LIVE Pahalgam assault: Search ops on to search out attackers, Rajnath Singh briefed

Pahalgam terror assault stay: PM Narendra Modi lower brief his official go to to Saudi Arabia and returned to Delhi right this moment, skipping the official dinner. On the airport, he was obtained by NSA (nationwide safety advisor) Ajit Doval and exterior affairs minister S. Jaishankar, and was briefed on Tuesday’s terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which has to date resulted within the lack of no less than 26 lives, although no official dying toll has but been launched.

Condemnation for the assault has poured in from all quarters, slicing throughout political and non secular traces. Kashmir valley noticed a shutdown in opposition to a terror assault for the primary time in 35 years on Wednesday as organisations from all walks of life supported the bandh name to protest the killings in Pahalgam, officers stated.

Emergency assist desk numbers at Anantnag: 95967 77669/ 01932225870/ WA: 94190 51940

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Search ops on for Pahalgam perpetrators

Military, Navy chiefs have briefed Union defence minister Rajnath Singh. extra troops have been rushed to the Pahalgam space to hold out search operations

Impression on tourism

Farooq Kuthoo, former president of the Journey Brokers’ Affiliation of Kashmir and government committee member of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Business, tells NH: ”As a stakeholder within the native tourism business for years, let me first say that our concern isn’t about dropping enterprise for the time being. We’re deeply saddened at this incident and fall in need of phrases on find out how to describe it.

“We attraction to the federal government of India to search out out whoever is liable for such a heinous act, and take care of them. There’s a bandh in Kashmir right this moment in solidarity with lives misplaced. Sure, a number of of the vacationers are attempting to chop brief their vacation plans, it is a bit of kneejerk response however on the finish of the day, we’re all human beings. There’s certain to be some repercussion on the vacationer influx which solely time can inform.”

Mehbooba leads protest march

Syed Hussain Shah of Anantnag, a pony operator in Pahalgam and the one incomes member of his household, was additionally killed within the assault.

Former J&Ok chief minister and PDP (Individuals’s Democratic Celebration) chief Mehbooba Mufti right this moment led a march of occasion leaders and employees to protest the phobia assault. Mufti and her occasion employees assembled on the occasion headquarters close to Sher-e-Kashmir Park in Srinagar, from the place they started the protest march.

Carrying placards that learn ‘that is an assault on all of us’, ‘killing innocents is an act of terror’, and ‘cease harmless killings’, the march ended at Lal Chowk metropolis centre.

Vacationers trapped in Kashmir as militancy and floods paralyse journey

Over 50 vacationers from Goa are amongst numerous others from throughout India left stranded in Jammu and Kashmir after the Pahalgam assault compounded the chaos already attributable to flash floods and landslides.

Journey operators in Kolkata, too, are apprehensive of a fallout from the assault. Sudipto Mukherjee, director of Citi Safari which organised a promotional marketing campaign on behalf of J&Ok Tourism within the metropolis quickly after the Covid pandemic, says he obtained his first cancellation request this morning. ”I obtained the primary name from a household who had booked a go to within the final week of Could. They now need to go to Arunachal Pradesh as a substitute, whereas there are a number of queries for Himachal,” he instructed NH.

Authorities launch sketches of suspects

The Print reviews from the bottom that 4 Lashkar-e-Taiba activists, together with two native males with physique cams carried out the assault at Pahalgam. Authorities have launched sketches of the suspected terrorists concerned within the assault, hoping to doubtlessly determine the perpetrators.

Amit Shah prone to return to Delhi right this moment 

Union dwelling minister Amit Shah visited Baisaran meadows, the scene of the grotesque killings, officers stated.

After attending a wreath laying ceremony for the victims of the phobia assault on the police management room in Srinagar, Shah flew in a chopper to Baisaran meadows, round 110 km away, they stated.

As per media reviews, Shah is prone to return to Delhi at round 5.00 pm right this moment to attend assembly of the Cupboard Committee on Safety.

J-Ok govt proclaims Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia for kin of every deceased; Rs 2 lakh for critically injured

The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Wednesday introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the households of every of these killed within the Pahalgam terror assault on Tuesday.

Making the announcement, J-Ok chief minister Omar Abdullah stated in a publish on X, “Deeply shocked and anguished by the despicable terrorist assault in Pahalgam yesterday. This barbaric and mindless act of brutality in opposition to harmless civilians has no place in our society. We condemn it within the strongest potential phrases. We mourn the dear lives misplaced.”

The chief minister stated no sum of money can ever compensate for the lack of family members, however as a mark of help and solidarity, the J-Ok authorities proclaims an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh every for the households of the deceased. The chief minister additionally introduced Rs 2 lakh for these critically injured, and Rs 1 lakh for these with minor accidents.

All preparations have been made to move of the mortal stays of the deceased again to their properties in a dignified method, Abdullah stated.

“The injured are being offered the very best medical care. Our hearts exit to the bereaved households. We share in your grief and stand by you on this darkish hour,” Abdullah stated.

Pakistan condoles assault

Pakistan overseas workplace spokesman Shafqat Khan on Wednesday conveyed Pakistan’s condolences on the killing of vacationers. Pakistan is worried on the assault, he instructed the media

Amit Shah pays tribute to victims

Our bodies of 26 victims have been have been dropped at the Authorities Medical Faculty (GMC) in Srinagar early Wednesday after which taken to the police management room, the place Union dwelling minister Amit Shah laid wreaths on them.

Shah, who reached Srinagar on Tuesday evening, assured the survivors of the assault that the perpetrators of the dastardly act can be dropped at justice, officers stated.

Alleged mastermind?

A number of Indian media shops have quoted unattributed intelligence sources figuring out the mastermind behind the Pahalgam assault as Saifullah Khalid, a commander of the Pakistan-backed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose affiliate The Resistance Entrance (TRF) has claimed duty for the assault. No official affirmation of Khalid’s involvement is on the market as but.