India is committed to efforts to develop its restive territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, accusing neighbour Pakistan of seeking to destroy livelihoods there with April's deadly attack on tourists.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a railway line in Kashmir meant to boost connectivity. This is his first visit to the disputed region after the recent conflict between India and Pakist

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Kashmir on Friday since a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan, opening a strategic railway line to the contested region he called "the crown jewel of India".