Leading this effort are Tariq Hameed Karra, President of the J&K Congress Unit, who is running from the Shalteng assembly segment, and Altaf Bukhari, chief of the Apni Party, contesting from Chanpora.

Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

On September 4, Rahul addressed multiple poll rallies in Jammu and Kashmir regions, where he claimed that the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc had psychologically defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi who “has lost the confidence of people of the country.”

Srinagar: Voting began for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, first time since the abrogation of Article 370, as 24 constituencies spread over seven districts of the

Voter turnout has historically been low in Kashmir, but many young Kashmiris now want local representation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the "three families" of Jammu and Kashmir politics amid the ongoing assembly elections. In a veiled dig at the Abdullahs, the Muftis, and the Gandhis, PM Modi said that the three families used to snatch the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

The disputed Indian-controlled region of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday kicked off its assembly elections in a decade. Kashmiri polling officials carry sealed Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Vote

The first phase of the Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday in 24 constituencies across seven districts witnessed 11.11 per cent voter turnout until 9 am, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

As first phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir begins on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the voters in the constituencies to vote in large numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy.