Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir:
In New Delhi, the names of those who will be a part of the all-party delegation going to Jammu and Kashmir on Monday were announced.
A team headed by the Home Minister P Chidambaram, will have Arun Jaitely, Sushma Swaraj, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Farooq Abdullah among others.
Meanwhile, the violence in the valley just refuses to end. Three people were killed on Friday - One each in Budgam, Baramulla and Shopian. Locals allege security forces opened fire when protesters clashed with them.
Fifteen protesters were injured. The Army has decided to jointly control the protests with the police.
"Hurriyat in its latest program has called for sit-in protests near the Army camps as also stopping military vehicle and convoys on September 21. This is a deliberate attempt to involve Army in law and order situation,'' said Lieutenant Colonel J S Brar, PRO of Defense.
The Srinagar airport reopened today, but with curfew still being enforced strictly for a day running, life in Kashmir continues to be very tough.
Hidden from the political debate, this household explains the real pain and suffering people are facing in Kashmir.
Seven-year-old Alam Firdous suffers from a heart condition, but can't get medical help. Due to strict curfew in Srinagar, she's been forced to stay home for the past five days.
Her father feels helpless.
"I am not able to get medicines for my daughter who is suffering. I am not able to get medicines for my father. We are not able to get milk for my three-year-old daughter and no essential items for my Home,'' said Alam Firdous.
Caught in the strife are the ordinary people, some of them little children like Alam, who hasn't been to school for three months, since the latest cycle of violence began.
"I am not getting milk, chocolates, nothing. I can't go for tutions either," said Alam.
A few miles away, dozens of patients and their attendants wait outside the casualty ward of Kashmir's biggest hospital.
While the government is saying that curfew has been imposed to restore order, prevent violence and more killings, on the ground it is causing hardships to the people and patients who have no access to medicine.
Medical shops have been shut because of curfew and patients are suffering in the hospital. Both patients and doctors are asking how can hospitals run without medicines.