Srinagar: Kashmir’s head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said he has never advocated gun and violence as a means of solution to the issue and that elections can’t be misconstrued as the settlement of Kashmir issue that is lingering since past seven decades. He also said that the Hurriyat was never against elections […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded over 63 per cent voter turnout in three phases of assembly polls with nearly 70 per cent turnout recorded in the third phase on October 1, poll body said on Thursday. In a statement, poll body said that voter turnout of 69.69% has been recorded in […]
Srinagar: General officer Commanding (GoC) of army’s Srinagar based 15 Corps Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai Thursday said that security situation in Kashmir has shown a significant improvement over the past few years the biggest challenge for the security agencies is to keep the situation intact as it is today. He also said that militancy […]
Srinagar: Expressing gratitude to the people of J&K, especially Kashmir for coming out in record numbers to exercise the franchise in the just concluded Assembly polls held after a decade, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said people of Kashmir have understood the power of vote and futility of gun. Speaking to a gathering […]
SRINAGAR – One person was killed while as two others were injured on Wednesday after a vehicle hit them at the main road Bonagund area of Verinag in Anantnag district. Officials said that this morning, an Alto car driven by an unknown person hit three pedestrians at main road Bonagund. In […]
Jammu: 75 Year-old former Minister and BJP candidate Sayed Mushtaq Bukhari expired on Wednesday in Pamrote Surankote area of Poonch district, an official said. Officials said that BJP Candidate for Surankote Constituency Sayed Mushtaq Bukhari died this morning at home. Meanwhile, Senior PDP Leader and Candidate Mendhar Constituency Advocate Nadeem Rafiq Hussain […]
Srinagar:The three border districts of Kashmir — Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara — registered a voter turnout of 60 per cent with traditional boycott bastions of Sopore and Baramulla towns witnessing the highest turnout in an election in the last three decades. However, the turnout in the 16 Assembly segments of these three […]
Srinagar: The voting for assembly elections ended peacefully in Jammu and Kashmir with the last and final phase on Tuesday recording a turnout of 65.58 percent, officials said. “The provisional voter turnout as of 7 PM was recorded at 65.58%,” Election Commission of India said, according to GNS. However it said […]
Srinagar: The overall poll percentage of 65.48 % was recorded up to 5:00 pm in all 40 assembly constituencies across seven districts of J&K”, communicated the office of Chief Electoral Officer, J&K. Today’s percentage will push the overall poll percentage up as traditional vote bastions are going to polls today including border areas […]
Srinagar: The overall poll percentage of 56.01 % was recorded up to 3:00 pm in all 40 assembly constituencies across seven districts of J&K”, communicated the office of Chief Electoral Officer, J&K. Today’s percentage will push the overall poll percentage up as traditional vote bastions are going to polls today including border […]