Article 370: Hearing in SC today

Article 370: Hearing in SC today
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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a plea challenging the Centre's decision to impose restrictions and "other regressive measures" in Jammu and Kashmir following the revocation of the provisions of Article 370.

New Delhi : The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a plea challenging the Centre's decision to impose restrictions and "other regressive measures" in Jammu and Kashmir following the revocation of the provisions of Article 370.

The plea filed by Congress activist Tehseen Poonawalla is listed for hearing before a bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi.

Pak journalist slammed

The Kashmir Police took has taken up a tweet, on the situation in Kashmir by Pakistani journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan, with the Twitter Support team.

Khan's tweet alleged that a Kashmiri policeman killed five CRPF personnel "after they refused to let a pregnant woman" travel "because she didn't have a curfew pass".

The Kashmir Police called the tweet "malicious" and said that it "strongly rebutted" it.

'Block 8 Twitter accounts'

The Centre has asked Twitter to block at least eight accounts on its website, for allegedly spreading rumours about prevailing situation in Kashmir.

The home secretary made the recommendation. Arshad Sharif is a journalist with ARY News, while Mary Scully is with Pakistan Today.

Top officials said that a malicious campaign has been unleashed on social media and international media to project a negative image of the situation in Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir principal secretary Rohit Kansal said, "There have been some reports in the media about firing by security agencies and deaths, the police carried out a detailed briefing and I would like to reiterate and categorically deny that any firing incident has happened in Jammu and Kashmir."

Eid lunch boycotted

Kashmiri students at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) boycotted the lunch invite from the liaison officer of the Central government on the occasion of Eid al-Adha on Monday to protest the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

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