There was less movement of people and transport across Kashmir Friday as normal life remained affected due to the strike called by separatists. The movement of people and transport is less today compared to the other days due to apprehensions of law and order problems after Friday congregational prayers, a police official said. He said most of the shops, fuel stations and business establishments in Srinagar – the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – were shut due to the strike, while public transport was comparatively less. However, few of…
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Normal life remains affected across Kashmir Valley, Flights resume operations at Srinagar Airport
Normal life remained affected in Kashmir Valley Wednesday due to the strike called by separatists, even as some inter-districts cabs plied on the roads. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments across the Valley were shut while public transport was off the roads in most areas. However, some cabs and mini-buses were plying in some areas in the civil lines as well as in the outskirts of the city here, officials said, adding few shops were also open in these areas. While reports of shutdown were received…
Read MorePanic in Gurez area due to cross border shelling, Kishen Ganga Power Project comes under attack
Panic gripped the Gurez area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir on Wednesday as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC). Local sources told Kashmir Post that such was the intensity of shelling that dozens of mortar shells landed in Dawar area of the Gurez town. They said that people ran for their lives and took shelter in safer places. Cross border mortar shelling was going on when reports last came in. Meanwhile, The dam site of 330 Megawatt Kishen Ganga Hydroelectric Power Project…
Read MoreLife across Kashmir affected as shutdown resume post two days relaxation
Life in Kashmir was affected again today as the separatists resumed their shutdown after suspending it over the weekend. The effect of the strike was visible on the roads across Kashmir as there was less traffic compared to last two days, when the Valley was bustling with activity after 133 days of unrest triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in an encounter by security forces on July 8. However, public transport was plying in some areas in the civil lines as well as in the outskirts…
Read MoreNormal life resumes across valley after 133 days, Air traffic remained suspended for second day
Life returned to normal in Kashmir valley on Saturday after over four months with a two-day relaxation in shutdown called by the separatist leadership. All the shops and business establishments opened for the first time in the morning hours since the killing of Burhan Wani in an encounter with government forces on July 8. Passenger vehicles and private cars took to roads across the valley since early morning. At various places, students were seen heading towards schools. The separatist leadership has called for full-day relaxation today and tomorrow in view…
Read MoreLess movement of people, traffic ahead of Friday prayers; Jamia masjid siege continues on 18th Friday
While Kashmir has been gradually returning to normalcy, movement of people and traffic was comparatively less today due to an apprehension of law and order problems after the Friday congregational prayers. The unrest in the Valley triggered after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8, has seen separatists inciting protests after the Friday prayers that turn violent leading to clashes with security forces. Officials said many shops, fuel stations, and other business establishments were shut in most areas of Kashmir.…
Read MoreDay 132: Signs of normalcy in parts of Valley, Train services partially resumed
Some shops opened while passenger vehicles plied in some areas of the city and other towns of the Kashmir Valley on Thursday where banks witnessed the heavy rush of customers. Meanwhile, the death toll in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir today rose to 86 as an elderly man injured in security forces action against protesters two weeks ago succumbed at a hospital here. Ghulam Mohammad Khan (70), who was hit by a tear smoke shell fired by security forces on protesters at Anchar locality of Soura on November 2, succumbed…
Read MoreElderly man injured by a shell scrumbles in hospital
Ghulam Mohammad Khan, the frail old man who was seriously injured in police action on November 2, outside his 90-Ft house has succumbed to his injuries. For most of the last fortnight, Khan was in the intensive care unit of SKIMS, hospital sources said. “He passed away at around 6 am and hid body was given to his family at around 8:30 am,” hospital sources said. Khan, a resident of Ellahibagh locality, had barely come out of his residence on November 2, when a tear-smoke shell hit his head. He…
Read MoreCurfew imposed in parts of Srinagar to prevent protest march
Authorities on Friday imposed curfew in parts of Srinagar to prevent a protest march called by the separatists, officials said. “Curfew has been imposed in seven areas to maintain law and order,” the police said. Separatists have called for the march to the Jamia Mosque in the city’s Nowhatta area. Congregational Friday prayers have not been allowed inside the mosque. Separatist leaders Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has been kept under house arrest while Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested and shifted to the Srinagar central jail on Thursday. Syed Ali Geelani continues…
Read MoreShutdown continues across Kashmir on 125th day, Resistance leaders arrested
Normal life across Kashmir remained affected on the consecutive 125th day today due to the separatist sponsored strike, though summer capital Srinagar witnessed some semblance of normalcy with brisk movement of vehicles in some areas. Some shops were also open in the areas in the civil lines and outskirts of the city as well in some rural areas in other districts of the Valley. Srinagar saw movement of private and public transport, except buses, in some areas of the city, officials said. Schools and business establishments elsewhere remained closed due…
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