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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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PM Modi Thanks Jammu And Kashmir People As BJP Sweeps Civic Polls
As BJP performed well in the Jammu and Kashmir local body elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his party will work hard to fulfill the aspirations of the people.
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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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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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Counting For Jammu And Kashmir Urban Local Body Polls To Begin Today
The stage is set for the final leg of urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir as the counting of votes for the 52 civic bodies, polling for which was held in four phases earlier this month, will be done today.
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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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In Third Phase, Jammu Gives Thumbs Up To Civic Polls, Kashmir Stays Away
In the third phase of the local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir, voter turnout crossed a little over 16 per cent today. While people in Jammu queued up outside polling booths taking the voting percentage to 81.4, those in the Valley largely stayed away. Just like in the previous phases, around 3.5 per cent votes were cast.
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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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Jammu and Kashmir Governor Meets Rajnath Singh As Civic Polls Underway
The governor also briefed Home Minister Rajnath SIngh on the ongoing urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Jammu And Kashmir Records 57 Per Cent Voting Till Noon In Civic Polls
The voting covering six districts of Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban, Reasi, Udhampur and Kathua recorded a turnout of 57 per cent till noon, the officials said, quoting information from district elections offices.
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Governor "Named" Srinagar Mayor Before Civic Poll Results, Allege Parties
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has come under attack for his comments on NDTV "naming" the next mayor of Srinagar, even before the civic polls are over. The opposition says it exposes the elections as a farce, more of a "selection". Both the National Conference of former chief minister Omar Abdullah and the Congress have strongly reacte...
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Row Over Voting-Before-Sunrise In Jammu And Kashmir Civic Polls Today
Barely two per cent of the electorate in the Kashmir Valley voted in the first five hours during the second phase of the local body elections, boycotted by the two major parties in the state. Brisk voting was recorded in Jammu till 11 am. The four-phase elections, being held in the state after 13 years, began on Mondayand will end on October 16.
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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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Low Voting In Kashmir As 2 Key Parties Boycott Civic Polls: 10 Points
As Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the first of the four-phased municipal elections after a hiatus of 13 years, voters in Jammu are queuing up at polling stations, but staying away in Kashmir. Brisk voting was observed in almost all the wards in Jammu region with Rajouri registering the highest votes, but only seven per cent voters turned up in Kash...
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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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PM Modi Thanks Jammu And Kashmir People As BJP Sweeps Civic Polls
As BJP performed well in the Jammu and Kashmir local body elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his party will work hard to fulfill the aspirations of the people.
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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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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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Counting For Jammu And Kashmir Urban Local Body Polls To Begin Today
The stage is set for the final leg of urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir as the counting of votes for the 52 civic bodies, polling for which was held in four phases earlier this month, will be done today.
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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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In Third Phase, Jammu Gives Thumbs Up To Civic Polls, Kashmir Stays Away
In the third phase of the local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir, voter turnout crossed a little over 16 per cent today. While people in Jammu queued up outside polling booths taking the voting percentage to 81.4, those in the Valley largely stayed away. Just like in the previous phases, around 3.5 per cent votes were cast.
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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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Jammu and Kashmir Governor Meets Rajnath Singh As Civic Polls Underway
The governor also briefed Home Minister Rajnath SIngh on the ongoing urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Jammu And Kashmir Records 57 Per Cent Voting Till Noon In Civic Polls
The voting covering six districts of Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban, Reasi, Udhampur and Kathua recorded a turnout of 57 per cent till noon, the officials said, quoting information from district elections offices.
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Governor "Named" Srinagar Mayor Before Civic Poll Results, Allege Parties
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has come under attack for his comments on NDTV "naming" the next mayor of Srinagar, even before the civic polls are over. The opposition says it exposes the elections as a farce, more of a "selection". Both the National Conference of former chief minister Omar Abdullah and the Congress have strongly reacte...
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Row Over Voting-Before-Sunrise In Jammu And Kashmir Civic Polls Today
Barely two per cent of the electorate in the Kashmir Valley voted in the first five hours during the second phase of the local body elections, boycotted by the two major parties in the state. Brisk voting was recorded in Jammu till 11 am. The four-phase elections, being held in the state after 13 years, began on Mondayand will end on October 16.
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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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Low Voting In Kashmir As 2 Key Parties Boycott Civic Polls: 10 Points
As Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the first of the four-phased municipal elections after a hiatus of 13 years, voters in Jammu are queuing up at polling stations, but staying away in Kashmir. Brisk voting was observed in almost all the wards in Jammu region with Rajouri registering the highest votes, but only seven per cent voters turned up in Kash...
