In a move that could have a massive impact on the polity of the Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government is mulling on lifting the freeze on delimitation in the state. The move could result in increase in the representation of Jammu in the J&K assembly, thereby raising the prospects of the state getting its first Chief Minister, who does not hail from the Kashmir region. At present Kashmir sends more legislators to the J&K assembly than the Jammu

Shah takes the wheel: Delimitation Commission in J&K on the agenda

But tension has been running high since an attack on an Indian army camp in Kashmir this month in which six soldiers were killed.

Villagers flee Kashmir front line as India, Pakistan trade artillery fire

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Shah takes the wheel: Delimitation Commission in J&K on the agenda

Villagers flee Kashmir front line as India, Pakistan trade artillery fire