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Local Body Polls In J&K Unlikely Before Lok Sabha Polls: Official
Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.
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Congress Boycotts Mayor Elections Of Jammu Civic Body
The Congress on Friday boycotted the election to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in protest against the "open ballot" voting process.
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Jammu Gets New Mayor, Deputy Mayor After Urban Local Body Polls
Senior BJP leader Chander Mohan Gupta was elected yesterday as the new mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC). Purnima Sharma, also from the BJP, was elected as the deputy mayor of the JMC.
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Junaid Mattu Becomes Srinagar Mayor With BJP Support
Former National Conference leader Junaid Azim Mattu, who quit the party to contest the urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir, was elected Mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday with the support from the BJP and the Peoples Conference. Mr Mattu secured 40 votes while Congress candidate for the mayoral post Ghulam Rasool H...
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Civic Office Set On Fire In Jammu And Kashmir's Shopian Days After Polls
A municipality office in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian was set on fire by unidentified people days after controversial local body elections in the state.
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BJP Wins Election To Jammu Civic Body, Suffers Losses In Other Districts
The BJP has emerged as the clear winner of Jammu province in the urban local body polls conducted earlier this month, securing seven of the region's 10 districts. However, while the party managed to hold on to its traditional stronghold, it ended up losing many municipal committees to Independent candidates as well as rival parties.
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Jammu And Kashmir Local Polls: BJP Fails To Win A Single Seat In Ladakh
The BJP failed to open its account in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region in the urban local body elections held earlier this month.
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BJP Sweeps Urban Local Body Elections In 4 South Kashmir Districts
The BJP emerged victorious in the urban local body elections in four districts of south Kashmir today, winning 53 of the 132 wards, where voting was held in four phases earlier this month, election officials said.
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Municipal Polls Highlights: BJP Wins In Jammu, Loses In Other Districts
The counting of votes for the recently concluded municipal polls began in Jammu and Kashmir this morning. Counting of votes started at 8 am.
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Jammu And Kashmir Municipal Poll Votes Being Counted; Congress Wins Leh
The Congress has won all the wards in Leh, poll officials said, as counting of votes for the recently-held municipal polls continued in Jammu and Kashmir. Counting of votes started at 8 am, and all the results will be declared later in the day, election officials said.
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Last Phase Of Jammu And Kashmir Civic Body Polls Today
Jammu and Kashmir is voting today in the fourth and final phase of civic polls, amid an election boycott by regional parties. While polling was originally scheduled to take place for 132 municipal wards, only 37 wards will now vote due to the boycott.
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Jammu And Kashmir Civic Polls: Sajjad Lone Defends Governor's Remarks
People's Conference Chairman Sajjad Lone, an ally of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, has defended the governor's controversial remarks who had named the next Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation even before the polls were conducted in the city.
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Srinagar City Records Lowest Voting In Any Election, Turnout Data Shows
Srinagar city on Wednesday recorded the lowest ever voter turnout in any election with less than 100 people casting their votes in nine out of the 19 wards of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation or SMC in the second phase of the ongoing urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
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BJP Candidate Dies Of Heart Attack Before Voting In Kashmir Local Polls
A BJP candidate died of heart attack Wednesday when he was about to cast his vote in the second phase of the municipal elections in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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Jammu And Kashmir Urban Local Body Polls Highlights: Jammu Registers 80% Of Voter Turnout
About two per cent of the electorate voted in the first five hours of polling in 49 wards of urban local bodies in Kashmir Valley, officials said Wednesday. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections in the Valley began at 6 am and will end at 4 pm. Of the 1.78 lakh voters in 19 wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation, only 1.3 per cent tur...
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Local Body Polls In J&K Unlikely Before Lok Sabha Polls: Official
Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.
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Congress Boycotts Mayor Elections Of Jammu Civic Body
The Congress on Friday boycotted the election to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in protest against the "open ballot" voting process.
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Jammu Gets New Mayor, Deputy Mayor After Urban Local Body Polls
Senior BJP leader Chander Mohan Gupta was elected yesterday as the new mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC). Purnima Sharma, also from the BJP, was elected as the deputy mayor of the JMC.
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Junaid Mattu Becomes Srinagar Mayor With BJP Support
Former National Conference leader Junaid Azim Mattu, who quit the party to contest the urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir, was elected Mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday with the support from the BJP and the Peoples Conference. Mr Mattu secured 40 votes while Congress candidate for the mayoral post Ghulam Rasool H...
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Civic Office Set On Fire In Jammu And Kashmir's Shopian Days After Polls
A municipality office in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian was set on fire by unidentified people days after controversial local body elections in the state.
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BJP Wins Election To Jammu Civic Body, Suffers Losses In Other Districts
The BJP has emerged as the clear winner of Jammu province in the urban local body polls conducted earlier this month, securing seven of the region's 10 districts. However, while the party managed to hold on to its traditional stronghold, it ended up losing many municipal committees to Independent candidates as well as rival parties.
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Jammu And Kashmir Local Polls: BJP Fails To Win A Single Seat In Ladakh
The BJP failed to open its account in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region in the urban local body elections held earlier this month.
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BJP Sweeps Urban Local Body Elections In 4 South Kashmir Districts
The BJP emerged victorious in the urban local body elections in four districts of south Kashmir today, winning 53 of the 132 wards, where voting was held in four phases earlier this month, election officials said.
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Municipal Polls Highlights: BJP Wins In Jammu, Loses In Other Districts
The counting of votes for the recently concluded municipal polls began in Jammu and Kashmir this morning. Counting of votes started at 8 am.
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Jammu And Kashmir Municipal Poll Votes Being Counted; Congress Wins Leh
The Congress has won all the wards in Leh, poll officials said, as counting of votes for the recently-held municipal polls continued in Jammu and Kashmir. Counting of votes started at 8 am, and all the results will be declared later in the day, election officials said.
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Last Phase Of Jammu And Kashmir Civic Body Polls Today
Jammu and Kashmir is voting today in the fourth and final phase of civic polls, amid an election boycott by regional parties. While polling was originally scheduled to take place for 132 municipal wards, only 37 wards will now vote due to the boycott.
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Jammu And Kashmir Civic Polls: Sajjad Lone Defends Governor's Remarks
People's Conference Chairman Sajjad Lone, an ally of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, has defended the governor's controversial remarks who had named the next Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation even before the polls were conducted in the city.
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Srinagar City Records Lowest Voting In Any Election, Turnout Data Shows
Srinagar city on Wednesday recorded the lowest ever voter turnout in any election with less than 100 people casting their votes in nine out of the 19 wards of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation or SMC in the second phase of the ongoing urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
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BJP Candidate Dies Of Heart Attack Before Voting In Kashmir Local Polls
A BJP candidate died of heart attack Wednesday when he was about to cast his vote in the second phase of the municipal elections in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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Jammu And Kashmir Urban Local Body Polls Highlights: Jammu Registers 80% Of Voter Turnout
About two per cent of the electorate voted in the first five hours of polling in 49 wards of urban local bodies in Kashmir Valley, officials said Wednesday. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections in the Valley began at 6 am and will end at 4 pm. Of the 1.78 lakh voters in 19 wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation, only 1.3 per cent tur...
