Srinagar, Aug 6 : The violent protests in the Kashmir Valley over the Amarnath land row were flared up when protesters defied curfew and took to the streets here today. There were reports of clashes between pro-Amarnath demonstrators and CRPF men in some areas of Srinagar.

Meanwhile, the Kashmir Traders Federation (KTF) has said that it will snap all business ties with traders in Jammu region and instead buy products directly from other cities like Amritsar and Delhi.

New Delhi, Aug 5: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has ordered a magisterial probe into the police firing in Samba District in which two people were killed and 18 were injured on Monday.

The firing took place during a protest march on the Amarnath land transfer row.

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will convene an all-party meeting on the Amarnath land transfer row on Wednesday in the wake of violent protests in Jammu over the revocation of forestland allotted to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) showing no signs of abating.

Srinagar, Aug. 4 : Over 20 children from the tribal community of Bakarwal Gujjars will soon meet President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital as part of their educational tour. 

The Indian Army has selected these children for the 18-day Sadbhavna Yatra (goodwill- cum-educational tour), which will enable them to venture outside the Jammu and Kashmir state for the first time.

Bakarwals are nomads of Jammu and Kashmir whose sole means of livelihood is rearing livestock of sheep.

The group started off its tour from Srinagar on Friday (Aug. 1). This tour includes visiting different states in north India and experiencing the diverse colourful culture of India.

Srinagar, Aug 4 : Though good rainfall coupled with moderate temperatures this year yielded a bumper crop, the fruit industry of Kashmir worried as they are not able to send the fruits to markets as agitators are blocking the Srinagar-Jammu Highway in Jammu in a protest against the revocation of land allotted to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).

Horticulture is the second biggest industry in the valley and most of the produce is marketed outside the valley. The shutdown has lead to a major loss in fruit industry.

According to the growers, they have incurred losses in millions due to the ongoing protests in the valley.

Srinagar, Kashmir - Army troops marched through the streets in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state on Saturday after violent protests over land for a Hindu pilgrimage site claimed two lives and wounded 21 people, officials said.

The army was deployed in the southern Jammu district after Hindu protestors attacked government offices and torched a police station on Friday. Two protestors were killed in police shooting and 8 injured as the protests spread to Samba town, police said.

Jammu, a Hindu majority region in the mostly Muslim state has been on the boil since the state government cancelled its earlier order allotting 40 hectares of forest land to a trust that organizes the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave.

New Delhi, Aug. 1 : The 9th International Kashmir Peace Conference organized by Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Centre Washington and Congressmen Joseph Pits, Republican, Congressman Jim Moran Democrat and Congresswomen Yvette Clarke, Democrat at Capitol Hill opened Association of Humanitarian Lawyers on Thursday.