Authorities on Saturday lifted curfew from parts of Srinagar city from noon onwards besides easing the restrictions in some other parts of the Valley after the law and order situation by and large rem

Barring parts of Sopore town, curfew remained in force in all major towns of Kashmir Valley for the 13th day on Friday.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including 40 hand grenades and 45 kg of explosive material, were seized from a militant hideout in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Friday.

Curfew remained in force in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley on Thursday even as the separatists called for a break in their agitational programme.

As curfew continued across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, one more youth injured in clashes with security forces died in the hospital, taking the deaths in the unrest in the valley to 103 since June

There was dissonance within the ranks of the all-party delegation visiting troubled Jammu and Kashmir even before it had completed its mission to reach out to the people of the state. The sour note was struck by BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, a team member, who said on Tuesday that it was not the delegation’s collective decision to meet the separatist leaders on Monday, nor had it mandated its members to meet them.

The residents of Kashmir on Tuesday got respite after 10 days as authorities relaxed curfew here and other major towns in a phased manner.
Although some areas in the periphery of the Valley got respite before noon, curfew was relaxed in the summer capital soon after the all-party delegation headed by Union home minister P. Chidambaram wrapped up its visit.

Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani plans to press ahead with the protest calendar unless the Indian government accedes to the five conditions he had spelt out in late August, the primary one being that Kashmir be accepted as an international dispute.

The separatist Hurriyat leaders may have wanted to have nothing to do with the visiting all-party delegation led by Union home minister P. Chidambaram, having announced their decision to not meet it.

The all-party delegation came visiting the Kashmir Valley on Monday but that did not serve as a balm for the festering wounds of the ordinary Kashmiris.