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TopicPahalgam terror attack

Topic: Pahalgam terror attack

On 22 April, 2025, terrorists killed 25 Indians—24 tourists and a Kashmiri local—and 1 Nepalese tourist at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam before fleeing the tourist spot. Eyewitness accounts indicate victims were singled out on the basis of religion, shot at close range in front of their families.

At the time of the attack, PM Modi was in Saudi Arabia on an official visit and US Vice President JD Vance was visiting India. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) chaired by PM Modi met the day after the attack and in a statement highlighted a potential link to Pakistan, saying “cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack were brought out”.

BJP sees ‘sar tan se juda’ imagery in Congress’s ‘gayab’ dig at PM, calls it a signal to Pakistan

Neelam Pandey -
Former Pakistan minister Fawad Ahmed Hussain Chaudhry shared Congress's post with the hashtag #NaughtyCongress. BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia calls party the 'Lashkar-e-Pakistan Congress'.

Week after Pahalgam terror attack, India bans Pakistani defence minister’s X account

ANI -
Last week, Khwaja Asif stated Pakistan has been funding & backing terror groups in viral video clip. Ban on his X account follows India announcing a ban on 16 Pakistani YouTube channels.

Pahalgam attack aftermath: Gurez & Machil among over 80 tourist spots closed for visitors in Kashmir

Mayank Kumar -
The call to close down these tourist spots is a temporary move, it is learnt. Gulmarg, a popular tourist spot in Baramulla district, remains accessible for visitors.

Ultra & Alpine Quest—technologies that keep Pakistani terrorists, especially LeT, going in J&K

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The first recovery of ‘Ultra’ sets happened in 2023 in the Jammu region and not Kashmir.

‘Taj was overbooked after 26/11. If tourists stay away from Kashmir, terrorists win’—NC MP Ruhullah Mehdi

Neelam Pandey -
In an interview to ThePrint, the Srinagar MP said the people of Kashmir have spoken up against the Pahalgam attack, and that this is the time to embrace them on a human level.

Striking back at Pakistan is full of risks. India must master choreography of escalation

Harsh V. Pant -
In this shadowed theatre of subcontinental power, the art of war must be tempered by the craft of diplomacy.

What Operation Parakram taught us—deterrence requires more than just mobilisation or rhetoric

Sudhir Pillai -
Lofty goals cannot obscure a complex reality: when the need arises to unsheathe the sword, we must already have it sharpened, maintained, and ready for battle.

Rahul Gandhi, Kharge writes to PM Modi for a special Parliament session to discuss Pahalgam attack

PTI -
Several opposition MPs have made a similar demand to the government in the wake of the dastardly attack in which 26 people, mainly tourists, were killed last week.

Indian students at Harvard protest Pakistani delegates’ visit post Pahalgam, ask Rubio to revoke visas

Debdutta Chakraborty -
In a letter, signed by Harvard Kennedy School students Surabhi Tomar & Abhishek Chaudhari on behalf of concerned students, the terror attack was labelled a ‘faith-based massacre’.

Dadar hawker assault FIR: BJP leader, others ‘asked if there were any Rohingya Muslims, then beat him’

Purva Chitnis -
On her Facebook page, BJP’s Akshata Tendulkar has accused the complainant of lying.
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