After remaining indoors for about 76 hours, the people in predominantly Muslim Kashmir Valley cities and towns thronged mosques and other places of worship on Friday evening to offer congregational prayers to mark Meraj al-Aalam, Prophet Muhammad’s ascension to the Heaven.

Human crisis have struck Kashmir Valley areas, particularly summer capital Srinagar, as nonstop curfew remained in force for the fourth-straight day on Friday.
While Srinagar is reeling under strict curfew since Tuesday evening forcing its 1.5 million population indoors, many residents contacted on phone complained they have e

On the second consecutive day on Friday, no newspaper could be published from Srinagar as the authorities had cancelled curfew passes issued to media persons and the other unfavourable conditions on the ground proved unhelpful too.

The Army staged flag marches in Srinagar for the second straight day Thursday as stringent curfew continued. There have, however, been no major new incidents of violence since Tuesday, when Kashmir’s summer capital erupted after the killing of four persons in police and CRPF firings and beating.

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

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was on Tuesday in Anantnag — worst hit in the recent violence — where he assured the people that the policemen who shot dead three local youth what the witnesses have alleged in cold blood will be brought to justice soon.

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.