Authorities in India-administered Kashmir have cracked down on hundreds of political activists and pro-independence leaders ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the region. Modi will hold a public rally in the restive Himalayan territory on November 7 where rebels and pro-independence groups have called for a counter ‘Million March’ on the pattern of a similar campaign.
Clashes between protesters and police in Indian-administered Kashmir have left a teenage student dead, a day after a prominent Kashmiri separatist leader was arrested for spearheading a recent protest march against Indian rule.Police Inspector-General SJM Gilani said the boy was killed after officers opened fire on a protest in the western village of Nabal on Saturday, as shops, businesses and public.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected foreign “advice and analysis” on disputed Kashmir as authorities scuttled a proposed “million march” called by pro-independence groups to protest against Modi’s visit.Modi, speaking on Saturday, said India would instead follow former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s doctrine “to address Kashmir’s problems”.
