Srinagar still under curfew

Srinagar : Indefinite curfew remained in force in Srinagar and other major towns of Kashmir for the tenth day on Tuesday even as the all party delegation from Delhi visited parts of the valley to assess the ground reality.

Police said the prohibitory orders were promulgated as a precautionary measure for the safety and security of the common people.

Curfew was clamped on September 12 after headquarters of Power Development Department (PDD) and Crime Branch (CB) were set on fire and the historic ghantaghar (tower clock) was attacked on Eid-ul-Fitr, when moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) leader Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yaseen Malik joined a sit-in-protest at Lal Chowk. Violence has claimed some 105 lives so far.

There had been no report of any untowards incident so far.