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Congress fields known faces from Kashmir Valley

The Congress party has released a list of 31 candidates for the assembly elections in the Kashmir Valley, featuring the names of some former legislators and prominent local leaders.
The Congress has again fielded Taj Mohiuddin from the north Kashmir Uri constituency in Baramulla district. In the 2002 elections, he had defeated the senior regional National [...]

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Separatist shutdown affects life in Kashmir valley

by Indo-Asian News Service October 27, 2008 India News

Authorities enforced strict curfew like restrictions throughout the Kashmir Valley Monday to thwart a shutdown call by separatists protesting the landing of the Indian Army here this day in 1947.
Senior separatist leader and chief of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who had announced that he would lead a protest outside [...]

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Curfew lifted in Kashmir valley, normal life resumes

by Indo-Asian News Service October 7, 2008 India News

Life bounced back to normal in the Kashmir valley Tuesday after two days as authorities lifted the curfew restrictions imposed Sunday to thwart a proposed rally by separatists.
Shops, educational institutions, banks, government offices, business establishments started functioning normally and traffic resumed in the state’s summer capital Srinagar as the curfew restrictions were lifted.
“We have removed [...]

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