JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir units of the BJP and Congress strongly condemned the terror attack on unarmed tourists at a Pahalgam resort on Tuesday. Calling it a “tragic and unfortunate incident”, Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Sat Sharma said the attack was carried out at the behest of Pakistan, targeting innocent visitors who […]
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Terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam shocking, painful: President Murmu
NEW DELHI — President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday termed terrorist attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam as shocking and painful, and said that their dastardly inhuman act of targeting innocent citizens was unpardonable. She also offered heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their dear ones and prayed for the quick recovery […]
Shivamogga businessman killed in Pahalgam terror attack
SHIVAMOGGA — A businessman from Shivamogga district in Karnataka was shot dead by terrorists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, his family said. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condoled Manjunath Rao’s demise. Siddaramaiah held a meeting with officials over the incident. A team of officials from Karnataka has left for Kashmir, an official statement said. […]
Pahalgam attack: Amit Shah rushing to Srinagar; vows to hunt down perpetrators
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday vowed to come down heavily on the perpetrators of the terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and said he was heading to Srinagar where he would review the security situation will all agencies. Shah said he has briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
CM expresses shock over Pahalgam terror attack, calls perpetrators ‘animals’
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed shock over the terror attack on tourists in the Pahalgam hill resort and described the perpetrators as “animals, inhuman and worthy of contempt”. He hinted large number of casualties, saying the attack is “much larger than anything we have seen directed at civilians […]
LG, CM condemn Pahalgam terror attack, vows to bring perpetrators to justice
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday condemned the terror attack in the tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice. At least 12 tourists were injured in the terror attack at Baisaran, a meadow accessible only by foot or ponies in […]
12 tourists injured in terror attack in Pahalgam
SRINAGAR — At least 12 tourists were injured in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The attack took place at Baisaran, a meadow accessible only by foot or ponies, where a group of tourists had gone visiting this morning, they said. According to an eyewitness, […]
Three injured in Pahalgam wall collapse
SRINAGAR — Three people were injured after a portion of a retention wall collapsed in the tourist resort town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, officials said. A portion of the retention wall near the Pahalgam taxi stand collapsed due to incessant rain, they said. Three people were injured in the […]
Woman murdered, burnt in cowshed in Pahalgam; husband, mother-in-law arrested
ANANTNAG — Police on Friday arrested the mother-in-law and the husband of a woman who was allegedly murdered and later burnt in a cowshed in Pahalgam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district last year. The woman, Shabnam Akhtar, had been killed by her husband, a labourer by profession, and her mother-in-law on October 4 last […]
Pahalgam records minus 3.4°C, light rain, snowfall likely from next week
SRINAGAR — Pahalgam, one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath yatra, was the coldest place in Kashmir recording a minimum temperature of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, official said on Friday. The Meteorological Department said feeble Western disturbances would impact the union territory from Friday and likely bring rains in the plains and light […]