NEW DELHI: Sixty-eight Indian nationals were among more than 600 people from around the world who died during this year’s Haj pilgrimage that was marked by searing heat and intense high temperatures, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they perform Tawaf at the Grand Mosque, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mecca, …
At least 14 bus passengers, including Haj pilgrims from Bijnor, were injured after their speeding bus crashed into a stationary truck parked on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad early Friday morning, senior police officers said. Police said the bus was carrying about 26 passengers when it met with the accident about three kilometres ahead of Hawa Hawai restaurant under the …