<div align="justify">Authorities today imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar - the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – ahead of a rally by the separatists.<br /><br />Most of the separatists leaders, including moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the chairman of hardline Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, are under house detention.<br /><br />The restrictions have been imposed in five police station areas of the city as a precautionary measure to prevent any untoward incident, district magistrate (deputy commissioner), Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone, said here.<br /><br />The separatists have called for a march to Eidgah to commemorate the death anniversary of Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, father of moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and another Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Lone.<br /><br />Farooq was shot dead by militants on May 21, 1990, and Lone was killed by ultras during a commemoration rally for the former on the same day in 2002.<br /><br />The curbs have been imposed in Nowhatta, M R Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safakadal – all in the interior areas of the city, he said.<br /><br />Yesterday, the authorities had imposed restrictions in three police station areas in the old city - Nowhatta, MR Gunj and Safakadal.<br /><br />Meanwhile, normal life was affected elsewhere in the Valley due to a strike called by the separatists.<br /><br />Most of the shops, business establishments and petrol pumps were shut in Srinagar, while public transport was off the roads, the officials said.<br /><br />They said private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws were seen plying.<br /><br />Reports of shutdown were also received from other districts of the Valley, they said.<br /><br />However, there was no effect of the strike on the weekly flea market here as many vendors had set up their stalls on the TRC Chowk-Lal Chowk axis.</div>
<div align="justify">Authorities today imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar - the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – ahead of a rally by the separatists.<br /><br />Most of the separatists leaders, including moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the chairman of hardline Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, are under house detention.<br /><br />The restrictions have been imposed in five police station areas of the city as a precautionary measure to prevent any untoward incident, district magistrate (deputy commissioner), Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone, said here.<br /><br />The separatists have called for a march to Eidgah to commemorate the death anniversary of Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, father of moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and another Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Lone.<br /><br />Farooq was shot dead by militants on May 21, 1990, and Lone was killed by ultras during a commemoration rally for the former on the same day in 2002.<br /><br />The curbs have been imposed in Nowhatta, M R Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safakadal – all in the interior areas of the city, he said.<br /><br />Yesterday, the authorities had imposed restrictions in three police station areas in the old city - Nowhatta, MR Gunj and Safakadal.<br /><br />Meanwhile, normal life was affected elsewhere in the Valley due to a strike called by the separatists.<br /><br />Most of the shops, business establishments and petrol pumps were shut in Srinagar, while public transport was off the roads, the officials said.<br /><br />They said private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws were seen plying.<br /><br />Reports of shutdown were also received from other districts of the Valley, they said.<br /><br />However, there was no effect of the strike on the weekly flea market here as many vendors had set up their stalls on the TRC Chowk-Lal Chowk axis.</div>
