India, Kashmir
Modi visits Indian-administered Kashmir on local election campaign amid massive security
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the main city in Himalayan Kashmir to campaign for his party in the staggered local election in a first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019.
Why Kashmir’s local election could usher in a new political era
With fresh faces emerging to challenge the traditional political powerhouses, the region’s political dynamics already appear to be changing.
Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to hold first local election in a decade
ANANTNAG, Kashmir: For the past five years, the people of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have not had a directly elected representative at the local level. And for the past decade, they have not had local elections at all.
Indian-controlled Kashmir sees brisk voting for local government
Voting in the first phase of a staggered election to choose a local government concluded Wednesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.
In Kashmir, voting begins in first local elections since India revoked autonomy
In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.
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Modi visits Jammu and Kashmir on local election campaign amid massive security
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the main city in Himalayan Kashmir on Thursday to campaign for his party in the ...
"unfortunately election issues haven't changed," says Ghulam Nabi Azad ahead of 2nd phase of polling in JK
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