71% polling in 2nd phase in Jammu and Kashmir polls
In a rerun of record polling in the first phase, a 71% voter turnout was registered in the second phase of incident-free Assembly elections in...
Odhara farmers, orchard owners show anger against all candidates
‘Won't vote as they did not help us post-floods’ The farmers and orchard owners of Odhara here remained away from the polling today reasoning that...
Amid brisk polling around, Maqboolabad prefers boycott
‘We will keep Maqbool Bhat’s mission alive’ Amid brisk polling here, Maqboolabad- the native village of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat who was hanged in Tihar...
Pro freedom protests in Kulgam parts on voting day
Pro freedom protests are happening in parts of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday where polling in underway for the state assembly election...
Communal forces want to exploit poll boycott in Srinagar: Bukhari
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and party candidate for Amira kadal constituency Syed Altaf Bukhari on Monday said that through an inclusive agenda of...
Police fire as Palhallan youth attack PDP rally
Police on Tuesday evening resorted to aerial firing and teargas shelling after youth attack Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Palhallan area of north Kashmir’s...
Voters remove ink mark to ‘evade punishment’
As people in this north Kashmir district thronged polling booths in large numbers on Tuesday, they seemed to have learned things the hard way. After...
Geelani calls for Kashmir shutdown to protest Modi’s visit
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday called for complete shutdown on December 8 against the proposed visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
Kunan-Poshpora rape victims lock polling booth, stage protest
Holding black flags and sticks, the victims of 1991 Kunan-Poshpora mass rape Tuesday boycotted the assembly elections to register their protest against ‘inordinate delay’ in...
After Article 370, BJP does a U-turn on AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir
Contrary to its known stand on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said if it is voted...