Kashmiris are voting in local elections for the first time since losing their semi-autonomous status in 2019. The elections, deemed significant, follow a period of unrest and are seen as a referendum on the region's political future. Voting began on September 18, with results expected on October 8.
The elections come after Prime Minister Modi's government revoked Kashmir's special status in 2019, leading to widespread unrest and a crackdown on dissent. This marks the first local elections in a decade, with significant implications for the region's governance and autonomy.
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Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. As of 2018, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies, and
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Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world.
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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212.2 million. It is the 33rd-largest country by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometres.
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Mehbooba Mufti is an Indian politician of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, who served as the last Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir as a State, from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018.
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Omar Abdullah is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, after forming a government in coalition with the Congress pa
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Jamaat-e-Islami is an Islamic movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamic theologian and socio-political philosopher, Syed Abul Ala Maududi.
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Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since
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Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes.
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Hizb-ul-Mujahideen is an Islamist
militant group operating in Indian-administered Kashmir. Its goal is to separate Kashmir from India and merge it with Pakistan. The group has claimed responsibility for multiple terror attacks in India.
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Al Jazeera is an international Arabic news channel based in Doha, Qatar that is operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera Media Network.
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Doda may refer to: