Shutdown cripples life in KashmirAugust 22nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - A shutdown called by the separatist Hurriyat Conference protesting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Independence Day speech paralysed life in the Kashmir Valley Saturday. Shops and businesses in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital were shut and attendance in government offices was thin as public transport kept off the roads.
Kashmir strike affects normal lifeAugust 22nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Normal life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on the second day of a general strike on Saturday. Separatist organizations called for the strike to protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on Kashmir.
Shutdown in Kashmir over detention of separatist leadersJuly 25th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Separatists in Kashmir gave a shutdown call on Saturday in protest against the detention of their leaders. Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was on Tuesday booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for calling "frequent strikes and protests" in the valley.
Army dismisses soldier accused of murder from serviceJuly 10th, 2009 JAMMU - The Indian Army Friday dismissed from service a soldier with the Territorial Army after he was named as an accused in a case of alleged rape and murder of a college student in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said. Col D.C. Kachari, spokesman of the Northern Command of the Indian Army, which controls troops in Jammu and Kashmir deployed for guarding borders and counter-insurgency operations, said: "Ashiq Hussain Peer, a local of Tregham has been serving with the 160 Territorial Army Battalion in Kupwara district.
Kashmir observes shutdown over rights violationsJuly 10th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Kashmir observed a shutdown on Friday over alleged human rights violations in the valley. The shutdown, called by separatists, was in the wake of incidents of killings and re-arrest of its leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Kashmir Valley on boil, tourism suffers (Lead)June 2nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Violent protests over the alleged rape and murder of two women in a Kashmir village hit normal life in the valley for the second day Tuesday as the growing tourist season also suffered in the wake of tensions running high. Strict restrictions were in place in Srinagar even as angry mobs clashed with security forces at several places.
Kashmir observes shutdown over women's deathJune 1st, 2009 SRINAGAR - Srinagar observed a shutdown on Monday over the alleged rape and murder of two Muslim women by security forces. All shops business establishments, educational institutions remained closed during the shutdown call given by the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference.
Geelani calls for 50-hour shutdown as an anti-polls protestApril 29th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), the hardline faction of separatists in Kashmir, gave a call for a 50-hour shutdown to protest against the polls to the Lok Sabha in the valley. Geelani had already called for a boycott of these elections being held during April-May.
Sajjad Lone files nomination in KashmirApril 24th, 2009 BARAMULLA/SRINAGAR - People's Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone filed nomination from Baramulla-Kupwara constituency, becoming the first separatist leader in Kashmir to contest the general elections. Lone was among the14 other candidates who filed nominations from Baramulla.
Seven soldiers killed in avalancheApril 14th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Seven soldiers were killed when an avalanche buried an army post in the Shamsbari mountain range of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district Tuesday, an official said. Eight others were rescued.
Infiltration bid foiled in Kashmir, one guerrilla killedMarch 26th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Security forces in Kashmir foiled an incursion bid from across the border with Pakistan, gunning down a militant Thursday, a day after the end of the long-drawn gunfight in north Kashmir that left 17 guerrillas and eight troopers dead. One terrorist was killed when security forces fired at an infiltrating group in Gurez sector of the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
Three guerrillas killed in KashmirMarch 21st, 2009 SRINAGAR - Three separatist guerrillas were killed Friday when army troops surrounded a forest in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara area. The operation began early Friday in Rangwar forest area near Chowkibal in Kupwara district, about 120 km from here.
Restrictions imposed to prevent separatist march in SrinagarFebruary 25th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Senior separatist leaders were put under house arrest and business establishments as well as markets were closed Wednesday as the authorities clamped down to thwart a separatist march and shutdown in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital. Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chiefs of the two factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, were placed under house arrest Tuesday night.
JKLF shutdown hits life in KashmirFebruary 10th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Normal life in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar was badly hit Wednesday by the general shutdown called by the separatist Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) to commemorate the death anniversary of its founder Muhammad Maqbool Bhat. Markets remained closed and public transport was off the roads although a few private vehicles could be seen.
Six buried under avalanche in KashmirFebruary 5th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Six people were buried under an avalanche in Kupwara district of north Jammu and Kashmir late Thursday, officials said here Friday, indicating there was little chance of any survivors. 'Six persons, one police constable and five civilians, were buried under an avalanche late last evening in Machil area of Kupwara district,' a senior police officer said here.
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