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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 2 killed, driver injured; Army chopper crash - lands; Independents hold sway, win How long curbs will trucks torched in Shopian Comdr among 9 hurt 217 seats; BJP get 81, NPP 8 continue? asks SC Over 50,0000 trucks of apple on two adjacent houses in which Dhruv of the Army sustained cal snag and crash landed. As many as 109 Independent to 1 pm and counting started at 3 restrictions, including internet implications as it may be linked have been exported from Kashmir these people were killed and three injuries when the helicopter they "All passengers and crew candidates won the chairperson- pm. At most of the places, the blockade, imposed in the Valley to spurt in terror violence in the since August 5 with bulk of them others were also injured. were flying crash landed due to sustained injuries. The injured ship of the BDCs in Kashmir fol- counting was completed within following the abrogation of pro- Valley. over 20,000 trucks being exported Four persons were injured in technical snag in Bedar area of were evacuated to Command lowed by 88 in Jammu and 20 in two hours and winners were vision of Article 370. "Let us not have an ostrich from October 14 when truck driv- Drangyari area of Trehgam sector Mandi in Poonch district this Hosp-ital, Udhampur. As per Ladakh totaling 217. taken out in victory processions. The Apex Court, which was approach," he said and referred er was killed. of North Kashmir's Kupwara sec- afternoon. medical investigations, all Election was held for 148 Significantly, Srinagar dis- hearing a batch of petitions to the 2016 protests in the And in the meantime, a tor today when Pakistani troops The GOC-in-C Northern have sustained blunt and Councils in Jammu, 128 in trict recorded 100 percent challenging the restrictions on Valley after dreaded terrorist woman was killed and 7 civilians opened heavy mortar fire. Army Command was on his way for superficial injuries but are sta- Kashmir and 31 in Ladakh. turnout while lowest 85.3 per- movement and communication Burhan Wani was gunned down were injured as Pakistani troops gave befitting reply to Pakistani tour of forward areas in ble,'' the Army statement said. Responding to a question on cent polling was registered in blockade imposed in the Valley, by security forces in an violated ceaseflre in North troops. Poonch sector when the heli- It added that the local vil- whether there was anything on Shopian. Number of districts said the authorities may impose encounter. Kashmir's Tanghdar and Trehgam Meanwhile, Pakistani mili- copter developed snag and had lagers who arrived first on the record from National accounted for around 99 per- restrictions for national interest With naming Wani, Mehta sectors today. Army retaliated tants tried to burn down a school to crash land at Bedar in Mandi Conference or PDP regarding cent polling. Overall voting but they have to be reviewed said when a terrorist was killed heavily inflicting casualties on scene wholeheartedly assisted building but their attempt failed as area of the border district of the Army in management and boycott of the elections, the percentage stood at 98.3. from time to time. in Kashmir and internet was Pakistan. locals protected the building. A bench headed by Justice Poonch causing injuries to all evacuation of the CEO, who is Election Authority The Panchs and Sarpanchs in blocked for around three A woman Hameeda Fatima Incident happend at Sheikh for the Panchayat elections, Srinagar were taken in a bus N V Ramana told Attorney injured. months, no petition was filed in wife of Riyaz Shah was killed and Mohalla, Chawalgam of Kulgam quipped: ``they (the NC and under security cover to facilitate General K K Venugopal and the court against the restric- "We salute three other civilians Gulistan, in South Kashmir. Fire was PDP) hadn't sent me anything them in polling and the district, Solicitor General Tushar tions. them (the locals),'' Zalnao and Nuzhat were injured doused by civilians and no major in writing whether they are which has been witnessing a Mehta, who were appearing for Grover, however, referred to the Army state- in village Pingla Haribal in damage being reported, sources contesting or boycotting or sup- tense atmosphere since August 5 the Centre and the J&K admin- the affidavit filed by the J&K Tanghdar today. The shell landed said. ment said. porting. I can't answer on their when the State's special status istration respectively, to come administration in the case and As per the behalf''. under Article 370 was abrogated out with "clear" reply and find said they themselves have said BJP-Sena retain power; hung Army, Northern Though the Congress had by the Centre, saw 100 per cent out other methods to deal with that terrorist violence in the Army Comm- announced boycott of the BDC polling by 11 am. the issue. Valley has gone down since Assembly in Haryana ander Lt Gen elections, two candidates of the The similar exercise was fol- Mehta told the bench, also 2008. Ranbir Singh has party were in the fray on party lowed in all remaining districts in comprising Justices R Subhash The Apex Court said it House. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav undergone all mandate and one of them Kashmir, where militants had Reddy and B R Gavai, that "the would hear arguments on these Senior Congress leader and Thackeray set the tone for required medical emerged victorious in Pulwama have threatened to disrupt the restrictions are being reviewed pleas on November 5. former Chief Minister tough bargaining amid specula- tests in Udhampur district. democratic exercise. daily. In around 99 per cent The bench said it would It may be mentioned here This was first election in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who tion that the "50-50" formula Military Hospital area, no restrictions are there". hear other petitions which have that only Sarpanchs and Panchs State after abrogation of Article won from his stronghold Garhi for power-sharing could be a and is doing fine. Advocate Vrinda Grover, raised issues, including alleged were eligible to contest the elec- 370 and last in the undivided Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak dis- rotating Chief Ministership or Local people countered Mehta's submissions tion for Chairpersonship. As Jammu and Kashmir, which will detention of minors in Kashmir, trict, urged non-BJP outfits to equal sharing of ministries. were the first to and said that internet shutdown on November 5. many as 26629 Sarpanchs and split into two Union Territories of still continues in the Valley join hands. "Maharashtra mandate is an reach the spot and The top court had on Panchs were eligible to vote. J&K and Ladakh on October 31. even after more than two The BJP hailed the verdict in eye-opener for many," Thackeray came to help of October 16 asked the J&K Maharashtra and Haryana as a told reporters in Mumbai. Victory of 217 Independent Meanwhile, Sarpanchs and months. the injured Army administration to place before it victory of its development agen- "We had agreed to contest candidates in the BDC elections Panchs expressed joy on becom- "You have to come out with Army helicopter ‘Dhruv’ badly damaged personnel. Imme- the administrative orders da, while the opposition parties fewer seats (than the BJP), but I was clear indication that ing a part of this first-ever elec- clear reply. You have to find out in crash-landing at Poonch on Thursday. imposing communication and termed the outcome as a "moral cannot accommodate the BJP diately thereafter, National Conference, PDP and tion and said they see it as a path other methods to deal with it," other restrictions in the State defeat" for the saffron party, every time. I should allow my top Army and even Congress besides other to the "dawn of a new era" for the bench told Mehta, adding, on board besides a civilian on following the abrogation of claiming that "jingoism does not party to grow," Uddhav said, indi- police officials also reached the small groups had fielded their grassroots-level democracy. "How long you want these provisions of Article 370. work when people are living in cating that he would drive a hard the ground. spot and shifted the injured candidates as Independents and Of the three-tier Panchayat restrictions?". misery". bargain. Official sources told the Army officials to local Military good number of them managed Raj system, the Government has "You may impose restric- However, the J&K adminis- Addressing party workers at Fadnavis, Shiv Sena leader Excelsior that there were total Hospital from where they were to win also. However, political implemented the second tier with tions for national interest but it tration had said those orders the BJP headquarters in Delhi, Aaditya Thackeray, and Leader of of nine persons on board the flown to the Command Hospital observers were of the view that BDC polls, but Panchs hope for has to be reviewed from time to and notifications would be Prime Minister Narendra Modi Opposition in Legislative Council Advanced Light Helicopter Udhampur. majority of Independent candi- immediate elections to the third time," the bench said. placed before the top court but said people of Maharashtra and Dhananjay Munde who trounced which developed snag while The helicopter was badly dates who won the election were tier to elect district chairpersons. On internet blockade, Mehta those cannot be shared with the Haryana have reposed their trust estranged cousin and BJP flying and crash landed in damaged in the crash landing.