Pakistan has denied it was behind Tuesday's attack that killed 26 mostly Indian tourists at a popular scenic spot in the Himalayan region.

India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after suspected militants killed 26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades.

Tuesday's bloodshed in Pahalgam - where at least 26 tourists were killed in a hail of gunfire - marks the deadliest militant attack in Kashmir since 2019. The victims weren't soldiers or officials, but civilians on holiday in one of India's most picturesque valleys.

The terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, has left the nation in shock. Bollywood celebrities, including Sara Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Shah Rukh Khan, have expressed their grief and outrage.

A massive protest took place outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi over the Pahalgam terror attack which killed 26 tourists, majorly Hindus, as an Islamic assault was unleashed in the popular tourist spot of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir,