Amarnath Yatra Terrorist Attack

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, who were reportedly planning an attack on the Amarnath Yatra, were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Srinagar, the police said today.

The Border Security Force today said it has detected a cross-border tunnel along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district and claimed to have foiled the plans of Pakistan-based terrorists to disrupt the upcoming Amarnath Yatra.

Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have inputs about terrorists planning to carry out an attack on Amarnath Yatra, an Army officer said on Friday, but asserted that "systems and resources" were in place to ensure that the annual pilgrimage goes on unhindered.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will review security arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. "He will chair the Unified Headquarter meeting and review security arrangements as well as related bandobast for the pilgrimage season," a senior functionary from the Ministry of Home Affairs told NDTV.

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

The bus driver from Gujarat who braved bullets fired by terrorists and saved the lives of 52 pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir last year has been given the second highest gallantry award for civilians. Sheikh Salim Gafur's name figures right on top of the list of 13 people who have been awarded the 'Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak', an announcement by the ho...

Abu Ismail, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist who is believed to have planned the attack in July on Amarnath pilgrims, has been killed in a brief encounter with security forcesin Nowgam on the outskirts ofSrinagar. The 26-year-old Pakistani national had infiltrated into India about two years ago and had recently taken charge of the Lashkar'soperations in...

Almost a month after the terror attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims that left eight of them dead, three people, who the Jammu and Kashmir Police say are the alleged conspirators, have been arrested. The men reportedly provided logistical help to four Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who had carried out the attack, IGP Munir Khan said.

Doctors at the J J Hospital here have removed a bullet from the body of a woman who survived the terrorist attack on the Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi today, days after an attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in the state left seven dead. She accused China of interfering in the state's security situation that has faced heightened terrorist activity and violent protests long-believed to be sponsored by Pakistan.

Unprecedented protests erupted in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday after terrorists attacked a bus at Anantnag district carrying dozens of pilgrims from Amarnath Yatra, killing seven of them and injuring 20 others on Monday evening. Anger poured on the streets as civil society groups and traders came together to denounce the attack and demanded stern ac...

A search is on for a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative called Mohammad Abu Ismail, who is believed to have planned and led Monday's terror attack in which seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed in Jammu and Kashmir. The 26-year-old Pakistani national infiltrated into India about two years ago and has been operating in south Kashmir, sources said.

It was one of the worst attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in recent times. Seven pilgrims, returning from the annual Amarnath Yatra in a bus with many others, were killed when terrorists opened fire on the vehicle on Monday night.

When a comment on the Amarnath terror attack appeared to cross the line, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted today: "all Kashmiris are not terrorists". He also stressed that it was his job to ensure peace and tranquility in all parts of the country.

A day after seven pilgrims, mostly women, were killed by terrorists who opened fire at a bus returning from the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, investigations were focused on gaps in security at a heavily protected area not far from an army installation.

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, who were reportedly planning an attack on the Amarnath Yatra, were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Srinagar, the police said today.

The Border Security Force today said it has detected a cross-border tunnel along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district and claimed to have foiled the plans of Pakistan-based terrorists to disrupt the upcoming Amarnath Yatra.

Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have inputs about terrorists planning to carry out an attack on Amarnath Yatra, an Army officer said on Friday, but asserted that "systems and resources" were in place to ensure that the annual pilgrimage goes on unhindered.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will review security arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. "He will chair the Unified Headquarter meeting and review security arrangements as well as related bandobast for the pilgrimage season," a senior functionary from the Ministry of Home Affairs told NDTV.

As she pitched for a ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative 18 years ago to back her case. Hundreds of kilometres away in Delhi, the centre's top security officers too cited former PM Vajpayee short-lived initiative in 2000 to make the opposite point. They also ...

The bus driver from Gujarat who braved bullets fired by terrorists and saved the lives of 52 pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir last year has been given the second highest gallantry award for civilians. Sheikh Salim Gafur's name figures right on top of the list of 13 people who have been awarded the 'Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak', an announcement by the ho...

Abu Ismail, a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist who is believed to have planned the attack in July on Amarnath pilgrims, has been killed in a brief encounter with security forcesin Nowgam on the outskirts ofSrinagar. The 26-year-old Pakistani national had infiltrated into India about two years ago and had recently taken charge of the Lashkar'soperations in...

Almost a month after the terror attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims that left eight of them dead, three people, who the Jammu and Kashmir Police say are the alleged conspirators, have been arrested. The men reportedly provided logistical help to four Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who had carried out the attack, IGP Munir Khan said.

Doctors at the J J Hospital here have removed a bullet from the body of a woman who survived the terrorist attack on the Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi today, days after an attack on Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in the state left seven dead. She accused China of interfering in the state's security situation that has faced heightened terrorist activity and violent protests long-believed to be sponsored by Pakistan.

Unprecedented protests erupted in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday after terrorists attacked a bus at Anantnag district carrying dozens of pilgrims from Amarnath Yatra, killing seven of them and injuring 20 others on Monday evening. Anger poured on the streets as civil society groups and traders came together to denounce the attack and demanded stern ac...

A search is on for a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative called Mohammad Abu Ismail, who is believed to have planned and led Monday's terror attack in which seven Amarnath pilgrims were killed in Jammu and Kashmir. The 26-year-old Pakistani national infiltrated into India about two years ago and has been operating in south Kashmir, sources said.

It was one of the worst attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in recent times. Seven pilgrims, returning from the annual Amarnath Yatra in a bus with many others, were killed when terrorists opened fire on the vehicle on Monday night.

When a comment on the Amarnath terror attack appeared to cross the line, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted today: "all Kashmiris are not terrorists". He also stressed that it was his job to ensure peace and tranquility in all parts of the country.

A day after seven pilgrims, mostly women, were killed by terrorists who opened fire at a bus returning from the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, investigations were focused on gaps in security at a heavily protected area not far from an army installation.