NEW DELHI: The terrorist attack on tourists in picturesque Pahalgam in Kashmir on Tuesday has severely impacted the morale and enthusiasm of the tourism industry, especially among tour operators in the Valley. But, they vowed to continue supporting tourism in the union territory, despite the killing of 26 vacationers in the popular hill destination, leading to the cancellation a large number of hotel and flight bookings. The chairperson of the Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC), Jyoti

The Union government on Wednesday said it would suspend the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan , citing Islamabads continued support for cross-border terrorism. The decision follows a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam that killed 26 people, most of them tourists . The move is part of a broader package of retaliatory measures, including a downgrading of diplomatic ties with Pakistan. What could be the impact of this move? The Indus river system, vital to both countries, incl

The Union government will be calling an all-party meeting on Thursday in the wake of the terror attack in Pahalgam , official sources said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to chair it, they said. Home Minister Amit Shah and Singh are speaking to leaders of various parties on the issue, the sources said. Several opposition parties, including the Congress, had demanded that the government should convene a meeting of all parties over the issue. Singh is expected to brief leaders of differe

NEW DELHI: With more than 125 terrorists still active in Kashmirmost of them infiltrators from across the borderIndian security agencies are racing to plug critical gaps exposed by recent attacks. The agencies on Wednesday released photos and sketches of the terrorists involved in yesterday's attack in the Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam , in Kashmir. Of the four, two are believed to be the Pakistani terrorists who killed 26 people and injured several others , sources said. The three terrorists iden

NEW DELHI: In a high-stakes response to one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in recent years, Indias top security brass convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday, signaling a hardening diplomatic and strategic posture against Pakistan. With the resolve of Desh nahi Jhukane denge (We will not let the nation bow down), the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday held a more than two-and-a-half-hour-long meeting to deliberate o

NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the terror attack in Pahalgam , the Union government has asked the top functionaries of the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) security architecture to identify gap areas and work on a plan to fill them with permanent deployment of personnel drawing from the Army and Paramilitary forces, officials said on Wednesday. The officials said, in a day or two a detailed fresh review of security arrangements would be undertaken ahead of the Amarnath Yatra, which is scheduled to commence

BELAGAVI: Residents of a sleepy Maharashtra village erupted in joy after one of their own -- a shepherd's son -- cracked the prestigious UPSC exam. Beerappa Siddappa Doni from Emage, who secured the 551st rank, heard the news while he was grazing sheep in a field in Nanawadi, near Belagavi. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah personally called and congratulated Beerappa on his achievement. His father Siddappa, mother Balavva and other family members honoured him by performing a traditional aarti and gar

India on Wednesday announced immediate suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan and closure of the Wagah-Attari border crossing, in response to the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam that killed 26 people a day earlier. The decision came after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) , chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri detailed the governments response to the attack, which the CCS stron

NEW DELHI: Prominent Muslim organisations on Wednesday strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind asserting that it is wrong to give a religious colour to the incident as terrorism is a cancer that contradicts Islam's policy of promoting peace. The terror attack at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Tuesday left at least 26 people, mostly tourists, dead and several injured. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)

RAIPUR: AIIMS Raipur did its first Swap Kidney Transplant also known as Kidney Paired Transplant (KPD) to become the first amongst all newer AIIMS and first government institute in Chhattisgarh to perform such critical transplant. The achievement reflects the institutions aim on innovative solutions for patients struggling with advanced Kidney disease, under the guidance of the ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It is estimated that Swap Kidney Transplant led to a fifteen percent increase in

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday in the Supreme Court opposed the bail plea of a Delhi-based businessman held in the Rs 21,000 crore Mundra port drug haul case and said the proceeds of sale were used for funding terror activities of Lashkar-e-Taiba. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh reserved its verdict on the bail plea of Harpreet Singh Talwar alias Kabir Talwar, who ran popular clubs in the national capital and was arrested by the agency in Augu

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha to amicably settle the defamation case lodged against the union minister and two other BJP leaders of Madhya Pradesh, by lawyer Vivek Tankha. Asking both Chouhan and Tankha to amicably settle the defamation case, a two-judge bench of the top court led by Justice M M Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal, said, Please do not make us hear this case. Let us close it. Both of

NEW DELHI: A day after 26 people were shot dead in a terror attack at a meadow near Pahalgam in J&K, the preliminary probe revealed that the terrorists chose Baisaran due to the absence of security forces and no access to vehicular movement. Sources said that the location was also chosen to make rescue operations slow and casualties high. The investigators have identified that two locals named Adil Guree of Anantnag and Aasif Shaikh of Sopore are suspected of having been involved in the attack,

GUWAHATI: A university teacher from Assam escaped death in Pahalgam , Kashmir by the skin of his teeth by uttering the Islamic verse la ilaha illallah. Recounting the horror, Professor Debashish Bhattacharjee, head of the Bengali Department at the Assam University in Silchar, said he had seen death from very near. He went to Kashmir accompanied by his wife and son, and had included Baisaran in their holiday itinerary. We were soaking in the beauty of the place when suddenly the gunfire erupted.

AHMEDABAD: A brutal terror strike rocked Pahalgam , Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, claiming 28 lives three of them from Gujarat. Among the victims were a father-son duo from Bhavnagar and a young Bank employee from Surat. Tragedy struck a 20-member Bhavnagar tour group in Jammu and Kashmir when 45-year-old Yatishbhai Parmar and his 17-year-old son Smit were confirmed dead in the Pahalgam terror attack. The two, residents of Kaliyabid, had been missing along with Kajalben Parmar who was later

GURUGRAM: The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA) has issued a notice to the directors and officials of Sky Palazzo, a housing project being built by Fidatocity Homes Private Limited in Sector 88 B of Gurugram, after receiving a complaint suggesting a likely case of fraud. In a notice dated April 21, HRERA directed the company to submit its response before the hearing scheduled for April 28. The complaint, filed by Advocate Subhash Solanki on behalf of several homebuyers, raises ser

A day after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, a gunfight broke out between suspected terrorists and security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, according to officials. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Tangmarg area of Kulgam district following information about the presence of ultras there. An encounter broke out after the terrorists opened fire on the security personnel, officials said. No casualties have been repo

NEW DELHI: Aimed at ensuring uniformity in the education and training of allied and healthcare professionals across the country, the Centre on Wednesday launched competency-based curricula for ten allied and healthcare professions. The curricula covers professions including physiotherapy, applied psychology and behavioural health, optometry, nutrition and dietetics, dialysis therapy technology and dialysis therapy, radiotherapy technology, medical radiology and imaging technology, anaesthesia an

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI), marking a major step towards transforming the state into a hub for textile and apparel manufacturing. During the CMAI FAB Show organised at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai interacted with investors and industrialists associated with the textile sector and invited them to invest in the state. He pres

A high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was convened on Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed in a deadly attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. Besides the prime minister, the CCS comprises Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Sitharaman, who is ona an official visit to the Unite

PATNA: Bihar police tightened security arrangements around tourist sports ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to the state following the Pahalgam terror attack on Tuesday afternoon. Since this will be the PM's first visit to poll-bound Bihar post the Pahalgam attack, the state is ramping up security arrangements. The PM is expected to announce measures against the terror outfit responsible for the attack in which innocent tourists were killed. Among the events lined up for the prime min

IMPHAL: Unidentified armed men set fire to several houses in two villages in Manipur's Kamjong district on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident occurred when most residents of Gampal and Haiyang villages, in the district's Sahamphung sub-division, were out in their fields for cultivation. Preliminary reports indicate that more than seven houses, primarily thatched-roof structures, were burned to the ground, an official said. Following the incident, Kamjong District Magistrate Rangname

CHANDIGARH: Punjab has issued a red alert after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir where 26 tourists were killed, with checking and patrolling being intensified at interstate and inter district crossings. Security has been enhanced at tourist spots, religious places and more than 160 institutions in the state where students from Kashmir are studying. The state government has also increased the security of individuals at high risk and increased patrolling around their residence

BHOPAL: Two Muslim men have been arrested by police in Damoh district of BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly sharing offensive social media posts related to the Pahalgam terror attack . Damoh district police superintendent Shrutkirti Somvanshi told TNIE on Wednesday that two men were arrested from different places: Wasim Khan from Bhopal on Tuesday night, and Tanveer Qureshi from Damoh on Wednesday morning. Both men are aged between 35 and 40 years. While Tanveer is unemployed, police are pr

KALABURAGI: An advocate practicing in the Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka High Court, Mallikarjun Brangimath and eight of his family members, including his wife and son, had a close shave with death on Tuesday. They were hardly 6.5 Kms away from Baisaran when the terrorists struck at the tourist spot on April 22. The terror attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists. Mallikarjun Brangimath, who hails from Dandoti village of Chittapur taluk, told The New Indian Express over phone f

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reached Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam, Kashmir, to review the security situation following the terror attack on Tuesday afternoon. Shah met with senior civil and military officials who briefed him on the follow up actions undertaken by security forces in the region. The terror attack which claimed 28 lives turned the picturesque Pahalgam area of Kashmir's Anantnag district from a place praised for its tranquil beauty into a site of mourning. Th

NEW DELHI: People involved in the dastardly terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam will get a strong response in the ear future and India cannot be intimidated by any such terrorist activities, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. His remarks in an address at an event came a day after 26 people were killed by terrorists in Pahalgam in an attack that triggered widespread outrage within India and abroad. From this platform, I assure the countrymen that in view of the incident, the gover

BENGALURU: AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge on Wednesday urged PM Narendra Modi-led government to hunt down perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack , adding that it is not the time to do politics. While addressing a joint press conference along with AICC functionary Pawan Khera, and KPCC president D K Shivakumar, Kharge said that a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting has been called at the AICC head quarters in New Delhi on Thursday at 11 am to discuss the issue. He added that the Lead

The Pahalgam terror strike has left the nation shocked and grieving. The BBC reports that Kashmir newspapers including Greater Kashmir ran black front pages following the attack which claimed 28 lives, almost all of them tourists visiting the Baisaran Valley. Among the victims was a Nepali national, and another person of Indian origin who works in the Middle East, V K Birdi, inspector general of police in Kashmir, told CNN . An editorial piece in the Greater Kashmir , headlined, Pahalgam attack:

RANCHI: Jharkhand police have arrested one person allegedly for thanking Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Pahalgam terrorist attack . The man, identified as Naushad, also appealed to Pakistan to target Hindu organisations like RSS and Bajrang Dal. The man was arrested on Wednesday from Mallah Nagar under Balidih police station area in Bokaro. On Tuesday afternoon, terrorists opened fire on a popular meadow near Pahalgam in Kashmir, killing 28 and injuring over a dozen. Most people affected w

NEW DELHI: The deadly militant attack in Jammu Kashmir's Pahalgam, which killed 28 people, mostly tourists from the mainland, was a grave intelligence and security failure, said sources from intelligence agencies. According to an intelligence source, a few days prior to the incident, a terrorist based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir had made a suggestive remark hinting at the attack, but the intelligence agencies and security forces failed to act on it, which led to the grave tragedy. The attack wa

NEW DELHI: A PIL has been filed by a lawyer in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Union Home ministry and States -- including Jammu and Kashmir -- to take immediate safety steps for the protection of tourists visiting especially the hilly states and remote places which are sensitive in respect to terrorist attack and deploy armed security to such sight scenes and places where tourists gather in large number. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer, Vishal Tiwari, in the top

JAIPUR: Security has been significantly tightened in Jaipur following a terror attack that took place yesterday in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The alert has gained additional urgency due to the ongoing visit of US Vice President JD Vance, who is currently staying at the Rambagh Palace Hotel. In response to the threat perception, security forces have turned the luxury hotel into a high-security zone. Multiple teams of elite ERT-QRT commandos have been deployed, with heavy police presence and cen

BHOPAL: A Christian family from Indore lost its head, 50-year-old Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) branch manager Sushil Nathaniel, in the terror attack in Pahalgam on Tuesday. Hailing from Jobat in western MPs Alirajpur district, Sushil was currently posted as the LIC branch manager in native Alirajpur district, his family comprising a teacher wife, Bank of Baroda-Surat employee daughter Akanksha, and student son Austin resided in Abhinandan Nagar area of Indore. Sushil, a native of Jo

CHANDIGARH: Fearing backlash, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) issued an advisory urging Kashmiri students across India urging students to refrain from engaging in political discussions or posting sensitive content on social media platforms, as such actions could provoke backlash or expose them to harm. After 28 people were killed in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association(JKSA) had issues an advisory to all Kashmiri stude

ANANTNAG: The quiet, picturesque town of Pahalgam was shaken on Tuesday when a terrorist attack claimed the lives of several innocent people , including Syed Adil Hussain Shah, a horse rider and the sole breadwinner for his family. His tragic death has left his family in mourning, struggling to cope with the loss, and asking for justice for the loss of the innocent man. Speaking to ANI, Syed Adil Hussain Shah's father, Syed Haider Shah, said, My son was the only one who earned for our family. He

PATNA: A pall of gloom enveloped Aruhi village in Bihars Rohtas district after Manish Ranjan, a native and Intelligence Bureau officer posted in Hyderabad, was killed in Tuesdays terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir. Manish was attacked when he, along with wife and two children, had gone to Jammu and Kashmir on a personal tour. Alok Priyadarshi, uncle of the slain IB officer, said that he had also planned to go with Manish Ranjan to have a glimpse of Maa Vaisno Devi but could not accompany him

NEW DELHI: A Punjab-based agent, who holds a diploma in multimedia programming, was arrested for his involvement in arranging a fake UK visa for a man attempting to travel abroad via Sharjah. The 35-year-old accused, identified as Amit Bhardwaj alias Gavi, was nabbed from one of his hideouts in Punjab, police said on Wednesday. The matter came to light when a 25-year-old man named Anil, a resident of Hisar in Haryana, was caught at the IGI Airport on 1 March, 2022, during immigration clearance w

GUWAHATI: An Indian Air Force officer from Arunachal Pradesh was among the 26 people massacred by terrorists in Pahalgam, Kashmir on Tuesday. Corporal Tage Hailyang (30), who was posted at an IAF base in Srinagar, had gone to Pahalgam along with his wife on a vacation. The couple got married only last December. Hailyang hailed from the Tajang village in Arunachals Ziro. His father Tage Tade is the headman of the village. His brother Tage Mali, who is in the Army and currently posted in Ziro, sai

In a significant move towards decarbonising high-emission industries, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued a draft notification to establish Indias first compliance-based domestic carbon market. This market, structured under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) of 2023, seeks to drive industrial adoption of low-carbon technologies and support the countrys broader climate goals. The draft notification outlines Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity (GEI) Target

HYDERABAD: The players of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians will wear black armbands during their IPL match which will not feature cheerleaders and fireworks here on Wednesday to mourn the victims of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam that caused 26 deaths. The teams will also observe a minute's silence to pay their respects to those affected by the incident that has drawn international condemnation. The players of two teams will wear black armbands and observe a minute's silence in memory of

CHANDIGARH: Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, a 26-year-old naval officer from Karnal, Haryana, was among the 26 people killed in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, also called 'Mini Switzerland', on Tuesday. He had recently married Himanshi from Gurugram on April 16, and the couple was on their honeymoon in Kashmir. Their wedding reception had taken place just days earlier, on April 19. As per reports which reached here, Narwal was shot in chest, neck and left arm and was brought dead

RAIPUR: A Kashmiri woollen clothes trader, Nazakat Ali, who visits Chhattisgarhs Chirmiri town every winter, heroically guided four families from the state to safety after they were caught in a sudden terror attack at the tourist site of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The families, who were on a summer vacation, included three children among the 11 members. Shivansh Jain, Arvind Agrawal, Happy Wadhawan and Kuldeep Sthapak had left Chirmiri on 18 April and reached Pahalgam on 21 April.

What was meant to be a celebration of love, family, and dreams turned into one of the bloodiest chapters in recent Kashmir history. The serene valley of Pahalgam, famously known as Mini Switzerland, became the site of horror on Tuesday as terrorists opened fire on unsuspecting tourists. At least 28 lives were lost newlyweds, fathers, sons, and professionals who had come seeking peace but instead met brutality. Among them was Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, a 26-year-old naval officer from Karnal, Hary

NEW DELHI: India's sporting fraternity oscillated between grief and rage as it joined the nation in condemning the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam with some demanding that the country should cut all sports ties with Pakistan. On Tuesday, terrorists opened fire at a prime tourist location in south Kashmir's Pahalgam, killing at least 26 civilians and injuring several others. The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, has claimed

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the families of each of those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack on Tuesday. Making the announcement, J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in a post on X, Deeply shocked and anguished by the despicable terrorist attack in Pahalgam yesterday. This barbaric and senseless act of brutality against innocent civilians has no place in our society. We condemn it in the strongest possible terms. We mourn t

NEW DELHI: For the first time in 33 years, the Centre on Tuesday held a high-level meeting to review and update the Central Residency Scheme, 1992, and accepted the long-pending demand to fix the duty hours of resident doctors to 48 hours per week. The meeting was chaired by Dr Sunita Sharma, the newly appointed Additional Director General of Health Services (DGHS), and attended by directors of all major Delhi-based government hospitals, members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), and repre

HYDERABAD : AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged the Pahalgam terror attack was the result of an intelligence failure. He demanded the Narendra Modi government to fix accountability over the incident saying the attack is more dangerous, condemnable and painful than the similar incidents in Uri and Pulwama. Speaking to reporters here, the Hyderabad MP strongly condemned the incident and expressed hope that the government will teach a lesson to all these terrorists and ensure just

RANCHI: In a significant breakthrough following Mondays deadly encounter in the Lugu Pahar region of Bokaro , security forces have arrested two Maoists, including an injured cadre who was found receiving treatment in a nearby village. The arrested include a woman Maoist, Anita, and another cadre, Dayanand, who sustained two bullet injuries during the encounter and was later traced based on a tip-off. The Monday encounter had resulted in the death of eight Maoists, including Central Committee Mem

LUCKNOW: Shubham Dwivedi, 31, a businessman from Kanpur,never knew that his trip to Kashmir would be his last. Married just two months ago, he was among 26 tourists killed in Tuesdays terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam. Dwivedi was shot point blank in front of his wife leaving her shocked and family and friends distraught and devastated. Dwivedi had gone to Kashmir along with his wife and 11 members of his family. He was in Baisaran Valley, popularly known as Mini Switzerland, along wi