Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday did some plain speaking and opened his heart to let “particular category” of leaders know why people of the state feel themselves separate from those in rest of the country. That, of course, without actually naming anyone but he was obviously referring to the BJP leadership and like-minded politicians.

Uninterrupted curfew clamped on the town of Kishtwar following communal clashes remained in force on the sixth day on Wednesday.

The day of festivity, Id ul-Fitr turned into a day of mayhem. August 9, 2013 will always be remembered as a “black day” in the otherwise bright history of the picturesque town of Kishtwar and its people, both Hindus and Muslims.

India and Pakistan troops have again exchanged small arms, machine gun and mortar fire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch area, leaving at least one civilian dead and another wounded.

Jammu and Kashmir minister of state for home Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo resigned on Monday after coming under attack over the communal violence in Kishtwar that has left three people dead.

As tensions rose with fresh communal violence incidents, curfew was extended to several more towns of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, including Jammu, its winter capital. The Army called out to help the police and CRPF enforce curfew restrictions overnight. This, however, failed to deter miscreants from repeated attempts to enter areas with a sizeable population of a particular community.

Fresh clashes have erupted in Jammu and Kashmir’s eastern district of Kishtwar, leaving three persons injured on Saturday, a day after Army was called out in the main town of the volatile hilly region which had witnessed worst incidents of communal violence on Friday. Two persons were killed and scores injured in the day-long mayhem which had also left behind a trail of burned properties. Curfew was imposed in Rajouri too.

The Army held a flag march and police and CRPF reinforcements sent to enforce curfew at Kishtwar town in eastern Kashmir as communal violence erupted there Friday. Besides marring Id celebrations, the rioting left a trail of devastation of public and private property.

Communal tensions were brewing in parts of Jammu and Kashmir’s Chenab valley for some time over a series of incidents involving members of government-supported VDCs and reaction thereto by Muslim residents.

Army Chief Gen.