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Aadi Amavasai: SETC to ply special buses on July 23
With a surge in pilgrim movement expected on the day, special buses will be operated from Chennai, Salem, Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore, and Bengaluru to...
Reasi attack: Bus owner demands martyr status for driver, conductor
11 Jun 2024 7:36 PM ISTThe attack forced the bus to veer off the road and fall into a deep gorge near the Teryath village of the Poni area of Reasi. The private bus was...
William Shakespeare was born here. Or was he?
25 April 2024 6:00 AM ISTAbout 250 years after its break from the Catholic Church, England had its own Bethlehem and manger. The problem: No one really knows where Shakespeare...
CM Stalin distributes Hajj subsidy to 3987 pilgrims
9 Aug 2023 8:05 PM ISTHajj pilgrims were leaving for their holy duty from here after Chief Minister M K Stalin intervened and got Chennai announced as one of the embankment...
Financial aid to Christians for pilgrimage to Jerusalem continues
16 July 2023 8:30 PM ISTFurther, the minister said that there is a legal battle in releasing the Islamic prisoners who have been in jail for a long time.
Amarnath Yatra: Third batch of pilgrims leave for Kashmir
2 July 2023 8:55 AM ISTWith this, a total of 12,807 pilgrims have so far undertaken the pilgrimage since June 30 when Lt Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch.
Saudi suspends 'umrah' pilgrimage over coronavirus fears
4 March 2020 7:10 PM ISTSaudi Arabia on Wednesday suspended the year-round "umrah" pilgrimage over fears of the new coronavirus spreading to the holy cities of Mecca and...
Saudi Arabia mulls cancelling Haj for first time: Report
13 Jun 2020 12:56 PM ISTSaudi Arabian authorities were considering cancelling the annual Haj pilgrimage season for the first time since the establishment of the Kingdom in...