India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has made his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region of semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019. Addressing a crowd in a football stadium in Srinagar, Mr Modi announced development projects, and said previous governments had misled people over the […]
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Modi is visiting Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy in ’19
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday is making his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019. Thousands of armed paramilitary troops and police in flak jackets maintained extra vigilance across the Kashmir Valley, the […]