Hajj stampede: VK Singh heads to Saudi for helping Indian Nationals
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is being rushed to Saudi Arabia to coordinate with the authorities there to trace the missing Indians in the Hajj stampede last month.
Oct 05, 2015, 18:10 PM IST
First Iran hajj dead return -- nine days after stampede
The first bodies of Iranian pilgrims killed in a stampede at the annual hajj arrived home on Saturday -- nine days after the tragedy which sparked anger and criticism of Saudi Arabia.
Oct 03, 2015, 13:37 PM IST
Saudi Hajj disaster toll rises higher with Iran's 465 dead
The death toll in the Saudi Hajj disaster rose sharply as Iran announced 465 of its pilgrims died in last week's stampede and crush, nearly doubling its earlier count and likely further straining relations between the two Mideast rivals.
Oct 02, 2015, 13:28 PM IST
Hajj disaster: 1,100 photos of dead not just from Mecca stampede, says Saudi Police
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said the nearly 1,100 photos distributed to foreign diplomats to help identify nationals who have died in the Hajj are from the entire pilgrimage and not just a disaster near Mecca.
Sep 29, 2015, 23:50 PM IST
PM Modi condoles death of pilgrims in Hajj stampede tragedy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death of pilgrims in last week's grisly stampede at Mina, the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in last 25 years.
Sep 29, 2015, 00:26 AM IST
Hajj stampede: Death toll of Indians killed in Saudi Arabia rises to 45
The number of Indians killed in a stampede at the Haj rose to 45 Monday as authorities identified 10 more bodies among the victims of the worst tragedy in 25 years to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Sep 28, 2015, 13:48 PM IST
Mecca's worst Hajj tragedy in 25 years: Death toll of Indians in stampede rises to 35
With six more deaths being announced, the toll of Indians from the worst Hajj tragedy in 25 years near the Saudi holy city of Mecca rose to 35 on Sunday.
Sep 27, 2015, 17:18 PM IST
18 Pakistanis among 769 pilgrims killed in Hajj stampede
At least 18 Pakistani nationals were among 769 pilgrims killed in last week's horrific stampede during Hajj, the worst incident in 25 years to strike the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials said on Sunday.
Sep 27, 2015, 14:59 PM IST
Mecca stampede: Indian Hajj pilgrims toll rises to 22
The number of Indian Haj pilgrims killed in the stampede near Makkah in Saudi Arabia has risen to 22, the government said on Saturday.
Sep 26, 2015, 22:33 PM IST
Mecca stampede: Death toll rises to 769 in Hajj disaster, Iran denounces 'crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.
Sep 26, 2015, 20:57 PM IST
Security boosted as death-marred Hajj ends
Saudi Arabia deployed large numbers of special forces on Saturday as pilgrims performed the final rituals of a hajj marred by double tragedies that killed more than 800 people.
Sep 26, 2015, 16:52 PM IST
`We can`t find him` - lament of pilgrims after Hajj disaster in Saudi Arabia
"We can`t find him" was the lament of anxious relatives and friends on Saturday as they scoured hospital wards and the morgue, two days after the disaster at the Hajj.
Sep 26, 2015, 16:24 PM IST
Hajj stampede beyond human control, says top Saudi cleric
Saudi Arabia`s top religious leader says a stampede which killed 717 pilgrims was beyond human control, official media reported on Saturday, the final day of this year`s hajj.
Sep 26, 2015, 13:41 PM IST
Hajj stampede: Death toll of Indians killed outside Mecca rises to 18
The death toll of Indian pilgrims in the horrific stampede during Hajj rose to 18 on Saturday as Saudi Arabia grappled to come to terms with the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in 25 years that has claimed 719 lives so far.
Sep 26, 2015, 06:58 AM IST
Mecca stampede: 14 Indian Haj pilgrims dead, 13 injured
At least 14 Indian Haj pilgrims were among the over 700 killed in Thursday`s stampede near Makkah in Saudi Arabia, nine of them being from Gujarat, it was officially announced on Friday.
Sep 25, 2015, 22:01 PM IST
Iran calls Saudi unfit to manage Hajj after disaster
Shiite Muslim Iran, furious that 131 of its people died in the stampede at this year`s Hajj, blames Sunni rival Saudi Arabia and says it is unfit to manage the pilgrimage.
Sep 25, 2015, 21:10 PM IST
14 Indians die in Mecca's Mina stampede
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Sep 25, 2015, 19:23 PM IST
Saudi Prince caused Hajj stampede?
While Saudi Arabia on Friday suggested pilgrims failing to follow crowd control rules bore some blame for the stampede that claimed more than 700 lives, a report has blamed convoy of the son of the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the tragedy.
Sep 25, 2015, 17:43 PM IST
Two Hyderabad women among those killed in Hajj stampede
Another woman from Hyderabad is among those killed in the stampede during Hajj at Mina near the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, officials said.
Sep 25, 2015, 16:50 PM IST
Saudi Arabia suggests pilgrims at fault over Hajj deaths, Iran indignant
Saudi Arabia, under growing pressure to account for a crush that killed more than 700 people at the Hajj pilgrimage, on Friday suggested pilgrims failing to follow crowd control rules bore some blame for the worst disaster at the event for 25 years.
Sep 25, 2015, 16:06 PM IST
