Planning to visit Saudi Arabia? Fret not because RuPay Card is here! Prime Minister Narendra Modi is paying an official visit to Saudi Arabia on October 29, 2019, at the invitation of King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud informed the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday. Prime Minister will reach […]
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Saudi Arabia to invest $100 bn in Indian economy, release 850 Indian prisoners
Saudi Arabia is going to invest USD 100 billion in the Indian economy. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was in India yesterday and he oversaw the signing and exchange of the agreements. Saudi investment will be in areas like energy, refining, petro-chemicals, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, housing and information, and […]
Record number of Haj Pilgrims from India
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said here that, even after ending the Haj subsidy, Rs 57 crore less will be paid to airlines this year for those Haj pilgrims, who are going through Haj Committee of India. While addressing an Orientation cum Training camp for Haj Coordinators / Assistant Haj Officers […]
For the first time, 1308 women apply to go for Haj without Mehram (male companion)
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that for the first time after the Independence, a record number of Muslims from the country will go to Haj this year and that too without any subsidy. Naqvi was addressing a training camp organised for Haj “Khadim-Ul-Hujjaj” at Haj House, Mumbai. He said that […]
Saudi Arabia on tourist catching, calls itself ‘A Muslim Destination’
Saudi Arabia can be explored by many! The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah and the Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) today co-signed an agreement of integration and partnership to support the initiative of Saudi Arabia: A Muslim Destination, a commission’s initiative within the National Transformational Program. Patronized by […]
Decision to lift ban on Muslim women going to Haj without “Mehram” yields positive results
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the Government’s decision to lift the ban on Muslim women going for Haj without “Mehram” (male companion) has generated very positive results, as Muslim women, from across the country, are applying in large numbers to go for Haj without “Mehram”. Launching a portal for […]
Angry Ladakh Buddhists hold massive rally, demand freedom from Kashmir
Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) held a massive protest rally in Leh yesterday, against the repeated discrimination meted out to the people of Ladakh by Kashmir centric policy of the state government. Led by the LBA, the rally saw the participation of thousands of people across Ladakh including Nambardars, village representatives, Monks from different Monasteries, employees […]