Six injured in clash outside polling station in Poonch
Mendhar/Jammu: Six persons including four women suffered minor injuries in a clash between supporters of two candidates outside a polling station in Mendhar sub-division in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. However, the voting at the polling station in the Shahpur sector continued without any disruption as police intervened and separated the clashing groups, they […]
Will initiate process of holding assembly polls in J&K very soon: CEC Kumar
New Delhi: Encouraged by the voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir in the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission will “very soon” initiate the process of holding assembly polls in the Union Territory, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday. He also told PTI Videos that the people of Jammu and Kashmir deserve their […]
Name not in voters’ list, claim non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits
Mattan: Many non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits expressed anguish on Saturday, claiming that their names were not in the voters’ list, and termed it an “unfortunate” incident with a group that remained in the Kashmir region despite the turbulent militancy-period of the 1990s. The matter pertained to a polling station set up at the Government Higher Secondary […]
Serpentine queues seen in seen south Kashmir for voting
Shopian/Kulgam): In a remarkable display of resilience and commitment to democracy, the residents of villages that had long been deprived of polling due to separatist-sponsored boycott calls turned out in large numbers to cast ballots in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. Braving scorching sun, people stood in serpentine queues and patiently […]
J-K: Grieving for loved ones, survivors of terror attacks come out to vote
Dhangri (Rajouri, J-K): “My sons accompanied me last time (2019) to vote. Today they are not with me,” says 51-year-old Bala, the pain of losing her two children in a terrorist attack last year writ large on her face. Bala’s sons – Deepak Sharma (24) and Prince Sharma (21) – were among seven civilians killed […]
How I should be rated as captain is up to you people: Shreyas Iyer amid hype about Gambhir
Chennai: Shreyas Iyer-led teams have reached IPL final two times in the last four years. But the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper has little qualms about not being celebrated enough as a leader and ceding spotlight to their mentor Gautam Gambhir. Iyer had led Delhi Capitals to the IPL title clash in 2020 before guiding KKR […]
Shaheen Afridi was never offered vice-captaincy role: PCB
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday said the national selectors never offered vice-captaincy role to Shaheen Shah Afridi in the run-up to the next month’s T20 World Cup in the Americas. Several reports claimed that Afridi was given a chance to be the deputy of Babar Azam when the Pakistan squad for the […]
INDIA bloc performing ‘mujra’ for its vote bank: Modi
Buxar/Dehri/Bikram (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservations by the INDIA bloc which he accused of “enslavement” and performing “mujra” for Muslim vote bank. Addressing back-to-back rallies in Buxar, Karakat and Patliputra Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, the prime minister also charged […]
50.72 cr of 76.41 cr eligible voters exercised franchise in first 5 phases of LS polls: EC
New Delhi: Of the 76.41 crore eligible voters in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha polls, as many as 50.72 crore people have cast their vote, according to data shared by the Election Commission on Saturday. India has the largest electorate in the world at 96.88 crore. The EC data showed that 11 […]
INDIA bloc has crossed halfway mark of 272 seats, on course for tally of over 350 seats: Cong
New Delhi: As the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls concluded on Saturday, the Congress claimed the BJP’s fate is “all but sealed” with the INDIA bloc having already crossed the halfway mark of 272 seats and is on course for a tally of over 350 seats in total. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh […]
