Rayees Ahmad Mir, a minor, has been arrested under the Public Safety Act, while his father is allegedly being unlawfully detained.

"She raised me like her own child in my early years of life. I was not around to shoulder her coffin on her last journey.”

The issue came to the fore when locals from Muslim majority areas said that police were collecting personal information of tenants' families in these localities.

The alliance has opposed the August 5, 2019 changes but said their participation in the elections is necessary to prevent "divisive forces” from invading the democratic space.

While the alliance has taken a strong stand against the revocation of J&K's special status, not participating in the elections might see the BJP make political gains in the region.

In a press conference, the government's spokesperson claimed that an overwhelming majority of land remains protected but glossed over the vast powers that the authorities now have.

The opposition was in disarray, and the Central government pulled out all the stops to assuage dissenting voices in Ladakh.

A large number of opposition parties, both local and national, have objected to the Centre's move.

It is not immediately clear whether agricultural land would fall within the ambit of the new order issued by the Union home ministry.

Days after J&K parties announced an alliance that would fight for the restoration of special status, Abdullah was summoned for his alleged role in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam.

The decision was taken at a meeting of all signatories to the Gupkar Declaration from last year.

With few opportunities in the private sector, the public sector remains the main employment generator in the region.

A delegation from the union territory met home minister Amit Shah on Sunday.

The move is not only a bolt from the blue for engineers, but has also left senior bureaucrats flummoxed. Most have asked how the Centre could end the scheme in a region already suffering from unemployment.

Sensing anxiety on the ground about an influx of 'outsiders', the saffron party wants the very protections the Centre struck down when J&K's special status was revoked to be restored.

PDP general secretary G.N. Lone had called the meeting to chalk out a “future strategy” and discuss the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Dozens of people were injured when the police, armed with pump-action shotguns, fired pellets and teargas shells to disperse the Muharram procession on Saturday.

The party spokesperson Altaf Thakur said two safe houses had been identified in each of the 10 districts of the Valley, which have the capacity to accommodate around 200 persons.

Muharram processions were banned in 1989 when militancy broke out in the Valley as they would convert into anti-India protests. Only Shia-majority areas like Zadibal, Budgam, and Hasnabad see them now.