18 Pilgrims Killed

A tractor trolley carrying pilgrims from Punjab to a temple in Rajasthan overturned near a village in Haryana's Sirsa, leaving four people dead and 18 others injured, police said on Friday.

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

Eighteen Indians have died in the stampede outside the holy city of Mecca that killed 717 Haj pilgrims from different countries two days ago.

Eighteen pilgrims, including five children and eight women, were killed when an open loading van in which they were travelling collided with the state transport bus near Jhilwada village of Patan district, police said on Wednesday.

A minibus and a coach packed with pilgrims collided on Tuesday in western Senegal, killing at least 18 people and leaving another 16 wounded, emergency services said.

15 Amarnath pilgrims were killed on Saturday and 18 others were injured as the bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge near Kangra tunnel, 22-Km from Dharamsala.

Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people in the latest in a string of attacks in the region targeting the minority community.

At least 18 pilgrims were killed when a truck lost control and ran over them on the Dholka-Bagodara Highway in Ahmedabad on Wednesday night, police said.  (See Pictures)The victims, who were on their way to Bhadiyad Peer Dargah at Dholka, were sleeping near a roadside 'dhaba' (eatery) at Beghwa crossroad.While 16 persons died on the spot, som...

A tractor trolley carrying pilgrims from Punjab to a temple in Rajasthan overturned near a village in Haryana's Sirsa, leaving four people dead and 18 others injured, police said on Friday.

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

Eighteen Indians have died in the stampede outside the holy city of Mecca that killed 717 Haj pilgrims from different countries two days ago.

Eighteen pilgrims, including five children and eight women, were killed when an open loading van in which they were travelling collided with the state transport bus near Jhilwada village of Patan district, police said on Wednesday.

A minibus and a coach packed with pilgrims collided on Tuesday in western Senegal, killing at least 18 people and leaving another 16 wounded, emergency services said.

15 Amarnath pilgrims were killed on Saturday and 18 others were injured as the bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge near Kangra tunnel, 22-Km from Dharamsala.

Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people in the latest in a string of attacks in the region targeting the minority community.

At least 18 pilgrims were killed when a truck lost control and ran over them on the Dholka-Bagodara Highway in Ahmedabad on Wednesday night, police said.  (See Pictures)The victims, who were on their way to Bhadiyad Peer Dargah at Dholka, were sleeping near a roadside 'dhaba' (eatery) at Beghwa crossroad.While 16 persons died on the spot, som...