Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 8, 2022) visited Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Dargah Sharif at Ajmer, Indian state of Rajasthan, to offer prayers at the shrine of Sufi saint Mainuddin Chisti. Read: At a glance: Jointly agreed upon decisions during PM's India visit “The Prime Minister offered fateha, nafal prayers and munajat, seeking for the development, prosperity and welfare of the country, the nation and for the entire Muslim ummah,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said. She spent some time there and went around the Ajmer Dargah Sharif, he said. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier was landed at Jaipur International Airport in Rajasthan at 9:55 am local time. Read:Nobel laureate Kailash lauds PM Hasina's efforts for the vulnerable Earlier, the flight departed Palam Airport, New Delhi at 9:12am Indian time.

Three people were killed and several others injured in a stampede that broke out at a Hindu temple in the western Indian state of Rajasthan on Monday morning. Police said that the tragedy occurred around 6am when hundreds of devotees had gathered for a month-long fair at the temple in Sikar district, over 110 km from state capital Jaipur. Read: Fmr Bengal governor elected India's next Vice-President "The stampede broke out at the entrance of the temple. While three women died on the spot, those injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. Some of them have been shifted to a hospital in Jaipur," a police officer said. "It is not clear how the stampede occurred. A probe has been ordered," he added. Stampede at religious gatherings are not uncommon in India, often attributed to huge crowds and lack of safety protocols.