Srinagar: Tourists and Amarnath Yatra pilgrims started to leave the Kashmir Valley on Saturday in the wake of J&K authorities issuing an advisory, asking them to cut short their stay citing security threats. An official at Srinagar Airport said Indian Air Force flights have been pressed into service “as per requirement”. Jammu and Kashmir Tourism […]
Read MoreJammu: A fresh batch of 4,094 pilgrims including 955 women and 144 sadhus left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to pay obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. So far, over 2.43 lakh pilgrims have visited the shrine since the commencement of the annual 46-day […]
Read MoreJammu: The 16th batch comprising of 4,584 pilgrims, including 1,152 women and 95 seers, Wednesday left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here to offer their prayers at the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, including 28 children, left in a convoy of 192 vehicles under tight security arrangements in […]
Read MoreJammu: Terming the killing of its leader Gul Mohammad Mir as a big loss for the nation, the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP Sunday said his sacrifice would not go in vain. Mir, the district vice-president of the party, was shot dead by three militants in his house at Nowgam-Verinag area of Anantnag […]
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