SamayLivePilgrim pass mandatory for HajSamayLive, IndiaUttar Pradesh Haj committee 2009 has made it mandatory that the Haj aspirants will have to ensure passport and pilgrim pass for the visit. Meanwhile, the state government has opened the several separate passport counters to help the needful to get one. ... http://www.samaylive.com/news/haj-committee-uttar-pradesh-2009-no-passport-no-haj/624331.html
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...CHC (Central Haj Committee) in July. Now, only the CHC can explain what went wrong," said Laeeq Ahmed, state secretary state Haj committee. This is for the first time that passports and visas of such a huge number of pilgrims have not arrived, he said. "It...
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...Pradesh minister and chairman of state Haj committee Naseemuddin Siddiqui Thursday blamed the central government for delay in approval of visas for thousands of Haj aspirants from the state. "Failure of the external affairs ministry to ensure timely sanction...
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...civil aviation ministry on a demand by the Uttar Pradesh government. 'Varanasi would be the second embarking point in the state for 2007 Haj pilgrims,' state Haj Committee chief Naseemuddin Siddiqui told reporters here Sunday evening. Lucknow was the first...
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...a press release from the office of Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed here said. The other MPs on the committee are Shafiqur Rahman Barq, a Samajwadi Party MP from Uttar Pradesh, Mukthar Abbas Naqvi, a Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Uttar Pradesh...
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