Kashmir Live Updates | UK, Germany Ask Citizens Not To Travel To J&K

Hours after Jammu and Kashmir government issued on Friday a travel advisory to tourists and Amarnath pilgrims asking them to curtail their stay in the state, panic gripped the Valley as people speculated what was to follow.

A delegation of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, J&K Peoples Movement chief Shah Faesal and Peoples Conference leaders Sajjad Lone and Imran Reza Ansari met the Governor.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Friday night that "unnecessary panic" was being created by linking the curtailment of Amarnath Yatra with other issues, and requested political leaders to ask their supporters to maintain calm and not believe in "exaggerated rumours".

Here are all the live updates: 

7:24PM: Germany has also issued a travel advisory "strongly" discouraging its citizens from travelling to Jammu and Kashmir. "Travel to Kashmir is strongly discouraged," it said.

5:29PM: Government Bone and Joint hospital directs all its employees not to leave the station without written permission of a competent authority.

5:18PM: Chief Medical Officer of Kupwara district directs all medical officers to remain stationed at their jurisdictions and not to leave without the consent of the undersigned.

5:10PM: The United Kingdom has issued an advisory to its citizens against travel to J&K,  IANS reported.

4:24PM: Kashmiri Pandits were driven out of Kashmir the same way as Amarnath Yatris and tourists were asked to leave yesterday by the government, Azad says.   

4:20PM: Sending additional troops to Kashmir has led to more fear, Azad says.

4:17PM: 'Home Ministry's advisory asking Amarnath Yatris and tourists to leave the state is unprecedented and worrisome, Azad says.

4:16PM: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad says: "People in Jammu and Kashmir are worried."

1:40 PM: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar has suspended its classes till further orders in view of the uncertain situation in Kashmir. 

1:35 PM: Guv Malik informed the political delegation that the deployment of additional paramilitary forces was only due to security reasons. "The seriousness of the threat required immediate action," he said, adding, there were credible inputs which were available to the security agencies regarding terrorist attacks on the Amarnath Yatra.

1:30 PM: In a meeting with a delegation led by Omar Abdullah, J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik said that the movement of forces is to counter heightened threat perception & some rotation. The state has no knowledge of any changes to constitutional provisions. "A pure security measure is being mixed up with issues with which it has no connection. That is the cause of the panic," Malik told the delegation.

1:08 PM: Omar Abdullah: We want assurances from Centre on Constitutional guarantees given to J-K at the time of accession. Also, we want Centre to issue a statement in Parliament on Monday over the prevailing situation in J-K.

1:05 PM: Omar Abdullah: J-K Governor SP Malik has assured that no movement being made on Article 35-A, Article 370 and state's trifurcation.

1:00 PM: Omar Abdullah, National Conference after meeting Governor Satya Pal Malik in Srinagar We wanted to know about the current situation in J&K. When we ask officials, they say something is happening, but nobody knows what is actually happening. We are looking for answers but we are not getting any.

12:00 PM: Former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah arrives at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar to meet Governor Satya Pal Malik.

9:24 AM: One Army personnel injured and a terrorist was killed in the exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in Malmapanpora area of Sopore.