Srinagar: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) on Monday said 100 post offices across the country would register devotees for the annual pilgrimage this year. The post offices are located in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and Gujarat, an SASB spokesman said. The list of all the 100 post offices was available on the website of the Board, he said. The post offices would start registering pilgrims from...
04:39 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) started the registration for the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine devoted to Lord Shiva on Monday. The annual pilgrimage is scheduled to start on June 25, but the registration process across the country started much earlier to enable the state administration to make suitable arrangements for the pilgrims. The pilgrimage will end with Raksha Bandhan on Aug 2. The process of...
10:52 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The case against former Team Anna member Swami Agnivesh for his controversial comments on the Amarnath Yatra is slated to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday. The activist had earlier sought the dismissal of criminal proceedings but the court was reluctant. Agnivesh had termed the annual pilgrimage as religious deception. Earlier, representing Agnivesh before the apex court, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium had contended that...
09:28 AM, Nov 14, 2011
New Delhi: Showing reluctance to quash criminal proceedings against activist Swami Agnivesh for allegedly making a controversial statement about Amarnath pilgrimage, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said people's sentiments cannot be taken for granted and that he cannot go "scot free" if he has made the remark. A bench of justices HL Dattu and CK Prasad, which was about to dismiss Agnivesh's petition seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings, however,...
05:13 PM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: Showing reluctance to quash criminal proceedings against activist Swami Agnivesh for allegedly making a controversial statement about Amarnath pilgrimage, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said people's sentiments cannot be taken for granted and that he cannot go 'scot free' if he has made the remark. A bench of justices HL Dattu and CK Prasad, which was about to dismiss Agnivesh's petition seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings, however,...
01:01 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Srinagar: Three more devotees died of cardiac arrest taking the death toll to 80 during the ongoing pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, officials said on Monday. 76-year-old M R Verma, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, breathed his last at the 3880-mt high cave shrine on Monday morning shortly after complaining of severe chest pain. Anand Soni, aged 31, who hailed from Rajasthan, and 62-year-old Lekh Ram from...
05:00 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Industries and Commerce Surjeet Singh Slathia on Monday reviewed the arrangements for smooth conduct of Amarnath Yatra and comfortable stay of pilgrims in case of inclement weather. Divisional commissioner Pawan Kotwal, Jammu Inspector General of Police Dilbagh Singh, Jammu DIG Farooq Khan, Director Tourism and Secretary Summer Secretariat were prominent among those who attended the meeting convened by the minister to review the arrangements....
07:18 AM, Jul 05, 2011
Srinagar: The Amarnath yatra was on Sunday suspended from both Baltal and Pahalgam routes following landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. "The pilgrims were not allowed from either Pahalgam or Baltal route today due to landslides triggered by rainfall during the night," an official at the yatra control room said. He said the suspension of the yatra left over 60,000 pilgrims stranded at various base camps including Baltal, Sheshnag,...
01:35 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Srinagar: The decision of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) to allocate some tickets for helicopter service for the annual yatra to travel and tourism associations has resulted in the pilgrims being overcharged for the service. The SASB has notified the rates for the helicopter service for both Baltal and Pahalgam routes leading to the 3880-metre high cave shrine but many pilgrims have complained that they were being charged 30 to...
12:10 PM, Jul 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Amarnath Yatra has begun. This year is perhaps the first time in the last two decades, when it is devoid of any controversies, accidents or unrest. The Valley is also peaceful this summer. A look at the yatra's troubled past. A journey of faith which draws thousands to undertake one of the toughest pilgrimages - the Amarnath yatra, which has countered bad weather, militant attacks and several...
09:32 AM, Jun 30, 2011
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11:52 PM, Jun 29, 2011
Baltal: The yatra to Amarnath has begun, as always amidst tight security but it's seen as one of the most peaceful and orderly Amarnath yatra in recent years. An estimated four to five lakh pilgrims are expected to make the journey towards the famous cave. Faith is moving all alike, the young, old and infirm hoping to seek blessings of Lord Shiva by trekking to the holy cave. This is ...
08:35 PM, Jun 29, 2011
Baltal: The yatra to Amarnath has begun, as always amidst tight security but it's seen as one of the most peaceful and orderly Amarnath yatra in recent years. An estimated four to five lakh pilgrims are expected to make the journey towards the famous cave. Faith is moving all alike, the young, old and infirm hoping to seek blessings of Lord Shiva by trekking to the holy cave. This is...
08:35 PM, Jun 29, 2011
New Delhi: More than 10,000 security force personnel have been deployed for the annual Amarnath yatra to the south Kashmir cave shrine, officials said. Thousands of pilgrims have reached base camps at Baltal and Nunwan. They will set out for the cave shrine of Amarnath. Security has been tightened along both routes. The first few batches of pilgrims that were flagged off on Tuesday morning have reached the two camps....
07:46 AM, Jun 29, 2011
Jammu: With the first batch of yatris scheduled to leave for Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir on Tuesday, over 4000 pilgrims from various parts of the country arrived at the the base camp in the city amid tight security. "Roughly over 4,000 yatris have arrived from various parts of the country in Jammu today. More pilgrims are arriving," Deputy Inspector General of Police Farooq Khan said. The first batch...
08:27 AM, Jun 28, 2011
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