Many people in Jammu have stopped rallying around the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti, saying protests organised by it have already cost them too much economically and now it is meddling in their social affairs as well.
Life in the Jammu region was thrown out of gear on Monday as the bandh called by the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangrash Samiti in protest against the police firing on its members entered second day.
Over 12 activists of the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti were injured in clashes with police on Saturday.
Fresh clashes erupted between security forces and protesters after the killing of a youth in police firing sparked tension in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday.
Fresh clashes erupted on Sunday between security forces and protesters after the killing of a youth in police firing sparked fresh tension in the Kashmir Valley.
Life in the Kashmir valley was paralysed on Saturday due to the shutdown called by the joint coordination committee of both the separatist Hurriyat groups.
Five state officials have been suspended for allegedly inciting communal clashes in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir that left two persons dead on August 23.- With normalcy fast returning to the communal-violence hit Kishtwar and Poonch districts, curfew was lifted on Wednesday after no untoward incident was reported during the past 24 hours.
The Election Commission on Tuesday decided to convene a meeting of political parties in New Delhi on September eight to assess the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Offices, shops and business establishments opened for work and traffic was back on the road Tuesday as curfew was lifted in the Kashmir Valley, though restrictions continued on the assembly of more than four people.
"What we are seeing in the valley is the assertion of fundamentalist and intolerant forces and the union government is doing nothing to counter it. In fact it is going out of its way to appease them," Sinha said.
Jammu city and adjoining districts on Monday returned to normal life as market places opened and traffic plied on roads, 64 days after being hit by the Amarnath land row.
Curfew on Monday remain clamped in nine districts of Kashmir while it was relaxed in Bandipora and Handwara town of Kupwara.
BJP leader L K Advani expressed satisfaction on Sunday over the accord signed to resolve the Amarnath land row and claimed that the Prime Minister had told him that the government will not succumb to "pressure from separatists".
The Amarnath accord drew mixed reaction from parties in Jammu and Kashmir, with PDP decrying it as a "unilateral decision" and National Conference welcoming it as "a very good sign".
Sporadic violence occurred in Kashmir Valley on Sunday with mobs, protesting among other things the accord on the Amarnath land issue, indulging in clashes with police prompting authorities to re-clamp curfew in parts.
The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir imposed curfew and called out army all over the Jammu region early on Sunday anticipating a terrorist strike at the rally planned by Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti later in the day.
The 61-day old agitation in Jammu region on the Amarnath land row ended on Saturday following the signing of an agreement between the group leading the agitation and the Jammu and Kashmir Governor-appointed panel.
The fourth round of talks between the Governor's Panel and the group leading the agitation in Jammu over the Amarnath land row began on Saturday night amid reports that a peace formula was on the table to end the over two-month old crisis.
Curfew was relaxed for varied periods in Kulgam and Budgam districts on Thursday even as remaining eight districts of the Valley remained under strict restrictions for the seventh day.
Talks between an official panel and the group spearheading the agitation for transfer of land to Amarnath shrine board was put off for the second consecutive day on Friday.- Nine officials were on Friday suspended and a magisterial probe ordered into the August 12 communal clashes in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir in which two people were killed.
- Normal life remained badly affected on Friday as shops and market places were closed and vehicles off the roads in response to a bandh over the Amarnath land transfer issue.
The Kashmir valley continued to be under curfew for the sixth consecutive day Friday even as authorities here booked some separatist leaders under the harsh Public Safety ACT (PSA).
India on Thursday reacted strongly to the comments by UN High Commission for Human Rights on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, terming these as "unwarranted" and "irresponsible" and bluntly told that New Delhi does not need "any advice".
