Kashmir Shuts Amid Friday Tensions

Two days after threatening posters appeared in Valley parts, authorities said fears of clashes and stone-pelting prevailed in Kashmir on Friday as most business activities remained halted for the third consecutive day.
According to reports, educational institutions, shops, and other business establishments were shut on Friday across Kashmir while public transport was also missing from the roads.
However, private transport continued to ply normally, “no untoward incident was reported from any part of the Valley,” a senior police official said.
This comes two days after mysterious posters appeared at several places in the city and other parts of the Valley warning shopkeepers against opening their shutters as well as public transport operators from resuming their normal activities.
The latest tensions have cast a shadow on the prospects of normalcy returning to the Valley following the abrogation of Article 370 by the central; government and bifurcation of the state into two union territories.
Reports said main markets in the city and most other areas in the Valley were shut and shops did not open even for a few hours in the morning as they had been doing for the last few weeks.