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With tourism booming, is turnaround in Kashmir surprising?

A weekend report from the Times of India says that Kashmir valley is experiencing its peaceful summer in 20 years. If true, this is a remarkable turnaround after the disturbances that marked the last three summers.

June 29, 2011 / 08:24 IST
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A weekend report from the Times of India says that Kashmir valley is experiencing its peaceful summer in 20 years. If true, this is a remarkable turnaround after the disturbances that marked the last three summers.


But the question is how true this claim is? What precautions remain necessary and what about the challenge of the Amarnath Yatra beginning on Wednesday?
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah, the Srinagar bureau chief of the Indian Express Muzamil Jaleel and the Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University of Kashmir Siddiq Wahid discuss these critical questions with CNBC-TV18
first published: Jun 28, 2011 10:12 pm

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