Muncipal polls: 11 Independent candidates win uncontested in North Kashmir’s Pattan
By Bilal Ahmad Pattan: 11 independent candidates have won unopposed in last phase of ULB elections in Pattan area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district while at two other places no one had file papers for the polls on Tuesday. According to officials in 13 wards in eleven none filed paper to compete the independent candidates while on two wards none filed […]
Kashmir municipal polls: Srinagar records 3.36% turnout till 3 pm
Srinagar: Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar on Tuesday recorded a turnout of 3.36% till 3 pm in the fourth and last phase of ongoing Urban Local Bodies Polls. The neighbouring Ganderbal district recorded a turnout of 10.19% till 3 pm. An official spokesperson said that 8121 votes were polled till 3 pm n Srinagar, while 859 votes […]
Snowfall in upper reaches of north Kashmir: Karnah-Kupwara road closed for vehicular traffic
Srinagar: Upper reaches of Gurez valley in Bandipora district and Karan in Kupwara late last night received season’s first snowfall. The one feet snow on Sadhna top on Karnah-Kupwara road and few inches of snow on Bandipora-Gurez road have disconnected the snow hit areas in north Kashmir districts. According to reports one feet snow in […]
Armyman commits suicide in Samba
Srinagar: An Army man allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Sepoy Bahadur Thappa Mager (19), a resident of Nepal, was on guard duty when he shot himself fatally from his service rifle inside a camp at Bari Brahmana area of […]
‘Downtown Barricaded’: Mirwaiz mocks ongoing Kashmir municipal polls
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday took a dig at the Jammu and Kashmir government for imposing restrictions in Downtown Srinagar and imposing undeclared curfew in the area. The Mirwaiz also mocked the ongoing Urban Local Bodies polls. He tweeted: “Downtown barricaded ! undeclared curfew enforced, internet slowed down universities kept […]
Sedition charges against Kashmiri students: Gov speaks to HRD Min Javadekar, VC AMU
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik this morning spoke to Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar seeking his intervention to ensure smooth studies of the Kashmiri students at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Governor also spoke to Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prof Tariq Mansoor in this regard. Malik urged Javadekar and Prof […]
1 out of 2583 voters cast his vote in Lokut Dal ward of Srinagar till 12 noon
Srinagar: Only one voter has cast his vote in Lokut Dal ward of Dal Lake in Srinagar till 12 noon on Tuesday. The polling began for the fourth and final phase of the Urban Local Body polls today morning. Sources said that out of the 2583 registered voters in the Lokut dal ward just one […]
Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand
Jharkhand: Maoists blew up railway tracks in Giridih district of Jharkhand, paralysing train movement for over five hours, a railway official said Tuesday. The incident took place at 10.45 pm on Monday between Chaudhary Bandh station and Chengaro halt under Dhanbad Rail Division of the East Central Railway (ECR), Hajipur zone. Two night patrol staff members […]
Kashmir municipal polls: Stone pelting clashes rock Soura in Srinagar
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in Soura locality of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar on Tuesday even as the Urban Local Bodies polls are underway in the area. Sources said that several youth assembled at Soura locality and hurled rocks on government forces deployed in strength in the area in view of the polls. The protesters were raising slogans […]
Kashmir municipal polls: 3 votes polled in 9 booths of Soura till 10 am
Srinagar: In the ongoing last phase of Urban Local Bodies polls, only three votes were polled at nine polling booths in Soura area of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar. Officials said that at Ramzana high school Soura, where 9 polling booths have been set up, only three votes have been polled till 10:00 am. All three […]