The biggest batch of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, comprising 8,815 pilgrims, including 31 foreign nationals, departed from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on Tuesday under tight security.
Heavy monsoon rainfall continued to batter the northern Himalayan region, triggering cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides across Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
