Curtains fall on Urban Local Bodies polls
Valley records 4.2 pc turnout in fourth phase
Valley records 4.2 pc turnout in fourth phase
Zero turnout in Srinagar’s Soura ward
Srinagar: Three candidates, an electorate of 11,265 but not a single vote cast through the day. That was the ‘zero sum’ story of Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s Soura ward in the fourth and final phase of elections to Jammu and Kashmir’s urban local bodies Tuesday. Although low voter turnout in Srinagar and many other parts of […]
Article 35A, 370 were a non-issue in ULB polls: Guv Malik
Says NC, PDP shouldn't have boycotted the elections
Srinagar: The NC and the PDP should not have boycotted the civic polls, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said Tuesday, asserting that articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution were non-issues in this election. The National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had announced not to contest the polls over the […]
Overall poll percentage was 35.1 %: Govt
Srinagar: The four-phase polling for all 79 urban local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir ended Tuesday, recording an overall 35.1 per cent voter turnout in the state. The turnout for the final phase of elections, which was held only for two municipal bodies in Kashmir, remained low as usual at 4.2 per cent. “The overall […]
Normal life in poll bound areas witness disruptions
Srinagar: Normal life was affected in poll-bound areas of Kashmir Valley Tuesday due to a strike called by separatists against the conduct of urban local body polls in the state. Shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut in poll-bound areas of Ganderbal and Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. […]
‘Lone wolf’ terror attacks a major challenge, admits Rajnath
Says one unit on NSG deployed in JK
Gurgaon: Threats posed by “lone wolf” attackers and “do it yourself’ terrorists are a major challenge for agencies tasked with ensuring security of the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. Addressing commandos of the elite counter-terror force National Security Guard on their 34th raising day here, Singh said security forces have exhibited […]
Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ gets a China push
Islamabad: China has backed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ‘New Pakistan’ initiative and said the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects being undertaken in the country will play an important role in Pakistan’s economic development. China’s Minister of International Development Song Tao met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday and assured Beijing’s support to Pakistan […]
#MeToo: NSUI’s Kashmiri Prez quits after sexual harassment charges
New Delhi: NSUI national president Fairoz Khan has stepped down from his post following charges of sexual harassment, sources in the Congress said on Tuesday. Congress president Rahul Gandhi has accepted his resignation, the sources told PTI. Khan, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, submitted his resignation on Monday evening, saying he quit keeping in […]
Stray dogs maul 4-yr-old to death
Jammu: A four-year-old girl was bitten to death by a pack of stray dogs outside her home in Samba district of Jammu division on Tuesday, police said. The minor was attacked by the canines soon after she came out of her house at village Chack Bogala in Ramgarh area of the district this morning, a […]
