RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: A stoning ritual which led to the deaths of about 2,300 people during last year's hajj will be more tightly controlled during next month's pilgrimage, Saudi newspapers reported on Wednesday.
KARACHI: A stampede broke out during ration distribution at city’s Expo Centre leading to minor injuries among women who had gathered to collect ration sacks, ARY News reported.
TEHRAN:Iranians will not take part in this year's Mecca pilgrimage because of "obstacles" raised by Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam's holiest sites, Iran's Culture Minister Ali Jannati said Sunday.
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said talks on Wednesday with visiting Iranian delegates on arrangements for hajj pilgrims from the Islamic republic have been "positive".
DUBAI/RIYADH: The death toll from last month's Hajj stampede has risen to at least 1,791, according to tallies given by foreign officials, making it the deadliest incident in the pilgrimage's history.
MINA/RIYADH/ISLAMABAD: As the Government of Pakistan announced Rs 5 lac compensation for the families of Pakistani pilgrims who died in Mina stampede and Rs 2 lac for the injured, the death toll of Pakistanis in the tragedy has risen to 100 while over two dozen nationals are still missing, ARY News reported.
PESHAWAR: A Pakistani teacher has described how he saved his wife from a deadly stampede in Saudi Arabia by pulling her from her wheelchair as fellow haj pilgrims were trampled to death around them.
MINA: Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the Hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
MINA/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia deployed large numbers of security reinforcements Saturday as pilgrims performed the final rituals of a hajj marred by double tragedy, with the death toll from a stampede rising to 769.
MAKKAH: 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.
PATNA: Atleast 11 pilgrims dead and dozens were injured early Monday in a stampede at a temple in eastern India during a Hindu religious festival, police said.
GODAVARI: A stampede on the banks of a holy river killed at least 27 pilgrims Tuesday in southern India, signalling a tragic beginning to a religious festival season, officials said.
DHAKA: A stampede during a charity handout in Bangladesh left at least 23 people dead on Friday as hundreds of desperately poor people tried to get their hands on free clothing, police said.
DHAKA: At least 10 Hindu pilgrims were killed and dozens more were injured in a stampede outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday, police and witnesses said.