Civic polls: 8 votes out of 10092 polled till 9 at Fateh Kadal in Srinagar

Srinagar: Eight votes out of 10092 votes were polled at nine polling booths of Fateh Kadal in Old City area of Srinagar till 9 am on Wednesday. The poll percentage thus stands at .072%. Officials said that voting was going in 9 polling stations of Fateh Kadal. Only 8 votes have been cast out of 10092 […]
Anantnag: In 16 wards 154 votes casted

Anantnag: As the second phase of civic polls are underway in Kashmir only 154 votes have been casted across the 44 polling booths for the municipal committee Anantnag in this south Kashmir. Officials said that till 9:00 am, only 154 voters turned up at the polling booths for the 16 wards that are undergoing polls. […]
Civic polls: 17 out of 650 voters cast their vote in Langate till 9 am

Srinagar: The total voter turnout in Municipal Committee Langate in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district was recorded 2.61% at 9 am. Officials said that 17 votes were polled at 9 am out of 650 registered voters. So far 10 males and 7 females have exercised their franchise, they said.
Civic polls: After casting his vote BJP candidate dies of heart attack

Srinagar: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from ward two of Ramban municipality in Jammu and Kashmir has died of heart attack on Wednesday. Reports said that the candidate, Azad Singh Raju died soon after casting his vote at Sunaari mohallah in Ramban town during the ongoing second phase of municipal elections. Meanwhile, over 12 per […]
ULB polls: Amid shutdown second phase polls underway, except Sumbal voting thin

Srinagar: The second phase of the Urban Local Bodies polls stated on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir. In Srinagar’s Shaheed gunj ward 22 B till 9: am a total vote count was 20 while as in Shuthra shahi ward 22 only three votes were casted. In ward no 37 toll vote count was 13 and in Ward no 35 […]
Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to United Nations

Washington: In a surprise move, Indian-American Nikki Haley Tuesday resigned as the US Ambassador to the United Nations, becoming the latest casualty in the dysfunctional Trump administration just weeks before the crucial mid-term elections. President Donald Trump, who accepted her resignation, said Haley has done an incredible job as the top American diplomat at the United […]
Self-styled godman booked on rape charges after 19-year-old delivers stillborn in Reasi

Jammu: A 19-year-old woman has accused a self-styled godman of repeatedly raping her over the past one year in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, following which a case was registered, a police official said Tuesday. “The 65-year-old accused hails from Mathura area of Uttar Pradesh is absconding and a hunt is on to nab […]
Road mishap kills Tanker conductor, injures driver in Poonch

Poonch: Conductor of a water tanker was killed and the driver injured in a road mishap in Surankote area of Poonch district on Tuesday evening. Reports said that a vehicle (water tanker No JKO2AE-9177) attached with Army, on way to local army battalion, Jaranwali Gali in Surankote, skidded off the road at Jogi Mohar. Vehicle’s conductor […]
Governor invites ridicule over remarks on SMC elections

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Tuesday hit out at Governor Satya Pal Malik for hinting that a “foreign-educated person” will be the mayor of Srinagar. The reference was to Malik’s interview to NDTV on Monday in which he had hinted that a foreign-educated person was going to become the mayor of […]
Four ‘OGWs’ arrested in South Kashmir: Police
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four overground workers of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant outfit and recovered a huge amount of cash from them. A police spokesman said that a case FIR No. 75/2018 U/S 17,18,20,21,38,39 and 40 ULA(P) Act was registered at police station Khrew after “reliable information” that a Hizb militant Adil Bhat […]