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Month: April 2019

JNU Student Leader, Kanhaiya Kumar in Fray Today at Bihar’s Begusarai

INDIA
April 29 Polling is being held in 17 seats in Maharashtra, 13 each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, eight in West Bengal, six each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, five in Bihar, three in Jharkhand and a part of the Anantnag constituency in Jammu Kashmir. The fate of 961 candidates, including Union ministers Giriraj Singh, Subhash Bhamre, SS Ahluwalia and Babul Supriyo of the BJP and former Union ministers Salman Khurshid and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress, will be decided by about 12.buy vidalista online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/themes/shoptimizer/inc/core/functions/new/vidalista.html no prescription 79 core voters in this phase. Among other key contestants in the fray are Kanhaiya Kumar (CPI), Baijayant Panda (BJP), Urmila Matondkar (Congress), Dimple Yadav (Samajw...

Large Queues of Voters Turn up to Cast Votes in Noorabad

KULGAM
April 29 4459 votes have been polled in Devsar assembly segment of South Kashmir's Kulgam district on Monday. A large queue of voters was seen rushing to the polling booths in their respective areas in this assembly segment, where 4459 votes have been polled out of a total of 91288 voters. Similarly in Noorabad a total of 4509 voters have cast their votes taking the poll percentage to 5.9%, Polling officials told The Kashmiriyat. The Polling percentage upto 10 Am in Anantnag seat, 2nd Leg. Kulgam=0.5%  Noorabad =5.9% 3. HS Bugh =  0.4% 4. Devsar. = 4.9% Overall Polling percentage upto 10Am is 2.8% Kulgam- a volatile district of the Kashmir valley, located down South of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar will be going to polls on Monday (29 April) with over 3.45 lakh ele...

Empty Polling Booths in Khudwani- Zero Votes Polled out of 2562- 15 in Wanpoh out of 2743

KULGAM
April 29 Danish Sofi The mood in South Kashmir's Kulgam district is grim after being at the brunt of killing post July 2016 when a prominent Militant commander, Burhan Wani was killed, here people have chose to stay indoors and boycott the polls being held in the district on Monday. Khudwani that has been one of the most impacted areas of the Kashmir valley is witnessing empty pooling booths, silenced streets and riot ready Government Force personnel deployed in large numbers, amid a ban on the mobile internet imposed by Government in all four districts of South Kashmir- Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian and Islamabad (anantnag). For khudwani, the polling booth has been established in the nearby Shemford school in Wanpoh and a total of 2562 people are registered as voters, four polling ...

1 Vote Polled out of 3900 in Quimoh- Polling Booth Attacked by Youth

INDIA
April 29 Suhail Dar Youth in large numbers attacked the Polling station in Quimoh area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district on Monday morning as the area goes to polls in the second leg of three phased polls for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat. Hundreds of youth from nearby areas have rounded up the Polling booth and are throwing stones on the booth installed in the Government Higher Secondary school in the Quimoh area for Redwani and Quimoh areas. The Government Forces responded with immense tear smoke shelling and pellet firing at the protesters. Meanwhile only one person cast vote here out of a total of 3900 voters amid tight security arrangements, Locals told The Kashmiriyat that polling booths were installed during the night time in apprehension of clashes. Redwani Ghat an...

Zero Votes Polled Out of 5900 in 9 Areas of Kulgam District

KULGAM
April 29 Suhail Dar Zero votes have been polled in nine areas of the South Kashmir's Kulgam district amid a high security presence near the polling booths on Monday morning. In Uranhall, A, B and C out of a total of a total of 2390 voters, nobody has come out to vote, hundreds of boycott posters have surfaced in the area. Similarly in Batengoo, Shamsipora, Wanpora, Chukpora, Shoul, Sadsuna no vote has been polled in 11 polling booths. Heavy Security arrangements have been made in the district, mobile internet has been suspended across South Kashmir. Kulgam- a volatile district of the Kashmir valley, located down South of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar is going to polls on Monday (29 April) with over 3.45 lakh electors. The South Kashmir district has 345,486 electors...

Lok Sabha Phase 4 Elections- Final Voting Percentage is 10.2%- Live Updates

INDIA
April 29 As 72 Lok Sabha constituencies across nine states, mostly in the Hindi heartland, go to polls today in the fourth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP will defend 45 of the seats it won in the 2014 Lok Sabha battle. These include 13 in Rajasthan, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, five in Madhya Pradesh, three in Bihar, three in Jharkhand, eight in Maharashtra and one in West Bengal. An estimated 12.79 crore electorate will be eligible to exercise their franchise in 13 seats each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, five in Bihar, eight in West Bengal, three in Jharkhand, six in Madhya Pradesh, 17 in Maharashtra and six in Odisha. Polling will also be held in the second of the three phases in Jammu Kashmir's troubled Anantnag constituency. Voting will begin at 7 am and continue til 4 p...

Polling Booths Safely Established in Several Kulgam Areas Despite Clashes

KULGAM
April 28 Amid clashes that erupted in various areas of South Kashmir's Kulgam District, Polling Booths have been safely established in various areas. Army officials told The Kashmiriyat that despite intense clashes having erupted in various areas of the district, polling stations have been successfully installed in Khudwani, Quimoh and Buchroo. Also polling stations have been successfully established in Frisal and Arwani areas of South Kashmir's Kulgam District, they said. Kulgam- a volatile district of the Kashmir valley, located down South of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar will be going to polls on Monday (29 April) with over 3.45 lakh electors. The South Kashmir district has 345,486 electors including 179,607 males, 164,604 females, 1262 service electors (1254 male and...

Polling Booths Shifted from Various Kulgam Areas- Fresh Clashes Reported from Several Areas

KULGAM
April 28 In anticipation of clashes, the administration has shifted some pooling booths from various areas of South Kashmir's district of Kulgam on Sunday evening. Official Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the polling booth in Kulgam's Bugam has been shifted to Kharmadpora as Bugam has been one of the most volatile zones post the killing of Burhan wani in July 2016. Earlier during the 2014 Assembly polls, the area witnessed a negligible voter turnout. Similarly in Zazripora/ Awgam the polling booth has been Keharwat area of South Kashmir's Kulgam Districts. The claim was denied by officials, however Sources said such changes have been made in many other areas of the district in apprehension of clashes. Clashes had earlier erupted in Malwan, Khudwani, Check Watoo, Mirhama...

Suspected Militant Hurl Grenade on Polling Booth in Kulgam

KULGAM
April 28 Suspected Militants on Sunday night hurled a grenade on a poling booth in Mirwani in Devsar area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that suspected Militants on Sunday night hurled a grenade towards a polling booth located in Mirwani area of Devsar in South Kashmir's Kulgam district. As per initial reports nobody has been injured in this attack. A Search operation has been launched in the area to nab the attackers. A Police official upon being contacted by The Kashmiriyat said that nothing as such has happened.

Ahead of Elections- Polling Parties Attacked in Several Kulgam Areas

KULGAM
April 28 Ahead of crucial Lok Sabha elections scheduled for the Kulgam District of Anantnag Lok Sabha seat for tomorrow, the polling parties have been attacked in various areas of the district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that youth hurled stones on vehicles of the polling staff including the Government Forces in Khudwani Ghat area of Kulgam district and broke window panes of several vehicles. The forces responded with intense tear smoke shelling, however, the youth responded regrouped in large numbers and threw stones on troopers. Youth in large numbers hit the streets of the Khudwani area as soon as the polling staff reached the area and attacked them with stones, to which the Forces responded with tear smoke shelling, a Local told The Kashmiriyat. "No polling booth has b...