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Topic: Baisaran valley

Jammu court junks NIA plea for lie-detector tests on 2 ponywallahs held for ‘assisting’ Pahalgam attackers

With around 7,000 seats, many in off-campus colleges, remaining unfilled, the university has launched a special drive to fill the vacancies for the third year in a row.

Pahalgam had 3 direct attackers, chose Baisaran due to high footfall, relative isolation—NIA officials

Baisaran Valley is meadow located about 6.5 km from Pahalgam in Anantnag. Popularly known as 'mini Switzerland', Baisaran is accessible only through pony rides, long treks.

Pvt operator’s tourism contract for Pahalgam site contradicts govt claim it didn’t know of activities

After Pahalgam attack, govt told Oppn that local operators opened route to tourists 'without informing administration', due to which there was no deployment of security in the area.

Centre to curb access to 60+ ‘unguarded’ Kashmiri tourist spots opened post Article 370 abrogation

Concern about security was raised on multiple occasions with govt for shutting these sites, ThePrint has learnt. All these spots have seasonal security deployment.

‘Mini Switzerland’ Baisaran left without tourists. Terror snuffs out lives & livelihoods

Just when tourism season was picking up, the terror strike left hundreds of families in uncertainty. Many locals concede that recovery is unlikely this year.

Pahalgam residents flip an Anurag Thakur line on its head to show solidarity—’Desh ke gaddaron ko…’

Several local residents & trader-transporters held protests, condemning the terror attack in Baisaran Valley, amid a shutdown in the Kashmir valley Wednesday.

Pattern of terror in J&K amid high-profile US visits—Chittisinghpura, Kaluchak & now Pahalgam

The timings of the three attacks suggests a common terror blueprint—unleashing mayhem in Jammu and Kashmir to gain maximum international attention.

How world leaders reacted to Pahalgam terror attack

Trump, Putin, Starmer, Meloni, Netanyahu are among the key voices from across the globe to extend support to India. China & Ukraine have also extended condolences.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.