Commission of Enquiry counsel Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, said the inevitable conclusion of the evidence presented during the enquiry was that the earliest hours after the incident on February 25, last year, when rescue would have been possible, were squandered by Paria Fuel Trading Company. Speaking during his three-and-a-half-hour closing statement before the commission on
NEW DELHI: Indian authorities responsible for organizing Islamic pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia are seeking to abolish the VIP quota for Hajj pilgrims. With more than 200 million Indians professing Islam, the Hindu-majority South Asian nation has the world’s largest Muslim-minority population. Every year, at least 150,000 Indian Muslims embark on Hajj, a spiritual journey and one