Pahalgam attack news: UN Security Council consultations on India-Pakistan begin

The United Nations Security Council has begun closed-door consultations on the situation between India and Pakistan.

Days after the Pahalgam terrorist attack, six police officials have been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, according to an official order issued Monday. READ MORE

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Branch on Monday said that some social media influencers and pages in the country, who seem to be working against the interest of the country.

The committee requested the Ministry of Electronics and IT and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to provide contemplated action taken to ban such platforms under IT Act 2000 and ‘Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 by 8 May, 2025.

United Nations General Secretary António Guterres said that it was painful to see that the tensions between India and Pakistan have reached a boiling point after the Pahalgam terror attack.

“Tensions between India and Pakistan are at their highest in years. I deeply respect and I am profoundly grateful to the government and people of both countries and their significant contribution to United Nations Peacekeeping, and so it pains me to see the relationship reach a boiling point,” he said.

Pakistan’s Parliament on Monday passed a unanimous resolution against India, terming New Delhi's countermeasures against Islamabad in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack "a campaign" to malign the country's image. READ MORE

Amid the rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir reportedly said that Pakistan will respond with “full military might” if its sovereignty or territorial integrity is threatened. READ MORE

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Altaf Thakur on Monday asserted that India has done three strikes - diplomatic, economic and water on Pakistan after New Delhi suspended the Indus Waters Treaty in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed.

The water level of the Chenab River in Akhnoor has increased following the announcements made by the local police and administration. The visuals from the area show a significant rise in the water levels in the river.

On Monday morning, the level of water had significantly dropped in the river Chenab after the closure of gates at the Baglihar and Salal Dams.

Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), the political offshoot of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) of the Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, held an anti-India rally in Lahore and demanded his immediate release from jail.

Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, has been sentenced to multiple years by Pakistan's anti-terrorism courts in several cases of financing terrorism and has been imprisoned in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail since 2019.

The BJP on Monday stated that Pakistani nationals, who are staying in Kerala, should be immediately deported to ensure justice for those killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam.

BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar alleged that Kerala is the only state not complying with the directive to deport illegal Pakistani immigrants, PTI reported.

Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Prime Minister's Office, in Delhi on Monday.

NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule on Monday said that the opposition and the entire country are waiting for the government's action against the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack.

“We strongly condemn what happened (in Pahalgam). We have promised the government that we will stand firm with it at this time. We will wait for the government's actions,” said Sule.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asked Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure that innocent people are not harassed as the government goes after the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Kashmiris have shown that they are not with bloodshed, and they share the grief of the nation. My appeal to the home minister is to take action, not once but a thousand times, against those who carried out the act of terror,” Mufti added

India demanded that the Asian Development Bank cut funding for Pakistan, as New Delhi continues to extend its punitive moves against Islamabad after the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a meeting with Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda on Monday, demanded that the bank cut its funds to Pakistan, sources said.

A Pakistani hacker group calling itself the Pakistan Cyber Force claimed that it accessed sensitive information after breaching Indian defence institutions. The group claimed that it had hacked the Indian Military Engineering Services, the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, and other websites. READ FULL STORY

The water level in the Chenab River has witnessed a significant drop in Akhnoor after the closure of gates at the Baglihar and Salal Dams, a countermeasure by the Indian government in response to an attack on tourists by Pakistan-backed terrorists in Pahalgam.

Speaking to ANI, one of the locals exhorted that they don't want even a single drop of water to be supplied to Pakistan while extending support to the Indian Army and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Iran's foreign minister on Monday urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint as he arrived in Islamabad for a one-day visit. The tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad rose after the Aprill 22 terror attack, in which Pakistani-backed terrorists opened fire on innocent tourists in Kashmir's Pahalgam.

As tensions remain high between India and Pakistan following a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, major international airlines, including Air France and Lufthansa, are steering clear of Pakistani airspace, airlines and flight trackers showed on Monday. READ MORE

The Kremlin on Monday called for de-escalation between India and Pakistan as tension between the two countries rise after the deadly April 22 Pahalgam terror attack where Pakistan-backed terrorists killed 26 people, mostly tourists.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday visited the locals in Kashmir's Pahalfam and said that the people of Kashmir are eagerly waiting to welcome tourists and yatris who would come to the union territory for Amarnath Yatra.

“I salute the tourists who have arrived here. I have come here to tell them that Kashmir is waiting for you, especially the Yatris who would come here (for Amarnath Yatra). Never has there been an attack in Pahalgam on the Yatras. Yatris are our guests, they have come here earlier, they should come here now as well,” she said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people on April 22. He also extended full support to India in the country's fight against terrorism and expressed condolences for the people who lost their lives in the attack. READ MORE

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called PM Narendra Modi and strongly condemned the terror attack in Pahalgam, India. He conveyed deepest condolences on the loss of innocent lives and expressed full support to India in the fight against terrorism.

BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Monday said that Pakistan will soon notice the impact of suspension of Indus Waters Treaty by India.

“When a treaty (Indus Waters Treaty) has been suspended, then we will do things as per our own wish. Pakistan will see its effects soon,” he said while speaking to ANI.

The Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition seeking security of tourists visiting remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday and reprimanded the lawyer who filed it. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh dismissed the plea and scolded the lawyer for reportedly doing it for publicity with no public cause in mind. READ MORE

BJP leader Ravinder Raina on Monday said that the water of the Indian rivers flowing the Pakistan has been stopped adding that Pakistan cannot send terrorists in India and get prosperous by taking water from us.

“After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, the Indian government has decided to suspend the Indus Water Treaty and due to this, the water of Indian rivers flowing to Pakistan has been stopped. The water of these 4 rivers Chenab, Sutlej, Ravi and Beas has been completely stopped,” Raina told ANI.

“On one hand, Pakistan will send terrorists here and shed the blood of innocent people, and on the other hand, it cannot make itself prosperous by taking the water of this place,” he added.