Saudi Arabia: Assailant attacks US consulate in Jeddah; Nepalese security guard and shooter killed
World | Jun 29, 2023, 08:49 AM ISTMecca city police spokesperson confirmed that the shooter was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces.
Mecca city police spokesperson confirmed that the shooter was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces.
There will be 25 points marked this time through which a pilgrim can proceed comfortably for his Hajj.
The newly appointed prime minister is on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia along with a delegation including Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari among others. The delegation, which headed to the Prophet's mosque to offer prayers after arriving in Madina on Thursday, faced protest and chanting at the holy mosque, highlighting the videos circulating on social media.
The hajj pilgrimage, which once drew some 2.5 million Muslims from all walks of life from across the globe, is now almost unrecognizable.
The Haj Committee of India has issued the action plan for Haj pilgrimage 2021 with precautionary measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. The guidelines will be issued soon.
A Saudi man in a speeding car crashed into the outer gates of Mecca’s Grand Mosque late Friday night, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
More than 1,500 mosques are due to reopen Sunday in the holy city of Mecca amid strict health precautions after three-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, a media report said.
Saudi Arabia has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Mecca and Medina as part of precautionary measures against the spread of the novel coronavirus, it was reported.
Karnataka has reported its 16th COVID-19 case after a 32-year-old man returned from Mecca, Saudi. The person resides in Chikkaballapur districts Gauri Bidnoor region. The infected person has been isolated.
Saudi Arabia on Thursday banned foreign pilgrims from entering the kingdom to visit Islam's holiest sites over the new coronavirus, potentially disrupting the plans of millions of faithful ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and as the annual hajj pilgrimage looms.
Indian Ambassador Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General Noor Rahman Sheikh and Haj Consul Y. Sabir received the pilgrims on arrival at the Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport.
"The number of women Haj pilgrims going without mehram (male companion) has increased this year and stood at 2,340. Around 48 per cent of the two lakh Haj pilgrims from India are women," the minister informed.
A suicide bomber, planning an attack on Grand Mosque in Mecca, blew himself up inside a home after he was surrounded by police.
Shia rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile toward Islam's holiest city of Mecca, Saudi state media said. According to the Saudi-led coalition, Houthi rebels launched a Scud missile from Saada province towards Mecca at
New Delhi: Cricketer Irfan Pathan settled in matrimony with Jeddah-based model Safa Baig on February 4. The wedding took place in the holy city of Mecca and it was a low key affair.Till now, no
New Delhi : The death toll of Indians in the Haj stampede rose to 74 today with Saudi authorities announcing more causalities, even as scores of people were still missing after the worst tragedy in 25 years to
Mecca: The death toll of Indian Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia's Mina stampede has increased to 58 whereas 78 people are still unaccounted for."We have lost 58 Indians. As many as 78 are missing. We
Jakarta: Indonesia criticized Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for its slow response to the haj pilgrimage disaster in Mina, saying its diplomats only received full access to the dead and injured days after the crush.The criticism
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death of pilgrims in last week's grisly stampede at Mina, the worst tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in last 25 years."In connection with the Haj
Mina : The number of Indians killed in a stampede at the Hajj rose to 45 today as authorities identified 10 more bodies among the victims of the worst tragedy in 25 years to hit
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