After hospitals in Kashmir witnessed a huge rush of patients with “flu-like sickness” last month, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed that influenza is “circulating” in the Valley. It has said that over 26 percent samples have tested positive for various strains of influenza. In response to queries e-mailed by Kashmir Post, the Director General (DG) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Soumya Swaminathan responded that “influenza season has commenced” in Kashmir and that “Influenza- B has predominated the positivity.” Dr Swaminathan said that…
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Accept reality and shun egoistic approach: Resistance to Govt
Criticising authorities for holding elections in poll bound areas amidst crackdown and deployment of heavy contingent of forces, separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik Thursday asked the government to accept reality and shun the egoistic approach. Lamenting at state administration, they said, “The authorities are deliberately adding fuel to fire and vitiating prevailing disturbance. Re-polling in Budgam and rescheduling polls in Anantnag constituency is just to affect the routine life and school education.” The leaders welcomed the statement of Anjumam -e- Sher-e- Shiyaan and…
Read MoreFearful election staff show up for duty after ‘Assurances, Suspension Threats’
Nearly 50 per cent of the polling staff was absconding till Wednesday afternoon in violence-hit Budgam, indicating their fear to be a part of the election process after the violence during bypoll in the Srinagar constituency on April 9. Officials deputed for the poll duty in Budgam, where repoll at 38 polling stations took place on Thursday, had not reported to their duties. However, after assurance of security and threat of suspension by the government, the officials showed up in the evening. Imran Nazir, an official, was deployed in the…
Read MoreStone Pelters probably paid by govt: Farooq Abdullah
Stoking another controversy, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is also the contestant for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, today alleged that some of the stone-throwers were “probably paid by the government”. “You don’t have to generalise the situation. There are many stone-throwers who are probably paid by the government and want to create a situation so that people don’t come out and vote. The government must investigate such things,” he said. The senior Abdullah said this here after paying obeisance at Bibi Chand Kour Gurdwara to wish Sikhs on…
Read MoreFortified Budgam sticks to poll boycott, Only 2 Percent turnout in repoll
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…
Read MoreNearly 2% voter turnout during re-poll, 27 out of 38 polling stations draw blank
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…
Read MoreIntense clashes erupt in Nasrullah Pora after protesters march towards polling station
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…
Read MoreThree votes polled until 2 pm in Budgam, zero in Khansahib, Bagh-e-mehtab, Repora, Haripora
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…
Read MoreMarginal 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
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…
Read MoreRe-poll underway in Budgam: Srinagar Lok Sabha by-election
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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