The Ministry of Home Affairs said the directive followed a high-level video conference chaired by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, instructing state governments to enforce the move.

Tensions are simmering at the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan after the terror attack in Pahalgam left 26 people dead. Indian army chief General Upendra Dwivedi is in Srinagar to take stock of the security situation.

At least 28 civilians lost their lives in a brutal terror attack at Baisaran in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. The attack occurred in the Baisaran valley in Pahalgam, where a group of tourists had ventured earlier on Tuesday.