After over three decades, authorities allowed the 8th Muharram procession to pass through its traditional route in Kashmir capital Srinagar on Thursday. The administration had granted two-hour permission to the procession from 6 am to 8 am. Thousands of mourners were part of the procession as it took off on the traditional route of Shaheed Gunj to Dalgate, a route which has been out of bounds for the processions in the backdrop of the law-and-order situation since 1989. Eyewitnesses said that the mourners while shouting religious slogans marched peacefully as…
Read MoreA Historic Moment: After Three Decades, 8th Muharram Procession Permitted Through Traditional Routes in Srinagar
