(Reopens) Meanwhile, India's Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh said the brigade had already left Kashmir and had returned to their bases in Darjeeling and Siliguri, in the eastern state of West Bengal. Singh said the redeployment would help to bolster reserves in India's northeastern region, where troops are battling a number of separatist insurgencies. --SPA 11 13 Local Time 08 13 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/323921