Jammu Tawi, July 6 -- At least 36 Amarnath pilgrims, hailing from different states, suffered minor injuries when five buses slammed into each other in Ramban district on Saturday, officials said.

The buses were part of a convoy headed for the Pahalgam base camp of the pilgrimage in Kashmir from Bhagwati Nagar. All the injured persons re-joined the yatra after receiving treatment at the Ramban district hospital.

The accident took place near Chanderkote, along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, at around 8 am due to the failure of the brakes of one of the buses in the convoy, the officials said.

"There was a minor accident at Chanderkote when a Pahalgam-bound vehicle collided with other stationary vehicles due to brake failure," Lieute...