SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that his government will fulfill its promise to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which was stripped of its autonomy and downgraded into a federally ruled territory in 2019. Modi was addressing his maiden election rally in Kashmir, a disputed t...
Leh, India – AFP Buddhist monks and Muslims in the Indian Himalayan territory of Ladakh turned out to vote Monday, demanding statehood and that their local culture be protected in the overwhelmingly Hindu nation. Almost half the people in the sparsely populated, cold desert region bordering China and Pakistan are Muslim. Ladakhis’ ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Indian government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the present status of Jammu and Kashmir as a union territory is “temporary” and the government is ready to hold the legislative elections in the region “anytime now.” On Tuesday, the top court, which is hearing petitions challenging legisl...
