Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned a one-day special session of the assembly on April 28 to discuss the Pahalgam attack, officials said on Friday.
The all-party meeting in Srinagar on Thursday unanimously supported the steps taken against Pakistan by the central government in retaliation against the Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 persons were killed.
Denying that the Pahalgam terror attack was an intelligence failure, former Indian Army Generals have categorically called Wednesday’s massacre a Pakistan Army-sponsored strike—an attack not only on tourists but also on local Kashmiris, who will bear the maximum brunt.
The CM’s remarks came as the search operation against the holed up terrorists in Saniyal village of Hiranagar in Kathua district continued on the second day on Monday, but there was no exchange of fire between the security forces and terrorists in the night that has given an impression that the terrorists might have escaped.
Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra lashed out at the central government and the LG administration for being "clueless" even as the law and order situation in the upper reaches of Kathua district is worsening.
Stressing a fine balance between technology and arts, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday emphasized the important role of artists and intelligentsia in promoting education based on local culture, moral values and traditional knowledge.
Presenting the first budget of an elected government in six years in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday described it as a “roadmap of economic growth and a true reflection of people’s aspirations”.
National-level laboratories and other health institutions have so far failed to identify the killer disease that has claimed 17 lives, including 13 children, in the Badhaal village of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a bid to increase footfall of tourists at the international border post at Suchetgarh and Gharana wetland in Jammu, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo on Saturday convened a meeting to review the activities being undertaken to develop these places as tourist destinations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir is regaining its identity as “paradise on earth”, leaving behind the difficult days of the past.
