Jammu and Kashmir votes in regional elections for the first time after losing special status in 2019 - The phased election for choosing a local government in Jammu and Kashmir has opened in the first

A phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has opened in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.

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.