amarnath pilgrims

Hospital unchanged year after massacre; waits for promised 50-bed upgrade

Prepare for the sacred Amarnath Yatra 2026, commencing July 3rd! Registration opens April 15th online or at 550 bank branches. Pilgrims aged 13-70 with a health certificate issued after April 8th are eligible. Choose the Pahalgam or Baltal route. Enhanced safety, including RFID tracking and Rs 10 lakh insurance, is in place.

The annual Amarnath Yatra will commence on July 3 and conclude on August 28, spanning 57 days. Pilgrims aged 13 to 70 can register from April 15, with enhanced accident insurance of Rs 10 lakh. Registrations will be available at 554 bank branches nationwide.

The Amarnath Yatra 2026 pilgrimage dates are set from July 3 to August 9. Registration begins April 15, 2026, online and offline. Participants need a Compulsory Health Certificate and an RFID card. Eligibility is for ages 13 to 70. Two routes are available: Pahalgam and Baltal. Helicopter services offer convenience.

The bodies of seven amarnath pilgrims killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir were brought to Gujarat's Surat airport along with the injured people and their family members in an IAF plane.

Jammu police have uncovered a racket and apprehended three individuals, including a prime suspect from Delhi, involved in the production and sale of counterfeit registration slips to amarnath pilgrims.

Sixteen amarnath pilgrims were killed and 16 others injured when a truck carrying them plunged into a deep gorge in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir late on Thursday night.

Thirty five among 37 pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh, who were missing after cloudburst hit lower Amarnath cave shrine on Friday, were traced on Monday .

A multi-pronged security system has been put in place along the highway from Kathua to Jammu for visiting amarnath pilgrims, a senior police officer said on Thursday.

Expressing "shock" over growing number of amarnath pilgrims' death, which has risen to 97, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to immediately deploy medical aid teams for 'yatris'.

An Amarnath pilgrim was killed and two other injured on Thursday when the mini-bus they were travelling in was hit by another vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, police said.

SC on Friday set up a high-powered committee to recommend measures to prevent the growing number of casualties of amarnath pilgrims saying that it has become a permanent problem and a regular affair.

So far 61,200 pilgrims have visited the cave shrine and offered their prayers, the spokesman said.

Several trade bodies, including the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, travel and tourism players and civil society groups on Tuesday held silent protest against the attack on amarnath pilgrims.

"I am pained at the loss of lives of amarnath pilgrims. But I salute the people of Kashmir as all sections of society have condemned the attack. It shows the spirit of Kashmiriyat is very much alive," Rajnath Singh said.

At least sixteen amarnath pilgrims were killed and 26 seriously injured when the bus in which they were travelling plunged into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Sunday, police said.