Jammu and Kashmir

The results also indicate a triumph of Kashmir’s mainstream political forces over separatist sympathizers.

While foreign media were denied access, over a dozen foreign diplomats from New Delhi visited polling stations in the Srinagar and Budgam districts.

People say they knew their votes won't solve the dispute over Kashmir, but provided a rare window to express their frustration with direct Indian control.

The banned organization is backing independent candidates from several constituencies, marking a shift in its political strategy.

Behind the government’s narrative of new stability and prosperity lies suppressed, collective anger.

The real contest for power will unfold after election results are announced on October 8.

Restoration of J&K’s statehood and free and fair assembly elections would be the first step, albeit a small and long overdue one, toward righting the wrongs done to its people since 2019.

The targeted attack on Hindu pilgrims traveling by bus to a revered temple came weeks ahead of the start of the annual Amarnath Yatra.

The National Conference won two of three seats in the valley while the third seat was won by a jailed Kashmiri political separatist.

Kashmiris are voting in larger numbers than in the past, and seem determined to defeat the allegedly BJP-backed Apni Party and People’s Conference.

The Indian PM promised more development and opportunity, but was mum on the question of local elections and statehood.