The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, called for the shutdown against the killing of a civilian in Srinagar on Thursday.
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The security agencies added this step to the security drill after terrorists triggered a blast outside Bakshi Stadium during the Independence Day parade in 2005.
A small batch of 454 pilgrims on Tuesday left for Kashmir Valley as the annual Amarnath Yatra resumes. This includes pilgrims going to Baltal and Pahalgam base camps.
The two-day strike was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik.
He added that the Indian Army was taking all sorts of measures to check militancy in the Valley as it wants peace and stability for the people of Kashmir.
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The weather in Delhi suddenly changed on Wednesday afternoon with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing thunderstorm alert in the evening for the national capital.
The period known for sub-zero temperatures, frozen lakes and rivers however, started on a gentler note, according to a Met department official.
Sharma will remain in Jammu till Sunday after which he will leave for the Kashmir Valley, officials said.
Multiple factors such as demonetisation, arrest of terror supporters and increase in political activity are responsible for the drop in stone-pelting incidents, the police chief said.
Speaking on the occasion of Ahimsa Diwas Samaroh, India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma slammed violence of any kind, saying that it can turn heaven into hell.
Sources said the trio called for shutdown and appealed to the freedom-loving people to observe civil curfew.
The Defence minister said there was a deliberate attempt to paint India as a State helpless against terrorism and it must be defeated in public discourse
The separatist leaders have called for a protest shutdown on Wednesday. Three persons including LeT divisional commander Abu Dujana, his associate Arif Lalihaari and a civilian protester were killed on Tuesday in Pulwama district
CRPF Director General K Durga Prasad confirmed on Monday that the pellet guns will be making a comeback in the Valley, although with certain tweaks.
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