The Army was deployed Tuesday late night in Srinagar and indefinite curfew imposed as fresh violence erupted in Kashmir Valley, claiming four lives and leaving over 70 injured after days of calm.
Curfew continued to cripple the Valley for the tenth day.
Kashmir witnessed a spontaneous shutdown to mourn the killing of Hizb commander Sabzar Bhat in an encounter with security forces in Tral area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday. Soon after the news of Sabzar's killing spreads shopkeepers lowered their shutters and public transport disappeared from the roads. Students took to streets in several areas of Ganderbal district of central Kashmir, where a spontaneous shutdown is being observed in the district.
Use of chilli-filled grenades as an alternative to pellet shotguns, which will be used in rarest of rare cases, was cleared on Saturday by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for crowd control ahead of the visit of an all-party delegation led by him to restive Kashmir on Sunday.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is squandering an opportunity to find a solution for Kashmir," former Research and Analysis Wing chief A S Dulat said.
Public transport has resumed plying at many places in Kashmir and shops have been gradually reopening as more people are now carrying out their day to day activities
Srinagar city along with the rest of Kashmir was buzzing with activity on Saturday with offices, shops and other business establishments opening in the Valley which saw return of normalcy after 133 days of shutdown as separatists suspended their stir for the weekend.
There was a significant increase in movement of people and transport across the Valley as the annual board examinations began, officials said in Srinagar.
Pakistan added that it is necessary to establish "veracity of the Indian claim".
Mobile Internet services continued to remain snapped in the Valley.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday warned India that if "ceasefire violations" continue they will not go unpunished, according to a media report.
Here are the latest updates from the Valley.
Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located across the river Ravi, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.
"The secretary-general regrets the reported loss of dozens of lives and the injuries to many others," a statement issued by Ban's spokesperson said.
There were no curbs on the movement of people anywhere else in Kashmir.
Curfew was imposed on Friday morning in seven police station areas of Srinagar district as a precautionary measure, a police official said.
The resolution expressed concerns over the detention of Hurriyat leaders and human rights activists and urged the Indian government to release them.
Singh's comments came hours after a Border Security Force and adjoining army camps in Baramulla were attacked by heavily armed militants on Sunday night.
'Disappointed at the arrogant and negative response by India to my call for resumption of the peace dialogue,' Prime Minister Khan said in a tweet.
Swaraj said India has made many efforts to have talks with Islamabad and the only reason they have stopped is because of Pakistan's behaviour.
The bodies have been recovered from the encounter site where the search operation was still in progress
The prime minister said the country would give befitting response to every terrorist.
This will be first foray into electoral politics for Hussain, who officially joined the PDP on January 7.
She also underlined that 'black laws' like AFSPA would be repealed from the state only when the situation improves.
"Grassroots democracy must get precedence than any other considerations, including security," the functionary said.
While the world marks Eid-al-Adha, the Kashmir Valley remains silent and there are no signs of celebrations. All 10 districts in the Kashmir Valley are under strict curfew on Eid on Tuesday to prevent any outbreak of violence, making it the 67th day of the lockdown.
The separatists have extended the shutdown programme till September 16.
"The Kashmiri people, like people everywhere, deserve their fundamental human rights... They should live free of fear and repression," Malala said.
The delegation is expected to meet a cross section of people, individuals and organisations in its efforts to bring peace in the Valley.
The Pakistani prime minister urged the special envoys to ensure their efforts for highlighting the Kashmir cause across the world.
Ten incidents of stone pelting were reported from Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Awantipora and Sopore.
Three journalists of China's state-run news agency Xinhua, who were denied extension of visa, have departed India, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
She claimed no one cared about people of Kashmir but everyone wanted its land.
J&K MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid protest against civilian killings in the ongoing unrest in the valley.
Burhan Wani, the top Hizbul Mujaheedin commander was the poster boy of the outfit and was active in south Kashmir.
In a joint operation, UP and West Bengal Police and central security agencies arrested Altaf from Baranagar area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday. They claimed, during the interrogation, the arrested HuJI militants had confessed that the consignment of ammonium nitrate and RDX was brought from Jammu and West Bengal.
'These inhuman people will never find a place in Jammu & Kashmir or hold in any sway over the youth here.'
India has maintained that there can be no talks with Pakistan unless it stops supporting terrorists.
Separatists and their wide network must be neutralized for peace in the Valley
Hundreds others were wounded many of whom received bullet and pellet injuries and are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.
