Indian-controlled Kashmir 's regional legislature passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding the federal government restore the disputed region's semi-autonomy that was scrapped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration in 2019. The assembly passed the nonbinding resolution by a majority vote to noisy scenes in the house. "This assembly calls upon the Government
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