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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

April 26 Intense clashes erupted in Ashmuji area of Quimoh in South Kashmir's Kulgam District on Friday evening as the Polling officials reached the area to set up a polling booth in the area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that hundreds of youth shouting pro independence and Anti India Slogans attacked the polling party which included CRPF and Army men as well with stones asking them to go back from the area. Earlier similar incidents were reported from Muran area of Pulwama and Gagren area of Shopian, where Army resorted to Aerial firing to disperse the protesters. The police, however, denied any clashes having taken place in the area. Polling will be held in Kulgam district on 29 April, Kulgam, Islamabad (anantnag), Shopian and Pulwama in South Kashmir are a part of singe Lo...

April 24 Addressing party workers convention at Circuit House in Shopian, Mehbooba claimed that PDP took a lead against their opponents in the first phase of polling for Anantnag parliamentary constituency. The first part of three-phased Lok Sabha election in Anantnag was held on Tuesday with the district recording 13.63 per cent voter turnout. The PDP chief said she desired to visit Shopian in past but was advised by party workers to delay the visit. In her address, Mehbooba said PDP was fighting the elections for protection of article 35-A in the Indian Constirution. She castigated state Congress, saying they were talking about safeguarding of Article 370 but it was Ghulam Nabi Azad as chief Minister of the State, who transferred thousands of Kannals of land to Amarnath Sh...

April 23 Waris Shah A moderate turnout is being witnessed in Kokernag and Shangus belts as People in are coming out to cast their votes in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) district. A total of 13, 524 voters have cast their votes out of 1,80,000 total voters. in Shangus 4519 people have cast their votes out of a total 88000 electorates, In Kokernag out of 92000, a total of 9005 people have cast their votes so far. In Dooru, 3700 people have cat their votes out of a total of 78,684 voters.