Polling for the first phase of the first-ever elections to the District Development Councils in Jammu and Kashmir began on Saturday morning. Forty-three out of 280 constituencies in the Union Territory are going to polls in the first phase of DDC elections. Image Source : INDIA TV DDC elections schedule Parties including the National Conference, People's Democratic Party, Peoples Conference …
For 73-year-old Surat Singh, who migrated during the Partition, and several other West Pakistan refugees it will be a dream come true as they will exercise their franchise for the first time in a local poll in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Voting in local polls is now possible as the refugees, who till August 5 last year were “stateless”, …
Ahead of the District Development Council elections, 168 polling staff along with election material were airlifted on Sunday to the snow-bound Warwan block in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said. The induction of polling staff was done by the administration under the supervision of District Panchayat Election Officer Ashok Kumar Sharma, the officials said. “Given the tough geographical terrain, …
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration members failed to finalise their seat-sharing arrangement for the District Development Council polls yet again on November 14 despite holding a marathon meeting, the third one in two days, on the issue. The seat-sharing issue defying a resolution appeared to be exasperating for the two key constituents of the PAGD with its vice-chairperson and …
Over 350 nominations have been received for 43 seats going to polls in the first phase of the District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir — voting for which will take place on November 28, officials said on Thursday. In the first phase of the polls, by-elections will also be held for three urban local bodies — Srinagar Municipal …
Jammu: Asserting that the Congress was very much part of their grouping, People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said they would fight the DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir "together", but there was no official word on it from the national party. Abdullah said that J-K Congress president G A Mir came to meet him today …