was believed to have died while on Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has been found alive in Makkah.

Nearly two million pilgrims perfom haj: Saudi

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 23:54

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that around 1.98 million pilgrims are performing this year`s annual Muslim pilgrimage, the hajj, sharply fewer than last year due to reduced quotas.

Haj culminates with ritual sacrifice of animals

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:01

Over a million Muslims, including more than a lakh Indians, on Tuesday participated in the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina Valley of Saudi Arabia and sacrificed animals to mark the culmination of the annual Haj pilgrimage.

Haj enters final stage with stoning ritual

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 17:05

Over a million Muslims, including more than a lakh Indians, on Tuesday participated in the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina Valley of Saudi Arabia, the final stage of the annual Haj pilgrimage.