JK pins hope on Modi visit, awaits major economic package

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s forthcoming visit to Jammu and Kashmir has rekindled hopes for a much awaited economic package being announced this time. Modi is arriving on a day-long visit to the state on November 7 and will have a busy schedule. He will address the first-ever Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Srinagar. This is also Modi’s first visit to the Kashmir Valley since the present PDP-BJP alliance took office here on March 1. He will inaugurate the 450-MW second phase of the Baglihar power project…

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