Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- Amid apprehensions that something 'big' is happening here, Kashmir remained on the edge on Sunday as authorities stepped up security deployment at vital installations and sensitive areas even as there was also flare up of hostilities with Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC).
After the Jammu and Kashmir administration curtailed the Amarnath Yatra and asked pilgrims and tourists to leave the Valley at the earliest on Friday, anxious residents continued to throng markets to stock on essentials and long queues were seen outside fuel stations.
Various educational institutions have also directed their students to vacate hostels.
Additional paramilitary forces, which arrived here last week, have been deployed across the...