MORNING NEWS (Sponsored by Shree Toyota Jammu) * Unfazed by the recent militant attacks, a 58 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the third phase of the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday that involved 16 seats--all in the Valley--as they continued to ignore boycott calls. * Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has alleged that the BJP-led Central Government has left no stone unturned to make Kashmiris suffer during and after the floods that caused unimaginable destruction in the State. * Coming down heavily on National Conference, BJP and PDP leadership for misinformation campaign against Congress, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jammu Links and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad has regretted that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah failed to carry forward developmental agenda started by Congress led coalition Government in 2005. * Over 50 percent votes were polled by Kashmiri migrants in 16 Assembly segments of Kashmir Valley which went to polls yesterday. * Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand today for voting in “record” numbers in the ongoing Assembly elections in the two States. * The Delhi High Court has sought responses of the Centre and the city Government on a plea by Kashmiri migrants that a policy for their rehabilitation, including providing them means of livelihood, be framed. * Army and police have destroyed a hideout of the militants and recovered arms, ammunition and explosives from Bharat ridge in Doda district. * Congress has complained to Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of dragging the Army into political controversy in violation of Model Code of Conduct during his campaign in the Kashmir Valley.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:43:47 +0000