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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ANANTNAG — In the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, IGP Kashmir, V.K. Birdi, convened a Joint Security Review Meeting at Nunwan Base Camp, Pahalgam. The meeting was attended by a range of stakeholders, including Police officers, Army, CAPF forces, NDRF, SDRF, MRT, Base Camp directors, Security, Traffic, Fire Services, and intelligence agencies. IGP Kashmir directed all Security […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that they have solved the recent attack on tourist couple by arresting two hybrid militants in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. In a press release, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said, “Security forces, including the police, Army’s 3 RR, and CRPF, have solved the Pahalgam […]
JAMMU — Over 65,000 pilgrims have secured advance registration for this year’s Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir Himalayas beginning from June 29, officials said on Friday. The registration for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage began on April 15 with a large number of people turning up at designated bank branches here to secure a permit. “Over […]