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.
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Resistance 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 “Tomorrow’s strike call has been withdrawn,” said the spokesman.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…
Read MoreMHA claims to have warned over kashmir violence; EC responds
A war of words broke out between the Home Ministry and the Election Commission over the holding of the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-poll, which saw large-scale violence on Sunday. The MHA claimed that it had suggested the EC that atmosphere was not conducive for the polls, however, its advice was “ignored”. The Election Commission hit back, saying it is not bound to consult the central government before holding any election. Massive violence and a very poor turnout marred the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-poll on Sunday. At least eight civilians were…
Read More12 Yr old battles bullet, Pellet injuries; 35 Yr old critical; 21 Pellet victims may lose eyesight: Poll Day Horror
Another injured, Shakoor Ahmad of Rajouri, who was brought to SKIMS with head injuries, continues to be in “critical condition.” “He has multiple fractures in his head. His condition is bad,” said the doctors. Horror is writ on face of every victim who was injured in security forces’ action on Sunday and undergoing treatment at different hospitals here. At Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here, 12-year old Adnan Lateef is battling for life. Hit by bullet in chest and pellets in abdomen, Adnan, a resident of Habak Srinagar, was…
Read MoreBudgam turns from responsive electoral pocket to epicentre of defiance
Ever since the electoral politics regained ground in Kashmir after 1996, seven years after the outbreak of armed insurgency, the central Kashmir’s Budgam district was one of the most receptive pockets in Kashmir for the democratic process. For every election, be it for the Assembly or Parliament, long queues were seen in the district, especially at Chrar-e-Sharif, the area that defied separatists’ poll boycott call long ago. Cut to 2017. The response at Chrar-e-Sharief and other pockets of the central district, including Chadoora and Beerwah, to the parliamentary by election…
Read MoreWake up India, talk to Pakistan or lose Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference chief and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Farooq Abdullah today said the violence and loss of lives during the Srinagar bypoll “are a tragedy and a failure of the government of the day.” National Conference chief and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Farooq Abdullah, who is contesting the state by-elections from Srinagar, said that the violence and loss of lives during the bypolls in the state “are a tragedy and a failure of the government of the day. They could not provide…
Read MoreAt 7.1%, Kashmir’s mainstream faces existential crisis
With the Srinagar constituency seeing an unprecedented boycott, clouding the next by election in the extremely volatile south Kashmir, the mainstream political parties in the Kashmir valley are facing an existential crisis as new separatism is strengthening its foothold. The 7.1 per cent turnout on Sunday in central Kashmir’s three districts was the lowest-ever in history of the Srinagar parliamentary constituency and of the region. The popular disinterest with the voting process — which was held in the backdrop of last year’s deadly unrest and a series of pro-militant protests…
Read MoreKashmir Valley Shuts down over Civilian Killings
A complete shutdown was observed across the Kashmir valley today in protest against the killing of eight persons during the clashes between protesters and security forces in Budgam district during the polling to the Srinagar parliamentary constituency yesterday. Amid heavy deployment of security forces in sensitive areas and vulnerable points to avoid any law and order situation, there were several incidents of stone-throwing and clashes in different areas of the Valley, particularly in Budgam district. Similar incidents were also reported from many places in Srinagar city and its outskirts. Shops…
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