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Jammu-Poonch records 49 pc turnout in Phase-I of LS polling in J&K Enthusism high among elders, rural folks but low among youth, urban voters 4/17/2009 12:24:27 AM Munish Gupta JAMMU, April 16: Moderate voter turnout of 49 percent was recorded in Jammu-Poonch constituency as Phase-I of the Lok Sabha elections was conducted smoothly by Election Commission of India (ECI) in Jammu and Kashmir today. There was an increase of nearly five percent voter turnout over 44.49 percent recorded in the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 but in a remarkable contrast to the Assembly elections of November-December 2008, there was subdued enthusiasm among the youth and over a half of the urban folks did not turn up to exercise their franchise. After supervising the day-long polling process at 2,210 polling stations for 17.21 Lakh eligible voters---spread in 20 Assembly segments of Jammu, Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts---Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, B R Sharma revealed at a crowded news conference here this evening that nearly 49 per cent voter turnout had been recorded in Phase-I of Lok Sabha elections in the state today. He said it was an improvement of nearly 5 percent over the turnout of 44.49 per cent recorded in the same constituency in 2004...   READ MORE

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27 injured in clashes during polling in Poonch, Rajouri 4/17/2009 12:23:52 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, APR 16 : At least 27 people were injured, six of them seriously, in clashes between the supporters of rival political parties during polling in twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri today, official sources said. Election was in progress for the Jammu Lok Sabha seat covering 20 Assembly segments spread over four border districts of Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch. Voting was suspended at 44-A-Salwah polling station in Mendhar area of Poonch after the EVM was damaged in clashes between Congress and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supporters, official sources said. "An EVM at 44-Salwah polling booth, under the jurisdiction of Mendhar police station, w...   READ MORE   Farooq's sister is his ANC rival 4/17/2009 12:21:36 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR: Awami National Conference (ANC) President, Khalida Shah has been nominated as party candidate from Srinagar parliamentary constituency, where she will be pitted against her brother and NC chief Farooq Abdulla. "Our party president Khalida Shah is contesting the elections from Srinagar parliamentary constituency," senior vice president of the party Muzaffar Shah told reporters. The decision to field the widow of former chief minister G M Shah would add colour to the contest as her brother and president of National Conference Farooq Abdullah is also contesting polls from the same constituency. Shah said the party also decided to support the candidature ...   READ MORE   70 cross sides at PoK 4/17/2009 12:21:16 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR: As many as 70 people cross sides in the Karvan-e-Aman bus operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Official sources said 29 guests from PoK arrived here to meet their relatives for the first time after 1947. They said 12 residents of this side who had crossed over to PoK also returned today. Sources said 17 residents of this side including seven women and one child crossed over to PoK to meet their relatives. As many as 12 residents of PoK who were here also returned to their homes today ...   READ MORE   Manmohan photos removed from PMO, PIB websites ECI strikes with MCC on top office 4/17/2009 12:20:54 AM AGENCIES NEW DELHI, April 16: Dr Manmohan Singh’s pictures and portraits have been removed not only from the official domains of Press Information Bureau (PIB) but also from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as Election Commission of India has struck on the country’s topmost office with its Model Copde of Conduct (MCC), which would remain in force till completion of the current Lok Sabha elections in third week of May. ECI has advised the authorities in writing that PM's photographs on the PIB websites as also in the PMO be removed in view of the general elections in the country. The EC's advise given recently came in response to a clarification sought by the PIB in this regard, ...   READ MORE   Farooq v/s Khalida in Central Kashmir First ever clash of Sheikhs siblings imminent 4/17/2009 12:20:19 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, APR 16: It is not the outsiders alone that are proving a challenge to National Conference President Farooq Abdullah for his battle for supremacy in Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary elections on May 07, but family members are proving a much bigger challenge for him as his sister will be his opponent during the elections. Reports today said that Farooq Abdullah son of National Conference founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah may face her sister Begum Khalida Shah, widow of former Chief Minister of late Ghulam Muhammad Shah who toppled the Farooq led government in 1984. Sources said that the Awami National Conference has decided to field its president, Begum Khalida...   READ MORE   Bullets, blasts in backdrop of polling 4/17/2009 12:19:06 AM AGENCIES NEW DELHI, APR 16: Round one of India's Election 2009 ended Thursday with millions queuing up in 17 states and union territories to vote in a new government amid Maoist violence that marred the democratic exercise in several places and left at least 17 dead. The world's largest democratic exercise began early at 7 a.m. and ended at most places at 5 pm. A majority of the states reported moderate turnout despite the Maoist attacks on polling centres and security personnel. Indians voted in 124 constituencies to pick a new 545-seat Lok Sabha in the first step of a four-phased exercise that is widely expected to throw up a split verdict. The Maoist violence affected a dozen c...   READ MORE   PDP, BJP are hand-in-glove on many fronts: Omar ‘One hundred lies by PDP cannot make one truth’ 4/17/2009 12:18:34 AM Salman Nizami JAMMU, April 16: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today clarified that whenever there will extension of cabinet only those MLA’s will be given birth in the cabinet whose performance during the Lok Sabha elections stands satisfactory. He also cautioned the people about the designs of divisive forces bent upon creating fissures in the society and tearing apart the secular fabric of the state. While campaigning for the coalition-backed candidate of the Congress party, Chowdhary Lal Singh, and addressing a series of public meeting on his whirlwind tour of Riasi and Ramban districts in Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha constituency, Omar Abdullah today cautioned audiences of the “designs of...   READ MORE

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