16.4 per cent polling recorded in Phase-III, says polls Chief
Bari Brahamana ULB records highest poll percentage of 85.73%, Uri 75.3%
Srinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra this evening said that overall 16.4% polling was witnessed in the Phase-III of Municipal Polls-2018 across J&K today. 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 […]
End of day: Low turnout recorded in Valley
Samba records 82% voting in phase-3
Srinagar/Jammu: Just 3.49 per cent of the electorate voted in the third phase of the urban local body polls in militancy-hit Kashmir Valley, while a high turnout of 80 per cent was recorded in Jammu’s Samba district, officials said Saturday. The frontier town of Uri in Baramulla district, however, bucked the trend by recording a […]
3rd phase of ULB polls ended peacefully: Police
Kashmir Vision News Srinagar: With the 3rd phase of four phases ULB elections concluding on Saturday amid low turnout in Srinagar and Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir Police has said that all the proceedings ended peacefully on Saturday. JKP in a tweet said: “3rd phase of urban &local body election concluded peacefully in Valley.” In Jammu […]
Vigilance Organization produces challan against official
Srinagar: The Jammu branch of Vigilance Organization (VO) today produced challan against an Executive Engineer for possessing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. The Organization registered a case under section 5(1) (e) r/w Sec 5(2) P.C Act Samvat 2006 at police station VO Jammu against the accused officer. “During the course of investigation, […]
Slain cop laid to rest in Sopore
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: A policeman who was killed after being fired upon by suspected militants in Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday late night, was Saturday laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard with police dept offering floral tributes to the slain policemen. Hundreds of people gathered to […]
51 tested positive for Zika in Rajasthan
New Delhi: Fresh mosquito samples have been collected from various parts of Jaipur by a team from the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) as the number of Zika patients in the Rajasthan capital rose to 51. Of the total 50 patients who have tested positive for the Zika virus, 11 are pregnant women, sources at […]
Municipal Polls: Srinagar records 1.5, Baramulla 72.7 per cent till 2 PM
Kashmir Vision News Srinagar: As the polling day approaches to its end on Saturday, the polling percentage in Srinagar has remained somewhat the same, with 1.5 per cent votes polled in Srinagar till 2 PM–a slight jump of .3 per cent; highest being that of Baramulla, where the turnover has been recorded as 72.7 […]
Bus falls into gorge in Doda, conductor killed
Doda: A conductor of a bus was killed and another person was injured when the vehicle fell into a 150-feet deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The deceased, Ishtiaq Ahmad was reversing the mini-bus in the absence of its driver when it skidded off the road and fell into […]
Uttar Pradesh: 3 out of 4 children dead after mother sets them ablaze, kills herself
Banda: A woman killed herself allegedly after tying the hands and legs of her four children and setting them ablaze following a dispute with her husband, police said Saturday. Three of the children died and one child is battling for life, they said. The incident took place Friday afternoon in Amgaav village in neighbouring Hamirpur district […]
Scores attend funeral of slain militant, fellow militants offer gun salute
Srinagar: Thousands Saturday 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 numbers […]
