The NGT on December 13, 2017, had declared the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas as a "silence zone" and prohibited religious offerings beyond the entry point.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar observed that the green tribunal has not declared a "silence zone" at the shrine but due silence has to be maintained only in front of the ice stalagmite resembling the 'ShivaLinga'.
Three Lashker-e-Taiba militants, including two Pakistanis, allegedly responsible for carrying out an attack on Amarnath pilgrims, were killed in an encounter in South Kashmir today
Abu Ismail was the mastermind of the Amarnath Yatra attack that killed eight pilgrims in July.
2.60 lakh pilgrims offered prayers during 40-day annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir this year.
Jammu and Kashmir Police today said three alleged conspirators in the July 10 attack on Amarnath pilgrims have been arrested.
The 20th batch of 1,782 pilgrims left Jammu for the Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in south Kashmir Himalayas today amid tight security.
With today’s batch, a total of 50,028 pilgrims have left Jammu for Amarnath in 16 batches since the yatra began from Jammu on June 28.
Seven pilgrims were killed and 19 injured when their bus heading towards Jammu from Srinagar was attacked by militants at 8.30 p.m. at Batengo in Anantnag district on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway on July 10.
This year's yatra will be eight days shorter than last year's and will conclude on Shravan Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) on August 7
Singer Sonu Nigam has given Rs 5 lakh to driver Salim Sheikh who saved many lives during Amarnath Yatra attack.
Seven pilgrims were killed and 19 others were injured on Monday late night when a group of LeT terrorists opened indiscriminate firing on a bus that was carrying 54 yatris who were returning to Jammu after the pilgrimage.
The incident took place at a time when the entire nation is mourning and condemning the killing of seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag in a cowardly terror attack plotted by LeT.
A fresh batch of around 3,800 yatris today left Jammu for the Himalayan cave shrine at around 4am in the morning in an escorted convoy.
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