Medina: The first batch of Huj pilgrims from India has reached Medina, Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Saudi higher officials and civilians welcomed the Huj pilgrims with great honour. Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF) volunteers also joined hands to welcome the pilgrims. Minister of state for external affairs, Gen V K Singh said that it is a […]

Mangaluru: The Haj operations from Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) are scheduled to be operated from August 4 to August 7. A release from MIA here said Air India flights would commence operations from MIA to Medina daily at 11.05 a.m. facilitating travel of the pilgrims from Mangaluru. The old terminal building of MIA would be […]

Riyadh: Saudi Arabian authorities have confirmed the arrest of 19 individuals, including seven Saudis and 12 Pakistanis, in connection to Medina and Qatif suicide blasts earlier this week. A suicide bomber detonated himself on Monday in a hospital parking lot in Jeddah as security personnel approached him. The bomber died instantly, and two security personnel […]

Riyadh: The suicide bomber who caused a blast near Prophet Mohammed’s mosque in the Saudi city of Medina on Monday killed four police officers and injured four others, local news reported. The bomber targeted the parking lots of the emergency forces vehicles in the west side of Medina near the grand mosque while policemen were […]

Mangalore: A first group of 159 Haj yatris boarded an Air India flight from Mangalore to Madinah, on way to Ka’aba in Mecca in Saudi Arabia, at 7.50pm (night) on Tuesday, October.4. A farewell ceremony was held for them at the old terminal building before they departed.  Mangalore Qazi (priest) Twqa Ahmed Musliyar blessed them […]