India to ease clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir in next few days

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News ID: 43097
Asia » Asia
Publish Date: 11:49 - 16 August 2019
TEHRAN, August 16 - India will lift restrictions on people’s movements and communication links in Kashmir in the next few days, the federal government told the Supreme Court on Friday.

India to ease clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir in next few daysTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The court was hearing a petition by a newspaper editor seeking restoration of telephone and internet services snapped this month, just before the government withdrew Kashmir’s special status, to prevent protests.

The restrictions would be lifted in the “next few days,” the government lawyer, Tushar Mehta, said.

Source: Reuters

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