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    Modi is visiting Kashmir's main city for the first time since revoking region's semi-autonomy in '19

    by Via AP news wire Mar 07, 2024 1 minute
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    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 rule over the majority-Muslim territory where many residents strongly favor independence or a merger with . Modi’s two previous visits to Kashmir after its status was changed were to the Hindu-dominated city of Jammu.

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