More than a thousand people, including politicians, separatists, activists and lawyers, were detained after the August 5 decision of the Central government to abrogate the special status.
As President Xi and PM Modi are to meet in the seaside town of Mahabalipuram on October 11-12 for the second informal summit, sources made clear that Kashmir and Article 370 would not be discussed between the two leaders.
"Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed scrapping of Article 370. I want to ask Rahul to make it clear whether he is in favour or against the scrapping of Article 370," the BJP president said at a poll rally in Kaithal, referring to the abrogation of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday lavished praises on Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah for the decision to abrogate the Constitution's Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir.
After meeting with party president Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah, National Conference MP Hasnain Masoodi, in an exclusive interview with IANS, said that political participation by the NC is ruled out at a time when the entire leadership of the party is detained.
On Sunday, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh had reported the presence of 200-300 terrorists in the state and an increase in cross-border firing aimed at pushing in more of them before the onset of winter.
When asked about the planned delimitation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir,BJP chief Ravinder Raina said, "The Election Commission will take a final call on the delimitation of the Assembly constituencies here."
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday warned the protesters not to cross th LoC, saying anyone crossing it to provide humanitarian aid or support for Kashmiris will "play into the hands of the Indian narrative."
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has dismissed fears of an Islamabad lockdown on October 27 by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, saying he would not be able to exploit the 'religious card' against the government at the behest of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The National Conference delegation from Jammu province has been granted permission by the Jammu and Kashmir government to meet party president Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah on Sunday.
Political leaders from Kashmir who are under preventive detention after the abrogation of Article 370 will be released soon, Jammu and Kashmir administration said on Thursday.
During a meeting with deputy commissioners and officials concerned in Kashmir on Monday, Mr Khan directed them to hold a parent-teacher meet at all schools in the Valley on Tuesday and also finalise all modalities for opening schools and colleges in coordination with district administrations.
Describing the abrogation of article 370 as a "long awaited" step and the "right thing" to do, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said it is expected from Pakistan to pull out all stops to challenge the decision as it has made deep investment in fuelling terrorism in Kashmir.
"The Kashmir Constitution says Kashmir is an integral part of India, not just the Indian Constitution. Kashmir being an integral part of India has never been in doubt, except in certain Pakistani minds," Salve said.
NC leaders Devender Rana and SS Salathia, Congress' Raman Bhalla and JKNPP leader Harshdev Singh are some of the prominent leaders who are no longer under house arrest.
The apex court also put an embargo on filing of any fresh writ petition challenging the constitutional validity on abrogation of Article 370.
Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday night from New York after attending the annual General Assembly session of the United Nations along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Speaking at a conference on national security Shah said, "I want to go on record to say, there is no curfew in Kashmir. There are 196 police stations in Kashmir, section 144 is imposed under 8 of them. Rest of the Jammu and Kashmir is free from all sorts of restrictions."
The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said that the bench did not have the time to hear so many matters as at present a Constitution bench headed by him is hearing case related to the Ayodhya dispute issue.
Speaking at the 27th Raising day celebrations of Rapid Action Force- RAF at Vastral in Ahmedabad, Shah said that the steps taken by the government will bring ever- lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir and enable it to head towards development.
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