Modi Launches $5.4 Billion Rail Project in Jammu and Kashmir
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's tallest railway bridge connecting the restive Kashmir valley with the rest of the country on Friday, marking his first visit to the region after days of missile and drone attacks with Pakistan brought the two nuclear-powered nations close to a war.
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