Haj Flight
First flight carrying 285 Haj pilgrims departs from India to Saudi Arabia
A flight departed on Thursday morning from IGI airport to Saudi Arabia carrying a total of 285 Haj pilgrims. A total of 1,75,025 Indian pilgrims will visit Saudi Arabia under the Haj quota
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Updated On : 09 May 2024 | 11:18 AM IST
SC dismisses petitions seeking GST exemption on Haj services for pilgrims
A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, A S Oka and C T Ravikumar pronounced the judgment, saying they "dismissed" the petitions on both the grounds of exemption and discrimination
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Updated On : 26 Jul 2022 | 11:34 AM IST
Govt will pay Rs 570 mn less to airlines for Haj pilgrims this year: Naqvi
The government had in January announced that there would be no subsidy for Haj from this year and the funds saved will be used for providing education to people belonging to minority communities
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Updated On : 30 Jun 2018 | 4:17 PM IST
First Haj flight from Uttar Pradesh to take off on August 10
Every day three flights will take off from the state carrying 300 passengers each
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Updated On : 26 Jul 2016 | 5:08 PM IST
