DDC poll trends, results eye-opener for BJP, says Omar Abdullah Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday termed the results and emerging trends of the District Development Council polls as an eye-opener for the BJP and its “proxy political party”, and said people have rejected the decision of revoking the erstwhile state’s special status. Abdullah, who is the vice president of the National Conference (NC), told PTI that the results and trends are an “important milestone” for the People’s Alliance on Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) as they endorse the “out view” that revoking the special status of the erstwhile state of J-K and downgrading it into a Union Territory was not accepted by the people. “Now if the BJP and its proxy political party believe in d...

Mir Junaid The dead body of a female was found lying under mysterious circumstances at Takanwari area in the Eid Gah locality of Srinagar district. An official said that the body of a non-local labourer identified as Amrita Lohar, a resident Bhutan was found lying under mysterious conditions at Srinagar's Eid Gah area. The body was found at the house of a local resident, Hazullah Dar on Tuesday afternoon, as per the official. The Jammu Kashmir Police has registered a case in this regard and further investigations have been taken up.

The Government Forces on Tuesday afternoon launched Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Bomai area of Sopore in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched jointly by forces including 22 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF in Sopore area. All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed on Tuesday afternoon. A door to door search operation has begun, Locals told The Kashmiriyat. Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched as an Anti Militancy operation on May 2, 2017 amid a rise in the local recruitment into Militant groups in the Kashmir valley. The Forces jointly conduct search operations in a specific area, locking down the area virtually and frisk houses on will.

Journalists working with different media organizations on Tuesday walked out of the mini-secretariat Bandipora and staged a sit-in protest against the administration for failing to provide adequate facilities to them for covering the election results, they said in a statement. In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the media fraternity said, despite pleading with the authorities, no arrangements were made for them. Denouncing the treatment meted with the fraternity, the President Bandipora Journalist association president, Mohammad Syed Beigh said, “there are no proper arrangements for media and we are being made to move from pillar to post since early morning”. The association’s of both Sumbal and Bandipora have registered a strong protest against t...

The results for Jammu Kashmir District Development council are being declared on Tuesday, The Counting of votes for 280 seats of District Development Council is currently underway across 20 districts of Jammu Kashmir. With hundreds of paramilitary troopers deployed across major towns in the valley, the Bhartiya Janta party is leading as per the initial trends in 36 seats at 11 AM. Among the 280 seats, 140 constituencies are in Jammu Division and 140 are in Kashmir Division. Nearly 2,200 candidates were in the fray for 280 seats. State Election Commissioner KK Sharma yesterday reviewed preparations and other arrangements for the counting process. He said the Returning Officers will be in-charge of the counting process in each DDC constituency. The telecom authorities have sna...