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Intelligence agencies have identified Saifullah Kasuri alias Khalid, a senior commander of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as the key orchestrator of the Pahalgam attack in Kashmir Valley claiming the lives of 28 people, including two foreign nationals, at the picturesque Baisaran meadow on Tuesday afternoon.
India and Saudi Arabia issued a joint statement on Wednesday, where the two nations 'strongly condemned' the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam town, where gunmen targeted non-Muslim tourists and left 28 of them killed.
Indian security agencies have released sketches of three suspected terrorists who targeted tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam killing 28 of them on Tuesday, marking one of the worst terror attacks in the Valley in recent years.
Srinagar/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday visited Baisaran meadow, the Pahalgam terror attack site where over two dozen tourists were killed by militants in one of the worst Islamic terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's popular tourist destination Pahalgam that left 28 people killed.
"Terrorism today is not political or revolutionary—it's religious. Radical Islam is the core threat," says Dr. Sreoshi Sinha Basu from Jamia Millia University in an outpouring of anger against one of the worst Islamist terror attacks that killed more than two dozen Hindu tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's popular tourist destination, Pahalgam, on Tuesday.
Muslim World League chief Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and condemned the terror attack on tourists in the Pahalgam region of Jammu and Kashmir that led to the deaths of 28 people, including foreigners, on Tuesday.
The Indian Army eliminated two terrorists during an encounter along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a day after terrorists opened fire on tourists in popular Pahalgam city, leading to the death of 27 people.
Indian PM Narendra Modi has decided to cut short his Saudi Arabia visit and return to India early Wednesday morning after a terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's popular Pahalgam town on Tuesday left at least 26 people, including two foreigners, dead.
US President Donald Trump and other world leaders condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's popular tourist destination, Pahalgam, which left 27 tourists dead on Tuesday.
Srinagar/IBNS: Two officers from the Indian Navy and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) were among the 27 killed in one of the worst terror strikes targeting tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday, media reports said.
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended solidarity with India as a terror attack targeting tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam killed 26.
Jaipur/IBNS: US Vice President JD Vance, who is visiting India currently, condoled the deaths in the Jammu & Kashmir terror attack on Tuesday, saying that his "thoughts and prayers" are with the people of this country.
New Delhi/Srinagar/IBNS: In one of the worst terror strikes that targeted tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam amid the ongoing visit of US Vice-President JD Vance to India, gunmen killed at least 27 people and wounded many others after identifying them as non-Muslims on Tuesday, triggering a nationwide outrage and condemnation from all quarters, according to media reports.
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday said those behind the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir will be 'brought to justice'.
A Pahalgam terror attack survivor said the militants opened fire on them after asking about their religious identities in the popular Jammu and Kashmir tourist destination on Tuesday.
At least one tourist died, and seven of them were injured, after terrorists opened fire on them in Jammu and Kashmir's popular destination Baisaran in Pahalgam area on Tuesday.
At least one tourist died, and seven tourists were injured after terrorists opened fire on them in Jammu and Kashmir's popular destination Baisaran mountain top in Pahalgam area on Tuesday.
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived in Saudi Arabia and said he expects the visit will strengthen the friendship between the two countries.
At least five tourists were injured in a suspected terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's popular destination, Pahalgam, on Tuesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday referred to getting accused of intruding into Parliament's domains in response to a plea seeking Presidential rule in the violence-hit West Bengal, media reports said.
Agra/IBNS: A 10-year-old girl's 48-hour hunger strike under the sun at 40 degree celcius forced the district administration to relocate a liquor shop from Kolara Kalan village of Shamshabad block in Agra, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: A fourth-year undergraduate student at IIT-Kharagpur was found hanging in a hostel room on Sunday evening, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday appealed to the government teachers, who lost their jobs owing to corruption in the 2016 recruitment process, to resume their service without worry.
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government teaching and non-teaching staff, who lost their jobs over alleged corruption in the 2016 recruitment process, camped outside the School Service Commission (SSC) office in Kolkata's Salt Lake area overnight demanding the separate lists of "tainted" and "untainted" candidates.
Jaipur/IBNS: US Vice-President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance and their three children received a warm traditional Rajasthani welcome at the state capital Jaipur on the second day of their India visit, media reports said.
PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday embarked on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia and said India deeply values its long and historic ties with the Middle East nation that have acquired strategic depth and momentum in recent years.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned popular Indian actor Mahesh Babu, who is one of the highest-paid stars in the country, to appear before it by April 27 in connection with the Sai Surya Developers and Surana Group money laundering case, media reports said.
American Vice President JD Vance, who is currently on a four-day visit to India, on Tuesday met PM Narendra Modi and called him a 'great leader'.
Sawai Madhopur/IBNS: A woman was found dead in a field in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan on Sunday morning with her throat slit and both her ankles severed from the body, media reports said.
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