The main border crossing checkpost between India and Pakistan will be closed with immediate effect and Pakistani nationals will not be allowed to travel to India under special visas following a deadly civilians attack.

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.

In a decisive response to the deadly terror attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India has taken a series of robust diplomatic measures to