Unless the Ghulam Nabi Azad government rescinded its order cancelling allotment of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board, no parleys could be held, it said.
In Kashmir Valley, the general strike called by Hurriyat hardliners to express solidarity with Muslims in violence-hit Jammu region crippled normal life.
All shops, businesses and educational institutions were shut in response to the call for strike issued by the hardline faction of the Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
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