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.

Prime Minister Modi will address a BJP rally in Srinagar ahead of Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The event expects 30,000 attendees and aims to boost support for BJP candidates. Voter turnout for the first phase was around 59%,

Srinagar: Voting in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir's three-phase Assembly elections began Wednesday, with 26.72 per cent turnout recorded till 11:00 am across 24 constituencies in seven districts. This marks the first assembly polls in a decade and the first since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the main city in Himalayan Kashmir to campaign for his party in the staggered local election in the first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disput

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the 'dynastic politics' of Congress, National Conference and People's Democratic Party (PDP) as he held rally in Srinagar in support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates.