The cabinet usually meets every Wednesday and the government has not yet revealed the reasons for convening a conference on Monday.
On Monday, the Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in New Delhi, speculating that the govt could take some choices on Jammu and Kashmir.
Union home minister Amit Shah and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad were the first to reach the residence of the prime minister, where the conference is taking place, officials said.
It is also anticipated that a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, the largest decisionmaking body in the country, and another meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs will be held independently, they said.
The cabinet usually meets every Wednesday and the government has not yet revealed the reasons for convening a conference on Monday. After the deployment of extra safety forces in the state last week, Jammu and Kashmir were on the brink.
Speculation has been rife that the Center intends to do away with Article 35A, which provides exclusive rights to state citizens in public employment and property.
The administration of Jammu and Kashmir, under President's rule, instructed the annual Amarnath Yatra to be curtailed and requested pilgrims and visitors to leave the Kashmir Valley, citing terror threat.
Students from the outstation, studying at the NIT in Srinagar, were also asked to leave the campus and go home and not return until further order.
Former prime ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti would not be permitted to move out of their respective houses in perspective of the constraints, while Congress leader Usman Majid and Indian-Marxist MLA M Y Tarigami claimed to have been detained around midnight.
On Monday, the Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in New Delhi, speculating that the govt could take some choices on Jammu and Kashmir.
Union home minister Amit Shah and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad were the first to reach the residence of the prime minister, where the conference is taking place, officials said.
It is also anticipated that a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, the largest decisionmaking body in the country, and another meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs will be held independently, they said.
The cabinet usually meets every Wednesday and the government has not yet revealed the reasons for convening a conference on Monday. After the deployment of extra safety forces in the state last week, Jammu and Kashmir were on the brink.
Speculation has been rife that the Center intends to do away with Article 35A, which provides exclusive rights to state citizens in public employment and property.
The administration of Jammu and Kashmir, under President's rule, instructed the annual Amarnath Yatra to be curtailed and requested pilgrims and visitors to leave the Kashmir Valley, citing terror threat.
Students from the outstation, studying at the NIT in Srinagar, were also asked to leave the campus and go home and not return until further order.
Former prime ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti would not be permitted to move out of their respective houses in perspective of the constraints, while Congress leader Usman Majid and Indian-Marxist MLA M Y Tarigami claimed to have been detained around midnight.
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