Life is limping back to normal in Sualkuchi - the silk town of Assam, where seven people including two policemen were injured in a clash between weavers and security forces, the government said on Monday, adding it will order a judicial probe into the incident. ...
05:40 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday lambasted the Jammu and Kashmir government, saying its "oppressive policies" like curfew amounted to denying fundamental rights to the people. ...
05:36 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Curfew continued in Srinagar district for the second consecutive day on Friday following the death of a youth in alleged firing by CRPF personnel here on Wednesday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in large numbers across the city to ensure that there are no attempts to violate prohibitory orders, police said. ...
11:20 AM, Mar 15, 2013
A bandh call has been called in Srinagar on Thursday after a protestor was allegedly killed in CRPF firing. A curfew was imposed after locals also attacked Indian soldiers with stones on Wednesday. One person was allegedly killed in the stone pelting. ...
10:25 AM, Mar 14, 2013
A day after the first fidayeen attack in three years, a strike was called in Srinagar after the death of a protester. The State government imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew after the youth was allegedly killed in the CRPF firing. ...
07:46 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Authorities have decided to impose curfew in Srinagar district following the death of a youth in CRPF firing in Zoonimar area of the city. "Curfew will be imposed in Srinagar district after midnight," District Magistrate Srinagar Baseer Ahmad Khan said. ...
06:46 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Kashmir observed a shutdown for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday even as authorities continued curfew in several parts of the Valley to prevent deterioration of law and order in the wake of killing of a youth allegedly in Army firing in Baramulla. ...
12:42 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The doctors and paramedical staff at a government hospital in Srinagar were beaten up the the police for reportedly violating the curfew. The doctors said they were merely attending to duty. However, the police said they had violated the curfew. ...
08:08 PM, Mar 06, 2013
In the wake of a youth's death on Tuesday in the north Kashmir town of Baramulla after security forces opened fire, authorities imposed curfew in many areas across the Valley on Wednesday. ...
11:55 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Curfew was imposed on Tuesday night in 10 police station areas of Kashmir Valley as a precautionary measure with the authorities apprehending law and order problem following the killing of a youth in firing allegedly by security forces in Baramulla district. ...
11:51 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Curfew may have been lifted in Kashmir but the state's tourism industry is still counting its losses, which could be as much as Rs 100 crore a day. ...
04:59 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Curfew in the Kashmir Valley has been lifted a week after Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged. The week-long restrictions have been removed and the Internet services have been restored. ...
11:05 AM, Feb 16, 2013
A week after the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, many Kashmiris believe that the denial of a final meeting between Afzal and his family will have a lasting impact on an entire generation. ...
06:56 AM, Feb 16, 2013
Two persons were killed and 11 others seriously injured on February 15 in firing by security men and clashes at a panchayat vote counting centre in Assam's Hatsingimari subdivision where indefinite curfew has been imposed. ...
02:41 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Authorities on Thursday re-imposed curfew in Kashmir to foil any plans of separatist groups to stage a march to Eidgah graveyard in memory of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. Police vehicles fitted with public address systems announced the imposition of curfew and asked people not to venture out of their homes. ...
10:59 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Curfew continued for the sixth day in the old city areas of Srinagar on February 14, even as authorities decided to extend curfew relaxation in many other towns of the valley. Curfew was imposed in parts of the state after Afzal Guru, convicted in the parliament attack case of December 2001, was hanged to death in the Tihar Central Jail in the national capital on Feb 9, even before his...
01:14 PM, Feb 14, 2013
As several media offices resumed functioning on February 13 after a gap of four days, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said there was no ban imposed on publication of newspapers but the dailies had chosen not to print as curfew had made distribution impossible. ...
03:56 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Newspapers hit the stands on February 13 after a gap of four days due to imposition of curfew in the Valley following hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. ...
12:37 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Curfew was lifted from three police station areas in the city while it was relaxed "indefinitely" in five other police station areas even as rest of Kashmir Valley remained under restrictions for the fifth consecutive day on February 13. "Curfew has been lifted from Nigeen, Lal Bazaar and Zakura police station areas in the city," a police spokesman said. ...
12:04 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Curfew continued in Kashmir for the fourth day on Tuesday following the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Although the situation in Srinagar is under control, violent protests had rocked many places in north and south Kashmir on Monday. ...
12:20 PM, Feb 12, 2013
