Shops, markets and business establishments were closed while very thin attendance was reported in government offices due to the 24-hour strike called by the Kuki Students Organisation.
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The strike called by the two groups of the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference brought in a complete shutdown and undeclared curfew in the Valley on Monday, a day after violence left one person dead and over a dozen people injured in police firing Srinagar.
However, the attendance of devotees was thin as the people from adjoining localities only were not able to reach the grand mosque due to non-availability of public transport in view of the strike.
Normal life remained disrupted for the 24th consecutive day due to the strike call given by separatists against civilian deaths during the protests.
At least 12 people were injured on Saturday in fresh clashes between protesters and security forces, following death of a 16-year-old boy due to alleged poisoning in Eidgah area of the city.
Agni-5, India's latest long-range nuclear-capable missile under development, can target China's northernmost city of Harbin, a leading Chinese newspaper has claimed, amid a slew of strident anti-India articles over the status of Arunachal Pradesh."India's Advanced Systems Laboratory has made its forthcoming Agni-5 missile highly road-mobile, or easily transportable by road, which would bring Harbin, northernmost city, within striking range if the Agni-5 is moved," it said.
'At 23, he has experienced what very few of his age have: Poverty at home, a stint in jail for his student activism.' 'His experience told him that if you want your rights, you have to fight for them.'
Restrictions continued in parts of Srinagar city for second day on Tuesday following the death of a youth in security forces firing.
'What is unusual about the current period of slow growth is that it has come without an external driver -- high oil prices and/or successive monsoon failures -- as was the case with all previous periods of slowdown, going back 50 years, notes T N Ninan.
She also demanded that the inquiry be completed within six months and the case be heard by a fast-track court.
Normal life in 10 districts of Telangana region, including Hyderabad, has come to a grinding halt as the bandh called by an all-party joint action committee was total.
Curfew was lifted on Tuesday across Kashmir, except from six police station areas of Srinagar, in view of the improving situation, even as normal life remained disrupted in the Valley for the 74th straight day.
The number of participating automakers has fallen from 50 in 2018 to 30 this year. The count of exhibitors, including technology companies, has come down from 119 to 112. And showstopper luxury and supercar brands, including Toyota, Jeep, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volvo will be missing. Similarly, the commercial vehicle makers also gave the show a miss -- a prolonged economic slowdown has dented their fortunes and near chances of any recovery.
The AIMTC, which had gone on strikes to protest diesel price hikes in the past, said it will hold a meeting of its national members on July 12 to chalk out its future course of action.
The Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) in Hyderabad, which develops India's strategic (long-range, nuclear-tipped) missiles, has dramatically increased the options for its forthcoming Agni-5 missile by making it highly road-mobile, or easily transportable by road.
Over 7,000 private buses remained off the roads on Monady following a strike call in protest against "insufficient bus fare hike."
Curfew is in force in five police station areas of downtown city and Batamaloo and Maisuma areas in uptown, a police official said.
Normal life remained paralysed for the 45th consecutive day due to curfew, restrictions and separatist sponsored strike following Wani's killing in an encounter with security forces.
Prices of essential commodities are likely to rise because of the strike, which has been called to protest against frequent hikes in diesel prices and value added tax.
'Modi and the BJP don't want Delhi to function.' 'The LG is like a puppet of the BJP.'
The sources said the exercise was a routine military drill by China.
Stray incidents of violence were reported from some parts of the state as the day-long general strike called by an umbrella organisation of pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam parties began on Wednesday morning. Incidents of stone pelting on state-owned buses were reported from some districts, police said, adding that no one was injured in the incidents. Normal life remained unaffected in the state capital where public transport services operated normally.
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The officials said the scattered remains of the bus, reduced to blackened bare frames after the blast, does not reflect that an improvised explosive device (IED) was used to target it.
However, two districts -- Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab -- which did not record a fresh case in the last 28 days, reported new COVID-19 cases on Monday, it added.
Normal life continued to remain affected in Kashmir for the 83rd straight day on Thursday due to the separatists' call for shut down.
Investigations into Thursday's blasts at Chennai Central railways station suggest the involvement to two persons. One of them used a fake name, Raman, to book the tickets.
The Bengaluru skies dazzled with somersaults and stunts by metal birds.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said perhaps for the first time after Independence, such a big and 'far-reaching' reform process is being initiated in the Army.
Iran's decision to keep India out and welcome China to the scene is a huge strategic setback for India, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
The Chinese air force is now a 400,000-person force that flies some 2,000 combat aircraft -- more than thrice the size of the Indian Air Force.
A single format and simpler, uniform rules would have kept the service going. In other parts of the world including in the US, managing demand and capacities along with ensuring preventive measures were an issue, but there was hardly any administrative hurdle anywhere.
There was a significant increase in movement of people and transport across the Valley as the annual board examinations began, officials said in Srinagar.
Uber has received support from 118,000 riders to its online petition against some of the rules.
Barely a week before the Rio Olympics opening ceremony, organisers are scrambling to put the final pieces in place.
Normal life remained crippled due to curfew and the shutdown call by separatists groups.
The truckers have threatened an indefinite strike from December 20 if their demands were not met. The All India Motor Transport Congress said the Rs 2 per litre reduction in diesel prices announced on December 5 was not enough.
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