SRINAGAR — In a good news for Kashmir’s battered tourism industry, film shootings have resumed in the valley, six months after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 persons were killed. The crew of a Telugu film has begun shooting at the Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district — the site of […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has given its nod to the Jammu and Kashmir government for a cable car project in Baisaran in the tourist resort of Pahalgam, the site of the April 22 terror attack, officials said on Sunday. The Jammu and Kashmir government had sought approval from the NIA, which […]
PAHALGAM — Asserting that Kashmiris are open-hearted and people of the country should trust them, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday met locals of Pahalgam and said that ‘pakad-dhakad’ (summoning for questioning by security agencies) by the Police or the Army should be stopped. Speaking to ANI, Mufti said that following the […]
SRINAGAR — The father of the zip line operator, who is being questioned by investigating agencies for chanting “Allahu Akbar” during the Pahalgam attack, said too much was being read into his son’s use of the invocation, which is frequently uttered by Muslims in most situations. A tourist from Ahmedabad who was on the zip […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A delegation of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) today visited the Hapatnard area of Pahalgam to offer condolences at the residence of Shaheed Syed Adil Hussain, who made the supreme sacrifice while protecting tourists during the horrific Baisaran massacre. The delegation, comprising Hon’ble MLAs Altaf Ahmad Wani, Salman Ali Sagar, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday participated in the funeral prayers of a pony ride operator who was killed in Tuesday’s terror attack in Pahalgam. The CM also interacted with the family members of the deceased, Syed Adil Hussain, Shah, at Hapatnar in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and assured them […]
PUNE — The daughter of a businessman from Pune killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam has claimed that terrorists specifically targeted male tourists after asking them to identify their religion. Two businessmen from Maharashtra’s Pune, Santosh Jagdale and Kaustubh Ganbote, sustained gunshot wounds in the dastardly terrorist attack in Pahalgam on […]
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW — US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among world leaders who condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people, expressing solidarity with India. In a call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump strongly condemned the terror attack and expressed full support […]
SRINAGAR — Various organisations called for a shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to protest the terror attack in Pahalgam resort in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed. Supporting the bandh call, the ruling National Conference said, “On the instruction of the Party President, JKNC joins the collective call for a bandh in […]
MUMBAI — The family was cowering in fear inside a tent when terrorists came. They asked Santosh Jagdale, 54, to come out and recite an Islamic verse. When he couldn’t, they shot him thrice: once in the head, then behind the ear and then his back. The 26-year-old daughter of the Pune businessman recounted to […]