A partial shutdown was today observed in the Kashmir region against the killing of threemilitants in a gunfighton Monday. Most of the markets remained open andtraffic remained unaffected in most of the districts in the Valley, includingin Srinagar. The hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference headed by Syed Ali Geelani had on Monday evening called for a shutdown today to protest the killing of the militants. Three militants, all residents of southKashmir’s Bijbehara area, were killed in a gunfight with the Army and the police on Monday in Siligam village…
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