Amarnath Cave Shrine

More than 13,000 pilgrims visited the holy cave shrine of Amarnath on Saturday, the first day of the annual pilgrimage in the south Kashmir Himalayas that is being conducted amid tight security.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has completed the construction of road to the famous Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. The BRO has termed the completion of road as historic and drove its first set of vehicles to the shrine.

A bear cub was Saturday rescued after its head was trapped inside a tin box near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

Amid tight security, the 22nd batch of 3,898 pilgrims left the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra here on Monday for the twin base camps of the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The death count in the ongoing Amarnath Yatra climbed to 27 on Sunday with two more deaths, while eight CRPF personnel on their way to offer prayers at the cave shrine were injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district.

Two Americans from California have perhaps become the first foreign pilgrims to undertake the Amarnath Yatra to the holy cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the south Kashmir Himalayas.

The Amarnath Yatra was suspended for fourth consecutive day on Tuesday due to a closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway owing to the extensive damage caused to its Ramban section, leaving 15,000 pilgrims stranded in Jammu and at other places.

A senior Jammu and Kashmir disaster management official today apologised for posting a video on social media saying that about 4,000 pilgrims were shifted to safety from near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath after a cloudburst triggered flash floods

The 25th batch of over 3,800 Amarnath pilgrims left the base camp in Jammu for the twin base camps of the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas on Monday, officials said.

Helplines got 200 calls about missing people after flash floods near Amarnath cave shrine; all tracked down in 3-4 days, says Manoj Sinha

The pilgrims had a radio frequency identification device (RFID)-based tracking system on them yet several of them are missing and authorities are unable to locate them three days after the flash floods near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath.

The efforts of the first responders ensured that the number of deaths in the flash floods near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas was "limited", a senior IAF officer said on Monday.

The Amarnath Yatra, which was partially suspended after a cloudburst incident near the holy cave, resumed on Monday morning from the Nunwan-Pahalgam side, the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board said.

The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather conditions and no fresh batch was allowed to proceed from here to the base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The India Meteorological Department or IMD has said the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir were due to a highly localised rain event and not due to a cloudburst.

More than 13,000 pilgrims visited the holy cave shrine of Amarnath on Saturday, the first day of the annual pilgrimage in the south Kashmir Himalayas that is being conducted amid tight security.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has completed the construction of road to the famous Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. The BRO has termed the completion of road as historic and drove its first set of vehicles to the shrine.

A bear cub was Saturday rescued after its head was trapped inside a tin box near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

Amid tight security, the 22nd batch of 3,898 pilgrims left the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra here on Monday for the twin base camps of the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The death count in the ongoing Amarnath Yatra climbed to 27 on Sunday with two more deaths, while eight CRPF personnel on their way to offer prayers at the cave shrine were injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district.

Two Americans from California have perhaps become the first foreign pilgrims to undertake the Amarnath Yatra to the holy cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the south Kashmir Himalayas.

The Amarnath Yatra was suspended for fourth consecutive day on Tuesday due to a closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway owing to the extensive damage caused to its Ramban section, leaving 15,000 pilgrims stranded in Jammu and at other places.

A senior Jammu and Kashmir disaster management official today apologised for posting a video on social media saying that about 4,000 pilgrims were shifted to safety from near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath after a cloudburst triggered flash floods

The 25th batch of over 3,800 Amarnath pilgrims left the base camp in Jammu for the twin base camps of the 3,880-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas on Monday, officials said.

Helplines got 200 calls about missing people after flash floods near Amarnath cave shrine; all tracked down in 3-4 days, says Manoj Sinha

The pilgrims had a radio frequency identification device (RFID)-based tracking system on them yet several of them are missing and authorities are unable to locate them three days after the flash floods near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath.

The efforts of the first responders ensured that the number of deaths in the flash floods near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas was "limited", a senior IAF officer said on Monday.

The Amarnath Yatra, which was partially suspended after a cloudburst incident near the holy cave, resumed on Monday morning from the Nunwan-Pahalgam side, the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board said.

The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather conditions and no fresh batch was allowed to proceed from here to the base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The India Meteorological Department or IMD has said the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir were due to a highly localised rain event and not due to a cloudburst.