Indian-administered Kashmir To Hold First Local Polls In A Decade

Indian forces stand guard on a street in Srinagar on Friday. Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold elections for the assembly of the disputed region for the first time in a decade, starting in September (Credit: AFP)

Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections for the first time in a decade, the head of the electoral commission said Friday, after polls were stalled in the disputed region following New Delhi's imposition of direct rule in 2019.

The Muslim-majority region has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947, and each side claims it in full.