Manifestos of major political parties in J&K assembly polls focus on Article 370, statehood, and development promises.

Two heavily armed terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Rajouri district ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The incident occurred near the Line of Control in the Nowshera sector.

The UT of Jammu and Kashmir will get its new government on October 8, after three phases of polling. For a 90-seat assembly, there are numerous contending parties. The multipolar fight can augment the possibilities for small parties to be kingmakers.

Jammu and Kashmir is India's only Muslim-majority territory and has been at the centre of a dispute with neighbouring Pakistan since 1947. India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in

India’s troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir saw a brisk turnout amid tight security as voters cast their ballots on Wednesday in the first regional legislative elections in a decade. The region, which has seen years of separatist violence and is at the centre of a dispute between India and Pakistan,

Voting got underway in the 24 seats across seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir at 7 AM on Wednesday. For the first time in the last 10 years, voters in the state are casting their votes in the assembly elections under a heavy security blanket in the Union Territory to ensure the peaceful completion of the first phase of polling.