"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is squandering an opportunity to find a solution for Kashmir," former Research and Analysis Wing chief A S Dulat said.
Internet services were fully restored after 10 days, while the administration relaxed the curfew from 5 am to 8 pm, he said.
CRPF personnel on Friday fired warning shots after their vehicle was attacked by a group of stone pelters outside the Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar, officials said.
Separatists and their wide network must be neutralized for peace in the Valley
A man injured in a stone-pelting incident in Anantnag district of Kashmir succumbed to injuries, taking the death toll to five in the clashes that erupted in the Valley following hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.
A sadhvi who travelled in the ill-fated Sabarmati Exress told Godhra Commission that the train was stopped for some youths who had been left behind on Godhra station.
Local people prevented the police from reaching the site immediately after the blast and it could have been done to shield the accused, said Thakur's lawyer, advocate JP Mishra.
Curfew remained in force in entire Srinagar district and Anantnag town while restrictions were in place in the rest of the Valley as normal life remained paralysed for the 39th consecutive day.
'There is no peace in the Kashmir Valley.'
Heavy police force has been deployed in Karedi town of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh following a clash between two groups over a land dispute, in which two persons were injured, officials said on Thursday.
In the stone-pelting, SSP Doda, one SHO, one sub-inspector and two other police personnel were injured.
Tensions broke out past Monday midnight over putting up of Islamic flags on the Jalori gate circle
Amid opposition charges that the Bharatiya Janata Party was out to destroy the Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that his government revered it and even Babasaheb Ambedkar would not be able to abolish it now.
Almost 1200-1500 students have been questioned till now in connection with the incident, police said.
Internet connections remained suspended even as prohibitory order under CrPC Section 144 was still in place in and around the area where several shops and residences were vandalised during the clashes, he said.
Two police officials who were injured when the container driver and his associate attacked them in a bid to flee, have been admitted to a government hospital with injuries, she said.
'Barricading will remain for a few more days. Situation today is better than previous days and we are keeping an eye on law and order here'
The curfew that had been relaxed for two hours in Rajouri town on Wednesday was reimposed for a second consecutive day.
Naqvi said the culprits have been arrested on the basis of the crime committed by them and not on the basis of their creed.
Clashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri on Saturday, in which eight police personnel and a local resident got injured.
According to a police officer, four-five men reached Owaisi's 34 Ashoka Road residence located in Central Delhi and pasted three posters at the entry gate and wall of the house about 9 pm.
Clashes between the police and protestors erupted in north Kashmir's Baramulla town after the Friday prayers leaving seven cops and eight protestors wounded.
Security forces faced stone-pelting during the operation but exercised maximum restraint.
Pro-Telangana protestors attacked the cavalcade of Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu in Mehboob Nagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Monday.According to reports, the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister escaped unhurt.
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday ordered a halt to the demolition drive in violence-hit Nuh and asked if it was an "exercise of ethnic cleansing".
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged a 'well-planned' conspiracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, where a team of Congress MPs led by Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit on December 4 amid restrictions imposed by the district administration.
Drivers of commercial vehicles, including trucks and tankers, stopped work in several states on Monday and blocked roads at some places to protest against the provision in the new penal law regarding hit-and-run accident cases involving motorists.
Marathas, a politically-influential community constituting around 30 per cent of the state's population, have been demanding reservation in jobs and education.
The protesting students clashed with cops after were they stopped at the varsity gate and prevented from carrying out their march.
Dar was appointed as a daily wage employee in the state Health Department and has been on election duty since Wednesday.
A special court in Moradabad has acquitted all 74 accused, including UP Cabinet minister Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary and local Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Ritesh Kumar Gupta, for allegedly attacking policemen during the protest in Kanth area of the district in 2014.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti threw cow dung at a liquor shop in Orchha town of Madhya Pradesh's Niwari district, amid her demand for total prohibition in the party-ruled state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's message is loud and clear that anyone acting against the unity, sovereignty, and integrity of the nation will not be spared and face the full wrath of the law.
Additional Superintendent of Police (city), Etawah, Prashant Kumar Prasad is heard telling a senior over the phone, "Sir, I have been slapped. BJP workers have also brought bombs."
Mobs hurled bombs and pelted stones at each other as violence erupted in Kanpur after groups of people tried to force shopkeepers to down shutters over an alleged insult to Prophet Mohammed on a television show.
Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's supporters reached the heart of Pakistan's capital on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, after removing barricades and battling police in clashes that killed six security personnel and injured dozens.
Security forces lobbed teargas shells to disperse stone-pelting mobs in different parts of Srinagar as the overall situation in the Kashmir Valley remained tense in the wake of spontaneous strike crippling normal life for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday. The demonstrators were protesting against the transfer of forest land to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board.
The West Indies team management on Sunday condemned the stone-pelting on their team bus by angry Bangladeshi fans and said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat's description of the incident as minor was "ridiculous".
The family of six, who are now forced to spend their days roaming in the streets and nights at a neighbour's house, had a harrowing experience on Tuesday as the three shops, owned by Muslims who don't reside in the building, on the ground floor of the two-storey structure were set on fire.
He alleged that police personnel were standing but were not doing anything, saying "if the police is afraid, they can take out their uniform".
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