India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ties with neighboring
Pakistan, as it moves to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country.
In the most far-reaching political move in one of the world's most militarized regions in nearly seven decades,
India said it would scrap a constitutional provision that allows its state of Jammu and Kashmir to make its own laws.
"The entire constitution will be applicable to Jammu and Kashmir," Interior Minister Amit Shah told parliament, as opposition lawmakers voiced loud
protests against the repeal.