Pahalgam attack news live updates: Kharge says Centre failed to provide adequate security in Pahalgam

PAhalgam assail intelligence unrecorded updates: police force forces and authorities crosswise the 244 districts began preparations for the civil defence mock drills ordered by the union home ministry on May 7 in view of “new and complex threats.” Rehearsals were also conducted in several locations like the Dal Lake in Srinagar and Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan reviewed preparations for the mock exercise and the strengthening of civil defence mechanisms in the event of a “hostile attack.”Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asked why the Centre failed to deploy adequate security in Pahalgam even after having intelligence report on terror attack. Rahul Gandhi met the family members of Navy officer Lt Vinay Narwal, who was killed in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam.The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on current tensions between India and Pakistan called for “restraint” and “dialogue” between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Envoys reportedly posed tough questions for Islamabad over the involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Pahalgam attack and also refused to accept the “false flag” narrative.Pahalgam attack: Key updates• Pakistani troops continued to violate the ceasefire agreement along several sectors of the Line of Control (LoC) and the international border in Jammu and Kashmir for the 12th consecutive night. Violations were reported across the LoC in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajauri, Mendhar, Naushera, Sunderbani, and Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army said it responded to the violation “promptly and proportionately.• Earlier on Monday, the Union home ministry ordered 244 districts categorised as civil defence areas to carry out mock drills on May 7. It suggested a list of measures to follow up to the village level amid ongoing developments post the April 22 Pahalgam attack.• The order came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of high-level security review meetings in Delhi. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met him on Monday after the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, and the Navy Chief, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi also briefed him about the armed forces' operational preparedness.• In Pakistan, after the military conducted its second missile test fire within two days, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif claimed that India could carry out a military strike at any moment along the Line of Control in Kashmir. “New Delhi will be given a befitting reply,” the minister told reporters in Islamabad.• Also on Monday, Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir reportedly said that Pakistan will respond with “full military might” if its sovereignty or territorial integrity is threatened.• Pakistan's parliament also passed a unanimous resolution against India, terming New Delhi's countermeasures against Islamabad in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack "a campaign" to malign the country's image.• India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Branch said that some social media influencers and pages in the country seem to be “working against the interest of the country.”