Manmohan begins Kashmir visit amid shutdown
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began a two-day trip to Jammu and Kashmir yesterday even as a general shutdown called by separatists to protest the visit-affected life in this summer capital.
The prime minister addressed the 5th convocation of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) at its convention complex on the banks of Dal Lake.
He arrived in a special plane accompanied by wife Gursharan Kaur and union ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad and Prithviraj Chauhan. Security was heightened and restrictions imposed in parts of this city in view of the shutdown.
TKA Nair, principal secretary to the prime minister, Shiv Shankar Menon, the national security advisor, and Harish Khare, media advisor to Manmohan Singh, are also part of the delegation.
Governor NN Vohra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, his father and union minister Farooq Abdullah received the prime minister.
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