Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims Attacked

Amarnath Yatra pilgrims and tourists have been asked by the Jammu and Kashmir government to "immediately" cut short their stay in the Kashmir Valley and go back, in an unprecedented advisory amid intelligence inputs of terror threats.

At five in the morning on Wednesday, the first batch of 3,000 registered Amarnath pilgrims were given an official send off from Jammu. They will take both the traditional Pahalgam route, which is 45 kilometre long, and the shorter Baltal route to reach the holy Amarnath shrine, situated at an altitude of over 3,800 metre, about 140 km from Srinagar...

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba or LeT and eight persons accused in the Amarnath Yatra bus attack in July 2017 in which eight pilgrims were killed.

The bus driver from Gujarat who braved bullets fired by terrorists and saved the lives of 52 pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir last year has been given the second highest gallantry award for civilians. Sheikh Salim Gafur's name figures right on top of the list of 13 people who have been awarded the 'Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak', an announcement by the ho...

Abu Ismail, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist who is believed to have planned the attack in July on Amarnath pilgrims, has been killed in a brief encounter with security forcesin Nowgam on the outskirts ofSrinagar. The 26-year-old Pakistani national had infiltrated into India about two years ago and had recently taken charge of the Lashkar'soperations in...

The 40-day annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas ended today, with 2.60 lakh pilgrims offering prayers this year despite a terror attack on a bus that left eight devotees dead. The pilgrimage concludes on the festival of Raksha Bandhan each year.

Almost a month after the terror attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims that left eight of them dead, three people, who the Jammu and Kashmir Police say are the alleged conspirators, have been arrested. The men reportedly provided logistical help to four Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who had carried out the attack, IGP Munir Khan said.

Fifty-three pilgrims have been killed in 36 terror attacks during Amarnath yatra in the last 27 years, union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said in the Lok Sabha today

Doctors at the J J Hospital here have removed a bullet from the body of a woman who survived the terrorist attack on the Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week.

11 people who were on a pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine have died in an accident on Jammu Srinagar National Highway. The bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims or yatris fell into a gorge along the highway.

A woman who was injured in the terror attack on a bus carrying Amarnath yatra pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir, died at a Srinagar hospital today, police said. The number of people killed in the Anantnag district terror attack on July 10 has reached eight now

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi today, days after an attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in the state left seven dead. She accused China of interfering in the state's security situation that has faced heightened terrorist activity and violent protests long-believed to be sponsored by Pakistan.

Jammu and Kashmir police have constituted a Special Investigation Team or SIT to probe the terror attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in which seven were killed and 19 injured on Monday.

Undeterred by the recent terror attack, more than 4,000 pilgrims left for the Amarnath cave shrine from here today, officials said.

Amarnath Yatra pilgrims and tourists have been asked by the Jammu and Kashmir government to "immediately" cut short their stay in the Kashmir Valley and go back, in an unprecedented advisory amid intelligence inputs of terror threats.

At five in the morning on Wednesday, the first batch of 3,000 registered Amarnath pilgrims were given an official send off from Jammu. They will take both the traditional Pahalgam route, which is 45 kilometre long, and the shorter Baltal route to reach the holy Amarnath shrine, situated at an altitude of over 3,800 metre, about 140 km from Srinagar...

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba or LeT and eight persons accused in the Amarnath Yatra bus attack in July 2017 in which eight pilgrims were killed.

The bus driver from Gujarat who braved bullets fired by terrorists and saved the lives of 52 pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir last year has been given the second highest gallantry award for civilians. Sheikh Salim Gafur's name figures right on top of the list of 13 people who have been awarded the 'Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak', an announcement by the ho...

Abu Ismail, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist who is believed to have planned the attack in July on Amarnath pilgrims, has been killed in a brief encounter with security forcesin Nowgam on the outskirts ofSrinagar. The 26-year-old Pakistani national had infiltrated into India about two years ago and had recently taken charge of the Lashkar'soperations in...

The 40-day annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas ended today, with 2.60 lakh pilgrims offering prayers this year despite a terror attack on a bus that left eight devotees dead. The pilgrimage concludes on the festival of Raksha Bandhan each year.

Almost a month after the terror attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims that left eight of them dead, three people, who the Jammu and Kashmir Police say are the alleged conspirators, have been arrested. The men reportedly provided logistical help to four Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who had carried out the attack, IGP Munir Khan said.

Fifty-three pilgrims have been killed in 36 terror attacks during Amarnath yatra in the last 27 years, union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said in the Lok Sabha today

Doctors at the J J Hospital here have removed a bullet from the body of a woman who survived the terrorist attack on the Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week.

11 people who were on a pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine have died in an accident on Jammu Srinagar National Highway. The bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims or yatris fell into a gorge along the highway.

A woman who was injured in the terror attack on a bus carrying Amarnath yatra pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir, died at a Srinagar hospital today, police said. The number of people killed in the Anantnag district terror attack on July 10 has reached eight now

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi today, days after an attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in the state left seven dead. She accused China of interfering in the state's security situation that has faced heightened terrorist activity and violent protests long-believed to be sponsored by Pakistan.

Jammu and Kashmir police have constituted a Special Investigation Team or SIT to probe the terror attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in which seven were killed and 19 injured on Monday.

Undeterred by the recent terror attack, more than 4,000 pilgrims left for the Amarnath cave shrine from here today, officials said.