To take control of the situation in the restive Kashmir Valley, the state police has arrested dozens of separatist activists and supporting campaigners in series of overnight raids. The authorities alleges that the crackdown is against the troublemakers and mischief-mongers. This followed the Centre’s directive to deal “sternly” with

With the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah facing the heat for the worst crises in the Valley since the 2008 Amarnath law row, his political opponents in the mainstream politics are again aspiring for his ouster.

The Army staged a flag march in uptown Srinagar on Wednesday as the city, and some other towns in Kashmir Valley, remained under strict curfew with thousands of police and paramilitary personnel out on the streets to enforce the restrictions.

The killing of four more persons, including a woman, in firing by the CRPF and police, and alleged beatings has resulted in mayhem in Srinagar and several other parts of the Kashmir Valley, forcing the authorities to clamp curfew in affected areas. The J&K police chief said the Army’s help had been sought and that they would deploy

The trouble in Srinagar started overnight when residents of Tengpora, in Srinagar’s Batamaloo suburb, took to the streets alleging that 17-year-old Muzaffar Ahmed Butt, along with some other local youth, were beaten up by policemen earlier while chasing a group in a stone-pelting mob in the area and then seized in an injured condition. The authorities, however, pleaded ignorance.

It was the women’s turn to kick up a stink on the streets of Srinagar on Thursday. But as they began a march towards Pathat Masjid, a historic Muslim place of worship located deep inside what has been traditionally the most difficult turf to put up with for the law and order agencies, they were met by gun-flaunting policemen and their lathi-wielding women counterparts.

Army on Wednesday staged flag marches in curfew-bound Baramulla and was at standby in Anantnag, which with capital Srinagar and some other towns, witnessed widespread protests and violence in the aftermath of killing of 11 youth in police firings past fortnight.

Three more youths were killed and four others wounded in CRPF firing in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as crowds chanting separatist slogans continued to pour out on to the streets, fighting pitched battles with the police and the CRPF in some places.

Violence continued in Kashmir Valley as three more youth were killed and four others badly hurt in CRPF firing in the on Tuesday. Crowds chanting pro-freedom slogans continued to pour out on the streets and at places fought pitched battles with the police and the CRPF. Already, Army columns were deployed at sensitive locations in

At least two more persons — including a nine-year-old boy — were killed when the CRPF opened fire to quell protesters and stone-throwing mobs at two different places outside Sopore town on Monday, raising the death toll in the past three weeks to eight.