Tag: Kashmir shutdown

Srinagar : Life across the Kashmir Valley was adversely affected on Friday by a separatist-called protest shutdown to voice support for Article 35A. Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a conglomerate of separatists headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik called a complete shutdown on Friday to highlight support for the article. All shops, public transport, other businesses and educational institutions remained closed in Srinagar and other places in the valley. Attendance in government offices, banks and post offices was badly affected because of non-availability of public transport in...