Srinagar: While several areas of Kashmir valley went to polls on Wednesday, no polling took place in any of the three municipalities of Central Kashmir’s Budgam in phase two as there was either no candidate or no opponent in any of the three municipalities. The municipalities include Chrar-e-Shareef, Magam and Beerwah which consist of 39 […]
Srinagar: Over 1700 people have cast their votes for the elections of the municipal committee Sumbal in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday till 12 noon. Officials said that 1754 votes have been polled till 12 noon today. Out of these, 939 were male and 815 eligible female voters. The poll percentage stands at 14.16 […]
Srinagar: About two per cent of the electorate voted in the first five hours of polling in 49 wards of urban local bodies in militancy-wracked Kashmir Valley, where elections are being held amid tight security, officials said Wednesday. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections in the Valley began at 6 am and will […]
Srinagar: Municipal Committee Sumbal in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday recorded a poll percentage of 18.41 5 at 11 am. Officials said that till 11 in the morning 803 male voters cast their votes while 661 females exercised their franchise. They said that the total votes polled were 1464 thus taking the overall percentage […]
Srinagar: Seventeen polling centres in Srinagar, the capital city of Kashmir have recorded zero percentage of votes till 10:30 am on Wednesday as the polling began for second phase. The centres include five polling booths at Caset School in Karannagar, two at government middle school Muniwarabad, two at R&B office at Karanagar, six at Tiny […]
Srinagar: Train services have been suspended again on Wednesday as precautionary measures in the Kashmir valley a poling for the second phase began in 49 municipal wards. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for strike only in areas where the polling will be […]
Srinagar: Three weeks after a 22-year-old student from Kashmir studying at a private college in Dehradun went missing, Jammu and Kashmir Police has said that he has joined militancy. Family members of the student – Shoaib Mohammad Lone, from Bumrath village in southern Kashmir’s Kulgam district – said that he has not returned despite an […]
Srinagar: Tehreek e Hurriyat chairperson Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai has said that elections have no value in Kashmir, instead the only way out is accepting the basic problem and addressing it head on. “Right of self-determination is the most democratic and simple way to resolve it,” Sehrai said in a statement. He said it is an […]
Srinagar: 1126 voters have exercised their franchise in Sumbal Municipal committee area in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district till 10 am on Wednesday. Officials said that the poll percentage stands at 14.16 at 10. They said that among 1126 votes, 623 males and 503 females have cast their votes.
Srinagar: 154 votes have been polled across 44 polling booths set up for municipal committee elections in Islamabad in southern Kashmir. “Till 9:00 am, only 154 voters turned up at the polling booths for the 16 wards that are undergoing polls,” officials said. 38 candidates are in fray for the 16 wards.
