NEW DELHI,JUN 21 : Ninety-eighty Indian pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia during Hajj this year, the government said on Friday. All deaths are due to “natural illness, old age”, it added. “Every year, many Indian pilgrims visit Hajj. This year, 1,75,000 Indian pilgrims have visited Saudi for Hajj so far. The core Hajj period […]Continue Reading
RIYADH, JUN 20: Friends and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on Wednesday as the death toll at the annual rituals, which were carried out in scorching heat, surged past 900. Relatives scoured hospitals and pleaded online for news, fearing the worst after temperatures hit 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 19 : Diplomats on Tuesday said at least 550 pilgrims died during the Hajj, underscoring the grueling nature of the pilgrimage which again unfolded in scorching temperatures this year. At least 323 of those who died were Egyptians, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses […]Continue Reading