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NEW DELHI -- Northern India's Jammu and Kashmir region kicked off its first legislative assembly polls in about ... and neighboring Pakistan over it. Elections come five years after the area's ...

By Sameer Yasir Reporting from New Delhi For the first time in a decade, Muslim-majority Kashmir in India will hold an election for its regional legislature starting next month, the country’s ...

SRINAGAR, India ... full legislative powers could be returned to the local assembly. Public reaction to the announcement has been mixed. “We are happy that we will finally have our election ...

India on Friday announced ... pro-India parties participating in the elections. However, contrary to the past, the local assembly will have barely any legislative powers and only nominal control ...