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SRINAGAR, Jammu and KashmirIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led yoga exercises on the bank of a lake in the disputed Indian-administered Kashmir early Friday morning, hours after announcing that the region will regain its statehood that was scrapped in August 2019 by his government.It is Modi’s wont to lead ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir  Voting began Saturday for a southern constituency in Indian-administered Kashmir, where a major election was held for the first time since Aug. 5, 2019, when the Indian government scrapped the region’s autonomy.The Anantnag-Rajouri constituency (formerly Anantnag constituency) came into being after the redrawing of electoral ...

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SRINAGAR, Jammu and KashmirTurnout reached a record 54.57% in a parliamentary constituency in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, marking the highest rate over the past 34 years of insurgency in the region.The northern Baramulla seat is the most hotly contested of five constituencies in the Muslim-majority region, where a major ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and KashmirA high voter turnout marked the first major election in the Indian-administered Kashmir after the region was divested of its political autonomy by the Hindu nationalist Indian government on Aug. 5, 2019.Compared to 14% in the 2014 parliamentary elections, election officials announced 35.75% voting by 5 ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and KashmirA major election will be held in Kashmir for the first time since its special political status was abrogated by the Hindu nationalist Indian government on Aug. 5, 2019.Elections for the prestigious Srinagar parliamentary constituency, scheduled May 13, will see a three-way contest between the National ...

Each day, Bloomberg journalists take you across a selection of towns and cities as they gear up for the big vote.Hi, this is Ruchi Bhatia and I cover India’s economy from New Delhi. The tranquil temple-town of Jammu on the foothills of the Himalayas, where I was born, is ...

Located in the Himalayas, India's union territory of Ladakh is a natural paradise with mountain peaks reaching the clouds, lush grasslands, and thousands of glaciers. For more than a month, demonstrators in the city of Leh have braved sub-zero temperatures to demand more autonomy from the Indian government to help them ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Thousands of people in the remote region of Ladakh have been protesting for over two weeks in freezing temperatures, demanding constitutional provisions from the Indian government to protect their territory’s fragile ecology and to have autonomy over land and agriculture decisions. Nestled between India, Pakistan ...

People in Indian-administered Kashmir have reacted with fear and anger to a Supreme Court judgement upholding the government’s decision to remove the partial autonomy of India’s only Muslim-majority region. For most residents, fears of a demographic change triggered by the 2019 decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government are ...