LS Polls: 1.43 pc votes cast in first four hours in Anantnag
Srinagar: 1.43 percent votes were casat in the south Kashmir’s Anantnag district in first hour of polling on Tuesday. The District is spread over 6 Assembly segments comprising Anantnag, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara and Pahalgam. According to officials, Kokernag recorded 2.3% voting, Dooru 1.47%, Shangus 1.53%, Pahalgam 0.22%, Anantnag.0.86% and Bijbhera 0.23% during the first […]
PM Modi casts vote at polling booth in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Apr 23 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday cast his vote in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections at a booth here and appealed to people to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. He said the “voter ID” (identity card) was much more powerful than the “IED” (improvised explosive device) […]
Voting begins for 3rd and largest phase of LS polls in 14 states, UTs
New Delhi, Apr 23 (PTI) Voting began Tuesday for 116 Lok Sabha seats, including all constituencies in Gujarat and Kerala, with BJP president Amit Shah, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and several Union ministers among prominent candidates in the fray. About 18.56 crore voters are eligible for voting in the third phase of the elections, for which […]
Polling beings on dull note in Anantnag
Srinagar, Apr 23 (PTI) Voting began Tuesday on a dull note in Anantnag district of Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency, where polling will be held in three legs, amidst tight security measures, officials said. Residents in most parts of the district in restive south Kashmir have stayed indoors so far, an official said. While polling is underway […]
Cop, civilian dead due to electric short circuit in Poonch
Poonch, April 23: A police constable and a civilian died due to short circuit of 33KV transformer at Chungan chroon area of Mendhar in Poonch district on Tuesday morning. Reports said that a constable (Follower) in JK police identified as Faiz son of Mohammad Sharif age 40 year and a civilian Mohammad Shabir son of […]
LS Polls in Anantnag: Security arrangements face acid test today
Srinagar: The polling for the volatile and restive south Kashmir Lok Sabha constituency begins today with Anantnag district going to polls on Tuesday. The election to this south Kashmir LS seat will be held in three phases as Anantnag district will go to polls today, while voting in Kulgam district will be on April 29 […]
Alarm: 11 youth reported missing across South Kashmir during April
Shopian/Pulwama: As south Kashmir is all set to brace up for a date with democracy, youth across the restive region continue to take to arms with 11 youth reported missing this month alone. Reports suggest that the missing youth from Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam districts have joined the militant ranks with home coming calls from […]
Yasin Malik ill treated during confinement: JRL
Calls for shutdown today
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) called for a valley wide protest shutdown today against the ‘ill-treatment’ meted-out to the ailing and incarcerated JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik by NIA at Delhi. “NIA highhandedness has in fact forced senior resistance leader Muhammad […]
SSA Teachers allege delay in regularization by DSEK
Srinagar: In a bizarre move, the school education department has created a regional divide among SSA teachers by setting different yard sticks for the regularisation in the department as Grade II teachers. The SSA teachers in Jammu division have been given their regularisation orders months ago without seeking any additional formalities while as the teachers […]
