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J&K curfew eased for prayers

After remaining indoors for around 76 hours, people across the Kashmir Valley made a beeline to mosques and other places of worship on Friday evening for congregational prayers to mark Meraj al-Aalam. Earlier, Union home secretary G.K. Pillai went on television to announce curfew had been lifted from Friday evening, and that the relaxation would continue till Saturday evening.

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