Hit by a complete security lockdown in Kashmir, hundreds of poor migrant workers have begun fleeing the Himalayan region, while the Indian government bans Kashmiris from leaving their homes
Indian security forces personnel stand guard next to concertina wire laid across a road during restrictions after the government scrapped special status for Kashmir, in Srinagar. August 7, 2019.
"Seeking to interfere in that jurisdiction by invoking an alarmist vision of the region will never succeed." It also reported cross-border firing by Indian and Pakistani troops in the Rajouri sector of the Indian-controlled Kashmir late Wednesday.Pakistan downgrades diplomatic, trade ties Two months after India won independence from British rule, Maharaja Hari Singh, the then-ruler of Jammu and Kashmir,a Treaty of Accession for the state to join the rest of the union, formalised in Article 370 of the Indian constitution.
Some complained on Wednesday that their Kashmiri employers didn't pay them any salary as Indian security forces began imposing tight travel restrictions over the weekend and asked them to leave their jobs.
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