Saudi Arabia: 20 Umrah pilgrims killed, 29 injured in bus accident
Jeddah: Twenty Umrah pilgrims died and 29 were injured in Saudi Arabia on Monday, in a fire that broke out after a bus hit a bridge and overturned.
The victims were on their way to Makkah to perform Umrah.
The accident is said to have occurred due to a brake failure in the bus while on the road connecting the Asir Province and Abha city.
Teams of the Saudi Civil Defence and Red Crescent Authority visited the accident site for rescue operations.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
