Indian Kashmir votes in shadow of violence

Indian Kashmiris trickled into polling stations Thursday in the shadow of militant violence, in the latest stage of the country's five-week election that saw much higher turnout elsewhere in the country. Millions cast ballots in the teeming financial capital Mumbai, the home both of Bollywood and of sprawling slums, as well as in the electorally important southern state of Tamil Nadu. The mammoth national election has been staggered in a bid to ensure the safety of the 814-million-strong electorate, with results due on May 16 when the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is forecast to take power, according to AFP.