SRINAGAR, India — Indian-administered Kashmir began voting on Wednesday in the first local elections after the cancellation of its special semiautonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan.
Many in the disputed Muslim-majority territory of 8.7 million registered voters remain bitter over the 2019 order by the Hindu-nationalist government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose control from New Delhi.
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