Chennai, June 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has reiterated its opposition to the implementation of the new Waqf Act, with Minority Welfare Minister S.M. Nasar Shahjahan announcing on Monday that the state government will neither enforce key provisions of the legislation nor immediately comply with the Centre’s deadline for uploading Waqf properties to the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) portal. The minister announced while welcoming the first batch of Hajj pilgri…
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Srinagar, June 2 (IANS) The first batch of J&K Hajj pilgrims returned home on Tuesday as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and senior officials received them at Srinagar International Airport. The return phase of Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir began today with the first flight carrying 144 pilgrims landing at Srinagar International Airport.According to the Jammu and Kashmir Hajj Committee, arrival operations for pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will continue till June 16.This year…
Srinagar, June 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu, seeking his intervention to ease the hardships being faced by returning Hajj pilgrims from the Union Territory with regard to their luggage.The luggage of the Hajj pilgrims could not be flown back to Srinagar due to technical issues at Srinagar Airport, and the pilgrims have been informed that their baggage would be transported to J&K by road from Ahmeda…
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday announced that the state government will bear the additional financial burden faced by Hajj pilgrims this year due to enhanced air fares. Flagging off buses carrying Hajj pilgrims at the Hajj House, the Chief Minister said that fuel prices had increased due to the prevailing crisis in West Asia and, consequently, air travel fares had also increased.Hajj 2026 pilgrims are facing an additional Rs 10,000 charge, prima…