The first batch comprising around 3,300 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in 159 escorted vehicles for the Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in the Kashmir Valley.
According to figures from the government of J&K, the union territory has fully vaccinated over 67 percent of its inhabitants over the age of 45 as of May 26, compared to a national average of 44.1 percent.
Around 500 people from Hullar, Bandna, Punoo and Bhata villages took out a procession in Kishtwar town in Jammu, shouting pro-independence slogans, which ultimately resulted in violent communal clashes between two communities leading to the…