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Gauhati High Court Directs Haj Committee To Decide Issue Of Excess Fare Charged From Pilgrims Within 90 Days

Live Law

The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Central Haj Committee of India to dispose of the representations regarding excess airfare charged from Haj pilgrims of Assam, strictly in the light of the provisions contain in Section 42 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002, within 90 days. The single bench comprising Justice Soumitra Saikia was hearing a writ petition filed by …

Court Haj Committee Flight Guwahati Pilgrims Petitioners

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Biden offers a blueprint for US support in Syria, announces airstrikes against ISIS targets

CNN

CNN — President Joe Biden on Sunday called the extraordinary fall of the Assad regime in Syria “a moment of risk” and “historic opportunity” while offering a blueprint for how the US plans to support the region. “The United States will do whatever we can to support them, including through humanitarian relief, to help restore Syria after more than a …

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3 weeks ago

Haj 2025: SpiceJet announces 100 special flights from four Indian cities

Hindustan Times

SpiceJet has secured the rights to operate 100 special flights in 2025 for Haj pilgrimage from four Indian cities—Kolkata, Guwahati, Srinagar, and Gaya, according to a press release. SpiceJet will operate Haj special flights from four new cities The Indian air line which carried 13,000 pilgrims in 2024, will now increase its capacity by 18 per cent and carry 15,500 …

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7 months, 1 week ago

This year, Kerala’s inaugural Haj flight from Karipur on May 21

The Hindu

The inaugural Haj flight this year from Kerala is set to take off from the Calicut international airport, Karipur, at 12.05 a.m. on May 21. Addressing a meeting of Haj officials at Karipur on May 14, Haj Committee chairman C. Mohammed Faizy said that Kerala would be sending the highest number of pilgrims for Haj this year under the government …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Haj pilgrims paid for chartered flight, made to board normal plane

New Indian Express

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court has set a 90-day deadline for the Haj Committee of India to dispose of two representations, filed by aggrieved Haj pilgrims from Assam alleging their excess flight fare was not refunded. During the hearing of a group writ petition filed by 137 pilgrims, the petitioners’ counsel FZ Mazumdar said tender was called for chartered flight …

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1 year, 6 months ago

6,000 pilgrims from Telangana ready for Haj pilgrimage

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: There is a steep increase in the number of Haj pilgrims from Telangana state. Unlike last year’s 3,100, this year around 6,000 pilgrims will perform the Haj from June 7 to 22 in different batches this year. Interestingly, the pilgrimage expenses have been reduced from â‚¹4.11 lakh to â‚¹3.05 lakh this year, after the issue was taken to the …

Telangana Haj Pilgrims

1 year, 7 months ago

Air India and Air India Express to Facilitate Smooth Haj Pilgrimage with 19,000 Passengers on Multiple Flights

News 18

Air India, the renowned Indian airline, and its budget counterpart Air India Express are set to undertake a crucial mission to transport approximately 19,000 Haj pilgrims from four Indian cities to Jeddah and Medina in Saudi Arabia. In the subsequent phase, from July 13th to August 2nd, 2023, Air India Express will facilitate the journey back from Medina to Kozhikode …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Hate speech at Jantar Mantar rally latest attempt by Hindutva forces to stoke communal passions

The Hindu

On August 8, rabid anti-Muslim slogans pierced the air at a rally organised by Hindu nationalist groups at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi. Join me, and I promise that I will eliminate Islam not only from India but the whole world.” The rally was organised by Supreme Court lawyer Ashwani Upadhyay, a former spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Haj Pilgrims to Submit Negative Covid Test Report 72 Hours Before Travelling to Saudi in 2021: Govt