Jammu Tawi, Dec 27: The ongoing shutdown in Katra, the base camp for the Shri Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, entered its third day on Friday, with the agitation against the proposed ropeway project intensifying as more locals joined a hunger strike. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, which called for a 72-hour shutdown starting Wednesday, […]

Katra shutdown enters third day as protesters demand release of detained members over Vaishno Devi ropeway project.

The bandh has disrupted normal life in one of India’s busiest pilgrimage hubs, which is visited daily by thousands of devotees seeking blessings at the cave shrine.