At least five persons were injured in fresh clashes between youths and police following an attempt by activists of a women separatist organisation to take out a march in defiance of curfew orders in Srinagar. Officials said that activists of Dukhtaran-e-Millat led by their chief Syeda Asiya Andrabi assembled at Mughal Mohalla locality of Chattabal this afternoon and started a march towards Pather Masjid in old city in response to a call given by hard-line faction of Hurriyat Conference.<br/><br/>As the women activists were moving ahead, hundreds of youth joined them. However, police and paramilitary forces stopped the processionists at Chattabal bridge leading to clashes between the two sides.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, life continued to remain disrupted in Srinagar and other parts of the valley due to the curfew restrictions, imposed in seven police station areas on June 28, with government offices, banks and educational institutions remaining closed and transport services being off the road.<br/><br/>On the other hand, the first batch of Amarnath pilgrims comprising 1,272 people proceeded to the 3,880-meter cave shrine through the traditional Pahalgam and the shorter<br/><br/>Baltal routes this morning. The pilgrims had reached the twin base camps of Nunwan and Baltal from Jammu last evening. Additional security forces have been deployed on both the routes to ensure safety of the pilgrims.