The ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan turned out to be an unexpected opportunity for the people of Patnitop and Batote, and those dependent on tourism for livelihood.
Students from Srinagar and Baramulla, brought to Delhi by the Tamil Nadu government, are staying at Tamil Nadu House. They will be sent to Chennai on Tuesday, according to AKS Vijayan, Special Representative of Government of Tamil Nadu to New Delhi.
Following the chaos and all the skirmishes that had kept the areas along the northern and western International Borders (IB) up during the night for the past few days, the region has largely remained peaceful during the intervening night of May 11 and May 12, the Army stated.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to strike multiple terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir after a deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month in which 26 tourists were killed.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid his last respects to BSF Sub Inspector Md Imteyaz, who lost his life in cross-border firing by Pakistan along the International Boundary in the RS Pura sector on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the family of Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Rajouri, Dr Raj Kumar Thapa, in Jammu on Sunday to offer his condolences.
Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Sunil Sharma on Sunday paid tribute to Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Raj Kumar Thapa, who was killed in Pakistani shelling in Rajouri a day earlier.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 1 spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and made it clear that "India will hit the terrorists in Pakistan" after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, the sources said.
Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 to strike multiple terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir after a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month in which 26 tourists were killed.
Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha visited the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu today to inquire about the health status of individuals from Jammu, Rajouri, and Poonch who sustained injuries as a result of unprovoked shelling from Pakistan.
Subedar Major Pawan Kumar, an Indian Army soldier from Shahpur in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, was killed in the line of duty during heavy cross-border firing by Pakistan in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.