The J038;K deadlock clock

June 18

Kashmir University teachers slam land transfer to the Shrine Board. Chief Secretary S S Kapoor summons Sinha8217;s Principal Secretary to give explanation about his statement on land row.

June 19

After three years, hardline and moderate Hurriyat factions jointly oppose land transfer to the Board. NC patron Farooq Abdullah says that his party, if voted to power, would revoke the land transfer order.

June 20

BJP Leader L K Advani says that problem was within the ruling Congress-PDP coalition and not with the Governor.

June 21

PDP patron Mufti Mohd Sayeed asks the Ghulam Nabi Azad government to cancel the land allotment order.

June 22

BJP says that it will lodge an FIR against Deputy CM Muzaffar Hussain Beigh for inciting communal passions, threatens to organise Jammu bandh and economic blockade of the Valley if the PDP gives a bandh call in Kashmir.

June 24

Yatra suspended as violence flares up in Srinagar following bandh in both Kashmir and Jammu. PDP threatens to pull out of coalition if land allotment order not rescinded by June 30.

June 25

Azad calls all-party meeting to resolve issue, but PDP rejects offer. Two more killed in clashes as violence spreads across the Valley. New Governor N N Vohra appeals for peace.

June 26

Governor assuRes that no permanent structure has been erected for pilgrims on forestland.

June 27

Yatra suspended due to caving in of a glacier; protests continue in the Valley. Geelani appeals to people in the Valley to play good hosts to pilgrims. Saffron parties warn of a nationwide agitation if land allotment order is cancelled.

June 29

Protests IN Jammu following reports that the state Government had decided to cancel land allotment order and take over responsibility of the yatra from the SASB.

June 30

Following violent protests, the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti SASS extends Jammu bandh by two days. Advani says that Amarnath land row will be a poll issue. Protests continue in the Valley. Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani says the struggle is not confined to Amarnath land, but till the last trooper was removed from Kashmir.

July 1

One killed, 30 injured as police lob tear gas shells in the Valley. The state Government revokes order diverting 800 kanals of land to the SASB. POLICE OPENS fire killing one in Jammu. Administration clamps curfew on Jammu city.

July 2

Geelani invties moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to address a rally at Hazratbal. CurFEW extended to Samba. Curfew IN Bhaderwah following grenade attack on protestors. The BJP accuses the Government of having succumbed to separatist pressure. Women among 14 pilgrims beaten up by a mob at Banihal.

July 3

Bandh hits life across Jammu region. SASS extends it for another three days. Curfew imposed in Kathua following violence.Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad justifies decision to cancel land allotment order. JKLF leader Yasin Malik visits pilgrims at Baltal.

July 4

Demonstrations continue in Jammu, with protestors torching a police van at Gagwal. Curfew relaxed for two hours in Jammu, 220 held. Rejecting a petition by JKNPP leader Bhim Singh, the Supreme Court refuses to interfere in the Amarnath row.

July 5

20 injured in police lathicharge in Kathua, 75 arrested as violence escalates after police beat up people who had come out to purchase milk. BJP leaders Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley visit Jammu.

July 6

SASS extends Jammu bandh for another 48 hours. One protestor, injured in a grenade attack at Bhaderwah, dies in hospital.

July 7

Azad tenders resignation without facing the floor test in the Assembly. Protests continue in Jammu.

July 8

SASS suspends bandh for a week. Curfew lifted in all areas as situation improves. PDP leader Tariq Hamid Qarra accuses S K Sinha of trying to foment trouble under the garb of the Amarnath yatra issue.

July 9

Dharna organised outside the Raj Bhawan.

July 10

Governor8217;s Rule imposed. SASS announces plan to hold prabhat pheris.

July 11

SASS gives call for Jammu bandh on July 16 if the Government does not return the land.

July 12

SASS asks people to observe black day on July 13. The Jammu Bar Association decides to suspend work on July 14. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti flays the NC for constituting SASB during its regime.

July 13

Azad SAYS at a rally in Akhnoor that political parties, jealous of his government8217;s achievements, joined hands to ensure its fall. Geelani-Mirwaiz followers attack an NC rally on Martyrs8217; Day, Mehbooba Mufti also booed.

July 14

Police at Lakhanpur toll post push back the Shiv Sena8217;s Balidani Jatha from Punjab. Governor says land row a non-issue as land was neither handed over nor taken back from the SASB.

July 15

SASS President Leela Karan Sharma announces a Jammu bandh on July 16.

July 16

Jammu observes a peaceful bandh, but violent clashes witnessed in Rajouri.

July 17-19

Life limps back to normal in Jammu.

July 20

Militants lob grenade on a bus carrying pilgrims, killing one along with a local youth, in the Valley.

July 21

Complete shutdown in Gulmarg and Tangmarg over the grenade attack.

July 22

During the trust vote debate, NC president Omar Abdullah says that Muslims have always supported the yatra and that the issue was of land wrested from the people. They will continue fighting for their land, he adds.

July 23

Reacting to Omar8217;s statement, a local goldsmith, Kuldeep Kumar Dogra, commits suicide at Parade Ground in Jammu. Protestors bring his body to the venue where SASS was holding a dharna.

July 24

Polics Lathicharge protestors and Dogra8217;s family members sitting on dharna with the body at Parade Ground, forcibly take the body to Bishnah. Tension erupts in Bishnah and Jammu. Army called out at both places. curfew LIFTED at 6 pm.

July 25

Protests ERUPT in Jammu and Bishnah over the issue of 8220;disrespect8221; to Dogra8217;s body.

July 26

RaF DEPLOYED as violence flares up, with protestors beating cops and torching vehicles near Muthi. Curfew clamped in Jammu. SASS extends bandh by two days, rejects talks with administration.Geelani says 8220;sinister design of Fascist forces8221; wants to split the state on communal lines.

July 27

leaders of the BJP, SASS and Jammu Bar Association detained, but later released.

July 28

A vehicle burnt, cops are accused of beating women and children in Muthi. The Governor orders a judicial probe into 8220;disrespect8221; shown to Dogra8217;s body. SASS extends bandh by 72 hours.

July 29

Violent protests replaced by rallies, SASS appeals to leaders of all parties to join the agitation. A three-member delegation of BJP MPs visits Jammu.

July 30

Rallies across Jammu region. SASS extends bandh for another 72 hours, agrees to hold talks with the administration. Vehicles damaged at Samba.

July 31

chairman OF Jammu and Kashmir People8217;s Conference Sajjad Gani Lone says the nine-day uprising in Kashmir over the land diversion issue, the communal hooliganism in Jammu and the refusal of the Jammu Muslims to identify themselves with the communal forces has endorsed his concept of a 8216;Muslim Kashmir8217;, allowing its two Hindu-dominated districts of Jammu and Kathua to opt out. Talks between SASS and Governor fails.

August 1

Two people killed and 50 injured as violence escalates in Jammu. Administration prohibits Sadhvi Ritambhara8217;s entry into Jammu. Reacting to the blockade of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway by protestors, JKLF calls for opening the Jammu-Muzaffrabad road as an alternative supply route. MUFTI MOHAMMAD sayeed says that rhetoric of hatred has caused incalculable damage to J038;K8217;s integrity.

August 2

Army called in as Jammu simmers. Curfew imposed in Udhampur after clashes. Some Congress leaders support pro-Amarnath agitation.

August 3

SASS extends bandh by five days. Farooq Abdullah calls for amicable settlement of the issue. Mehbooba Mufti accuses secular parties of 8220;double standards8221; especially when the situation in Jammu has assumed an anti-Kashmiri character.

August 4

Jammu tense, violence spreads to Kashmir. The Valley shuts to Geelani8217;s strike call. A 20-year-old protestor dies after being hit by a teargas shell.

August 5

Widespread violence across Jammu, with protestors attacking a police post, uprooting railway track and thrashing policemen. SrinagaR SEES violent demonstrations. Karan Singh, former Sadar-e-Riyast and Congress MP, gives a five-point formula to resolve the crisis. SAJJAD GANI LONE describes the 8220;economic blockade8221; as an act of war against Kashmir.

August 6

One person dies in firing by troops on protestors trying to block highway near Kathua. Violence continues in Jammu.

August 7

Advani IMPRESSEs upon the PM that those involved in the agitation in Jammu should be heard at the 8220;highest level, at the earliest8221;.