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Petrol pumps were inundated by large crowds, some waiting for hours only to be told that the fuel was over. (Photo: PTI)

Tourists, pilgrims throng Srinagar airport after govt notification,...

Airlines such as Air India, IndiGo and Vistara announced zero cancellation, rescheduling charges temporarily for flights...

3 Aug 2019 1:34 PM IST

Ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr said the death toll could rise as nine of the wounded were in critical condition. (Photo: AFP)

More than 30 dead in stampede at Iraqi Shiite shrine

It is Iraq's deadliest mass stampede in recent history.

11 Sept 2019 10:04 AM IST

In a cavernous hall in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, thousands of software professionals and students competed in the kingdoms first-ever hackathon, a coding festival ahead of the worlds largest pilgrimage later this month.

Saudi hackathon seeks high-tech fixes to hajj calamities

Thousands of software professionals and students competed in the kingdom's first-ever hackathon.

5 Aug 2018 10:46 AM IST

CBI team laid a trap and a case was registered under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against the officer. (Representational Image)

Himachal Pradesh cops in Una barred from carrying over Rs 200

Move comes in wake of complaints about police officersdemanding bribes from pilgrims at various checkpoints.

12 Aug 2018 5:27 AM IST

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia sends some 27,000 pilgrims to perform the hajj every year. (Photo: AP)

Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage

The five-day pilgrimage represents one of the five pillars of Islam and is required of all able-bodied Muslims once in...

19 Aug 2018 10:42 AM IST

Security increased at Jammu base camp following terror attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in Anantnag, checks being conducted. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Attack on pilgrims is a shock to Kashmiriyat

In August 2000, a camp of Amarnath yatris had been attacked. Militants lobbed hand grenades and went on a shooting...

12 July 2017 2:15 AM IST

J. Krishnamurti (May 1895-February 1986)

The legacy of a solitary pilgrim

Krishnamurti did not address just the contemporary crisis: his prophetic vision warned us of coming events far ahead of...

12 May 2017 1:42 AM IST

The bus carrying pilgrims had started its journey from Ahmedabad Thursday night. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

9 killed, 22 injured as bus carrying pilgrims overturns near Udaipur

6 women and 3 men were killed in the accident, said the SP, adding that those injured were rushed to a government...

22 July 2017 1:38 PM IST

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Woman killed in stampede in Ayodhya on Ram Navami

Police, however, claimed said that the woman died due to heart attack.

5 April 2017 6:21 PM IST