41.17% polling recorded in J&K till 1 pm
A total 41.17 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm on Wednesday in the first phase of Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, said the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.
A total 41.17 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm on Wednesday in the first phase of Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, said the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.
Long queues were seen outside the polling booths in South Kashmir even before polling started at 7 am.
Cherry, almond and walnut orchards have also suffered extensive damage. Paddy crop has fallen flat in the fields, they said.
The injured soldiers were evacuated to the military hospital but two of the critically injured succumbed to their wounds, reports said.
Over the last two months, South Kashmir has been hit by militancy; our frontline warriors from the army are engaged in fighting insurgents. Young officers and jawans have laid down their lives.
Police and security forces are on the job and search is going on. Further details shall follow, said the police.
Sethi said that while carving out constituencies and reserving them, uniform principles have been followed but even then there are some areas where aspirations of people are not met.
The area has been cordoned off and a hunt has been launched to nab the terrorists.
A head constable of J&K Police was on Saturday killed in a terrorist attack in south Kashmir's Bijbehara of the Anantnag district.
An Army soldier was martyred and two soldiers and a policeman were wounded during the encounters in Anantnag and Kulgam districts.
