Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said that 575 people from Kerala were still in Kashmir, where a terror attack on April 22 claimed 26 lives, and steps have been taken to provide travel, medical assistance and food to those in need.

As fear gripped Pahalgam following the horrific attack, locals in Kashmir rallied to ensure the safety of stranded tourists. Among the heroes was Imtiaz, a Kashmiri driver who helped Pooja Maney, a dispute officer from Bengaluru, and her mother escape danger and reach Srinagar safely.

Highlighting a growing discrepancy between the number of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) aspirants and available medical seats, the Karnataka government urged the National Medical Commission (NMC) to expand undergraduate medical capacity nationwide.

An old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, filmed during his tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister in 2012, has gone viral, showing him sharply questioning then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over border security lapses that allowed terrorists to enter India. The clip is circulating widely on social media in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Madhubani in poll-bound Bihar, where he inaugurated multiple development projects and addressed a gathering on National Panchayati Raj Day. This comes despite the recent cancellation of his official programme in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, following the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.

The Congress on Thursday said the "cowardly" Pahalgam attack has been masterminded by Pakistan and is a direct assault on the "values of our republic", even as it accused the BJP of exploiting the tragedy to promote discord and polarisation at a time when unity is most needed.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday claimed the deadly attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam was the result of an "intelligence failure" and maintained issues facing the Union Territory are not going to get resolved by threatening Pakistan.

Leaders of the Opposition in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, will attend the all-party meeting convened by the Centre on the Pahalgam terror attack on Thursday evening, Congress sources said.