SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers killed two militants after a fierce gunbattle here yesterday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began a visit to promote peace in the disputed region.
Shops here were shut and streets deserted in response to a general strike called by a hardline Kashmiri separatist group, which is demanding Manmohan Singh apologise for what it says were atrocities by Indian troops against Kashmiris.
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