Month: April 2017

Fortified Budgam sticks to poll boycott, Only 2 Percent turnout in repoll

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Mere 2% turnout in repoll Zero polling at 26 of 38 stations Only 709 of 35,169 votes cast The re polling in Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency on Thursday saw an abysmally low voter turnout of mere two percent at the end of the day, exactly on the pattern of April 9 voting in the constituency, even as the poll-bound areas were dotted with thick presence of forces to “ensure incident-free elections.” Amid low polling, official sources said that in at least 26 polling stations, not a single vote was cast—an indication…

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Nearly 2% voter turnout during re-poll, 27 out of 38 polling stations draw blank

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Nearly two per cent polling was recorded at 38 polling booths where re-poll was held today in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official said that 679 votes were cast out of 35169 at 38 polling booths at the end of voting at 4pm. No vote was polled at 27 out of 38 polling stations during re-polls in various constituencies of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Here are the final figures: Budgam: Three votes were polled out of 7122 votes, zero at six polling stations Chadoora: 261 votes polled out…

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Intense clashes erupt in Nasrullah Pora after protesters march towards polling station

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Intense clashes erupted in Nasrullah Pora village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday after protesters attempted to march towards a polling station. The protesters were marching towards Tankipora where polling stations were shifted last night when clashes erupted. Witnesses said that forces resorted to teargas and pepper gas shelling besides pellet firing to disperse the protesters, triggering intense clashes. Health sources confirmed that one youth was hit by pellets. They said that the youth, whose identity was not immediately known, was shifted to District Hospital Budgam. However, he was discharged…

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Three votes polled until 2 pm in Budgam, zero in Khansahib, Bagh-e-mehtab, Repora, Haripora

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Only three votes were polled in Budgam polling stations until 2pm while none of the voters to exercise franchise in Khansahib area. Out of 7106 votes, only three votes – two at Nasrullah Pora B and one at Nasrullah Pora C – were polled until 2am on Thursday, sources said. No vote was polled by this time in Khansahib area. 519 votes were polled in total in all the five constituencies of the Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency during today’s re-poll by 2am, they said. Zero percent voter turnout in Bagh-e-Mehtab There is zero…

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Marginal votes casted in re-poll, Polling agents ‘Missing’ from polling booths, Curfew like restrictions in poll bound areas, Broadband Internet services snapped again across Kashmir

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Less than one percent votes polled until 10 am Zero percent voter turnout in Haripora Polling agents ‘missing’ from polling booths in Budgam Curfew like restrictions in Budgam Broadband Internet services snapped again across Kashmir Around 0.78 votes were polled at 38 polling booths until 10 am in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday where re-poll is being held amid tight security. Sources said that 277 votes were polled at these stations out of a total 35179 votes. Zero percent voter turnout in Haripora There is zero percent voter turnout at Haripora, Budgam polling…

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Re-poll underway in Budgam: Srinagar Lok Sabha by-election

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Re-polling at 38 polling stations in Budgam district in Srinagar parliamentary constituency began on Thursday, election officials said. Re-poll was ordered in 38 polling stations of Chadoora, Chrar-e-Sharief, Khan Sahib and Beerwah tehsils of Budgam district where violence had disrupted the process on Sunday. Voting process started at 7  am and will end at 4 pm. However, voters did not turn out in big numbers to cast their ballots. Sunday’s polling at these polling stations was disrupted by massive violence in which eight civilians were killed in clashes with the…

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Kashmir’s 404 error

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Businessmen, students fume over internet blockade Even though the broadband internet service was restored in Valley on Tuesday but the continuous suspension of the mobile data service till April 13 has infuriated the people. The internet services in the Valley were suspended hours before Srinagar constituency went to polls on April 9. “Ban on internet is ridiculous, not a single place on earth bars its citizens from accessing the internet,” said Bilal Ahmad, a bioinformatics student of the University of Kashmir. “Unfortunately, it happens only in Kashmir.” Media has also…

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Seven Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency candidates appeal people to boycott re-polls

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The seven candidates who are in fray for Srinagar parliamentary constituency today jointly called for boycott of re-polls, slated to be held on Thursday for 38 polling stations. The candidates according to the statement issued today, said that “they don’t want their brothers to die”. The seven candidates including State President of Rashtriya Jankranti Party (RJP) Mirza Sajad Hussain Beigh, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha leader Chetan Sharma, Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) leader, Engineer Sajad Reshi and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Bikram Singh, besides three independent candidates, Farooq Ahmad Dar,…

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4 Day ‘Jammu Mahotsav’ begins from today, Tourism Director on deputation

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The state government decision of allowing the Director, Tourism, Jammu, to proceed on a deputation to a mid-career training programme just before the start of the much-hyped “Jammu Mahotsav-2017” event has raised many eyebrows here. The decision is being seen as a “setback” to the event as the Director, Tourism, Jammu, is the nodal officer for the four-day mega event to be organised at Bagh-e-Bahu. On Tuesday, the government assigned the charge of the post of the Director, Tourism, to Manesha Devi, Director, Floriculture, Jammu, after the Director, Tourism, Jammu,…

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BRO hands over Jammu-Srinagar Highway to NHAI

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The Border Roads Organisation has handed over the maintenance of the arterial Jammu-Srinagar road to the National Highways Authority of India, a senior official of the organisation said here today. “Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) has been handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),” Brigadier A K Dass, Chief Engineer of Project Beacon, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said. He said the organisation was now only entrusted with the responsibility of a small portion of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and not the entire stretch of road. “BRO only looks…

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