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April 24, 2019 No Responses

Anantnag records 13.63% voter turnout, Bijbehara lowest, Pahalgam highest, 40 booths with zero voting

The first of three-phase polling for Lok Sabha polls in Anantnag constituency was held on Tuesday amidst tight security measures and witnessed 13.63 voter turnout.The polling was held at 714 polling stations across the Anantnag district, which has six Assembly...

April 23, 2019 No Responses

Amid tight security, Polling begins for Anantnag LS seat

Amid unprecedented security, polling started on Tuesday for the first phase of the three-phased Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir, election officials said. Polling began at 7 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m. Heavy deployment of THE...

April 19, 2019 No Responses

70% in Udhampur, 14.8% in Srinagar voter turnout, Highest in Chrar-e-Sharif, lowest in Eidgah

In the second phase of the parliamentary elections today, Udhampur recorded 70 per cent voting, while Srinagar 14.8. The polling was, in general, peaceful barring a few places in the Srinagar constituency where incidents of stone-throwing were reported. Chief ...

April 18, 2019 No Responses

Highway Ban, Thrashing of SDM shows ‘Jungle Raj’ prevails in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

Reacting over highway ban and thrashing of Sub District Magistrate Dooru, former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said that ‘jungle raj’ was prevailing in the Valley. As per Kashmir News Service (KNS) co...

April 12, 2019 No Responses

1st Phase recorded 57.31% voter turnout, 12 yr old boy killed in forces firing in Handwara

A total of 57.31 percent voter turnout was recorded across Jammu and Kashmir in the first phase of LokSabha elections on Thursday, chief electoral officer Shailendra Kumar said. “For the Jammu-Poonch seat, 72.16 percent voters exercised their democratic righ...

April 8, 2019 No Responses

National Highway goes out of bounds for locals

The ban on movement of civil vehicles on highway from Baramulla to Udhampur was enforced by troops on Sunday, causing chaos across the Valley. The police, CRPF and Army men had set up barricades and placed concertina wires in different...

April 2, 2019 No Responses

Article 370 pleas listed before SC today, Article 370, 35A, who said what

Abrogation of Articles 370, 35A way to resolve Kashmir problem: Amit Shah No power can revoke Article 370, 35-A: Mir Abrogating Art 370 will be saying goodbye to JK: Sajad Won’t allow fiddling with Articles 35A, 370: Omar Pleas challenging...

April 2, 2019 No Responses

Will bring back posts of Sadr-E-Riyasat, PM to JK: Omar Abdullah

National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah Monday said the post of Sadar-e-Riyasat (President) and Wazir-e-Azam (Prime Minister) would be brought back if the party returns to power. Addressing a rally of the party in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district,...

March 29, 2019 No Responses

Militants and their sympathizers will be deal sternly: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that his government’s “tough stance” against militancy is “giving sleepless nights” to the Congress and local parties in Jammu and Kashmir, including the PDP and NC. Starting his political campaign for th...

March 20, 2019 No Responses

Custodial death sparks outrage, Mainstream demands time-bound probe, Resistance called for shutdown

The custodial death of a private school principal from southern Awantipora police district Tuesday triggered a fresh wave of anger across Kashmir, even as the administration ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident that evoked widespread condemnation fr...