Amarnath Yatra Terror Attack

Visuals from the site showed pilgrims embarking on their spiritual journey towards the holy cave shrine of Lord Amarnath

Ahead of the Amarnath Yatra, police have been asked to identify locations to set up more checkpoints in the border districts of Jammu, Samba, and Kathua for the security of pilgrims. The 38-day-long yatra is scheduled to start on July 3 from the twin routes the traditional 48-km Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the 14-km shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal district to the 3,880-metre-high shrine of Amarnath. The first batch of pilgrims will leave for Kashmir from Bhagwati Nagar a day before the start of the yatra. "All the officers were directed to strengthen all the nakas (checking points), especially during night hours. They were also directed to identify places where more nakas can be established for the security of the yatris," a police spokesperson said. This was conveyed to the police officers by Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Jammu-Samba-Kathua range, Shiv Kumar Sharma, during a security audit of various police and paramilitary deployments in and around t

Seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed when their bus was attacked by terrorists in Anantnag on July 10

No unregistered vehicle to ply, patrolling time of Road Opening Parties to be extended

How did the bus carrying around 60 pilgrims manage to cross multiple security check-points on the highway without being noticed?

Kashmir had been saddened by the attack on Amarnath pilgrims, says Farooq Abdullah

Immediate action needs to be taken to identify attackers and deal with them suitably: Karan Singh

Salim Sheikh is the driver of the bus, which was carrying 51 Amarnath pilgrims