Kashmir unrest: Union home minister to visit valley tomorrow
Tuesday, 23 August 2016 (16:28 IST)
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is going to Kashmir tomorrow to get first hand
assessment of the situation prevailing in the Valley where curfew continued on the 46th day today, though some improvement in the situation was reported.Mr Singh’s visit comes close on the heels of the meeting of National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and other Opposition leaders from Kashmir with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Security forces burst teargas shells to disperse protesters in north Kashmir
Security forces burst teargas shells to disperse protesters who defied restrictions and took to the streets in the north Kashmir district of Bandipora to demonstrate against the killing of civilians in the last 46 days in the valley.
Raising ‘pro-freedom’ and ‘anti-forces’ slogans, hundreds of protesters hit the streets at Kaloosa in Bandipora to protest against the killings of 67 civilians in security force firing since July 9, a day after the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) commander Burhan Wani and two other militants were killed in an encounter in Anantnag.(UNI)
