China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday said his country is closely following the situation between India and Pakistan, China's state media Global Times said in a report. Wang told Mr Dar that China supports an impartial investigation into the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 tourists. Read here

An Indian woman has been allegedly stopped at the Attari-Wagah border point in Punjab from crossing into Pakistan after the Centre ordered Pakistani nationals to leave in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. 

While the woman, Sana, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut who is married to a Pakistani citizen, was stopped because she had an Indian passport, her children, a three-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter, were allowed to leave as they had Pakistani passports.

The 30-year-old was among the short-term visa holders who were ordered to leave India by Sunday. 

Sana, who got married to Bilal, a doctor in Karachi, in 2020, had recently come to her hometown to meet her parents. 

Sana said she was told by the officials to leave the country when the Centre issued a notice, asking Pakistani nationals to return after 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed by Pakistan-linked terrorists in Pahalgam on April 22. 

Accompanied by her family members, she then left for the Attari-Wagah border with her children on Friday. She, however, was stopped and told to return to Meerut because of her Indian passport.

"My children can't stay here and I can't go there," she told reporters.

"My husband had also come to the border to receive us," she said. 

Sana said this was her second trip to India after her marriage, with the first one being about 3 years ago.

Calling for the "strictest" punishment for those behind the Pahalgam attack, she appealed to the government to let her and her children go to Pakistan.

Pahalgam, hit by terror that cost 26 lives, appears to have bounced back with tourists who wanted to enjoy summer in Kashmir Valley, sticking to their travel plans. The refrain was -- "We thought it over and decided to come".

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has come under attack from the BJP over his comments that the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 tourists was a manifestation of "unresolved questions of the Partition."

As security agencies launched a massive operation against terrorists and their backers in Jammu and Kashmir after the Pahalgam attack, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appealed to Centre to not let innocent people become the "collateral damage".

"After the Pahalgam terror attack, there must be a decisive fight against terrorism and its origin. People of Kashmir have come out openly against terrorism and the murder of innocent people, they did this freely & spontaneously. It’s time to build on this support and avoid any misplaced action that alienates people. Punish the guilty, show them no mercy but don’t let innocent people become collateral damage," he wrote in a post on X.

After the Pahalgam terror attack, there must be a decisive fight against terrorism and its origin. People of Kashmir have come out openly against terrorism and the murder of innocent people, they did this freely & spontaneously. It’s time to build on this support and avoid any…

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 27, 2025

Indian warships have conducted multiple anti-ship firings in the Arabian Sea, demonstrating their preparedness for long-range precision strikes, with the Navy asserting they are combat-ready to protect the nation's interests.

Multiple visuals of BrahMos anti-ship and anti-surface cruise missiles being fired from warships in the middle of the sea were shared by the Navy. These warships included Kolkata-class destroyers, and Nilgiri and Krivak-class frigates.

#IndianNavy Ships undertook successful multiple anti-ship firings to revalidate and demonstrate readiness of platforms, systems and crew for long range precision offensive strike.#IndianNavy stands #CombatReady #Credible and #FutureReady in safeguarding the nation’s maritime… pic.twitter.com/NWwSITBzKK

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) April 27, 2025

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at his official residence as tensions between India and Pakistan soar.

#WATCH | Delhi | Chief of General Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan arrives at the residence of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh. pic.twitter.com/7nv9SpZzIC

— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2025

"He proudly sacrificed his life by identifying himself as a Hindu and saved the lives of many people," Ashanya, the wife of Pahalgam terror attack victim Shubham Dwivedi, has said, demanding the status of a 'martyr' for him.

"The first bullet hit my husband and the terrorists took time asking whether we were Hindu or Muslim... In such a situation, many people got time to run and save their lives," she told reporters.

Shubham, a 31-year-old businessman from Kanpur, married Ashanya on February 12. He was among the 26 people killed in the April 22 attack at Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam.

With security agencies launching a massive operation against the terror ecosystem active in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday urged the Centre to tread carefully and avoid alienating innocent people while acting against terrorists.

"The Indian Government must tread with caution and carefully distinguish between terrorists and civilians following the recent Pahalgam attack. It must not alienate innocent people, especially those opposing terror," Ms Mufti, the former chief minister of Jammi and Kashmir, posted on X.

"There are reports of thousands being arrested and scores of houses of common Kashmiris being demolished along with those of militants. Appeal Government to direct the authorities to take care that innocent people are not made to feel the brunt as alienation aids terrorists goals of division and fear," she added.

A massive was today held at Lal Chowk in Srinagar against the Pahalgam terrror attack.

#WATCH | Jammu and Kashmir: Traders, NGOs, and students hold a protest at Ghanta Ghar, Lal Chowk in Srinagar against #PahalgamTerrroristAttack pic.twitter.com/azD1gG2fyZ

— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2025

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has handed over the list of around 5,000 Pakistani nationals living in the national capital to the Delhi Police to ensure these people return home, ANI reported.

Around 272 Pakistani nationals have left India in the past two days through the Attari-Wagah border point and a few hundred more are expected to exit today, when the deadline for the 12 categories of short-term visa holders of the neighbouring nation ends, the news agency PTI reported citing an official said.

As many as 629 Indians, including 13 diplomats and officials, have returned from Pakistan through the international border crossing located in Punjab.

Trinamool Congress leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee has said that it is "time to teach Pakistan a lesson" and reclaim the portion of Kashmir occupied by the neighbouring country.

Mr Banerjee also said this is "not the moment for more surgical strikes or symbolic threats to Pakistan".

"It’s time to TEACH THEM A LESSON in the language they understand. It’s time to RECLAIM Pakistan Occupied KASHMIR (PoK). Period," he posted on X.

Shashi Tharoor has said the remarks of Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty was "just inflammatory rhetoric".

Bhutto-Zardari recently made an inflammatory speech at a public rally. 

"The Indus is ours and will remain ours - either our water will flow through it, or their blood," he said.

Mr Tharoor said if blood is going to flow, it will flow "possibly more on their side than ours".

"The Pakistanis have to understand that they simply can not kill Indians with impunity... We have no designs on Pakistan. But if they do something, they must be prepared for a response," he said.

#WATCH | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | "This is just inflammatory rhetoric. The Pakistanis have to understand that they simply can not kill Indians with impunity... We have no designs on Pakistan. But if they do something, they must be prepared for a response. If blood is going to… pic.twitter.com/xpua1NaTd7

— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2025

A day after his "not in favour of war with Pakistan" remark sparked a massive row, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah today clarified that he "never said we should not go to war". 

"I never said we should never go to war with Pakistan, I just said war is not the solution. Protection should have been given to the tourists. Whose responsibility is this? I have said there has been a failure," the Congress leader said, a day after his remarks drew sharp responses from the BJP, with its leaders calling him a "Pakistan Ratna" and pointing to Pakistan media reports about his remark.

"There is a failure of intelligence. The government of India didn't provide ample security. As far as war is concerned, if it's inevitable, we must go to war," he added.

Earlier, Mr Siddaramaiah sparked a controversy when he said there is no need to wage a war against Pakistan. "Strict security measures must be initiated. We are not in favour of waging war. There should be peace, people must feel secure, and the central government should ensure effective security arrangements," he said yesterday.

The terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam is part of a "long pattern" that has been seen for almost a quarter of a century, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said today.

"People are encouraged, trained, armed, and often guided from across the border. Then Pakistan denies any responsibility. Eventually, responsibility is established and proven," he told ANI.

He also said that it is clear that while India has a range of options to retaliate, "some visible military response is unavoidable".

"The nation is demanding it and expecting it... I am convinced there will be some response," he said.

#WATCH | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | On Pahalgam terror attack, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, "This is part of a long pattern we have seen for almost a quarter of a century... People are encouraged, trained, armed, and often guided from across the border. Then Pakistan denies… pic.twitter.com/4UIUpIDVks

— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2025

A social media post of a Karnataka man has gone viral, in which he shared how he, along with his family and around 35-40 others, narrowly escaped the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.

"We survived the horror to tell the story of what can only be described as monstrous act and paint the heavenly beauty blood-red with hellfire," Prasanna Kumar Bhat wrote, recounting the horror in a detailed social media post.

In his post, Mr Bhat claimed that his brother, a senior Indian Army officer, saved the lives of about 40 people by guiding them to safety. "By the grace of the God, luck, and some quick thinking from an Army officer saved not only our life but lives of another 35-40 people that day," he wrote.

Yet another survival story from the tainted Baisaran valley in Pahalgam. We survived the horror to tell the story of what can only be described as monstrous act and paint the heavenly beauty blood-red with hellfire.
By the grace of the God, luck, and some quick thinking from… pic.twitter.com/00ln2y0DJo

— Prasanna Kumar Bhat (@prasannabhat38) April 25, 2025

A day after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah sparked a row after he said he was "not in favour of a war" with Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, a minister in his government has triggered another controversy by saying that the terrorists would not have asked their targets' religion before killing them in cold blood.

RB Timmapur, Karnataka's Excise Minister, told the media that he did not think the killers asked the targets' religion before shooting them. "A man who is shooting, will he ask caste or religion? He will just shoot and go. Think practically. He will not stand there, ask and then shoot," he said. The minister said the country is upset over the heinous attack and alleged that a "conspiracy" was being plotted to paint this as a religious issue. "I feel they didn't ask about religion when they were carrying out the terror attack. In case they did, there shouldn't be this madness of using such a statement to politicise the issue based on religion," the minister in the Congress government said.

Rubbishing reports about Pakistani nationals being missing in the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said all of them have been accounted for and arrangements are being made to deport them from the state as per the Centre's directives.

"No Pakistani national is missing in Maharashtra, and all of them have been found. Arrangements have been made to deport them all, and there will be no Pakistani citizens left in the state. Everyone will be sent back by this evening or tomorrow," Mr Fadnavis told reporters.

At least 19 people have been arrested in three states in the northeast over remarks on the terror attack in Pahalgam.

The people who have been arrested in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura include an MLA, a journalist, a lawyer, students and retired teachers. Most of the arrests were for social media posts.

Homes of 10 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir have been turned into rubble as India cracks down hard in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that left 25 tourists and a Kashmiri dead.

PM Modi today said he can feel that the "blood of every Indian is on the boil" after seeing the pictures of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam.

"The attack shows the desperation of the patrons of terrorism; displays their cowardice… at a time when peace was returning to Kashmir, there was a vibrancy in schools and colleges, construction work had gained unprecedented pace, democracy was getting stronger, the number of tourists was increasing at a record rate, people's income was increasing, new opportunities were being created for the youth," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the terrorists and their "patrons" want Kashmir to be "destroyed again”, days after a terror attack in Pahalgam left 26 people dead.

"My heart is in deep pain over the Pahalgam attack. Every Indian is seething with anger," he said in his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat' today.

"Terrorists and their patrons want Kashmir to be destroyed again; that is why such a big conspiracy was hatched," he added.

Sharing this month's #MannKiBaat. https://t.co/2d2HftdU4T

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 27, 2025

The wife of Pahalgam attack victim, Shubham Dwivedi, has said that he was the first one who was shot by the terrorists. 

“His face was disfigured and the family members did not get the chance to see his face,” she told the news agency ANI.

"People forget the victims' families such as those in Pulwama attack, attacks of (Mumbai) 26/11... We don't want Shubham to be forgotten. I request the government to grant him the status of a martyr,” she said.

#WATCH | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | Wife of #PahalgamTerroristAttack deceased Shubham Dwivedi, says, "People forget the victims' families such as those in Pulwama attack, attacks of 26/11... We don't want Shubham to be forgotten and therefore I request the government to grant him… pic.twitter.com/JwWYg5XBoo

— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2025

The NIA teams, which have been camping at the terror attack site since Wednesday, have intensified the search for evidence.

The teams are overseen by an Inspector General, a Deputy Inspector General and a Superintendent of Police from the anti-terror agency. 

They are examining the witnesses who had "seen the horrifying attack unfold before their eyes at the peaceful and picturesque Baisaran valley", the agency said in a statement. 

The witnesses are being questioned in "minute detail to piece together the sequence of events that led to one of the worst terror attacks in Kashmir," it said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into the attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 civilians This comes at a time when "unprovoked" small arms firing from Pakistan towards Indian posts along the Line of Control continued for the third day.

Protests were today held outside the Pakistani embassy in Kathmandu against the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, including a Nepali tourist.

Dozens of youths carrying placards and a photograph of 27-year-old Sudip Neupane, who was killed in the attack.

Pakistan's government is trying hard to counter the terror charges levelled by India after the massacre of 26 tourists by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. But the latest challenge that the Shehbaz Sharif government is facing is from within. Pakistanis have started trolling their own government with the mounting frustration spilling onto social media.

Amid increasing tensions over the Pahalgam terror attack, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that he was not in favour of "war" with Pakistan. He has also advocated for strengthening security in the Kashmir valley to ensure peace.

"We are not in favour of war. An environment should be created where people can live peacefully," he told reporters in Mysuru.

ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಸೂಚನೆಯಂತೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿರಬಹುದಾದ ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನಿ ಪ್ರಜೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಕಲೆಹಾಕಿ, ಅವರನ್ನು ವಾಪಸ್ಸು ಕಳಿಸಲು ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗುವುದು.
ರಾಜ್ಯದ ವಿವಿಧ ನಗರಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನಿಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನಿಗಳ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು, ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಪಡೆಯಲಾಗವುದು.… pic.twitter.com/TDIXMs3m6i

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 26, 2025

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed the senior officials to identify the Pakistani citizens residing in the state and start the process of sending them back with immediate effect.

शासकीय आवास पर बैठक के दौरान उच्चाधिकारियों को प्रदेश में अध्यस्त पाकिस्तानी नागरिकों का चिन्हीकरण कर उनको तत्काल प्रभाव से वापस भेजने की कार्रवाई शुरू करने के निर्देश दिए। कूटरचित अभिलेखों के आधार पर सरकारी योजनाओं का लाभ ले रहे लोगों के चिन्हीकरण में भी तेजी लाते हुए उनके खिलाफ… pic.twitter.com/NGUTy5khQY

— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) April 26, 2025

"I was Pakistan's daughter, but now I'm India's daughter-in-law," says Seema Haider as she fears deportation after the government suspended visa services for Pakistani nationals as part of a series of retaliatory steps following the Pahalgam attack.

A video has gone viral showing a senior Pakistani official making threatening gestures toward the members of the Indian community, who were holding a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in London against the Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir this week.

The 5-second clip appears to show Colonel Taimur Rahat, who is Pakistan's Army and Air Adviser in the High Commission in London, making a throat-slit gesture toward protestors while standing on the balcony of the embassy on Friday.

The officials at the embassy also reportedly played loud celebratory music during the protest, which was held after the Pahalgam terror attack left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead on Tuesday.

NDTV cannot independently verify its authenticity.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said he his ready for a "neutral investigation" of the terror attack in Pahalgam. 

Addressing a graduation ceremony at the Pakistan Military Academy in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Kakul, Prime Minister Sharif said that his country is open to taking part in a "credible" investigation.

"The recent tragedy in Pahalgam is yet another example of this perpetual blame game, which must come to a grinding halt. Continuing with its role as a responsible country, Pakistan is open to participating in any neutral, transparent and credible investigation," he said. 

Adil Ahmed Thoker, one of the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam massacre of April 22, which saw 26 people gunned down, went to Pakistan in 2018 and returned six years later with three to four terrorists, sources said.

Pakistani Hindu refugees living in India are gripped by fear as the deadline approaches for Pakistani nationals to leave in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.

At a refugee colony in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer, NDTV found several families who had entered India through the Wagah-Attari border. "Eklavya Bhil Basti" in Mulsagar village hosts over a thousand Hindu refugees from Pakistan who have come to India on short-term visas. But the April 27 deadline for Pakistani nationals has left them worried.

Kheto Ram, who used to live in Sindh, had left Pakistan due to continuous harassment, selling everything that they owned there. He and his family - his wife and two sons - had arrived in India just hours before the Pahalgam attack unfolded on Tuesday.

Speaking to NDTV, Mr Ram said the attack had left him fuming. As tensions between India and Pakistan escalated, the thought of returning to a "hell like Pakistan" has left him disturbed. For him, "dying in India is acceptable, but not returning to a hell like Pakistan."

He said he has appealed to the government and the prime minister to consider his case, stating that his entire family had moved to India after selling everything they had in Pakistan.

Balam, another man from Sindh among the refugees at Eklavya Basti, his wife and young son are not keen on returning to Pakistan. Death is better than that, Balam said while his wife pleaded, "We left everything we had, please don't send us back."

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has said that India should break all cricketing ties with Pakistan.

Speaking to the news agency ANI after the Pahalgam attack, Mr Ganguly said, "100 per cent, this (breaking ties with Pakistan) should be done. Strict action is necessary. It is no joke that such things happen every year. Terrorism cannot be tolerated."

Markets in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal have been shut today in solidarity with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Markets in Bhopal are closed in solidarity with the victims of the #PahalgamTerrorAttack pic.twitter.com/34FAna9AEE

— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2025

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family of Syed Adil Hussain Shah, a pony ride operator who was killed while protecting tourists during the Pahalgam terror attack.

The 20-year-old reportedly tried to shield a tourist travelling on his horse and even attempted to disarm one of the terrorists by grabbing a rifle. However, he was shot dead by the terrorists in the process. 

Mr Shinde also spoke to his family via video conferencing and offered condolences.

The Shiv Sena leader praised his courage and humanity, calling his actions a "unique example to the world." 

"The bravery shown by Syed Adil Hussain Shah will be remembered by the entire nation. His martyrdom is a testament to the power of humanity in the face of terror," he said during the video call, according to the release from his office.

📍 #मुंबई |
जम्मू- काश्मीरमधील पहेलगाम येथे पर्यटकांवर हल्ला होत असताना स्वतःच्या जीवाची पर्वा न करता पर्यटकांच्या रक्षणासाठी धावून जाणारा सय्यद आदिल हुसैन शाह या अवघ्या २० वर्षांचा स्थानिक युवक दहशतवाद्यांच्या हल्ल्यात मृत्युमुखी पडला. धाडसाने दहशतवाद्यांना सामोरे जाणाऱ्या… pic.twitter.com/En1tA1gMji

— Eknath Shinde - एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) April 25, 2025

Pakistani troops opened "unprovoked" fire at Indian posts across the Line of Control last night as tensions escalated between the two countries over Pahalgam attack. This was the second time in two nights that Pakistan Army had tried to provoke the Indian side.

Indian Army reported the firing from multiple posts from across the Line of Control, the de facto boundary separating Indian and Pakistani armies in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Officials said Indian troops retaliated appropriately to the Pakistani firing.

No casualties were reported in the exchange of fire, the Indian Army said in a statement.

The houses of five terrorists, including a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, have been destroyed across Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night, days after the Pahalgam terror attack killed 26 people.

According to officials, the latest actions were taken in Shopian, Kulgam, and Pulwama districts as the security forces have intensified the crackdown on LeT operatives and suspects linked to the deadly attack.

Emphasising the importance of suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil has said India will ensure that not even a "drop of water" from the Indus river goes to Pakistan.

Mr Patil said this in a post on Friday after a meeting at Home Minister Amit Shah's residence, which was also attended by top officials.

"The historic decision taken by the Modi government on the Indus Water Treaty is completely justified and in the national interest. We will ensure that not even a drop of water from the Indus River goes to Pakistan," Mr Patil wrote in Hindi on X.

The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 was announced by India on Wednesday as part of a series of steps taken after the terror attack in Pahalgam.

Among the options that are on the table in the short term, the Centre is looking at de-silting existing dams on the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab and increasing reservoir capacity, all of which will reduce the water flowing into Pakistan.

Pakistan has been objecting to two hydroelectric projects by India - Kishenganga on a tributary of the Jhelum and Ratle, which is under construction on a tributary of the Chenab. The suspension of the treaty will allow India to ignore Pakistan's objections.

In the longer term, building new dams and infrastructure on these rivers is also something that is being considered.

As diplomatic and military tensions between India and Pakistan simmer following Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Iran has stepped forward with a formal offer to mediate between the two countries.

Saudi Arabia is trying to defuse tensions between India and Pakistan, after a deadly attack in Kashmir, a senior Saudi official has told the news agency AFP.

"The Kingdom is undertaking efforts to prevent an escalation between India and Pakistan," the senior Saudi official said, on condition of anonymity.

"The two countries are allies of Saudi Arabia and we do not want the situation to get out of control."

PM Modi -- who has vowed to pursue Pahalgam attack accused "to the ends of the Earth" -- was on an official visit to Saudi Arabia when Tuesday's attack happened, forcing him to cut short his trip and return home.

The UNSC has "condemned in the strongest terms" the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, stressing that those responsible should be held accountable and the organisers and sponsors of this "reprehensible act of terrorism" should be brought to justice.

"The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice," the 15-nation Council said in a press statement.

"They stressed that those responsible for these killings should be held accountable, and urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with all relevant authorities in this regard," it said.

Pakistani nationals have started to return to their country from the Wagah-Attari border in Amritsar ahead of their deadline to leave India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.

"We had come here on a one and half a month visa to attend a relative's wedding, and are returning within 15 days... Whatever happened was wrong. Someone else did this act and people like us have to pay for it... We had come here after 10 years... Whoever did it ran away but we are facing the consequences," a Pakistani woman told the news agency ANI on her way back to Pakistan.

#WATCH | Attari, Punjab | A Pakistani national on her way back to Pakistan says, "We had come here on 1.5 month visa to attend a relative's wedding, and are returning within 15 days... Whatever happened was wrong, someone else did this act and people like us have to pay for it...… pic.twitter.com/dbbA3mrBum

— ANI (@ANI) April 26, 2025

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday led a candle march to protest the Pahalgam terror attack.

We are all united against terrorism. Along with @revanth_anumula & thousands of Indian citizens, I participated in a candlelight march against the cowardly Pahalgam terror attack. pic.twitter.com/wC4PeJTwKB

— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) April 25, 2025

The Congress leader recalled how former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had compared then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Goddess Durga over India's retaliation in the 1967 India-China war and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.

జమ్ము కాశ్మీర్ లోని పహెల్గామ్ లో …
ఉగ్రవాదుల దుశ్చర్యలో
ప్రాణాలు పోగొట్టుకున్న
అమరుల ఆత్మలకు శాంతి చేకూరాలని…
రాజకీయాలకు అతీతంగా…
పీపుల్స్ ప్లాజా నుండి ఇందిరాగాంధీ విగ్రహం వరకు కొవ్వొత్తుల ర్యాలీ నిర్వహించడం జరిగింది.
ఉగ్రవాద దుశ్చర్యకు వ్యతిరేకంగా…
ముష్కరులను… pic.twitter.com/olR8FCXgRj

— Revanth Reddy (@revanth_anumula) April 25, 2025

Amid soaring tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, Iran has reached out to its "two brotherly neighbours" to de-escalate the situation.

"India and Pakistan are brotherly neighbors of Iran, enjoying relations rooted in centuries-old cultural and civilizational ties. Like other neighbors, we consider them our foremost priority," Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said in a social media post on Friday.

Mr Araghchi said Tehran stands "ready to use its good offices in Islamabad and New Delhi to "forge greater understanding at this difficult time" in line with the spirit of Persian poet Saadi.

India and Pakistan are brotherly neighbors of Iran, enjoying relations rooted in centuries-old cultural and civilizational ties. Like other neighbors, we consider them our foremost priority.
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— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 25, 2025

US President Donald Trump has said that there have "always been tensions" between India and Pakistan, as relations between the two neighbours worsened after a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam left 26 people dead this week.

"I am very close to India and I'm very close to Pakistan, as you know. And they've had that fight for 1,000 years in Kashmir... Probably longer than that," he told reporters as he travelled aboard Air Force One to Rome for Pope Francis' funeral.

"It was a bad one," he said, referring to Tuesday's attack in Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam, which was the deadliest one in Jammu and Kashmir in recent times.

#WATCH | On #PahalgamTerroristAttack, US President Donald Trump says, "I am very close to India and I'm very close to Pakistan, and they've had that fight for a thousand years in Kashmir. Kashmir has been going on for a thousand years, probably longer than that. That was a bad… pic.twitter.com/R4Bc25Ar6h

— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2025

"There have been tensions on that border for 1,500 years. So you know, the same as it's been, but they'll get it figured out one way or the other. I'm sure... I know both leaders. There is great tension between Pakistan and India. But there always has been," President Trump added.