For the first time in six days,
India eased travel restrictions in some parts of Srinagar on Saturday, and people flooded the streets of Kashmir's summer capital to buy provisions ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha on Monday.
Seeking to tighten its grip on the region also claimed by neighboring
Pakistan, New Delhi on Monday scrapped the state's right to frame its own laws and allowed non-residents to buy property there.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government also locked down the revolt-torn region, cutting off communications, detaining more than 500 political leaders and activists, and putting a 'virtual curfew' into force with numerous
police and army roadblocks stopping movement by many residents.