Haj Committee to organize vaccination camp in Mangaluru on April 24
Mangaluru: The Central Haj Committee will organize a vaccination camp at the Yenepoya School in Jeppinamogaru on Thursday, April 24, for people from Dakshina Kannada district who will be undertaking the Haj pilgrimage this year.
With the pilgrims being allocated cover numbers, the Committee has provided separate timings for vaccination depending on the cover numbers, to prevent confusion during the camp.
The applicants for vaccination are required to bring a ‘cover inquiry receipt’, which contains various details related to the journey including the Haj flight time, a passport-size photograph with white background and a copy of the medical screening report.
The organizers have said that no special preference will be given to any applicant and that there is no facility for advanced booking through any means for the vaccination. The pilgrims, excluding the NRIs, are required within the time scheduled for their cover number, they added.
The schedule for the vaccination camp is as follows:
Cover No 0001 to 1000: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Cover No 1001 to 1500: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Cover No 1501 to 2000: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Cover No 2000 to 2500: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cover No 2501 to 3000: 11:30 AM - 12 PM
Cover No 3001 to 3500: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Applicants with Cover No 3501 and above will be vaccinated from 1:30 PM.
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Dakshina Kannada Qazi declares Eid-Ul-Adha celebration on May 28
Bengaluru: The State Moon Sighting Committee has announced that Bakrid (Eid al-Adha) will be celebrated across Karnataka on May 28, as there were no confirmed reports of the sighting of the crescent moon marking the beginning of the month of Dhul Hijjah from any state in the country.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee held on Sunday evening at the office of the Karnataka State Waqf Board on Cunningham Road in Bengaluru.
Committee members said the announcement was made after gathering information regarding moon sighting from various districts of Karnataka as well as moon sighting committees in other states.
Dakshina Kannada Qazi Al-Haj Twaka Ahmed Musliar also made similar announcement adding that Eid-Ul-Adha will be celebrated on May 28 in Dakshina Kannada district.
