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Tussle begins for a powerless legislature in J&K

The meaning of assembly elections was already turned on its head before the announcement for polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

Newslaundry

India-administered Kashmir to hold first local elections in a decade

Nearly nine million people are registered to vote in the polls from September 18 for the 90-member legislative assembly.

Al Jazeera

India To Hold Local Polls In Kashmir After Autonomy Revocation

India's decision to conduct local elections in Kashmir aims to restore normalcy and empower locals in the conflict-ridden region, with implications for sta...

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

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.

International Business Times

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

India has 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

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Indian soldiers drill for counterinsurgency amid rise in rebel attacks in Kashmir

In the remote Himalayas, tens of thousands of Indian soldiers maintain a tight vigil along the highly militarized Line of Control that divides Kashmir region between India and Pakistan. The terrain is tough and the weather is harsh as the soldiers go through counterinsurgency drills and tactical exercises following months…

The Independent UK

Protesters in Pakistan-held Kashmir mark 5th anniversary of India stripping region of semi-autonomy

Hundreds of angry people have taken to the streets in Pakistan-administered Kashmir to mark the fifth anniversary of India’s decision to strip the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and take direct control of it

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‘New wave’: Why suspected rebel attacks are rising in Kashmir’s Jammu area

For decades, Jammu was mostly peaceful, even amid clashes in other parts of Indian-administered Kashmir. Not anymore.

Al Jazeera

Kashmir records highest July temperatures in 25 years amid heat wave

Kashmir has been reeling under intense heat wave with several places in the valley recording their highest July temperature in 25 years on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India's Strategic Railway Bridge Closes The Gap To Kashmir

Soaring high across a gorge in the rugged Himalayas, a newly finished bridge will soon help India entrench control of disputed Kashmir and meet a rising strategic threat from China.

International Business Times

Two Indian soldiers, six rebels killed in Kashmir gun battles

Authorities in the disputed territory say they ‘carried out two different operations’ in two villages in Kulgam.

Al Jazeera

Pro-Modi vs ‘anti-India’ diaspora: For a Labour govt, balancing act will be key in UK-India ties

In September 2019, weeks after the Modi government in India stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status through unilateral constitutional changes, the British Labour Party adopted a resolution at its annual conference condemning “the recent actions of the Government of India to revoke Article 370 and 35A of the…

Newslaundry

General Upendra Dwivedi takes over as 30th Army Chief

The new Chief of the Indian Army belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and was Vice-Chief of Army Staff from February this year. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Indian author Arundhati Roy wins this year’s PEN Pinter Prize

Award comes two weeks after Indian officials allowed prosecution of Roy on terror charges over comments made 14 years ago

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Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter prize amid prosecution threat over Kashmir comments

The announcement comes two weeks after Indian officials granted permission to prosecute the writer over comments she made 14 years ago

The Guardian - UK

The hounding of Arundhati Roy shows there’s still no room for dissent in India

Some thought the BJP’s reduced majority after recent elections would humble it. Tell that to the Booker prize-winning author, says writer Salil Tripathi

International Business Times

India's Modi Leads Yoga Day Celebration In Muslim-majority Kashmir

The exercises in Srinagar, capital of the Indian-administered part of the disputed territory, marked the 10th international yoga day, Modi's own brainchild.

The Conversation

Arundhati Roy ‘anti-terror’ charge part of a push to silence Modi’s critics

Narendra Modi recently won a third term as Indian prime minister after his BJP was party was returned to power, albeit as part of a minority government leading the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Having expected to win another majority from which to pursue his Hindu nationalist – or Hindutva…

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The prosecution of Arundhati Roy is business as usual for the Modi government – and bad news for freedom of expression in India

Earlier this month, Narendra Modi was elected India’s prime minister for the third consecutive time.

Al Jazeera

Will India’s Modi break the ice with Pakistan in his third term?

It’s unlikely, say analysts. India has little incentive to seek to improve ties with Pakistan at the moment.

The Guardian - UK

India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks

Official from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism law

The Independent UK

Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under anti-terror laws in India

Roy faces charges over a speech she gave about Kashmir in 2010

Al Jazeera

‘Vote against jail’: How two Modi critics won India election from prison

In Kashmir and Punjab, candidates jailed for being alleged national security threats have won. What does that say?

Newslaundry

Impact on Amarnath yatra, assembly poll plan: J&K attacks pose early test for Modi 3.0, opposition

“Anything can happen.” In Jammu and Kashmir, this is how most people frame the uncertainty that surrounds their lives. If the peaceful conduct of elections with no calls for boycott and the highest turnouts in four decades was seen as the turning of a corner in the former state, a…

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