Lucky 263 get free stay in Mecca, Haj panel gets list
The Nizam’s Auqaf Committee selected 263 Haj pilgrims for the free stay at Nizam’s Rubath in Mecca in a draw of lots on Sunday. Sources from the committee said the process of selecting the Haj pilgrim
Government ready to consider Haj corporation
Union minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid said Tuesday there was a need to establish a system across India under which people could go for the Haj with their own resources and at the right price
Falling rupee makes Haj costlier this year
Haj pilgrimage will be a costly affair this year, owing to the steep decline in the rupee value. Each pilgrim will have to shell out at least Rs 30,000 more this year. Last year the conversion rate of
SC tells Centre to end Haj subsidy
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam on Tuesday directed the Centre to completely phase out the Haj travel subsidy, saying it was against the tenets of Islam. Citing “Verse-97 in Surah-3