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Curfew in Srinagar to stop Muharram procession

Srinagar: Curfew was imposed in several parts of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday to prevent a Muharram procession. "Curfew has been imposed in police station areas of Kralkhud, Shaheedgunj, Maisuma, Kothibagh and Ram Munshibagh in Srinagar to maintain peace in the city," a senior police officer said here. The curfew has been imposed to prevent a Muharram procession scheduled to be carried out from the Shaheedgunj...  

Kashmir makes its presence felt with 'Curfewed Night'

b>New Delhi: - Two decades after a separatist rebellion broke out, a journalist's account of growing up in Kashmir is offering readers worldwide a rare glimpse into a region beset by months of recent street demonstrations. This week, Basharat Peer's "Curfewed Night" made it to The New Yorker's list of reviewers' favourite books from 2010, an honour it also received from ‘The Economist’. The memoir is among the few English...  

Curfew in Srinagar following Mirwaiz assault

Srinagar: Curfew was imposed in the Old City areas of Srinagar to prevent protests and violence on Friday, a day after Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was heckled at a seminar in Chandigarh, officials said. Curfew was clamped in five police station areas of Srinagar city - Nowhatta, MR Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safa Kadal. Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was placed under house arrest to thwart a...  

Curfew in some parts of north Kashmir

Srinagar: Curfew continued in parts of north Kashmir for the third day on Monday even as a separatist-sponsored strike disrupted normal life in Srinagar and other major towns of the Valley. Curfew continued in Sopore town and Delina and Palhalan villages of Baramulla district and Bandipora district town as a precautionary measure, a police spokesman said. He said the law and order situation in the curfew-bound areas and even in...  

Curfew imposed in four districts of Kashmir

Srinagar: Curfew was on Wednesday clamped in four districts of Kashmir Valley to foil a march by the separatists to the United Nations office in Srinagar demanding withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir. Besides the four districts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora, curfew has also been imposed in Awantipora town in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, a police spokesman said. The restrictions were imposed in view of the march...  

Curfew lifted from all parts of Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday lifted curfew from all parts of Kashmir as the Valley limped towards normalcy despite a strike call given by hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference. "Curfew has been lifted from all parts of Kashmir," a police spokesman said. He said the situation so far was peaceful with no untoward incident reported from anywhere in the Valley. Although most of the shops and business establishments around commercial hub...  

Curfew clamped in 4 districts of Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Curfew was imposed on Tuesday in four districts of Kashmir Valley as authorities apprehended breach of peace in the wake of the arrest of hardline Hurriyat leader Masrat Alam. A police spokesman said curfew has been imposed in Srinagar city, Ganderbal district town and Kangan town. In north Kashmir, Baramulla town, Pattan, Palhalan, Kunzar, Tangmarg, Kupwara town, Trehgam, Kralpora, Handwara town, Kulangam and Chotipora have been placed under curfew....  

Curfew in Srinagar to foil Hurriyat march

Srinagar: Authorities have re-imposed curfew in parts of Srinagar and several areas of north Kashmir on Monday to foil a possible Hurriyat-sponsored march to Pattan. Police and paramilitary forces have stalled the movement of people and vehicles in downtown Srinagar. The hardline Hurriyat Conference had called for a protest march to Baramulla district's Palhalan town, about 40 km from here, on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road. "Curfew has been imposed in six police...  

Curfew imposed across Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Authorities on Monday night imposed curfew across Kashmir Valley to foil the proposed march to Hyderpora called by hard line faction of Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday, officials said here. "Curfew has been imposed across Srinagar district," said District Magistrate Srinagar Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo. Police vehicles, fitted with public address system, announced imposition of curfew and asked people not to violate the restrictions. Anyone violating the curfew will be dealt...  

Valley students in a fix as schools start after months

Srinagar: Now with much effort the schools and colleges have finally reopened in Kashmir but the students have found that their problems are far from over. The music is muted in the life of these students. They had been mostly confined to homes for the last four months because of the frequent curfews and separatists' strikes. Their schools and tuition classes had remained shut but now with exams round the...  

4 protestors hurt in police firing in Shopian

Srinagar: Four persons were injured on Sunday when security forces allegedly opened fire on protesters in Shopian in South Kashmir, even as curfew was clamped in Srinagar and some other districts in the wake of a protest call by the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference. Army troops cordoned off Nagbal village in Zainapora area, 75 kms from Srinagar, in the wee hours following information about presence of some militants...  

Curfew still on in Kashmir but schools exempted

Srinagar: Parents in the Kashmir valley can breathe easy as schools have been exempted from the ongoing curfew. The separatists who had earlier urged Kashmiris to keep their children at home have done an about turn by declaring it a working day. Scores of children were seeing going to school this morning. Attendance has improved in classrooms overall. Schools in the valley reopened on Monday after three months that were ...

Parents defy Hurriyat, send kids to schools

Srinagar: Schools are open for the second day on Tuesday despite a call to students from the separatist Hurriyat leadership to boycott classes in Kashmir. Attendance in Srinagar schools is thin while moderate attendance is reported from other parts of the valley because of security restrictions. Students attended classes for the first time in three months on Monday. In a few places, students were sent home in a few hours...  

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Valley students back in school after 3 months

Kashmir: Curfew back in force on streets of Srinagar, but it is a safe passage for students, who are back in schools and colleges after three-month of shutdown due to string of separatist strikes and curfew. Anxious parents spurned government transport and dropped off their kids themselves their vehicles. But school administrations turned students away in a few hours fearing about their security after protests broke out at a few...  

Curfew lifted from many parts of Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Curfew was lifted on Sunday from many parts of Kashmir Valley while authorities announced relaxation in Srinagar city, where curbs had been reimposed in the wee hours following incidents of stone pelting, and areas of Kupwara district. Curfew has been lifted from Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian and Awantipora towns in South Kashmir and Handwara town in north Kashmir, a police spokesman said. Meanwhile, the central government has announced an...  

How J&K police turn youths into stone throwers

A first person account by Sarwar Kashani, a journalist from Delhi Srinagar: I lacked guts, otherwise a policeman had done all he could to turn me into a stone-thrower on the streets of Srinagar. After days of frustration due to strict restrictions on public movement, I mustered the courage to drive out of my house in the curfewed summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir that has been bristling with anger...  

Curfew imposed across Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: Curfew was imposed in Srinagar and other major towns of the Kashmir Valley to prevent Friday protests called by the separatists. Officials said schools would open from Monday and that steps are being taken to end the cycle of violence. "Curfew has been imposed to maintain law and order," a senior police officer said in Srinagar. Protests and incidents of stone-pelting after the congregation of Friday prayers have almost...  

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All-party delegation begins Kashmir visit

NEW DELHI:An all-party delegation led by Home Minister P Chidambaram began a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to assess the ground situation in the state even as the separatists decided to stay away from the meeting. The visit by the all-party team, the first in two decades, hoped to help break the deadlock in the Valley, where violence has claimed over 100 lives in the past three...