What is SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme that India cancelled for Pakistan nationals after Pahalgam attack?

After a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in the aftermath of the terror strike in Pahalgam that left 26 dead, the Indian government has announced that Pakistan nationals will not be permitted to travel to India under the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES). | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto After a meeting of the Cabinet Committee…

Robert Vadra’s remarks on Pahalgam attack spark row; BJP accuses him of using ‘language of terrorists’

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law and businessman Robert Vadra on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) triggered a row by suggesting that non-Muslims were attacked in Pahalgam as terrorists feel Muslims are being “mistreated” in the country, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing him of using the ‘language of terrorists’ and demanded that he should apologise….

Share details of Telangana residents who recently travelled to J&K: Tourism Minister to tour operators

Security personnel near the site of the Pahalgam terror attack, in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, Wednesday (April 23, 2025) | Photo Credit: PTI Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao has asked tour operators and travel agents in Telangana to immediately pass details of the State residents who recently traveled to Jammu & Kashmir. This will…