Rain clouds hang over momentous J&K polls

The upper reaches of Kashmir have seen rampant rain and snowfall since April 26, which has thrown electioneering and daily life out of gear

The mountains of Jammu and Kashmir are in the throes of a crucial Lok Sabha election. Spread over five phases, these are the first major elections after the revocation of Article 370 in August 2019; the first major election after a controversial delimitation process in May 2022; the first major election after it lost its status as a state. But as new alliances are forged and broken — the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC), both until

A woman removes standing water from her partially submerged house as flood water recedes at Chogal Handwara, in Kupwara district of North Kashmir, on Tuesday. (PTI)