The Indian government has announced the end of a decades-long policy of giving subsidy to thousands of Muslims

.. The Indian government has announced the end of a decades-long policy of giving subsidy to thousands of Muslims heading to the holy city of Mecca to perform the annua..

..Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, India's minister for minority affairs, said on Tuesday that the move was part of "a policy to empower minorities with dignity and without appeasement".

"Hajj subsidy funds will be used for the educational empowerment of girls and women from minority communities," he told reporters in Delhi...