The Latest Breaking News from Kashmir

Indian-controlled Kashmir votes in final phase of polls to elect local government

Voting in the final phase of an election to choose a local government has begun in Indian-controlled Kashmir

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024

Top Kashmir leader says India has silenced dissenting voices as region votes in final phase of polls

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

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024

Unemployment, rebellion and Article 370: BJP’s challenges in Hindu-dominated Jammu

In the third phase of polls in Jammu and Kashmir, people across 40 assembly seats – 16 in Kashmir and 24 in Jammu – will cast their votes. Will the BJP repeat its 2014 performance and outdo the National Conference and PDP in the Jammu region?     

Newslaundry · Sep 29, 2024

In Jammu and Kashmir, a high-stakes election for a low-power assembly

In one sense, not much is at stake in the ongoing election to the legislative assembly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Newslaundry · Sep 24, 2024

Inside Kashmir’s media crisis: ‘If we speak we’ll get a call’, ‘want to go home, not jail’

In Srinagar, journalists often quip: there's freedom of expression in Kashmir, but no freedom after expression.

Newslaundry · Sep 23, 2024

‘BJP opened a new front of terrorism in Jammu’: Omar Abdullah on shift in J&K politics, polls

Omar Abdullah, chairperson of the National Conference, has served as the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and even Union minister. In the recent Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah conceded defeat in the Baramulla constituency in North Kashmir against independent candidate Engineer Rashid. Now his party is in the fray…

Newslaundry · Sep 20, 2024

Modi visits Indian-controlled Kashmir on local election campaign amid massive security

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the main city in Himalayan Kashmir to campaign for his party in the staggered local election in a first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024

‘Things have deteriorated’: Kashmiri youth on political stability, jobs, Article 370

In the decade since the last assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the region’s political landscape has undergone a major shift – marked by the abrogation of Article 370, the bifurcation of Ladakh and JK, extensive lockdown, the house arrest of its heavyweight leaders, and the emergence of a new…

Newslaundry · Sep 19, 2024

Despite prison, torture, this Kashmiri politician won’t give up on India

As Kashmir votes in its first regional elections in a decade, Waheed-ur-Rehman Para battles his own demons to contest.

Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2024

Voting for local government opens in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy

The phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has opened in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024