In Saudi Arabia, 46 Hyderabad pilgrims were traveling to Madina when their bus collided with an oil tanker and caught fire, leaving 45 dead. Only one survivor escaped. Families are being assisted via control rooms and official delegations
Mohammad Abdul Shoaib from Asifnagar, the sole Indian witness to a bus-tanker collision in Saudi Arabia, escaped by breaking the bus windscreen. He is critically injured and receiving ICU care. Shoaib informed his family in India from the accident site
The Telangana Cabinet has approved Rs 5 lakh ex gratia for families of those who died in the Saudi Arabia bus accident. A team led by Minister Mohammed Azharuddin will visit Saudi to oversee coordination, with families to attend funerals locally.
