An army soldier was killed in an encounter between security forces and militants following a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday (April 24).

Before the image of railway stations’ commotion became India’s reality, such a vast network of over 68,000 kilometers was unthinkable. Quite a herculean task if you think about it like that. Who could possibly dare to weave together deserts, deltas, and densely-packed cities?

Some tourists in Jammu and Kashmir have shown extraordinary defiance after a brazen militant attack targeted visitors in the union territory’s Pahalgam region. The attack killed over two dozen tourists and has triggered a swift exodus of visitors from the valley.