Mehram News
"This journey of theirs is very special in many ways," PM Narendra Modi said as he stated that over 4,000 Muslim women performed Haj this year without 'mehram'.
Each year, Saudi Arabia hosts around 25 lakh to 30 lakh pilgrims from across the globe to visit Mecca and India sends the third largest contingent of pilgrims in the world.
She is thrilled about her short film "Mehram", which had its digital premiere on ZEE5 on Eid.
Starring revered actors including Farida Jalal, Sushma Seth and Rajit Kapoor in leading roles, the movie won rave reviews from critics across the world.
At least 32 Muslim women had in past applied to go on Haj without a ‘mehram’.
The Centre will talk to the Saudi Arabia government for increasing India's Haj quota in view of a large number of applications it receives for the annual pilgrimage, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.
Four Muslim women from Kerala have applied to go on Haj without 'mehram or male guardian, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Sunday.
The Centre has also decided to abolish the subsidy for Haj pilgrims in accordance with a Supreme Court order.
Maverick filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh is back with his amazing storytelling skill in the form of 'Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh'. The movie happens to be a sequel to 2012 superhit thriller by the same name 'Kahaani'.
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