Amarnath yatra suspended after Kishtwar violence - Times of India

JAMMU: The J&K government has suspended the Amarnath Yatra until further notice owing to Friday's communal clashes in Kishtwar. The violence-hit district was curfew-bound on Saturday with the administration announcing that the death toll had risen to two. "No fresh batch of pilgrims has been allowed to proceed to the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from Jammu on Saturday," the police said. Apart from the deaths, more than 25 people were injured in the clashes. The curfew would remain until the tension subsided though there was no report of any more untoward incident. Normal life was hit in Jammu and adjoining districts due to a BJP-backed bandh on Saturday. The J&K highway remained blocked at several places as protesters burnt tyres, sat on dharnas and put up barricades in Vijaypur in Samba, Rajpora in Kathua, Udhampur and Gangyal areas. The administration has also suspended the Machail Yatra in the district's Padder area owing to the volatile situation. The administration transported pilgrims in Kishtwar to Udhampur and Jammu under security cover late evening on Friday. However, the Buddha Amarnath Yatra will continue with a batch of 554 pilgrims leaving for the shrine of Lord Shiva in Mandi hills in Poonch district, from here. J&K deputy CM Tara Chand appealed for peace, stressing that the priority should be to ensure that the situation is brought under control. via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGIFZ1mJuzK1bOC3FFiLEVh4Zz12A&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Amarnath-yatra-suspended-after-Kishtwar-violence/articleshow/21753289.cms

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