Kashmir is heaven, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Tuesday, stressing the need to bring the Valley back to the period before militancy erupted there in the late 1980s. Rawat said the world used to flock to the Valley, but people were not being able to come there now because of the prevailing unrest. “Kashmir is heaven. Referring to his stints in Jammu and Kashmir, Rawat said his first posting in the state was in 1981-82 when the “situation was good”. He was addressing a group of Kashmiri students who were supported by the Army and have cleared the engineering entrance examination.

Source: Hindustan Times June 13, 2017 14:48 UTC