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Students return to classrooms after week-long protest closure in Kashmir

Updated On: 09 March, 2026 04:24 PM IST | Tarun Verma

Schools, colleges, and universities in Kashmir reopened on Monday after a week-long closure due to protests over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (PICS/AFP)

Schools, colleges, and universities in Kashmir reopened on Monday after a week-long closure due to protests over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (PICS/AFP)

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Schools, colleges, and universities in Kashmir reopened on Monday after a week-long closure due to protests over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (PICS/AFP)
<p>A teacher greets a student at the school entrance as schools, colleges, and universities resume operations across the Valley</p>

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A teacher greets a student at the school entrance as schools, colleges, and universities resume operations across the Valley

<p>Protests erupted in Kashmir in March 2026 following the reported killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israel strike</p>

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Protests erupted in Kashmir in March 2026 following the reported killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israel strike

<p>Students attend the morning assembly as educational institutions reopen after a week-long closure due to major protests at Lal Chowk, Saida Kadal, Budgam, Bandipora, Anantnag and Pulwama in Kashmir which has about 15 lakh Shias</p>

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Students attend the morning assembly as educational institutions reopen after a week-long closure due to major protests at Lal Chowk, Saida Kadal, Budgam, Bandipora, Anantnag and Pulwama in Kashmir which has about 15 lakh Shias

<p>A man rides a two-wheeler with his four children heading to school, marking the first day back for students after protests delayed reopening</p>

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A man rides a two-wheeler with his four children heading to school, marking the first day back for students after protests delayed reopening

<p>Middle and primary school students finally return to classrooms after their reopening, originally scheduled for March 2, was delayed due to the protests for safety</p>

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Middle and primary school students finally return to classrooms after their reopening, originally scheduled for March 2, was delayed due to the protests for safety

<p>A student steps off a school bus as educational institutions reopen in the district in Anantnag</p>

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A student steps off a school bus as educational institutions reopen in the district in Anantnag

<p>School students wait patiently in a queue to enter their institution as classes resume following the recent shutdown in Awantipora</p>

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School students wait patiently in a queue to enter their institution as classes resume following the recent shutdown in Awantipora

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