Schools in Kashmir reopened today after remaining shut for 31 months to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and for maintaining law and order post abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.(HT Photo/Waseem Andrabi)
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School buses filled with students made way to respective schools across the city and other parts of the valley, officials said.(HT Photo/Waseem Andrabi)
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Many parts of the city witnessed severe traffic congestion due to the reopening of schools.(HT Photo/Waseem Andrabi)
Students queued up for the screening of body temperature before entering the school premises as part of the anti-covid standard operating procedure.(HT Photo/Waseem Andrabi)
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Students of secondary and higher secondary carried their vaccination certificates to show at the entry gates.(AP)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
