Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and other top leaders were put into house arrest before Centre locked down the valley ahead of passing the bill in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. More than 50,000 security personnel have been deputed in the state in addition to the regular troops to maintain law and order.

A group of stone pelters on Wednesday attacked a school bus carrying 50 students in Kashmir leaving at least 2 students injured.

National Conference President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday won the by-poll to the Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary seat, beating his PDP rival Nazir Ahmad Khan by 10,557 votes.