Domestic air traffic rises to 1.32 crore in April
New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic rose by 3.88 per cent to 1.32 crore in April, according to official data released on Tuesday. The traffic stood at 128.88 lakh (1.28 crore) in April last year. As many as 1,370 passengers were affected due to denied boarding, with airlines spending Rs 136.23 lakh towards compensation and […]
LS Polls 2024: Baramulla records all-time high voter turnout
Srinagar: Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, which was once militancy-infested, recorded its highest-ever voter turnout on Monday at 59 per cent on a violence-free polling day, the Union territory’s Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole said here. He also said that the Sopore assembly segment of the parliamentary constituency witnessed a healthy turnout of 44.36 per […]
Sopore sheds ‘chhota Pakistan’ tag as voter turnout surges
Sopore: Once dubbed “chhota Pakistan”, north Kashmir’s Sopore town witnessed a remarkable shift as voters flocked to polling stations to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections, marking a departure from the low participation witnessed in previous polls. Formerly a hotbed of terror and dominated by foreign terrorists in the 1990s, Sopore and Rafiabad […]
Out of boycott-call shadow, Baramulla town votes for a ‘voice in Parliament’
Soibugh: Voters thronged polling stations in large numbers in Soibugh as voting got underway in north Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency on Monday, expressing satisfaction over the improved security situation and the fading “fear” of separatist-sponsored boycott calls of the past three decades. The voters see the first major electoral exercise in the Union Territory […]
Lt Guv congratulates people on high voter turnout
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha congratulated the people and all the stakeholders on the high voter turnout in Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency. In a tweet, the Lt Governor said: “High voter turnout, over 58% in Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency, is very encouraging and shows the people’s determination and unwavering faith in democracy. I congratulate and thank the […]
Over 67 per cent polling in Ladakh; Kargil records higher turnout than Leh
Leh: Over 67 per cent polling was recorded in Ladakh on Monday in the election to decide the fate of three candidates in the fray for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the Union territory, polling officials said here. They also said that the voter turnout in Kargil was 71.45 per cent and 62.50 per […]
New school timing comes into effect as Jammu records season’s hottest day
Jammu: Jammu on Monday recorded the season’s hottest day, with the maximum temperature hitting 42.2 degrees Celsius, an official said, as authorities changed the school timing in view of the “extreme hot weather conditions” to provide relief to the students. The maximum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir’s winter capital was 3.9 notches above the season’s […]
BJP to score big in South, so-called ‘red corridor’ will become a ‘saffron corridor’: PM
BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party in the south, as he remained unwaveringly confident that his NDA alliance will cross 400 seats in Lok Sabha when election results come out on June 4. “Our strategy for the entire nation is the same. Phir ek […]
Baramulla LS polls: 32 pc of Kashmiri Pandit voters exercise franchise
Jammu: Thirty-two per cent of Kashmiri migrant voters exercised their franchise in the Baramulla parliamentary constituency where voting was held in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election on Monday. Officials said there was a marked increase in polling by migrants this time as compared to 2019 and 2014. “Thirty-two per cent polling was […]
LS Polls: Engineer Rashid’s two sons cast their first votes for ‘truth, justice’
Langate: Having led the election campaign for their father, currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar jail in a terror-funding case, Engineer Rashid’s two sons — both first-time voters — exercised their franchise with the hope of seeing him emerge successful from the electoral contest and walk out of prison. Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid, a […]
