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Indian paramilitary soldiers guard as Kashmiris queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote during the final phase of an election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir, north of Srinagar, Tuesday, Oct.1, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Indian-controlled Kashmir votes in final phase of polls to elect local government
Voting has begun in Indian-controlled Kashmir in the final phase of an election to choose a local government.
October 1, 2024
FILE- Supporters assemble to welcome top Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, center, as he arrives to offer Friday prayers outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)
Top Kashmir leader says India has silenced dissenting voices as region votes in final phase of polls
A key resistance leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir says the regional polls to choose a local government will not resolve the decades-old conflict over the disputed region.
September 30, 2024
Supporters of Congress party listen as their leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during a campaign rally of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept.25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
India-controlled Kashmir votes in the second phase of polls to elect local government
Residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir have voted in the second phase of a staggered election for a local government, which were not boycotted by separatists like last few elections.
September 25, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves towards the crowd as he arrives to address the election rally in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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 the first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019.
September 19, 2024
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as people queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote in Bellow, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Brisk voting for local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy
The first leg of a phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has concluded in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.
September 18, 2024
Kashmiris sit outside closed shops painted with graffiti during a curfew in central Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control
For decades, boycotting elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir was a sign of protest against Indian rule.
September 17, 2024
An elderly Kashmiri woman looks on as a paramilitary soldier guard during the door-to -door election campaigning by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir,Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
The first election in a decade is planned in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Here’s what to know
Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule.
August 30, 2024
People walk at a busy market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug.16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 years
India has announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory.
August 16, 2024
Lawyer Mihir Desai poses for a photograph at his office in Mumbai, India, April 3, 2024. Desai is defending a dozen political activists, journalists and lawyers jailed in 2018 on accusations of plotting to overthrow the Modi government. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the national elections that start this week.
April 15, 2024
People from Ladakh participate in a protest demanding statehood for their mountainous region in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)
Protests in remote Ladakh enter 3rd week. Locals demand protection of fragile ecology, land autonomy
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.
March 24, 2024
FILE- Confetti and smoke in the colors of the Indian national flag mark the entry of INS Vindhyagiri, a new warship for the Indian navy, into the Hooghly river in Kolkata, India, Aug. 17, 2023. India has long focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China but is now beginning to flex its naval power in international waters, including anti-piracy patrols and a deployment close to the Red Sea to protect ships from attacks.(AP Photo/Bikas Das, file)
India begins to flex its naval power as competition with China grows
For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China.
February 2, 2024
Kashmiris walks on grassy, snowless ski slopes in Gulmarg, northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. There is hardly any snow at Asia's largest ski terrain in Gulmarg where thousands of domestic and international tourists would usually visit to ski and sledge its stunning snowscape in winter.(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Kashmir residents suffer through a dry winter waiting for snow. Experts point to climate change
A prolonged dry spell is sweeping across the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir during the harshest phase of winter, leaving many people sick and farmers worried about impending water shortages.
January 13, 2024
CORRECTS TO SATURDAY INSTEAD OF TUESDAY - Supporters of Jammu Kashmir National Conference shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Dec 23, 2023. Anger spread in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after three civilians were killed while in army custody, officials and residents said Saturday. This comes two days after a militant ambush killed four soldiers. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Anger in remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after 3 are killed while in army custody
Officials and residents in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir say anger is spreading after three civilians were killed while in army custody.
December 23, 2023
An Indian policeman stands guard near a cutout portrait of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displayed at the main market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
India’s Supreme Court upholds government’s decision to remove disputed Kashmir’s special status
India’s top court has upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs.
December 11, 2023
Fahad Shah, founder and editor of news portal The Kashmir Walla, speaks with the Associated Press at his residence on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Indian authorities have released the prominent Kashmir journalist on bail nearly two years after he was arrested on accusations of publishing “anti-national content” and “glorifying terrorism.” (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Indian authorities release Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah after 21 months in prison
Indian authorities have released a prominent Kashmir journalist on bail nearly two years after he was arrested on accusations of publishing “anti-national content” and “glorifying terrorism.”
November 24, 2023
Fighting in disputed Kashmir kills 5 Indian soldiers and 2 suspected militants
Indian military officials say five soldiers and two suspected rebels were killed in gunbattles in disputed Kashmir.
November 23, 2023
FILE- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right gestures and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to the media as they arrive for a meeting in New Delhi, India, Jan.15, 2018. Modi, a staunch Hindu nationalist, was one of the first global leaders to swiftly express solidarity with Israel and call the Hamas attack “terrorism.” Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel in 2017. Netanyahu, travelled to New Delhi the following year and called the relationship between New Delhi and Tel Aviv a “marriage made in heaven.” (AP Photo, File)
India bars protests that support the Palestinians. Analysts say a pro-Israel shift helps at home
From Western capitals to Muslim states, protest rallies over the Israel-Hamas war have made headlines. But one place known for its vocal pro-Palestinian stance has been conspicuously quiet: Indian-controlled Kashmir.
November 8, 2023
Players participate in “climate cup” a first of its kind “climate-friendly” soccer tournament on the outskirts of Leh, Ladakh, India, Tuesday, Sept.5, 2023. The organizers say the matches are first in Asia to be held at an altitude of 11,000 feet, about 3,350 meters, and with a minimum carbon footprint. Ladakh is an ecologically fragile territory where oxygen is thin, and breathing is hard. (AP Photo/Stanzin Khakyab)
Officials use soccer to highlight climate worries in India’s ecologically fragile Ladakh region
A first of its kind “climate-friendly” soccer tournament is underway in India’s remote desert region of Ladakh, an ecologically fragile territory where oxygen is thin and breathing is hard.
September 5, 2023
The screengrab from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Youtube channel shows the Aditya-L1 spacecraft lifts off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the space center in Sriharikota, India, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (Indian Space Research Organisation via AP)
India launches a spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon’s south pole
India has launched its first space mission to study the sun, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south pole region of the moon.
September 2, 2023
An Indian paramilitary soldier guards at a busy market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug 1, 2023. India’s top court Wednesday began hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, scrapped its separate constitution and removed inherited protections on land and jobs. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
India’s top court hearing petitions challenging government’s removal of Kashmir’s special status
India’s top court is hearing petitions challenging the constitutionality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, scrapped its separate constitution and removed inherited protections on land and jobs.
August 2, 2023
A man waves a flag that reads "O! Hussein" as Kashmiri Shiite Muslims participate in a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Muharram is a month of mourning for Shiite Muslims in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Indian authorities allow Muslim procession in Kashmir’s main city for the first time in 3 decades
Thousands of Shiite Muslims have been allowed to hold a religious procession marking the Muslim month of Muharram in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city for the first time since an anti-India rebellion broke out in the disputed region more than three decades ago.
July 27, 2023
FILE - An elderly Kashmiri man walks on a road damaged by flash floods after a cloudburst on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, July 22, 2023. Such intense rainfall events, especially when more than 10 centimeters (3.94 inches) of rainfall occurs within a 10 square kilometers (3.86 square miles) region within an hour are called cloudbursts and have potential to wreak havoc, causing intense flooding and landslides that affect thousands in mountain regions. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
What are cloudbursts and is climate change making them more frequent?
Intense rainfall in the Himalayan regions of India’s Kashmir state and adjacent mountainous cold desert of Ladakh earlier this week destroyed roads and caused flooding of dozens of villages.
July 25, 2023
Kashmir group calls India’s internet ban ‘digital apartheid’
A rights group in Indian-administered Kashmir says a communications blackout imposed by India following its scrapping of the disputed region’s semi-autonomy last year is a collective punishment and “digital apartheid.”
August 25, 2020
Modi visits military base close to China amid standoff
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made an unannounced visit to a military base in the remote Ladakh region bordering China where soldiers from the two countries have been facing off for nearly two months.
July 3, 2020
Anti-India clashes continue in tense Kashmir for 3rd day
Anti-India protests and clashes are continuing for a third day in disputed Kashmir following the killing of a top rebel leader by government forces.
May 8, 2020
Top Kashmir rebel leader killed; India claims major success
Officials say government forces have killed a top rebel commander and his aide in Indian-controlled Kashmir and shut down cellphone and mobile internet services during subsequent anti-India protests.
May 6, 2020
Modi apologizes to Indians for 21-day lockdown hardships
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apologized for imposing a three-week national lockdown, calling it harsh but “needed to win” the battle against the coronavirus.
March 29, 2020
India restores full internet access in Kashmir for 2 weeks
Indian authorities have temporarily revoked a ban on social media sites and restored full access to the internet in disputed Kashmir for two weeks, seven months after they stripped the restive region of its statehood and semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout.
March 4, 2020
New Delhi votes with Modi’s popularity on the line
Residents of India’s capital have voted in a crucial state election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is seeking to regain power after a 22-year gap and major victories in a national vote.
February 8, 2020
Prayer at Kashmir’s biggest mosque for 1st time in 4 months
A call to afternoon prayer has rung out from the central mosque in disputed Kashmir’s largest city for the first time in more than four months, ending a virtual ban on religious practice in the Muslim-majority region’s biggest mosque.
December 18, 2019
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