Amarnath Yatra Stopped

Around 300 devotees have been left stranded at the Jammu base camp after they were stopped from proceeding on the Amarnath Yatra due to fake permits issued by their travel agents.

From a massive security grid to radio frequency tags, the centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration are pulling out all stops to ensure the safety and security of pilgrims during the annual Amarnath yatra, which began today.

A senior Jammu and Kashmir government officer has alleged that he was held up for hours in an ambulance with his father's body on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway because of traffic restrictions for the Amarnath Yatra on Thursday.

Amarnath Yatra 2018: Bad weather along both the north and south Kashmir routes of Baltal and Pahalgam on Thursday halted the Amarnath Yatra that officially started earlier today.

As a group of terrorists surrounded a bus with 61 Amarnath pilgrims on Monday night and fired indiscriminately, driver Sheikh Saleem Gafoor Bhaikept kept driving. In inky darkness, he drove on through the hail of bullets and didn't stop until he spotted an army camp.

The movement of pilgrims to the Baltal base camp, one of the two base camps of the annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, was today stopped due to landslides.

The annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was today suspended due to landslides on the routes to the Himalayan cave shrine.

Authorities have stopped 13 buses, carrying around 2,000 pilgrims, at Lakhanpur due to overcrowding of Bhagwarti Nagar base camp following the suspension of Amarnath Yatra due to bad weather.

The annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was stopped on Sunday due to inclement weather, police said.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, who is currently on a two-day visit to Srinagar, today said that violations along the Line of Control or LoC must stop and that in itself was a 'Confidence Building Measure'.

The pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, suspended following communal strife in Kishtwar, resumed from the Jammu base camp today while it was temporarily stopped from Pahalgam and Baltal camps in Kashmir owing to torrential rains.

The Border Security Force (BSF) today vacated the Dharam camp in Gool area of Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir, about 145 kilometres from the capital Srinagar, a day after a firing incident which led to death of four people. Parts of the state remained tense as protests against the firing incident continued on Friday.

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir remain tense as protests continued on Friday against the killing of four people in firing by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the Ramban district, about 145 kilometres from the capital Srinagar.

To ensure smooth passage of cavalcades of Amarnath yatra and traffic-free highway at night, the police have stopped over 1,000 pilgrims at entry point to Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

At least 600 Amarnath-bound pilgrims, led by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers, courted arrest today after they were prevented from proceeding towards the hill shrine by the state administration.

Around 300 devotees have been left stranded at the Jammu base camp after they were stopped from proceeding on the Amarnath Yatra due to fake permits issued by their travel agents.

From a massive security grid to radio frequency tags, the centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration are pulling out all stops to ensure the safety and security of pilgrims during the annual Amarnath yatra, which began today.

A senior Jammu and Kashmir government officer has alleged that he was held up for hours in an ambulance with his father's body on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway because of traffic restrictions for the Amarnath Yatra on Thursday.

Amarnath Yatra 2018: Bad weather along both the north and south Kashmir routes of Baltal and Pahalgam on Thursday halted the Amarnath Yatra that officially started earlier today.

As a group of terrorists surrounded a bus with 61 Amarnath pilgrims on Monday night and fired indiscriminately, driver Sheikh Saleem Gafoor Bhaikept kept driving. In inky darkness, he drove on through the hail of bullets and didn't stop until he spotted an army camp.

The movement of pilgrims to the Baltal base camp, one of the two base camps of the annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, was today stopped due to landslides.

The annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was today suspended due to landslides on the routes to the Himalayan cave shrine.

Authorities have stopped 13 buses, carrying around 2,000 pilgrims, at Lakhanpur due to overcrowding of Bhagwarti Nagar base camp following the suspension of Amarnath Yatra due to bad weather.

The annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was stopped on Sunday due to inclement weather, police said.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, who is currently on a two-day visit to Srinagar, today said that violations along the Line of Control or LoC must stop and that in itself was a 'Confidence Building Measure'.

The pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, suspended following communal strife in Kishtwar, resumed from the Jammu base camp today while it was temporarily stopped from Pahalgam and Baltal camps in Kashmir owing to torrential rains.

The Border Security Force (BSF) today vacated the Dharam camp in Gool area of Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir, about 145 kilometres from the capital Srinagar, a day after a firing incident which led to death of four people. Parts of the state remained tense as protests against the firing incident continued on Friday.

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir remain tense as protests continued on Friday against the killing of four people in firing by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the Ramban district, about 145 kilometres from the capital Srinagar.

To ensure smooth passage of cavalcades of Amarnath yatra and traffic-free highway at night, the police have stopped over 1,000 pilgrims at entry point to Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

At least 600 Amarnath-bound pilgrims, led by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers, courted arrest today after they were prevented from proceeding towards the hill shrine by the state administration.