Tag: Kashmir
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Gunmen kill seven people working on key tunnel project in India’s Kashmir | Infrastructure News
It is the second attack on non-local workers in the disputed region since a local government was sworn in last week. Gunmen have killed seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-administered Kashmir and injured at least five others, officials say, in one of the worst attacks in the disputed region this year…
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India’s BJP wins Haryana, Kashmir favours Congress alliance: What to know | Elections News
India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to register a surprise win in the northern state of Haryana, although an opposition alliance was ahead in the first assembly elections in Indian-administered Kashmir in a decade. Exit polls had projected a win in Haryana for the opposition Congress party, but the BJP managed to come…
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Kashmir elections 2024: Who’s in the fray and what’s at stake? | Politics News
Indian-administered Kashmir – Kashmiris are set to vote to elect a local government for the first time in a decade, five years after India’s Hindu nationalist government suspended the state legislature and brought the Muslim-majority region under New Delhi’s direct rule. The elections come weeks after New Delhi expanded the powers of its hand-picked administrator…
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Kashmir election: Are separatist candidates change agents or Trojan horses? | Politics
Kulgam, Indian-administered Kashmir — Every day, Kaleemullah Lone leaves his home early in the morning to go door-to-door canvassing for votes in his constituency, Langate, 70km (43 miles) from Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. His campaign promises an end to pre-trial detentions and bureaucratic overreach, and to address the flailing healthcare…
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India’s Modi campaigns in Kashmir assembly elections after soldiers killed | Narendra Modi News
Modi says ‘terrorism is on its last legs’ in the disputed territory, a day after two soldiers were killed in a gunfight with suspected rebels. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says “terrorism is on its last legs” in Indian-administered Kashmir while campaigning in the disputed territory, a day after two soldiers were killed in a…