New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday expressed her deepest condolences over the loss of lives in the Vaishno Devi landslide in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra.

Murmu shared a post on X, saying, "The tragic incident of the death of several devotees in a landslide on the pilgrimage route to the Mata Vaishno Devi Temple is extremely distressing. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and pray for the success of the relief and rescue operations."

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Meanwhile, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi yatra has been suspended due to a landslide and heavy rainfall. The death toll of the landslide near the Vaishno Devi shrine rose to 30 on Wednesday, police said. The ...