Srinagar: A total of 2.17 percent of votes were polled in Bandipora district of northern Kashmir for the municipal polls. The polling for the municipal committee began at 7 am in the morning. An official while briefing about the break up said that 368 votes polled till noon. 249 male votes were polled, while 119 […]
Srinagar: Authorities have barred Mobile Internet services in south Kashmir while the speed has been reduced to 2G in rest of the valley as the municipal polls are going on, on Monday. The mobile Internet services have been suspended in South Kashmir in the view of the first phase of urban local bodies’ polls, reports […]
Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Bandipora on Monday suspended a presiding officer for allowing a women to accompany a voter upto voting compartment in Kaloosa area of northern Kashmir. Sources said that the presiding officer was suspended for violating the norms. Deputy Commissioner Bandipora said that the concerned presiding officer has been suspended and polling officer 1 […]
Srinagar: 457, 489, 2650, 2138, 260, 476, 868, 61, 18 Baramulla 489 votes were polled at 10:30 am Srinagar, Kargil, Leh , Bandipora, Handwara, Kupwara, Anantnag and Budgam respectively. The first phase of municipal and local body elections started this morning. 1204 candidates are in fray in the first phase of polls.
Srinagar: 260 votes have been cast in 16 of the 17 wards that go to polls in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district at 10 am Monday morning. One of the 17 wards is uncontested as only one nomination was filed for the ward. Out of 260, female votes polled were 87 while men polled 173 votes. […]
Srinagar: An independent candidate accused Congress candidates of bogus voting in Ward No 14 of Bandipora municipal committee on Monday. Muhammad Akram Wani, contesting ULB polls from Ward 14 of Bandipora municipal committee alleged that some policemen cast their votes early morning. He alleged that the “bogus voters” cast votes on the directions of Congress […]
Srinagar: Life came to a grinding halt as shop and business establishments were closed and traffic was off the roads due to a strike called by the joint resistance leadership in Kashmir Valley on Monday, when polling for the first of the four phased Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections was being held. Polling is underway in […]
JAMMU: Directorate of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs have decided to re-activate Petrol Pump Joint Inspection Squads here at a meeting chaired by Director. The meeting was attended by officers of major oil companies, traffic police, crime branch and legal Metrology officers. According to the FCS&CA spokesperson, earlier, such squads were functioning but off-late, […]
Srinagar: Train services were suspended on Monday for security reasons in the Kashmir valley,on the first of the four phased S Urban Local Bodies (UBL) and Panchayat polling today. Separatists have called for a general strike. A senior railway official told, “we have suspended all train runs in the Kashmir valley after an advisory was […]
Srinagar: The first phase of urban local body (ULB) polls begin in Jammu and Kashmir today, but many here are “clueless” about the exercise with most of them complaining about not knowing their candidates or even when to vote. Shoaib Ahmad, a resident of Srinagar from an uptown locality, said people in his ward do […]
