"Indeed, there have been stampede and deaths during Hajj too, over the years," he said in a detailed post on X. "After a 2015 stampede, the Saudi govt tightened the rules significantly ...
Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...
The hajj takes place over five to six days, mostly outdoors. It has seen a number of disasters over the years, including in 2015 when a stampede during the “stoning the devil” ritual in Mina ...
Saudi Arabia has never acknowledged the full toll of the stampede. A separate crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque earlier the same year killed 111. The second-deadliest incident at the Hajj ...
Over 1,300 people died during Hajj last year. However ... Uttar Pradesh government for controlling the situation after the stampede within an hour, allowing millions of devotees to take their ...
The Uttar Pradesh state government ordered a retired judge to investigate the stampede and submit his findings ... were in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year.