SRINAGAR, Oct. 31 -- Security forces were on high alerts to prevent any law and order problem in Kashmir valley on Thursday, when Girish Chandra Murmu took oath as first Lt Governor of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, spontaneous strike continued for the 88th consecutive day today in the Kashmir valley, where people are protesting since August 5 against scrapping of Article 370 and 35 A, besides dividing the state into Union Territories.
Shops and business establishments, which were functioning daily for about three hours in the morning in Srinagar, including historic Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of the summer capital, remained closed for the third consecutive day on Thursday, when security forces were again alerted to...