Mehbooba faces gruelling test as rivals, separatists up ante

The killing of four protesters within two days has put the state government led by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti under intense pressure as criticism mounts from opposition parties and separatists. The four persons — an aged woman and three youths — were killed in two incidents in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, that pushed the state on the edge of a new unease and uncertainty. While there had been a debate on the circumstances which triggered the protests in Handwara on Tuesday afternoon, the killing of protesters that followed the incident…

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