India-administered Kashmir to hold first local elections in a decade
Nearly nine million people are registered to vote in the polls from September 18 for the 90-member legislative assembly.
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Indian Kashmir to Hold Legislative Election for First Time in a Decade
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 election commission said on Friday.
Most suspects in a 2023 anti-Christian rampage in Pakistan are still at large, a rights group says
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Most of the suspects in a rampage last year against minority Christians in eastern Pakistan over alleged blasphemy are not in custody and authorities have failed to deliver justice to the victims, a human rights group said Friday.
Kashmir will hold first local polls in a decade. Is it ‘too little, too late’?
“After a long gap, elections are due and will be held in Jammu and Kashmir,” chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters in New Delhi.
India to hold first assembly elections in disputed Kashmir in 10 years
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India on Friday announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory.
Pakistan’s health ministry confirms a case of mpox but more tests are being done for its variant
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s health ministry said Friday it has identified a case of mpox, but sequencing is being done to determine whether it is a new variant, days after the World Health Organization declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency.
India to hold Kashmir polls next month, 5 years after ending autonomy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India will hold provincial elections in the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir from Sept. 18, the Election Commission said on Friday, the first regional polls there in a decade and five years after New Delhi scrapped the region's special autonomy.
Pakistan says at least one case of mpox virus detected
Sequencing of confirmed case under way to determine whether virus is same deadly Clade 1 variant discovered by Sweden.