Curfew lifted from six areas of Srinagar

Curfew was today lifted from six police station areas of the city but normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 106th straight day due to the separatist-sponsored strike.
Curfew was imposed yesterday in six police station areas of the city.
A police official said the situation in the summer capital here and elsewhere in the Valley was under control, even as a youth died during clashes between protestors and security forces in Budgam district of central Kashmir yesterday.
The official, however, said restrictions on assembly of four or more people were in place throughout the valley for maintaining law and order.

Security forces have been deployed in strength at vulnerable spots and along the main roads to as a precautionary measure, the official said.
Meanwhile, normal life remained affected in Kashmir due to the strike.

Shops and business establishments remained shut in the Valley, but are expected to open today as separatists have given a 14-hour relaxation in the shutdown from 5 PM.
The ongoing unrest in Kashmir has affected the education as schools, colleges and other educational institutions continue to remain shut in the Valley.
The government has decided to hold board examinations as per the schedule next month, drawing criticism from students and parents who accused it of being insensitive to lack of academic activity due to shutdown.

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There were reports of clashes between security forces and protestors in various parts of the Valley, however, a police spokesperson claimed that the situation was "normal and peaceful".
Stone-pelting protestors attacked the cavalcade of Law Minister Abdul Haq Khan at Saderkote bala in Bandipora district of north Kashmir following which police fired teargas shells and used batons, officials said.
The minister, who was passing through the village on his way to Srinagar, escaped unhurt in the incident, they said.
According to officials, clashes between protesters and law enforcing agencies also hit different parts of the Valley, including Maisuma and adjoining areas in the heart of Srinagar, during the day.

The clashes broke out at Maisuma, which houses the headquarters of JKLF, and adjoining areas in the heart of the city when police and paramilitary forces intercepted a group of people who took to streets demanding medical aid for JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik, the officials said.
Malik, who was arrested on July 9 and is under detention at Srinagar Central Jail, was recently taken to two private nursing homes here for check up.
They said shops and business establishments, which opened in other parts of the city at 5 PM in response to the 17-hour "relaxation" in strike by separatists, remained closed.

Intense clashes between protesters and security forces were also reported from Palhallan in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, resulting in injuries to half a dozen persons, the officials said.
The police spokesperson said, "Situation remained normal and peaceful across the Valley today. There was good movement of traffic and people in Srinagar and other main towns. Shops were open and doing normal business in many parts of the Valley, including Srinagar city."
To instill confidence among commuters and vehicle owners, adequate deployment of police and security forces was made at vulnerable points in Srinagar city, in main towns as well as on roads and lanes connecting different places, he said.

A case has been registered after a driver of a private load carrier alleged that some miscreants set ablaze his parked vehicle outside his residence in Safakadal area of downtown Srinagar last evening, the spokesperson said.
Farooq Ahmad Khanday said some miscreants allegedly hurled a petrol bomb on his vehicle in Iqbal Colony-A Eidgah causing damage to it, the spokesman said, adding, an investigation is underway.