At least 27 people – 20 of them pilgrims from north Maharashtra‘s Jalgaon district, including a six-year-old girl – were killed when an Indian tourist bus that began its journey from UP veered off the highway and fell 150 metres into the fast-flowing Marsyangdi river near Tanahu district in Nepal, around 130km from UP’s Maharajganj…
ISLAMABAD: At least 28 Pakistani Shia pilgrims have been killed and 23 injured after their bus, on its way to Iraq, overturned on Tuesday night in central Iran, Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran, Muddasir Tipu, said on Wednesday.They were on their way to Karbala in Iraq to take part in the ‘Arbaeen’ pilgrimage, which is held…
DEHRADUN: Rescue efforts continued in full swing along the landslide and flash flood-hit Kedarnath route, with 1,835 people moved to safer locations on Saturday. The figure includes those rescued via trekking routes or airlifted from various places.Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told TOI that 43 pilgrims were airlifted from Kedarnath, while an additional 495 were…
The 16-km trek route, commencing from Gaurikund, suffered extensive damage, with certain parts completely obliterated at Ghoda Padav, Lincholi, Badi Lincholi and Bhimbali. DEHRADUN: Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Chinook and MI-17 helicopters joined ongoing rescue efforts in Rudraprayag district on Friday to evacuate around 1,500 people, mainly pilgrims, who have been stranded for nearly 48…
LUCKNOW: Amid several reports of kanwariyas engaging in vandalism and hooliganism, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday called for “self-discipline” among the pilgrims, saying “we must be devoted not only internally but also externally”.“Shivo bhutva Shivam yajet (to worship Shiva, first become Shiva)”, Yogi said in his missive on the second Monday of…
BENGALURU: In a tragic turn of events, two pilgrims from Karnataka have died in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday due to the unprecedented heatwave conditions sweeping over the Middle East. Confirming the casualties, senior officials of the state government revealed that both individuals, including a woman, hailed from Bengaluru and were…
JAMMU: The Union home ministry has handed over the investigation of the June 9 Reasi bus terror attack to the National Investigation Agency, official sources said on Monday. The attack took place near the Teryath-Pouni axis and resulted in the deaths of nine pilgrims and injuries to 41 others.“The decision to hand over the probe…
VARANASI: At least 12 pilgrims from Jharkhand and West Bengal were injured when their bus rammed into a stationary truck on the national highway in Jhansi village of UP’s Chandauli district on Sunday morning. The pilgrims were heading to the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand.Chandauli SP Anil Kumar said the injured pilgrims were admitted to the…
NEW DELHI: Saurav Gupta, a 21-year-old man, was among the nine pilgrims who lost their lives in the recent terror attack on a bus in Jammu’s Reasi. Despite the shots being fired, Saurav bravely attempted to raise an alarm but was tragically struck by a bullet that pierced the back of his neck. His body…
NEW DELHI: A bus carrying pilgrims to the Shiv Khori temple plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Reasi district on Sunday after coming under fire from suspected terrorists, officials reported. Immediate information on casualties was not available.The incident occurred in Teryath village in the Poni area, where the bus, filled with devotees,…
