Pahalgam attack news live updates: Kashmiris will no longer tolerate violence, says Sajad Lone

Pahalgam attack news live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, EAM Dr S Jaishankar, and other officials present. (File image)

Pahalgam attack news live updates: The Jammu and Kashmir assembly convened for a special one-day session in the wake of the terrorist attack on civilians in Pahalgam on April 22, killing 26 civilians. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that he had no words to seek an apology to the families who lost their loved ones in the Pahalgam terror attack. He also noted that militancy could only end in Kashmir with the help of people's support.

Separately, CPI leader in Rajya Sabha P Sandosh Kumar and RJD MP Manoj Jha wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to convene a special session of the Parliament to discuss developments related to the massacre and questions of national security.

Meanwhile, the Congress party clarified that statements by “some” of its leaders on responding to Pakistan do not reflect the party's official views. “There should be absolutely no doubt whatsoever at this most sensitive of times that the CWC resolution, the views expressed by Shri Mallikarjun Kharge and Shri Rahul Gandhi and the views of authorised AICC office-bearers ALONE represent the position of the INC,” Jairam Ramesh wrote on X.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence also met in the Parliament complex on Monday. The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi were among the key attendees.

As far as the investigation goes, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) formally took over the probe into the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, sponsored by Pakistan and carried out by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) through its proxy The Resistance Front (TRF), and is “checking the entire area thoroughly for evidence to expose the terror conspiracy.”

India has so far announced a slew of punitive measures against Pakistan, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty and the closure of the only operational land border crossing at Attari.

Pahalgam terror attack: Top developments

• China expressed firm support for Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, urging both parties to exercise restraint.
• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) formally took over the probe into the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
• The Pakistan Army opened fire at several Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) for the third straight day on Sunday.
• Forward-deployed Indian troops responded firmly to the latest night-long provocation and targeted the adversary’s posts facing the Tutmari Gali and Rampur sectors in north Kashmir.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his latest Mann Ki Baat episode, expressed “deep agony” over the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, and reiterated that the perpetrators and conspirators “will be served with the harshest response”.
• The houses of three more suspected terrorists were demolished by security personnel in South Kashmir and Bandipora in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.
• A total of 850 Indians, including 14 diplomats and officials, have returned from Pakistan through the Wagah-Attari border in Punjab in four days, reported PTI.
• As many as 537 Pakistani nationals, including nine diplomats and officials, left India through the Attari-Wagah border point in four days, reported PTI.