Amarnath yatra resumes from Jammu amid tight security
July 19, 2016  20:50
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The Amarnath yatra resumed amid tight security from the base camp here this evening after it was suspended in the morning due to the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley with a fresh batch of 2,591 pilgrims leaving for the cave shrine. 

"The yatra, which was halted today morning due to the unrest in the valley, was resumed this evening with a fresh batch of 2,591 leaving in over 60 vehicles for the two base camps in the Kashmir valley," a police officer said.

He said a total of 1789 men, 752 women and 50 sadhus left in the cavalcade from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for Pahalgam and Baltal base camps. 

"The cavalcade left amid tight security cover," he said. The yatra was suspended for the third day in the morning in last 10 days following the killing of three persons in security forces firing at Qazingund on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway yesterday.
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