"We want to normalise relations with Pakistan," Singh, who is on a two-day visit, said at a crowded press conference.

The Prime Minister also made it clear that Government was open to holding dialogue with all shades of opinion in the state including separatist groups.

"They are welcome to come. I am not closing my doors," he said.

2 killed in firing by security forces in Srinagar

Two persons were killed and 75 people, including 34 security personnel, in firing by security personnel on violent street protesters led by separatists against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

The violent protests erupted in parts of the city and Baramulla district town shortly after Friday prayers when hundreds of people took to streets in the valley where normal life was hit by a strike called by separatists' coordination committee against the Prime Ministers visit.

Mehraj-ud-din Sheikh alias ‘Babloo’ and Shafat Ahmad Dar were killed when security forces opened fire after teargas shelling and lathicharge proved ineffective to disperse stone-pelting mobs at Nowhatta and adjoining localities in the vicinity of Jamia Masjid in interior city, official sources said.

While Sheikh succumbed in hospital, Dar fell to the bullets on Friday evening while taking part in a protest by a large number of people to mourn the death of Sheikh, the sources said.

Five persons were injured in the firing, the sources said adding the condition of two of them was stated to be serious.

Earlier, the day-long clashes between police and the protestors in the sensitive area left 55 persons, including 25 security personnel, injured, the sources said adding the injured CRPF personnel included an assistant commandant of the force.