Indian security force personnel stand guard after a grenade attack in Srinagar October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Shakeel-ur-Rehman NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government will formally break up Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories on Thursday, as part of a sweeping move to tighten its grip over the restive region that is at the heart of more than 70 years of hostility with Pakistan.
The Himalayan state comprises the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley which is the bone of contention, the Hindu-dominated Jammu region and the remote, high altitude Buddhist enclave of Ladakh.
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