Mosque mishap: Last rites of four Indians to be held in Mecca
The last rites of four persons from Hyderabad, who had gone to Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and died in an accident there, would be conducted in Mecca, the Telangana Government said on Monday.
Sep 14, 2015, 22:46 PM IST
Traumatised by Mecca crane crash tragedy, pilgrims ask for accountability
Jumaa Ibrahim and his wife Hasnaa Karam, a Syrian couple in their early 60s, arrived in Mecca on Friday, and headed straight to Islam's holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba.
Sep 14, 2015, 15:52 PM IST
Probe report filed on Mecca's Grand Mosque tragedy in Saudi Arabia
Two days after a crane collapse killed 107 people, including two Indian women, at Mecca's Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia, the region's governor on Sunday filed an investigative report, official media said.
Sep 14, 2015, 00:04 AM IST
11 Indians killed in Mecca crane collapse: MEA
The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday confirmed that 11 Indians were among over 100 people who were killed at Mecca`s Grand Mosque after collapse of a construction crane.
Sep 13, 2015, 22:20 PM IST
Saudi King vows to find cause of crane tragedy at Mecca`s Grand Mosque; toll rises to 107
Saudi Arabia`s King Salman vowed on Saturday to find out what caused a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Mecca`s Grand Mosque.
Sep 13, 2015, 03:39 AM IST
Sayeed expresses grief over death of pilgrims at Mecca
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Saturday expressed grief over the death pilgrims after a construction crane collapsed during a storm at Mecca's Grand Mosque.
Sep 12, 2015, 18:08 PM IST
Haj will go ahead after deadly crane collapse: Saudi official
This year`s haj pilgrimage will go ahead despite a crane collapse which killed more than 100 people at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, a Saudi official told AFP on Saturday.
Sep 12, 2015, 14:36 PM IST
At least 107 people killed as crane crashes on to Mecca's Grand Mosque
At least 107 pilgrims were killed on Friday night and more than 200 injured when a construction crane crashed through the roof of the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.
Sep 12, 2015, 09:44 AM IST
India issues helpline numbers for Mecca Haj tragedy
India on Saturday released helpline numbers for the crane crash tragedy in Saudi Arabia's Mecca.
Sep 12, 2015, 09:17 AM IST
Two Indian Haj pilgrims killed in Mecca Grand Mosque accident
Two Indian Haj pilgrims, one from Kerala and the other from West Bengal, were among the 107 people killed in the crane accident at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca, while 15 Indians are among the injured, officials said on Saturday.
Sep 12, 2015, 09:14 AM IST
President, VP, PM condole loss of lives in Mecca accident
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday condoled the loss of lives in the crane collapse at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in which some Indians were also injured.
Sep 12, 2015, 08:48 AM IST
Crane collapse kills at least 107 at Mecca`s Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia
A massive construction crane crashed into Mecca`s Grand Mosque in stormy weather on Friday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Sep 12, 2015, 07:44 AM IST
Grand Mosque accident: Nine Indian pilgrims injured, says MEA
Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday night that they had received reports of nine Indian pilgrims being injured in in the mishap that happened at Mecca`s Grand Mosque.
Sep 12, 2015, 05:55 AM IST
Hamid Ansari expresses grief over accident in Mecca's Grand Mosque
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday night night expressed grief over the death of 87 people in a mishap at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's Mecca city, in which at least nine Indians were also injured.
Sep 12, 2015, 01:44 AM IST
At least 87 dead as crane crashes into Mecca's Grand Mosque
At least 87 people were killed and over 180 injured when a construction crane crashed into the Grand Mosque of Saudi Arabia's holy Muslim city of Mecca on Friday, according to BBC.
Sep 11, 2015, 22:51 PM IST
