Rush Hour: 27 tourists killed in Pahalgam attack, Ramdev to remove ‘sharbat jihad’ ad and more
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Twenty-seven tourists were killed in an attack by suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, police officials, who declined to be identified, told Scroll. The attack took place in the Baisran area, about 4 km from the tourist spot of Pahalgam. More than six persons have been injured.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah described the attack as an abomination. “Needless to say this attack is much larger than anything we have seen directed at civilians in recent years,” he said.
The police and the Indian Army launched a search operation for the militants, the lieutenant governor’s office said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that those responsible for the attack will not be spared. Read on.
Patanjali Ayurved founder Ramdev was ordered by the Delhi High Court to remove an advertisement in which he claimed that popular drink Rooh Afza was being used for “sharbat jihad”. The court said that the comment by the yoga guru was “indefensible”.
Food company Hamdard, which makes the drink, had moved the court seeking the removal of a video.
While advertising for a Patanjali product on April 3, Ramdev, without naming Hamdard, claimed that proceeds from...
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