The incident happened when the bus was travelling from Mecca to Medina at 1:20 am IST on Monday (November 17) while most ...

Credit: Shutterstock Following a horrifying road accident involving Umrah pilgrims on the Mecca–Madinah highway late Sunday ...

KARACHI: At least 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad are feared dead after a passenger bus travelling from Mecca to ...

Hajj is a mandatory Islamic pilgrimage performed only on specific dates in Dhul Hijjah, while Umrah is a voluntary pilgrimage that can be done anytime. Both include Tawaf, but Hajj has additional ...

Zamzam Pullman Hotels Makkah and Madina has held engagement sessions with key Hajj operators and other critical stakeholders within the Nigerian Hajj community in Lagos and Abuja. The meetings which ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disclosed that about 75 pregnant pilgrims have been referred to hospitals in Makkah and Medina for urgent medical attention. The commission said ...

Saudi authorities helping to manage the influx of people for this year’s Haj season Riyadh: Saudi authorities helping to manage the influx of people for this year’s Haj season began Tuesday ...

As the annual Hajj pilgrimage 2022 kickstarts in July with flights starting to operate from India as early as June, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated a two-day ...

The 39th annual hajj symposium will be held this year under the theme: “Honoring of the hajj rites,” hajj Minister Bandar Al-Hajjar announced. He said prominent Islamic scholars, Fiqh (jurisprudence) ...

More than 800 buses carrying 35,000 people are expected daily Riyadh: Saudi authorities helping to manage the influx of people for this year's Haj began helping to transport some 750,000 pilgrims from ...