Fool-proof security arrangements put in place to ensure peaceful voting: CEO Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Shantmanu, Tuesday reviewed the arrangements put in place for re-polling at 38 polling stations in district Budgam of Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency scheduled to be held on April 13. District Election Officer (DEO) Budgam, SSP Budgam and other concerned were present at the meeting. The CEO said adequate security will be provided at all the 38 polling stations that are located at 32 different locations in district Budgam. He said foolproof arrangements of security have been…
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Holding by polls in May will hit Kashmir’s peak tourist season: Tourism Inc
‘Internet blockade affecting booking’; Operators mulling to write to ECI The decision to hold deferred by polls of the Anantnag parliamentary seat on May 25 is going to hit Kashmir’s peak tourism season, tour and travel operators here believe. Election Commission of India on Monday announced that by-polls for the Anantnag seat would be re-scheduled for May 25 after violence marked the voting for Srinagar by-polls on April 9. At least 8 people were killed and scores got injured in forces firing on the Election Day Sunday. Tour and travel…
Read MoreKashmir mourns civilian killings, Woman ‘died of tear gas suffocation’ in Pulwama
Woman dies of tear smoke in Pulwama Restrictions in downtown Srinagar, clashes at many places PDP supporters vehicle set on fire at Chrar Train services remain suspended for 2nd day A 40-year-old woman died of suffocation caused by excessive tear smoke shells fired by forces during clashes in Tahab area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday while life across the Valley remained disrupted for second consecutive day on Tuesday due to the shutdown called by joint Hurriyat leadership against the civilian killings in Budgam and Ganderbal. The shops, business establishments, petrol…
Read MoreSetback for PDP, BJP as Zanskar MLA leaves coalition
Ahead of the crucial Legislative Council elections, the PDP-BJP coalition received a setback today as the Independent MLA from the Zanskar Assembly constituency, Sayed Baqir Razvi, today refused to back the PDP-BJP candidates. Razvi’s decision has spoiled the PDP-BJP combine’s arithmetic because he was earlier a part of the coalition. “The PDP-BJP coalition has betrayed us on a number of occasions so there is no logic to support the government’s candidates in the Legislative Council elections,” Razvi told Kashmir Post. However, he said the decision to support the opposition candidate…
Read MoreBroadband Internet Services restored in Kashmir, EC announces re polling in 38 stations on April 13
Broadband internet services resumed after two days in the restive Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, though the region remained shut in response to a separatist strike over the killing of eight people in this weekend’s Srinagar by poll violence. But mobile internet services were yet to be restored. Businesses and educational institutions were closed for the second consecutive day in Kashmir. Roads were deserted; security checkpoints and pickets dotted every neighbourhood, and only a handful of people ventured out in the curfew-like nervous calm. The Election Commission announced repolling in 38…
Read More‘Indian democracy murdabad’ slogan raised by NC & Congress members in Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency
National Conference and Congress members were seen raising ‘Indian democracy murdabad’ slogan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. The NC and Congress members, unhappy with the decision to defer the election in the Anantnag parliamentary constituency till May 25, today gheraoed the Anantnag Distroct Collector and raised the anti-India slogan. On Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir government in its report to the EC had said that the law and order situation in Anantnag is not conducive to the holding of free and fair poll while the ruling Peoples…
Read MoreRe-polling at 38 violence-hit stations of Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary seat on April 13
Chief Electoral Officer Jammu and Kashmir Shantmanu on Tuesday said that re-polling would be held at 38 polling stations of Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency on April 13. Large scale violence erupted during the by-poll held on Sunday. Eight protesters were killed after government forces opened fire to break up the protests near polling stations.
Read MoreResistance withdraws tomorrow’s strike call, Internet may be restored today
The joint resistance leadership on Tuesday withdrew the shutdown call issued for south Kashmir after the deferment of Anantnag by-poll, said a spokesman. The leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had earlier called for shutdown in south Kashmir areas where polling was set to take place tomorrow. “Tomorrow’s strike call has been withdrawn,” said the spokesman. Meanwhile, Director General of Police today said that Internet will be restored today in Kashmir Valley. DGP S P Vaid said that the internet will be restored today. Internet service…
Read MoreResistance Shutdown Call against killing of 8 Civilians Paralyses Kashmir Valley
Life across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday remained adversely affected due to the separatist called protest shutdown against the killing of eight civilians in firing by security forces. Authorities made heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces to maintain law and order in Srinagar and other places. Shops, public transport, other businesses and educational institutions remained closed for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Train services between the valley and Jammu region’s Banihal town also remained suspended. Some private transport and three wheelers were however seen moving on the city…
Read MoreCRPF, Police went berserk in Rainawari break windowpanes
The residents in Rainawari Monday alleged that police and CRPF went berserk in the area and broke windowpanes of their houses and also of the shops. Youth clashed with the government forces in Rainawari near police station and at Vishwa Bharti College which was one of the polling booths for Srinagar by polls on Sunday. Police had to fire tear smoke shells to ward off protesters who took to streets for the second consecutive day on Monday protesting the civilian killings on Sunday. The angry police, however, hit stones at…
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