With today’s batch, a total of 50,028 pilgrims have left Jammu for Amarnath in 16 batches since the yatra began from Jammu on June 28.
Touseef Ahmad Wani, a resident of Pulwama district, was arrested by Kulgam police.
Seven pilgrims were killed and 19 injured when their bus heading towards Jammu from Srinagar was attacked by militants at 8.30 p.m. at Batengo in Anantnag district on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway on July 10.
This year's yatra will be eight days shorter than last year's and will conclude on Shravan Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) on August 7
Agencies have identified three ‘overground workers’ of the Hizbul Mujahideen as the perpetrators of the Amrnath attack and their geo-positions have been locked
Singer Sonu Nigam has given Rs 5 lakh to driver Salim Sheikh who saved many lives during Amarnath Yatra attack.
"An attack on religious freedom is an attack on the most fundamental right of liberty," the White House said in a statement.
Rahul Gandhi today targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "policies have created space for terrorists in Kashmir."
Seven pilgrims were killed and 19 others were injured on Monday late night when a group of LeT terrorists opened indiscriminate firing on a bus that was carrying 54 yatris who were returning to Jammu after the pilgrimage.
The incident took place at a time when the entire nation is mourning and condemning the killing of seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag in a cowardly terror attack plotted by LeT.
Abu Ismail, a Pakistani national, has been active in Kashmir for several years and had moved base to south Kashmir more than a year ago.
Security agencies have launched a massive search operation to nab Abu Ismail, the Lashkar-e-Taiba commander from Pakistan now suspected to be the mastermind of the Anantnag terror attack that left seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims dead
A fresh batch of around 3,800 yatris today left Jammu for the Himalayan cave shrine at around 4am in the morning in an escorted convoy.
Top News
Latest News
