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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

India to hold local polls in disputed Kashmir from Sept. 18, 5 years after revoking its autonomy

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India on Friday announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir that will start on Sept. 18, the first since 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.

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