Pilgrims

Ganderbal: A pilgrim from Punjab's Ludhiana city went missing under tragic circumstances near Z-Morh during a night trek, prompting a massive multi-agency rescue operation in the rugged glacier zone of central Kashmir. The deceased,…

62,788 pilgrims leave from Jammu base camp; Chhari Mubarak reaches Pahalgam for rituals Srinagar: Undeterred by intermittent downpours in the valley, thousands of devotees continue their pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath,…

Online application process open till July 31; valid passport mandatory; Committee warns against late submissions Srinagar: The Haj Committee of India (HCI) has started accepting online applications for Haj-2026 and the Jammu &…

Qazigund: Amid multi-tier security cover, first batch of Amarnath yatris reached Qazigund where they were welcomed at Nauvnag tunnel in a traditional manner. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Baltal axis convoy…

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, received the first batch of Hajj pilgrims this evening at the Srinagar International Airport, marking the beginning of the return phase for pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir who performed the sacred…

Srinagar: Tears, prayers, and heartfelt farewells marked an emotional morning at the Haj House in Bemina as the first batch of 178 Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir began their spiritual journey to the holy city of Makkah on Sunday.As…

Srinagar: The sacred journey of Hajj 2025 is set to begin from Jammu and Kashmir, with the first flight scheduled to depart from Srinagar International Airport on May 4. This inaugural flight, operated by SpiceJet, will carry 178 pilgrims…

CM Omar, Andrabi urge EAM to engage with Saudi authorities; Farooq appeals to PM for quota restoration Srinagar: A sharp 80 per cent cut in India’s private Hajj quota by Saudi Arabia has left many Kashmiris uncertain about their…

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Haj Committee today notified for the information of all the Intending Haj Pilgrims of Haj 2025 that the last date for depositing the Advance Haj Amount of Rs.1,30,300/- (One Lakh Thirty Thousand and Three…

Srinagar: The Centre on Tuesday said that only two terrorists attacks on pilgrims have taken place between 2022 and 2024 in Jammu and Kashmir, with 14 casualties reported in these incidents. In a written reply to a query from Trinamool…