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Assembly Elections-2024 Phase-I: Polling begins in 24 Assembly Constituencies of 7 districts

Assembly Elections-2024 Phase-I: Polling begins in 24 Assembly Constituencies of 7 districts

SRINAGAR, SEP 18: The polling for the first phase of General Elections to J&K Legislative Assembly in 24 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) across seven districts of Jammu & Kashmir began today with long queues of enthusiastic voters waiting for their turn to exercise their right to franchise. The polling began at 7:00 AM in all 3276 […]

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Army paratrooper killed, 5 commandos injured in road accident in Rajouri

Army paratrooper killed, 5 commandos injured in road accident in Rajouri

RAJOURI/JAMMU, Sep 18 (PTI): An army paratrooper was killed and five commandos were injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The Army said the troopers were on counterinsurgency duty when their vehicle met with the accident […]

 Press Trust of India

Phase 1 of assembly polls: Seven districts to vote after a decade, 219 candidates in fray

Phase 1 of assembly polls: Seven districts to vote after a decade, 219 candidates in fray

Srinagar/Jammu: Seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir, located on either side of Pir Panjal mountain range, will vote for the first time in an assembly election in 10 years as the stage is set for phase 1 polling in the union territory on Wednesday. Over 23 lakh voters will decide the fate of 219 candidates, […]

 Press Trust of India

Security beefed up in Srinagar ahead of PM Modi’s election rally

Srinagar: The area around the Sher-e-Kashmir park here has been put under a multi-layer security blanket ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally scheduled for Thursday, a senior police official said. This will be Modi’s first rally for BJP candidates in Kashmir before the assembly elections in the Union territory later this month. “We […]

 Press Trust of India

1st Phase of assembly polls: More than 35,000 Kashmiri Pandits eligible for voting

Jammu: More than 35,000 displaced Kashmiri Pandits from across the country are eligible to vote at 24 polling stations in the first phase of the three-phased Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Polling is set to be held on Wednesday in 24 Assembly constituencies of seven districts to decide the fate of 219 […]

 Press Trust of India

NC-Cong alliance in JK reflective of people’s desire to fight divisive policies: Karra

Rajouri/Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday said the pre-poll alliance with National Conference for the assembly polls is reflective of people’s desire to fight the BJP’s “divisive policies” and “dangerous designs”. Karra made the remarks amid criticism by the BJP over the Congress joining hands with the NC for the […]

 Press Trust of India

Chhamb: Congress hopes to win back traditional seat

Rebels threaten to play spoilsport Chhamb, (Jammu): It is perhaps the toughest electoral battle for former deputy chief minister and Congress candidate from Chhamb in Jammu district Tara Chand with rebels from both his party and the BJP queering the pitch in this Congress bastion. The Congress party had won the Chhamb Assembly constituency seven […]

 Press Trust of India

Article 370 abrogation Parliament decision, not God’s: Omar

Budgam : National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the abrogation of Article 370 was a decision taken by Parliament, and not by God, and asserted that it can be changed. He was reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark at an election rally in Jammu on Monday that Article 370 […]

 Press Trust of India

SC halts ‘bulldozer justice’ till Oct 1

Says illegal demolition against ethos of Constitution New Delhi: There will be no demolition of properties, including of those accused of crime, till October 1 without its permission, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while observing that even one instance of illegal demolition was against the “ethos” of the Constitution. A bench of Justices B […]

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JK Polls: JeI ex-member participating as Independent spices up Pulwama contest

Srinagar: The entry of former Jamaat-e-Islami member Talat Majid Alie into the electoral fray has spiced up the contest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama assembly constituency. Three-time MLA Mohammad Khalil Bandh and PDP youth president Waheed Para are among the 12 candidates vying to represent the seat that was once a hotbed of militancy. While […]

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