Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): The dire state of Pakistan's economy and the incompetency of the country's government is now reflecting in the hefty Hajj packages where the country's coalition government has failed to provide subsidies to the pilgrims, media reported.

New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by Al Islam Tour Corporations seeking consideration as private tour operators for the Hajj in the year 2022.

New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): After a gap of two years due to the COVID pandemic, the Haj yatra will begin this year as usual, announced the Saudi government.

New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Central government has appointed C Muhammed Faizi as a member of the Haj Committee of India for a period up to March 31, 2025.

Lucknow Mar 28 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday allocated portfolios in his 53-member ministry keeping the departments of Home Vigilance and Personnel with him Altogether 34 departments remain with the chief minister With expanding air connectivity in the state being a focus area Adityanath will take care of the Civil Aviation department which was earlier with his cabinet colleague Nand Gopal Nandi He will also directly supervise Revenue General Administration Institutional Finance Justice and Students departments according to the portfolios announced here Nandi will take care of Industrial Development NRI and Investment Promotion departments Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has been allocated six departments -- Rural Development Rural Engineering Food Processing Entertainment Tax Public Enterprise and National Integration The Public Works Department which Maurya headed in the previous ministry has been given to Jitin Prasada this time In addition to the chief minister a total 52 ministers of different ranks were administered oath on March 25 here All of them were distributed responsibilities on Monday According to the list of portfolios released here another Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak will head Medical Education Medical and Health and Family Welfare departments In the last government Pathak was the Law minister Cabinet Minister Suresh Khanna will continue to look after Finance and Parliamentary Affairs departments like in the previous ministry Surya Pratap Shahi was given Agriculture Agriculture Education and research departments State BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh who has been inducted in the Adityanath 20 government got Jal Shakti and Flood Control Baby Rani Maruya got Women Welfare and Child Development departments IAS-turned-politician Arvind Kumar Sharma a confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been given Urban Development Energy among five departments Among allies while Nishad party president Sanjay Nishad got Fisheries Apna Dal Sonelal leader Ashish Patel was given the Technical Education department Among Ministers of State MoS with independent charge former IPS officer Asim Arun will head Social Welfare SCST Welfare departments Among other MoS independent charge Sandip Singh grandson of BJP veteran Kalyan Singh will take care of Basic Education while Daya Shankar Singh gets Transport Danish Azad Ansari the lone Muslim minister in the MoS rank has been allocated Minorities Welfare besides Waqf and Haj departments The only sikh minister of the same MoS rank Baldev Singh Aulakh got Agriculture and Agriculture Education According to constitutional provisions there can be a maximum of 60 ministers in Uttar Pradesh including the chief minister Among other women ministers Gulab Devi of MoS independent charge rank will take care of Secondary Education Three other women ministers of MoS rank -- Pratibha Shukla Rajni Tiwari and Vijay Lakshmi Gautam -- will deputise their seniors in Women Welfare Higher Education and Rural Development departments respectively MoS Ind J P S Rathore who holds MTech degree will take care of Cooperative department while the eldest among the ministers -- A K Saxena -- has been made in-charge of the Forest and Environment department PTI ABN SNS AQS AQS

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The government is waiting for Saudi Arabias decision on hosting the annual Haj pilgrimage but has started preparations to send pilgrims from 10 embarking points Union Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Lok Sabha on ThursdayNaqvi said there has been no Haj pilgrimage for last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemicWe want Haj to happen this year But it depends on the Saudi Arabia government what decision they take But on our own we have started preparations in 10 embarking points out of the 21 he said during the Question Hour PTI ACB ANB ANB

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 5 (ANI):: The Ministry of Muzarai has announced that a new project "Daiva Sankalpa" will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state for the overall development of the temples.

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), January 24 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday hit out at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for indulging in appeasement politics saying that SP had built Haj house in Ghaziabad whereas the BJP government has constructed Kailash Mansarovar Bhawan for devotees.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 1 (ANI): Union Cabinet Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday released an online application form and new guidelines for the upcoming Haj.

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi after chairing the Haj review meeting here in the national capital on Friday said that the selection process will be based on the COVID-19 vaccination status of the pilgrims as per the guidelines fixed by the governments of India and Saudi Arabia.