Word: jammu
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...fate of the Indian territories of Jammu and Kashmir, a predominantly Muslim region which has been the source of conflict between the two nations for over 50 years, is central to the disarmament question, Khokar said...
Among the priorities the B.J.P. has relinquished: the construction of a new shrine to Ram at the site of the Babri mosque; repeal of marriage and divorce laws "pandering" to Muslims; doing away with favored status for Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state...
Franzen displays a striking talent for turning an implausible plot into a convincing omen. Middle-class flight, a shriveled tax base and the usual urban rumpuses encourage St. Louis authorities to hire S. Jammu, a woman related to Indira Gandhi, to run its police department. Soon Jammu and her imported Indian co-conspirators launch a power grab that includes Orwellian public relations, kidnappings and pet assassinations. Franzen's twisty plot and thriller pace are the sweeteners that mask his caustic commentary on urban decline...
Singh is also wrestling with problems inherited from his predecessors, including separatist movements in Punjab, Assam, and Jammu and Kashmir that have claimed 4,000 lives this year. These rebellions are a reaction to the increasing centralization of power in New Delhi, particularly during the tenures of the late Indira Gandhi and her son, Rajiv, who was ousted as Prime Minister last November...
Whatever the full extent of Islamabad's involvement, it is clear that members of rebel groups like the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front cross the border from India, sometimes under covering fire from Pakistani troops, buy weapons in Pakistan's open arms markets, seek military training with the mujahedin in Afghanistan and return to Kashmir to fight on. India, doing its best to seal off the uprising, has increased its paramilitary forces in the region from...