ammu and Kashmir Police personnel assist an elderly pilgrim at high altitude points during the annual Amarnath Yatra, in Anantnag on July 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI More than 7,500 pilgrims paid obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine on July 6, taking the number of devotees who have had ‘darshan’ of the naturally formed … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF personnel stand guard outside Amarnath Yatra base camp Bhagwati Nagar ahead of the Annual Amarnath Yatra, in Jammu | Photo Credit: ANI Unprecedented security measures, including electronic surveillance along the entire yatra route and access control arrangements, have been made for the annual Amarnath yatra scheduled to begin on … Read more
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday asked the government to rethink a project for motorable roads up to the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir. Meanwhile, the BJP has welcomed the move. “In the green belts of Gulmarg, Sonamarg and Pahalgam, no one is allowed to even repair or make additions to structures … Read more
These pilgrims are said to be stranded in a tent at Panchtarni, 6 km away from the shrine. File | Photo Credit: PTI At least 80 people from Karnataka are stranded en route to the pilgrimage to Amarnath cave due to bad weather. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has tweeted to say that he has directed the … Read more
Jammu & Kashmir Police’s Mountain Rescue Team along with State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel during a joint exercise in Samba district ahead of their deployment for the annual Amarnath Yatra. | Photo Credit: PTI The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, located at a height of 3,880 metres in south Kashmir Himalayas, will begin … Read more
The Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather conditions and no fresh batch was allowed to proceed from here to the base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. A flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine on Friday afternoon has led to … Read more
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir were due to a highly localised rain event and not due to a cloudburst. According to weather scientists, the shrine reported 31 mm of rainfall between 4.30 pm and 6.30 pm on Friday, which is … Read more