Phase one of LS polls draws 62.37% voting; figures likely to go up: EC
World’s biggest electoral exercise begins in India New Delhi: An aggregate 62.37 percent voter turnout was recorded in phase one of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories amid sporadic incidents of violence at some places and an accidental explosion of a grenade launcher shell in Chhattisgarh […]
Rains fail to deter voters as 65% polling recorded till 5 pm in Udhampur LS
Jammu: An estimated 65 percent of the total 16.23 lakh registered voters cast their ballot by 5 pm on Friday in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Udhampur, officials said, as Jammu and Kashmir witnessed an incident-free polling in what was its first major electoral battle since the abrogation of Article 370 in […]
Two labourers die after falling into trench in Kulgam
Kulgam: Two labourers died while two were rescued after they slipped and fell into a trench in Chakpora area of south Kashmir’ Kulgam on Friday, officials said. An official said that they were working in the trench when suddenly they slipped and fell into it, news agency KNO reported. “Soon after the incident police and […]
First-timers, newlyweds among early voters in Udhampur Lok Sabha seat vote
Udhampur/Jammu: Several newly-wed couples turned up at polling stations in wedding attire to cast their votes in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur constituency which went to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Accompanied by his friends dressed in traditional attires, a groom in ‘sherwani’ and colourful headgear was among the first […]
