Srinagar, 8 Jul 2010(KMW): Home Minister of India, Mr. P.C Chidambaram told reporters that curfew will be imposed strictly in the Kashmir valley at least for another two to three days. He appealed the people of Kashmir to observe curfew and remain indoors. Home ministry has also ordered the State administration to launch a crack-down on the separatist leaders and trouble makers in order to ensure the normalcy in the valley. Meanwhile the Protestors had also tried to attack a bus carrying new police recruits in the outskirts of Srinagar but the attempt was thwarted. The Army had yesterday moved 17 columns (about 1,700 personnel) into various parts of the city to assist the civil administration in maintaining law and order. The Chief Minister had also spoken twice to Home Minister P Chidambaram and also to Defence Minister A K Antony about the developments. Union Home Secretary G K Pillai, who had flown in here yesterday from Delhi along with Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen A M Verma, had met the Chief Minister and reviewed the overall law and order situation. Newspapers fail to hit the stands in Kashmir Valley SRINAGAR: Newspapers today failed to hit the stands in the Kashmir Valley in the wake of imposition of curfew following violence. The state government had yesterday cancelled curfew passes for media personnel restricting their movement. The last time the newspapers did not come out was in 2008 during the height of the Amarnath land agitation. Publication of dailies at that time was suspended for four days. Newspaper publication had also remained suspended for days during elections in 1996. A representative body of major print and electronic journalists in the valley, Kashmir Journalists Corps (KJC), today condemned the restrictions on media persons and said that it was a "direct attack on the fourth estate".
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