Pilgrim
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New mobile app to trace Haj pilgrims
India | Apr 18, 2015, 04:47 PM ISTAn Internet-based, user-friendly smartphone application has been launched to address the issue of missing Haj pilgrims.Haj comitte has launched a new app named, 'Indian Haj Accommodation Locator Mobile App' for the comfort of people on
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UP govt asks Centre to provide meningitis vaccines for Haj pilgrims
India | Sep 05, 2013, 07:40 PM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today asked the Centre to immediately provide meningococcal meningitis vaccines, which has been made mandatory for Haj pilgrimage by the Saudi Arab government.In a letter written to Union Health Minister Ghulam
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Amarnath yatra crosses 5 lakh pilgrim mark
India | Jul 17, 2012, 07:50 PM ISTSrinagar, Jul 17: Over five lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas since the commencement of the religious voyage last month.“As many as 5,00,586 yatris
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Amarnath pilgrims death: Concerned SC seeks govt's explanation
India | Jul 16, 2012, 08:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 16: Expressing concern over rising incidents of deaths of Amarnath pilgrims on way to the holy shrine, the Supreme Court has sought explanation from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government on
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Four more Amarnath pilgrims die, death toll 51
India | Jul 09, 2012, 09:37 PM ISTSrinagar, Jul 9 : Four more pilgrims, including two women, died en route the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir taking the toll in the ongoing yatra to 51, officials said here today.Fifty-year-old Jayanta Mukherjee,