Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of 4,603 devotees and extended his best wishes to all the pilgrims for a safe, blessed and spiritually enriching journey
Amid chants of "Bum Bum Bhole" and "Har Har Mahadev", Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch from the Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu.
Three terrorists killed in encounter in Jammu's Doda district, one police jawan injured. Security forces launch "Operation Lagor" in response to spike in attacks.