{"id":2167,"date":"2020-04-01T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2020-04-01T19:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:17:00","slug":"govt-rejects-claims-of-400-devotees-being-congregated-at-vaishno-devi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=2167","title":{"rendered":"Govt rejects claims of 400 devotees being congregated at Vaishno Devi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">On Wednesday, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) rejected claims that 400 devotees are gathered at Vaishno Devi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/india\/fact-check-govt-denies-report-of-400-devotees-being-stranded-at-vaishno-devi\">ANI News<\/a> has reported.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The PIB Fact Check handle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/india\/fact-check-govt-denies-report-of-400-devotees-being-stranded-at-vaishno-devi\">tweeted<\/a>: &#8220;Social media messages claiming that 400 devotees are stranded at the #VaishnoDevi or Katra is false. PIB Fact check: It is clarified that Yatra stopped on 18th March, much before the lockdown: CEO of the shrine board has already clarified the same to the media.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p> RK Jangid, CEO Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Jammu and Kashmir, told, &#8220;Some news is spreading in social media that 400 devotees are stranded at the Vaishno Devi shrine. It is clarified that no devotee is stranded in Katra or Vaishno Devi. Yatra stopped on 18th March, much before the lockdown.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some news is spreading in social media that 400 devotees are stranded at the Vaishno Devi shrine. It is clarified that no devotee is stranded in Katra or Vaishno Devi. Yatra stopped on 18th March, much before the lockdown: RK Jangid, CEO Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, J&amp;K<\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1244991045177245702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Earlier on Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed the Union Territory authorities to ensure that around 400 pilgrims from Bihar, stranded at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, are not vacated from the hotels and are provided with adequate facilities during the nationwide lockdown to combat coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The order said that a direction is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/india\/fact-check-govt-denies-report-of-400-devotees-being-stranded-at-vaishno-devi\">issued <\/a>to the Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, and the Deputy Commissioner, Reasi to ensure that these pilgrims are not asked to vacate their current lodgings and their needs are fully provided for till such time as the lockdown persists.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Image Source: YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) rejected claims that 400 devotees are gathered at Vaishno Devi, ANI News has reported. The PIB Fact Check handle tweeted: &#8220;Social media messages claiming that 400 devotees are stranded at the #VaishnoDevi or Katra is false. PIB Fact check: It is clarified that Yatra stopped on 18th March, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[20,22,320,313,581,582],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}