Tag: Amarnath Pilgrimage

A total of 13 highly professional instructors, including two more Everesters' -- selection grade constables Nazir Ahmad and Falil Singh -- are involved in the training of the selected batches. The training centre remains open for six months from November-December, Singh said.

Jammu: Over 1.10 lakh devotees have registered for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas which begins on July 1, officials said Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Paul Malik had launched last week an online registration process for pilgrims. The registration process for the annual Amarnath yatra through the […]

Jammu: After remaining suspended due to bad weather for a day, the Amarnath Yatra resumed on Saturday as around 4,000 pilgrims set out for the holy Himalayan cave, police said. Of the total 3,926 pilgrims, who left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas — one escorted convoys of 1,608 pilgrims headed to Baltal, while 2,318 to […]

New Delhi: After the UK, Germany has also issued a travel advisory “strongly” discouraging its citizens from travelling to Jammu and Kashmir due to the recent security alert in the state and asked those staying in the Kashmir Valley or along the Armanath Yatra pilgrimage route to leave the state. “Travel to Kashmir is strongly […]