As the govt has blocked all TV mediamen from covering events in Jammu, there is a decline of news on TV. Some journalists beaten by police yesterday in Jammu. meanwhile, if situation in Jammu remains as it is, this week Kashmir will come to its knees, with all supplies being blocked.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> The protesters caught two police personnel, including an officer in front of the TV channel office, and beat them to the pulp. One of the victims was identified as deputy superintendent of police, S K Arora. They were rescued by the army deployed in the area. A correspondent of Aaj Tak, Ashwani Kumar, and a cameraman of NDTV, Darshan, were also injured in the incident.
A mob of over 3,000 people gathered in front of a TV channel office at Digiana and moved toward the local police post. Sensing trouble, the police resorted to baton charge, lobbed tear smoke shells and fired in the air. Later the army intervened and tried to defuse the situation. The protesters later sat on the road and held protest demonstrations for several hours.
However, according to reports from Samba, more than 5,000 people, including women and children, came out on the highway and blocked it for more than three hours. The army deployed on the road chase them away, but they refused to budge and demonstrated for several hours. After negotiations and talks between prominent citizens and the army, the protesters moved back to their places.
Defying curfew, hundreds of protesters took to streets at Satwari, Digiana, Gangyal, Gandhi Nagar, Kanjwani, Miran Sahib, Indira Nagar, Janipur, and other areas in the city and at Kathua. The protesters burnt the effigies of governor, N N Vohra, and the  National conference president, Omar Abdullah. The army watched the protests without interfering.
At Muthi and Bantalab, people in large numbers defied curfew and tried to stage demonstrations. However, the police and Rapid Action Force used force to disperse them. More than 100 teargas shells were fired by police on protesters.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Srinagar: In view of highway blockade by activists of Sangharish Samiti, the <b>All Kashmir Butchers Union has urged the people to solemnize the marriage ceremonies with austerity.</b> In a statement, the Union president, Haji Khazir Muhammad Regoo said hundreds of sheep laden trucks are stranded at Lakhanpur. â<b>Due to shortage of meat, we urge the people to celebrate the marriage with austerity according to Shariat</b>,â he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Srinagar, Aug 3: Kashmir valley is heading towards a fuel crisis, if the supply of petroleum products from Jammu does not resume immediately, a spokesman of the Kashmir Valley Tank Owners /Petroleum Dealers Association said here today. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jammu, Aug 3: After days of blockade by the activists of various extremist groups, army took the Madhupur-Udhampur sector of the highway under complete control Sunday to restore vehicular traffic to and from Kashmir. <b>In spite of some isolated attempts at disruption of the traffic, hundreds of trucks carrying essential supplies and passenger buses proceeded to the valley.</b>
Loudspeaker fitted army vehicles went round various areas to announce the enforcement of curfew and shoot-at-sight orders urging the people to remain indoors. âCurfew is in force and the people are appealed to stay put in their homes. Anyone coming out can be shot at,â the police announcement said.
The army had sealed all the link roads leading to the highway, particularly in the worst hit sectors, to prevent the protesters to come out for disrupting traffic. The army also carried out flag marches in the city and elsewhere in Udhampur and Samba. The vehicles carried white banners with appeals to the people to remain indoors. As a result, there was comparative calm in the city and elsewhere.
Following the stringent measures taken by the administration, vehicular traffic on the highway, the only surface link between the Kashmir valley and rest of the world, went on throughout the day. The trucks carrying Kashmir-bound supplies carried labels marked âOn Army Dutyâ were escorted by the army. Most of these trucks had been waiting for clearance in Pathankot district of neighbouring Punjab all these days.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Jammu strife muffles Valley business</b>
Nazir Masoodi
Monday, August 04, 2008, (Baramulla)
It seems that the biggest victims of the unrest in Jammu are the small business owners and daily workers.
One of them are the Valley's fruit growers, who say that their livelihood has been severely affected by the ongoing strife in Jammu and desperate attempts are now being made to bring back some profits.
It has been a long wait for Ghulam Mohammad to take his pear-laden truck to Delhi's Azadpur Mandi.
<b>Supporters of the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti have imposed an economic blockade targeting any truck carrying goods into or out of Kashmir. And fearing a backlash, Police are preventing trucks from moving forward.
"The police are saying that Kashmiri truckers wouldn't be allowed to proceed because they are being beaten along the highway. So I had to return from Lower Monda," said Ghulam Mohammad, driver.</b>
Srinagar-Jammu highway is the only road link that connects Kashmir with the rest of India but after right wing political parties in Jammu declared a boycott of Kashmiri goods and began to enforce the economic blockade. Fruit growers in the Valley are now looking to take the Srinagar-Muzafarabad road to reach other places in India.
"We are compelled to take this step. But since fruits are perishable we will take it via Jhelum Valley road," Ghulam Rasool, fruitseller.
As the markets and the rout have succumbed to strife in Jammu, the Valley's fruit growers say they have been pushed to the wall and forced to use the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road to reach out to the market.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sonia speaks to Rajnath on Jammu protests</b>
Indo-Asian News Service
Monday, August 04, 2008, (New Delhi)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday night discussed with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh the situation in Jammu after violent protests over land for the Amarnath shrine board, Congress sources said.
Gandhi, who called up Singh over telephone, urged him to ask BJP cadre to help restore peace in Jammu and also not to politicise the issue, the party sources added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> The protesters caught two police personnel, including an officer in front of the TV channel office, and beat them to the pulp. One of the victims was identified as deputy superintendent of police, S K Arora. They were rescued by the army deployed in the area. A correspondent of Aaj Tak, Ashwani Kumar, and a cameraman of NDTV, Darshan, were also injured in the incident.
A mob of over 3,000 people gathered in front of a TV channel office at Digiana and moved toward the local police post. Sensing trouble, the police resorted to baton charge, lobbed tear smoke shells and fired in the air. Later the army intervened and tried to defuse the situation. The protesters later sat on the road and held protest demonstrations for several hours.
However, according to reports from Samba, more than 5,000 people, including women and children, came out on the highway and blocked it for more than three hours. The army deployed on the road chase them away, but they refused to budge and demonstrated for several hours. After negotiations and talks between prominent citizens and the army, the protesters moved back to their places.
Defying curfew, hundreds of protesters took to streets at Satwari, Digiana, Gangyal, Gandhi Nagar, Kanjwani, Miran Sahib, Indira Nagar, Janipur, and other areas in the city and at Kathua. The protesters burnt the effigies of governor, N N Vohra, and the  National conference president, Omar Abdullah. The army watched the protests without interfering.
At Muthi and Bantalab, people in large numbers defied curfew and tried to stage demonstrations. However, the police and Rapid Action Force used force to disperse them. More than 100 teargas shells were fired by police on protesters.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Srinagar: In view of highway blockade by activists of Sangharish Samiti, the <b>All Kashmir Butchers Union has urged the people to solemnize the marriage ceremonies with austerity.</b> In a statement, the Union president, Haji Khazir Muhammad Regoo said hundreds of sheep laden trucks are stranded at Lakhanpur. â<b>Due to shortage of meat, we urge the people to celebrate the marriage with austerity according to Shariat</b>,â he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Srinagar, Aug 3: Kashmir valley is heading towards a fuel crisis, if the supply of petroleum products from Jammu does not resume immediately, a spokesman of the Kashmir Valley Tank Owners /Petroleum Dealers Association said here today. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jammu, Aug 3: After days of blockade by the activists of various extremist groups, army took the Madhupur-Udhampur sector of the highway under complete control Sunday to restore vehicular traffic to and from Kashmir. <b>In spite of some isolated attempts at disruption of the traffic, hundreds of trucks carrying essential supplies and passenger buses proceeded to the valley.</b>
Loudspeaker fitted army vehicles went round various areas to announce the enforcement of curfew and shoot-at-sight orders urging the people to remain indoors. âCurfew is in force and the people are appealed to stay put in their homes. Anyone coming out can be shot at,â the police announcement said.
The army had sealed all the link roads leading to the highway, particularly in the worst hit sectors, to prevent the protesters to come out for disrupting traffic. The army also carried out flag marches in the city and elsewhere in Udhampur and Samba. The vehicles carried white banners with appeals to the people to remain indoors. As a result, there was comparative calm in the city and elsewhere.
Following the stringent measures taken by the administration, vehicular traffic on the highway, the only surface link between the Kashmir valley and rest of the world, went on throughout the day. The trucks carrying Kashmir-bound supplies carried labels marked âOn Army Dutyâ were escorted by the army. Most of these trucks had been waiting for clearance in Pathankot district of neighbouring Punjab all these days.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://www.greaterkashmir.com
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Jammu strife muffles Valley business</b>
Nazir Masoodi
Monday, August 04, 2008, (Baramulla)
It seems that the biggest victims of the unrest in Jammu are the small business owners and daily workers.
One of them are the Valley's fruit growers, who say that their livelihood has been severely affected by the ongoing strife in Jammu and desperate attempts are now being made to bring back some profits.
It has been a long wait for Ghulam Mohammad to take his pear-laden truck to Delhi's Azadpur Mandi.
<b>Supporters of the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti have imposed an economic blockade targeting any truck carrying goods into or out of Kashmir. And fearing a backlash, Police are preventing trucks from moving forward.
"The police are saying that Kashmiri truckers wouldn't be allowed to proceed because they are being beaten along the highway. So I had to return from Lower Monda," said Ghulam Mohammad, driver.</b>
Srinagar-Jammu highway is the only road link that connects Kashmir with the rest of India but after right wing political parties in Jammu declared a boycott of Kashmiri goods and began to enforce the economic blockade. Fruit growers in the Valley are now looking to take the Srinagar-Muzafarabad road to reach other places in India.
"We are compelled to take this step. But since fruits are perishable we will take it via Jhelum Valley road," Ghulam Rasool, fruitseller.
As the markets and the rout have succumbed to strife in Jammu, the Valley's fruit growers say they have been pushed to the wall and forced to use the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road to reach out to the market.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sonia speaks to Rajnath on Jammu protests</b>
Indo-Asian News Service
Monday, August 04, 2008, (New Delhi)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday night discussed with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh the situation in Jammu after violent protests over land for the Amarnath shrine board, Congress sources said.
Gandhi, who called up Singh over telephone, urged him to ask BJP cadre to help restore peace in Jammu and also not to politicise the issue, the party sources added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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