SRINAGAR, Aug 6 — India's federal government named a former telecoms minister today to lead the restive region of Kashmir, where it hopes to accelerate economic development and end years of strife. Manoj Sinha, a leader in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party, will replace career...
Barbed wire is seen laid on a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar, August 5, 2019. — Reuters pic
Manoj Sinha, a leader in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party, will replace career bureaucrat G.C. Murmu as lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, a government statement said. Last August, Modi's government removed special privileges accorded to Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state, took away its statehood and split it into two federally-administered territories by carving out Buddhist-dominated Ladakh.
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