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A BJP office was torched while the situation in Leh town turned tense amid stone-pelting, teargas, and baton charges.

At least 24 people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir when gunmen opened fire on tourists on Tuesday, a senior police officer told AFP, with authorities calling it the worst attack on civilians in years.

These are the first regional elections in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped its semi-autonomous status in 2019.

For decades, the Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted elections. Now, the banned group has upended its position—and the campaign.

After Uttar Pradesh government issued a directive for food shops on the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners' names, the opposition parties continued to attack the state government, citing discrimination on the basis of religion, while the ruling party defended itself. Read further on Dynamite News:

Top leaders of the opposition bloc INDIA are meeting in the national capital in the afternoon to assess their performance in the Lok Sabha election. Read further on Dynamite News:

Many people lined polling stations before the start of voting at 7am to avoid blazing sun at peak of summer.

Millions of Indians are voting Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party.

Omar Abdullah expressed fears that Amit Shah’s recent two-day visit was to “direct the administration and the BJP to ensure the defeat of the National Conference“ in the upcoming elections.