The breeze blew gently, borrowing the cool from the drizzle and energy from the first rays of the dawn, as chants Bham Bham Bhole rent the base camps for Amarnath Yatris as they began their journey to the cave shrine nestled at 3,880 metres in the Himalayas.
The Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Saturday demanded stern action against those who allegedly cheated Amarnath Yatra pilgrims by providing them with fake registration permits.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday warned India’s “neighbor” that if anyone tried to harm the country, a befitting reply will be given.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday requested Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud for an early hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the revocation of Article 370 in August 2019.
Eleven unexploded shells were defused by the army’s bomb disposal squad in a forward village in Kargil district of Ladakh, officials said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the annual Amarnath Yatra, which began on Saturday, as a divine and magnificent manifestation our heritage.
A robust and dynamic security grid complete with the deployment of snipers, anti-drone systems, bomb disposal and dog squads has been put in place to ensure a safe and secure Amarnath Yatra, the army said on Saturday.
Twenty-five passengers were charred to death after the bus they were travelling in caught fire after hitting a divider following a tyre burst on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on Saturday
A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) was among three persons injured when a vehicle, which was part of the Amarnath security convoy, skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur on Friday.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra from the Bhagwati Nagar camp here early on Friday morning.
KO SUPPLEMENTS
