The indefinite curfew continued in Kashmir for the third day on Monday. The curfew was put in place following fears of unrest after the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Saturday. Extra forces have been deployed in the Valley on the 29th death anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Maqbool Bhatt. ...
10:21 AM, Feb 11, 2013
An angry Omar Abdullah said that the Centre will have to prove to 'Kashmiris and the wider world' that this wasn't a selective execution. ...
11:17 PM, Feb 10, 2013
A day after Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged, an uneasy calm prevails over Kashmir. Afzal Guru was a resident of Sopore. On Saturday, 30 people, including security personnel, were injured when protests erupted in the district following news of his hanging. There is a curfew in Kashmir and will be in place till February 11, the death anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Maqbool Bhatt....
07:32 AM, Feb 10, 2013
Security has been tightened and curfew imposed in several areas of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag following the hanging of Parliament attacker Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail on Saturday morning. Cable TV services have also been shut down in the Kashmir Valley. ...
10:39 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged on Saturday at 8 am inside Tihar jail, Home Secretary RK Singh said. ...
09:08 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Curfew continued in the Dhule town of Maharashtra two days after a clash between two communities. Four people died and 106 policemen were injured after communal clashes. Rapid Action Force was brought in to control the mobs which pelted stones at the police. ...
08:45 AM, Jan 08, 2013
Two persons were injured as fresh clashes erupted between protesters and police soon after the curfew was lifted today from Pulwana town in south Kashmir after four days. A group of youths pelted stones at security personnel who chased them, officials said adding two youths were injured in skirmishes between the protesters and police. The situation in the town was tense but under control, they said. ...
05:40 PM, Jan 01, 2013
The general strike in Manipur, which was suspended for two days, would resume from midnight Wednesday till 6 pm Thursday to press the demand for arrest of the Naga militant who had allegedly molested a Manipuri film actress. Official sources said a 12-hour curfew has been imposed in Imphal east and Imphal west districts from 6 am Thursday. ...
09:09 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Normalcy returned to Manipur valley on Monday following suspension of ongoing 'indefinite general strike' till December 26 midnight, called against the alleged molestation of a film actress by a Naga militant and lifting of indefinite curfew in view of the Christmas festival. Markets opened and transporters resumed their services as people in large number turned out to purchase essentials at various markets across the four valley districts of Imphal East,...
11:42 AM, Dec 25, 2012
The police used teargas and smoke bombs as hundreds of protesters defied curfew clamped on Monday on the entire Manipur valley to demand arrest of a Naga militant who had allegedly molested a film actress and to protest the death of a photojournalist. The protesters took out rallies, blocked roads and burnt tyres in Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishenpur and Thoubal districts, official sources said. ...
04:54 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Indefinite curfew was on Monday imposed on the entire Manipur valley as roads were blocked and tyres set ablaze as part of widespread protests against the alleged molestation of a film actress by a Naga militant and the killing of a journalist in the subsequent police firing, official sources said. As soon as the 16-hour curfew clamped in Imphal East and Imphal West from 2:00 pm Sunday ended this morning,...
01:04 AM, Dec 24, 2012
Authorities Sunday decided to continue for the second consecutive day the curfew imposed in this Haryana town after violent clashes between followers of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect and the Sikh community. ...
03:19 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police fired tear gas shells and used baton to disperse a Muharram procession in in Srinagar's Batmaloo area on Friday. The protestors pelted stones on the police and a fierce clash is going on in the area. Authorities on Friday imposed curfew like restrictions in Srinagar city to thwart any attempt to take out Muharram procession following apprehensions that separatists might convert the religious gathering into...
03:45 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Guwahati: Curfew was relaxed for six hours in troubled Kokrajhar district on Sunday with no incident reported from anywhere since Saturday night and the situation remaining under control. Official sources said curfew was relaxed from 10 am to 4 pm in the district barring in nine villages - five in Kokrajhar sub-division and four in Gossaigaon sub-division of the district identified as vulnerable by security forces. The situation was tense...
02:44 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Ghaziabad, Sep 14 (PTI) Curfew was tonight imposed in Mussouri police station area of Ghaziabad following violence and arson marred protest against alleged desecration of a holy book in Dasna, leaving six policemen injured. District magistrate Aparna Upadhaya said curfew has been clamped in the Mussouri police station area. Police sources said the protestors torched a police vehicle and two-three private vehicles. They also blocked national highway and pelted stones...
07:49 AM, Sep 15, 2012
Belgaum: Communal clashes which broke out here on Sunday night have claimed two lives, with police confirming the death of a second person on Monday. While Asif Mahammod Managaonkar (32) was reportedly killed on Sunday night, another person Chetan Patil (26) was said to have been stabbed to death soon after. Another person Sameer Marihal (22), who was seriously injured, has been admitted to the ICU of KLE Hospital and...
10:56 AM, Aug 28, 2012
Bareilly: The district administration on Tuesday decided to relax the curfew, clamped in parts of the city in the wake of clashes, for two to four hours on Wednesday following improvement in the law and order situation. District magistrate Abhishek Prakash said there was complete peace in curfew bound areas, including Baradari Qila, Prem Nagar and Kotwali. He said that in the backdrop of Independence Day curfew would be relaxed...
05:04 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Kokrajhar: The toll in the clashes between minority migrants and Bodo tribals rose to 53 in Assam on Saturday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited worst-hit Kokrajhar district. "There has been no report of any untoward incident, but three decomposed bodies have been found - two from Kokrajhar district and one from Chirang which has taken the death toll to 53," official sources said. Curfew in Kokrajhar was relaxed during...
10:19 PM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: An uneasy calm settled over Assam's Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Chirang districts on Thursday with no fresh incidents reported in the ethnic violence that has already claimed 44 lives and affected more that 2 lakh people. The curfew in Kokrajhar has been relaxed but not in the three other districts- Dhubri, Chirang and Bongaigaon. Thousands of people from these districts have fled their homes and are living in...
01:51 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Kokrajhar: An indefinite curfew has been imposed in two districts of Assam's north-west, as violence following a clash between Bodos and Muslims on Sunday engulfed four districts - Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Chirang and Bongaigaon. Five days of violence have left 40 people dead and over 2 lakh people in 400 villages displaced. Bodies have begun to pile up on the streets as shoot-at-sight orders are being enforced. The Army will continue...
07:25 AM, Jul 26, 2012
