Pakistan bars all Indian-flagged ships to enter its ports. (File Representational Photo) J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Air Chief Marshal A P Singh on Sunday amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, PTI reported. No details of the meetings have been made public.
Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi also met the prime minister on Saturday and briefed him on the overall situation in the critical sea lanes in the Arabian Sea. In other news, Pakistan has imposed a ban on all Indian-flagged ships from entering its ports, effective immediately. This comes after India on Saturday imposed fresh punitive measures banning import and transit of all goods coming from Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Pakistani troops continued unprovoked small arms firing across multiple locations along the Line of Control (LoC) for the tenth consecutive night, with Indian Army responding promptly, news agency PTI reported. Intel alert before attack: Senior officials, requesting anonymity, said the security establishment is now certain there were four terrorists who carried out the Pahalgam attack and two of whom were from the Valley. What’s also now known, the officials said, is that these two local terrorists “mingled” with the tourists before the attack commenced.
In fact, they herded the tourists to a food court complex, where the other two terrorists, suspected to be from Pakistan, fired at them at close range, the officials added. Live Updates 13:12 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: IAF chief meets PM Modi amid increasing tensions between India-Pakistan Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh on Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the backdrop of increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack. The Air chief held a meeting with PM Modi, sources said without giving further details.
Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi met the prime minister on Saturday and briefed him on the overall situation in the critical sea lanes in the Arabian Sea. – PTI 12:24 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Among 4 terrorists behind Pahalgam attack, 2 from South Kashmir, may have ‘herded’ tourists to site: top official What’s also now known, the officials said, is that these two local terrorists “mingled” with the tourists before the attack commenced. In fact, they herded the tourists to a food court complex, where the other two terrorists, suspected to be from Pakistan, fired at them at close range, the officials said.
“Clearly, the terrorists were in and around Baisaran for 4-5 days, and this could not have happened without some element of local support from certain people in the area,” the official said. 12:07 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Punjab Police bust Pakistani spy network in Amritsar; 2 arrested In a significant counter-espionage operation, the Amritsar Rural police Saturday arrested two people for their alleged role in leaking sensitive information and photographs of Army cantonment areas and air bases in Amritsar. The accused have been identified as Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih.
Giving this information, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said preliminary investigation reveals their links to Pakistani intelligence operatives, established through Harpreet Singh alias Pittu alias Happy, currently lodged in Amritsar Central Jail. 11:25 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Navy drills continue, navigation alert for ships in Arabian Sea India’s maritime authorities have issued a navigation warning for commercial ships to exercise caution in view of the Indian Navy’s ongoing drills in the Arabian Sea, even as Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi is understood to have briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the overall situation in the critical sea lanes, people familiar with the developments said on Saturday. The NAV (navigation) alert comes amid increasing tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack.
It is learnt that the Navy chief met the PM on Saturday evening and briefed him about the situation in the maritime domain, the people cited above said. 11:23 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Omar calls on PM, discusses key issues concerning J&K post-Pahalgam attack J&K CM Omar Abdullah on Saturday called on PM Modi to discuss ground situation in Kashmir after the Pahalgam terror attack. Abdullah is learnt to have told the PM about the groundswell of solidarity and support for the victims of the attack in the Valley.
He spoke about the outrage among the people over the deadly attack and their spontaneous protests in every nook and corner to convey their disapproval of the violence. In his 30-minute meeting with the PM, Abdullah is learnt to have also highlighted the sacrifice of pony ride operator Syed Adil Hussain Shah, who tried to snatch a weapon from one of the terrorists in a courageous attempt to protect the tourists. 10:14 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: India suspends postal exchange with Pakistan: No exchange of daak for over 4 years now, say officials India on Saturday halted the exchange of mail and parcels with Pakistan, through both air and land routes, as it imposed fresh punitive measures on Islamabad in view of the cross border linkages to the horrific Pahalgam terror attack last month, in which 26 people were killed.
According to an order issued by the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, and sent to the heads of all postal circles across the country, “the exchange of all categories of inbound mail and parcels from Pakistan through air and surface routes” has been suspended. 10:12 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: CRPF jawan sacked for ‘not informing force’ about his marriage to Pakistani national, he denies The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Saturday dismissed a jawan from Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch from service without a formal inquiry for not informing his superior officers about his marriage with a Pakistani national. In an official order, the Commandant 41st Battalion of the CRPF at Bangrasia, Bhopal – where he is currently posted – said Munir Ahmed was being dismissed “with immediate effect” after finding that his action was found to be detrimental to “national security”.
The jawan, however, has denied the allegation claiming that he had informed the force when his wedding was solemnised last year. The development comes in the aftermath of the terror attack in Pahalgam, where 26 people — mostly tourists but also a local — were shot dead. 10:09 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Local who opened shop 15 days ago but not on day of incident under NIA scanner A local in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, who opened his shop around 15 days before the terror attack on tourists and did not open his shop on the day of the incident, is being questioned by officials of multiple central agencies, including the National Investigation Agency (NIA), The Indian Express has learnt.
The NIA, which is investigating the April 22 attack where 26 people were killed, has already questioned around 100 locals as part of its probe. It was during questioning that the central agency learned about the man who did not open his shop on the day of the incident. Read more 09:50 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Possible intel alert before Pahalgam terror attack, says top official A top official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the government and security agencies had intel about a possible terror attack targeting tourists in hotels around Srinagar days before the Pahalgam attack.
“The police brass, including the Director General of Police, had camped in the Valley for a few days before the attack,” said a top official who did not wish to be named. “They (security agencies, including the J&K Police) had intelligence. They were anticipating an attack.
They thought it would be a hotel on the outskirts of Srinagar… because civilian killings have happened mostly in south Kashmir,” the official said. Hence, combing operations were undertaken around Dachigam, Nishat, and adjacent areas over 10-15 days preceding the Pahalgam attack. However, a J&K Police rebutted the claims saying, the inputs were not specific and only came to light after the attack, and one “must not read too much” into these.
09:34 (IST) 4 May 2025 J&K Pahalgam Attack Today News LIVE Updates: Pakistani troops continue unprovoked firing along LoC for tenth day Small arms fire between Indian and Pakistani troops continued for the tenth consecutive night in various sectors along the Line of Control (LoC), with the Indian Army responding effectively, officials said on Sunday. Ceasefire violations were reported from eight locations in the Union Territory during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. However, no casualties were reported, officials confirmed.
This comes amid heightened tensions following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd
