Gupkar Alliance Sweeps Ddc Polls, Wins 110 Seats
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Cold Wave Intensifies In “I can calculate the Kashmir motion of heavenly bodies Gupkar Alliance Sweeps SRINAGAR: Cold condition in- but not the madness of tensified in Kashmir with most people.” parts of the valley witnessing a — Isaac Newton dip in their minimum tempera- tures on Wednesday. The weather has remained dry DDC Polls, Wins 110 Seats and cold across Kashmir since it snowed on December 12, with the night temperature staying BJP Emerges Single Largest Party With 75 Seats several degrees below the freez- ing point, a meteorological de- SRINAGAR: The People’s Alliance for Candiddates from PcK partment official said. PAGD Candidate’s Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) swept The weather department has Cavalcade Attacked the maiden District Development Independents Emerge As Counting forecast that the cold and dry Council (DDC) polls by winning 110 weather would continue till SRINAGAR: A female worker of seats, while the BJP emerged as the Christmas Day. a DDC candidate, who won from single largest party by getting 75 Suspended The Valley continued to reel Baramulla block constituency, seats after securing the largest vote Key Players With 50 Seats under sub-zero night tempera- ‘sustained injuries’ after her share in Jammu and Kashmir, offi- On 2 Seats tures on Wednesday as well, cavalcade came under stone- cials said on Wednesday. 5 Of 7 Ex- Ministers JAMMU: Jammu and even though there was a slight pelting in Hudpora locality of The results of two constituencies - Kashmir State Election improvement in the mercury at Baramulla district on Wednes- one each in Bandipora and Kupwara dis- Secure Win Commissioner K K Sharma most places. day. tricts of north Kashmir - are still awaited JAMMU: Five out of the seven on Wednesday said the Srinagar -- the summer capi- The successful PAGD candi- as counting of votes has been deferred former ministers who contested counting of votes in two tal of Jammu and Kashmir -- re- date Qurat-ul-Ain Bashir from there till further orders, they said. the DDC election in Jammu and DDC constituencies has corded a low of minus 5 degrees PDP was approaching towards The counting of votes for the 280 Kashmir have won, while two be- been kept in abeyance to Celsius, slightly up from the pre- her native village along her DDC constituencies - 14 each in 20 longing to the BJP suffered defeats, clear doubts over the citi- vious night’s minus 5.2 degrees workers when her cavalcade districts - started on Tuesday morning according to data issued by the state zenship of two of the con- Celsius. was pelted with stones near after the peaceful culmination of the election authority (SEA). testing candidates from The mercury in Pahalgam in Hudpora area in the district, eight-phase election from November Senior Congress leader and for- north Kashmir’s Bandipora south Kashmir went down from news agency GNS reported. 28 to December 19. This was the first mer minister Taj Mohiuddin, who and Kupwara districts. the previous night’s low of mi- In the incident, some vehicles democratic exercise in Jammu and was in the fray for Parenpillan Sharma said the count- nus 5.8 degrees Celsius to settle got damaged even as a female Kashmir post abrogation of Article constituency of Uri tehsil in north ing in rest of the 278 District at minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, of- worker (name withheld) also 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile Kashmir’s Baramulla More On P8 Development Council (DDC) ficials said. It was the coldest re- sustained injuries. She was state into union territories last year. seats, which started on corded place in the Valley. removed to hospital for treat- Out of the 278 seats for which results The supporters of a BJP candidate dance to celebrate his victory in Tuesday morning, conclud- They said Gulmarg recorded a ment. have been declared by the J-K Election DDC polls in Srinagar outskirts on Tuesday. —KO Photo: Abid Bhat This Is A Victory For ed peacefully Wednesday low of minus 6 degrees Celsius, Meanwhile, police has filed Commission so far, besides the PAGD morning. slightly down from More On P8 a case in this regard, the report and the BJP, Independent candidates India: Amit Shah The counting of votes was added. have won 50, Congress 26, Apni Party JAMMU: Independent candidates two-time MLA and former minister NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister deferred in Drugmulla con- 12, PDF and the National Panthers Party have emerged as big winners in Sham Lal Choudhary in Suchetgarh Amit Shah and Law Minister Ravi stituency (Kupwara district) 4 CRPF Men, MCA Student Goes two each and the BSP one. Jammu and Kashmir’s maiden in Jammu region by a slender mar- Shankar Prasad on Wednesday and Hajin-A (Bandipora) Cop Injured In Two women from Pakistan- District Development Council gin of 11 votes. hailed the recent conclusion of in view of a question that Missing In Baramulla controlled Kashmir, who are mar- polls, with 50 of them having Though the BJP maintained its su- the District Development Council has arisen on eligibility of Grenade Blast BARAMULLA: Family members ried to former militants from the been declared elected from 278 premacy by emerging as the single (DDC) elections in Jammu and one each contesting candi- SRINAGAR: Four paramilitary of a 24-year-old youth, who has Valley, are among the contestants seats, putting them ahead of par- largest party with 74 seats and is Kashmir and said that the Modi dates from the two seats, CRPF personnel, a policeman and gone missing since 20 Decem- from the Dragmulla constituency in ties like the Congress and the PDP. leading in another seat, the defeat of government was doing everything Sharma told reporters a BDO ranked Rural Development ber, have urged their son to Kupwara and Hajin-A in Bandipora Among the big Independent wins its stalwarts Choudhary and another to restore the grassroots democracy here. Two persons hailing department official were injured return home and appealed to and the state Election More On P8 is Taranjit Singh defeating BJP’s former minister Shakti More On P8 in the union territory. More On P8 from Pakistan- More On P8 on Wednesday in a grenade blast the government to help them in in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal tracing him. district. Saqib Ashraf from Fatehgarh Suspected militants lobbed here, went missing on Decem- Loud And Clear Rejection Of August 5 Move: Omar I’m Sher-e-Kashmir’s Son, Won’t a grenade towards a joint party ber 20, while he was returning of CRPF and police at Tawheed from Kashmir University, news Says PAGD Was Formed In ‘Very Difficult’ Circumstances Bow Before Anyone: Farooq Chowk area of the district on agency KNO reported. After Wednesday afternoon leaving coming to know that Saqib has one that we will fight for our rights at least six people injured, news not returned home, the report but not unlawfully or unconstitu- agency GNS reported. The in- said, his father tried his mobile tionally. We are not for disturbing jured identified ASI Nitbal Singh, number. However, his phone the atmosphere in this state, but to Constable Anand Mal, Manoj was switched off. make it better, Abdullah said. Sipahi and Head Constable RN Unable to make any contact Omar said the results of the DDC Manojan, all from CRPF’s 115 with their son, an anxious elections have proved that the BJP battalion, besides Mohammad family started searching in the will not be able to “bury” the NC. Sulemaan, a police head con- neighborhood. The next elections in J-K are very far stable and BDO Wakoora, Syed Saqib’s family has also regis- because of the defeat of the BJP in this Nasrullah were removed to the tered a missing report of their election. I do not think they will have hospital for treatment. son in the police station Sheeri. Photo: Abid Bhat KO the assembly elections here anytime Photo: Abid Bhat KO According to the report, the sooner. If they believed in democracy, condition of one of the injured Congress Leader SRINAGAR: The Centre should lis- were declared, while the BJP emerged they would have sounded the bugle of SRINAGAR: National Conference a day after the results of the DDC CRPF men was said to be serious. ten to the people’s voice against as the single largest party by getting the assembly elections,” he said. (NC) president Farooq Abdullah, polls were announced, Abdullah, Soon after the attack, govern- Madan Lal Sharma Dies the abrogation of Article 370 since 74 seats after securing the biggest Referring to the alliance with who is facing an ED probe in con- in an apparent reference to the BJP, ment forces cordoned More On P8 JAMMU: Veteran Congress it has itself termed the DDC polls vote share in Jammu and Kashmir.