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Haj Quota Of India Fixed By Saudi Arabia At 1,75,025 Pilgrims: Government
The Haj quota of India for 2025 is fixed by Saudi Arabia at 1,75,025 pilgrims and has been distributed between the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) and Haj Group Organisers (HGO), the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Requested Saudi Prince To Increase Haj Quota For Indian Muslims: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday mentioned the increase of the Haj quota by Saudi Arabia and said that upon his request to the Crown Prince the Haj quota was increased adding that the visa process has also been made seamless for the Muslim pilg
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India, Saudi Arabia Ink Haj Agreement With Over 1.75 Lakh Pilgrim Quota For 2024
India and Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed a bilateral agreement under which New Delhi has been allocated a quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims for the annual Haj pilgrimage in 2024.
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"Welcome Move": UP Clerics On Doing Away With Discretionary Haj Quota
The Centre's recent decision to do away with the discretionary Haj quota has had a positive response from the Muslim clerics who said that it will end discrimination among pilgrims.
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Saudi Arabia Raises India's Haj Quota By 30,000
In a significant step, Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota from 1,70,000 to 2,00,000, paving the way for 30,000 more Indians to go for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in the kingdom.
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After India Quota Hike, All Haj Applicants Cleared For Pilgrimage: Report
Hajj Quota, Haj 2019: With Saudi Arabia increasing India's Haj quota to two lakh, all applicants from big states such as Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar have been cleared for going on the pilgrimage, sources in the Minority Affairs Ministry said.
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Saudi Arabia Hikes India's Haj Quota, 2 Lakh Can Now Perform Pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday increased India's Haj quota by about 25,000, the third hike in three years, taking the number of pilgrims from the country who can perform the pilgrimage to 2 lakh.
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Jammu And Kashmir Gets 2,000 Extra Seats For Haj 2018 As "Special Quota"
Jammu and Kashmir has been allotted 2,000 additional seats for Haj this year as a "special quota" in line with the new formula of allocation of surplus seats generated by under-utilised quota of states.
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India Thanks Saudi Arabia For Increasing Country's Haj Quota
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday thanked Saudi Arabia for increasing India's quota for Islam's most holy pilgrimage, the Haj.
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Saudi Arabia cut in Haj quota to hit India's private tour operators
With Saudi Arabia slashing by 20 percent the Haj quota for all foreign pilgrims this year, the Indian government on Monday decided to reduce the Haj seats of private tour operators.
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Supreme Court rejects Centre's plea on Haj discretionary quota
The Supreme Court today declined to entertain the Centre's request to defer till next year its July 23 order limiting the government's discretionary quota for Haj pilgrims.
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Supreme Court reduces government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims
The Supreme Court on Monday reduced the government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims to 300 from the 5,050 seats, proposed by it.
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VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage cut
The Supreme Court on Monday reduced the VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage from 2,500 to just 240. Judges Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said under the reduced quota, the Indian president can recommend 70 pilgrims, the vice-president 60, the prime minister 60 and the minister for external affairs 50 pilgrims.
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Jayalalithaa writes to Prime Minister about 'inadequate' Haj quota
Complaining about "woefully inadequate," allotment of Haj quota to the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to enhance the number.
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Akhilesh Yadav asks centre to raise UP's quota of Haj pilgrims
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has requested the central government to increase the quota of Haj pilgrims from the state. In a letter written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, Mr Yadav requested that the state be allowed to send at least 32,532 people on Haj, maintaining the quota of 2011.
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Haj Quota Of India Fixed By Saudi Arabia At 1,75,025 Pilgrims: Government
The Haj quota of India for 2025 is fixed by Saudi Arabia at 1,75,025 pilgrims and has been distributed between the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) and Haj Group Organisers (HGO), the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Requested Saudi Prince To Increase Haj Quota For Indian Muslims: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday mentioned the increase of the Haj quota by Saudi Arabia and said that upon his request to the Crown Prince the Haj quota was increased adding that the visa process has also been made seamless for the Muslim pilg
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India, Saudi Arabia Ink Haj Agreement With Over 1.75 Lakh Pilgrim Quota For 2024
India and Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed a bilateral agreement under which New Delhi has been allocated a quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims for the annual Haj pilgrimage in 2024.
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"Welcome Move": UP Clerics On Doing Away With Discretionary Haj Quota
The Centre's recent decision to do away with the discretionary Haj quota has had a positive response from the Muslim clerics who said that it will end discrimination among pilgrims.
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Saudi Arabia Raises India's Haj Quota By 30,000
In a significant step, Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota from 1,70,000 to 2,00,000, paving the way for 30,000 more Indians to go for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in the kingdom.
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After India Quota Hike, All Haj Applicants Cleared For Pilgrimage: Report
Hajj Quota, Haj 2019: With Saudi Arabia increasing India's Haj quota to two lakh, all applicants from big states such as Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar have been cleared for going on the pilgrimage, sources in the Minority Affairs Ministry said.
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Saudi Arabia Hikes India's Haj Quota, 2 Lakh Can Now Perform Pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday increased India's Haj quota by about 25,000, the third hike in three years, taking the number of pilgrims from the country who can perform the pilgrimage to 2 lakh.
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Jammu And Kashmir Gets 2,000 Extra Seats For Haj 2018 As "Special Quota"
Jammu and Kashmir has been allotted 2,000 additional seats for Haj this year as a "special quota" in line with the new formula of allocation of surplus seats generated by under-utilised quota of states.
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India Thanks Saudi Arabia For Increasing Country's Haj Quota
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday thanked Saudi Arabia for increasing India's quota for Islam's most holy pilgrimage, the Haj.
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Saudi Arabia cut in Haj quota to hit India's private tour operators
With Saudi Arabia slashing by 20 percent the Haj quota for all foreign pilgrims this year, the Indian government on Monday decided to reduce the Haj seats of private tour operators.
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Supreme Court rejects Centre's plea on Haj discretionary quota
The Supreme Court today declined to entertain the Centre's request to defer till next year its July 23 order limiting the government's discretionary quota for Haj pilgrims.
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Supreme Court reduces government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims
The Supreme Court on Monday reduced the government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims to 300 from the 5,050 seats, proposed by it.
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VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage cut
The Supreme Court on Monday reduced the VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage from 2,500 to just 240. Judges Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said under the reduced quota, the Indian president can recommend 70 pilgrims, the vice-president 60, the prime minister 60 and the minister for external affairs 50 pilgrims.
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Jayalalithaa writes to Prime Minister about 'inadequate' Haj quota
Complaining about "woefully inadequate," allotment of Haj quota to the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to enhance the number.
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Akhilesh Yadav asks centre to raise UP's quota of Haj pilgrims
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has requested the central government to increase the quota of Haj pilgrims from the state. In a letter written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, Mr Yadav requested that the state be allowed to send at least 32,532 people on Haj, maintaining the quota of 2011.
