With a heavy hand, India rides out Kashmir's year of disquiet

A year after stripping Kashmir of its autonomy, Modi's government has prevented widespread protests and violence, with a heavy hand on people who for weeks had barricaded themselves in and staged protests, hurling stones at federal troops armed with pellet guns and tear gas.Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard during security lockdown in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir on Aug 14, 2019.

"The government said that they did it for the good of Jammu and Kashmir. What good things have happened since then? They have destroyed our economy," said Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, a former lawmaker."Where is the development?" Reforms include legal changes to help non-Kashmiris who can now apply for government jobs and secure seats in colleges for their children, 10,000 new government jobs, extending federal schemes to the territory and bolstering the village-level administrative system.

Hundreds of people have protested in Indian-administered Kashmir, accusing government forces of killing a civilian during a clash with rebels. Two of Fatima Wani's three sons have found little work as labourers in the past 12 months, making it difficult to make ends meet. Wani said her family had to sell a cow to pay for their travel to the northern town of Agra to meet her son in prison.Indian security personnel head to the site of a firefight in the old city of Srinagar, Kashmir.

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