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Publication: The Hindu
Date: December 21, 2000
Sixty-three civilians
were killed and 183 others injured in 149 incidents of violence reported
in Jammu and Kashmir during the first 20 days of Ramzan peace initiative
of the Central Government, Rajya Sabha was told today.
All the terrorist outfits
had rejected the peace initiative and reiterated their resolve to continue
their terrorist activities, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Vidyasagar
Rao, said in a written reply.
The reactions of the
international community had been by and large positive, he said, adding
that Pakistan responded to the peace initiative by saying that their armed
forces deployed along the Line of Control in the State would observe maximum
restraint.