SRINAGAR, India — Voting in the final phase of the election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir began Tuesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.

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

October 01, 2024 People are queuing to cast their ballots at polling stations during the final phase of the Indian assembly elections in Baramulla. Jammu and Kashmir is holding its first assembly elections in a decade to elect a government after over six years of Central rule.