Voting begins for by-election in 35 constituencies in Pak
By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad: Voting opened Sunday for the by-election in 35 national and provincial assemblies in Pakistan amid heightened security, with over 600 candidates, including some political bigwigs, in the running. The polling started at 8 AM and will continue until 5 PM. The counting will start soon after closure of voting and result […]
Rajnath to celebrate Dussehra along Indo-Pak border; to perform ‘Shastra puja’
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will celebrate Dussehra and perform ‘shastra puja’ in Bikaner along the highly sensitive Indo-Pak border, officials said Sunday. Perhaps this is for the first time that a senior minister of the central government will conduct ‘shastra puja’ or worship of weapons along India’s border with Pakistan, with whom India […]
Man arrested for committing bank fraud in Delhi
New Delhi: A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating an account holder of a Cental Bank of India branch in Dwarka and committing a fraud of Rs 11 lakh, police said. Koshi Kumar, a native of Chandole village in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, has been taken into police custody, they said. Based on a […]
ULB polls: Third phase also fails to attract Valley voters
8.3% turnout in Valley, Samba records 82% voting
8.3% turnout in Valley, Samba records 82% voting
8 BJP candidates win unopposed, no election held in Sopore
Sopore: At least eight candidates contesting on Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ticket in the ongoing Urban Local Bodies (ULB) polls have won the elections unopposed in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. This was for the first time that election didn’t take place in Sopore as all the eight candidates from BJP have won […]
16.4% polling recorded in Phase-III: Shaleen Kabra
SRINAGAR: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra said that overall 16.4% polling was witnessed in the Phase-III of Municipal Polls-2018 across J&K on Saturday. Kabra said in Jammu division 81.4% polling was witnessed in 4 ULBs of district Samba that went to polls today while Kashmir division witnessed average 3.5% polling with Municipal […]
Shutdown affects life in poll bound areas
Srinagar: Shops were closed in poll-bound areas in Kashmir valley Saturday due to strike called by separatists against the conduct of the third phase of the four-phased municipal elections in the state. The government had also declared a holiday in the poll-bound areas so as to enable the voters to cast their vote. Shops, fuel […]
Hizbul militant killed in Pulwama encounter
Another militant sustains injuries, admitted in a hospital
Srinagar: A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant was Saturday killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Babgund area of the south Kashmir district during the night after inputs of the presence of militants in the area, a police official […]
Scores attend funeral of slain militant
Srinagar: Thousands of people attended the funeral procession of slain militant Shabir Ahmad of Samboora Kakapora. Locals said that thousands of people from Pulwama and other south Kashmir districts participated in the funeral procession of Hizb militant who was killed in a gunfight at Babagund area of district Pulwama. Men, women and children in large […]
Modi govt handling Kashmir disastrously, says Omar
Srinagar: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah Saturday criticised the Centre’s handling of Kashmir, seeking reasons for the all-time low voter turnout in the ongoing urban local body polls. “From the highest turnouts since 1987 in 2014 to the lowest turnouts ever recorded in 2018 why is the Modi government able to get away with […]
