SRINAGAR — Reciting Islamic verse ‘Kalma’ saved the life of Assam University Professor Debasish Bhattacharya by a whisker from the terrorists’ bullets in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam where he was holidaying with his family. Bhattacharya, who teaches Bengali at Silchar’s Assam University, was at Baisaran meadows when the gun-totting terrorists started targeting tourists visiting the […]
NEW DELHI — In the aftermath of a terror attack in Pahalgam, several travel agencies in Delhi said on Wednesday that nearly 90 per cent bookings for Jammu and Kashmir have been cancelled by tourists over safety concerns. Around 25 people have asked them to cancel their bookings for the Union Territory, said Gaurav Rathi, […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead. Sources said the nearly two-and-a-half-hour meeting was attended by NSA Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Wednesday said it condoles the death of tourists in the terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people. “We are concerned at the loss of tourists’ lives in an attack in Anantnag district. We extend our condolences to the near ones of the deceased and wish the […]
SRINAGAR — Security agencies on Wednesday released the sketches of three men suspected to be involved in the terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, near Pahalgam in south Kashmir. The men are Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah and Abu Talha, officials said. The three terrorists also had code names — Moosa, Yunus and Asif […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday led a march of party leaders and workers to protest against the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed. Mufti, along with the Peoples Democratic Party workers, assembled at the party headquarters near Sher-e-Kashmir Park here from where they began the protest march. […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Wednesday condemned the terror attack in Pahalgam, saying the outrage expressed in Kashmir proves that the perpetrators were neither adherents of Islam nor the well-wishers of the people of the valley. “This is terrorism against which we have been fighting for the last 40 years […]
HYDERABAD — AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged the Pahalgam terror attack was the result of an intelligence failure. He demanded the Narendra Modi government to fix accountability over the incident saying the attack is more dangerous, condemnable and painful than the similar incidents in Uri and Pulwama. Speaking to reporters here, the Hyderabad […]
PANAJI — More than 50 persons from Goa who were on a vacation to Jammu and Kashmir were stranded at hotels in Srinagar after the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam and efforts were on to bring them back, officials said on Wednesday. Terrorists struck at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on […]