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PoK to J&K: Past the fences, she is still not ‘home’
Counting was stopped on similar grounds at Hajin constituency of Bandipore, where a candidate, Pakistani wife of a militant who returned under the rehabilitation programme, was contesting. Updated: December 23, 2020 12:02:54 pm
Somia Sadaf, family crossed over 10 years ago. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)
In the chilling winter cold,
Somia Sadafspent days travelling home to home in villages of Drugmulla constituency of Kupwara, trying to convince people to vote for her. She was the first woman from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to contest the DDC polls.
As Drugmulla went to polls in the fourth phase on December 7, the turnout kept Sadaf’s hopes alive. But as she anxiously awaited the results on Tuesday, the counting for the DDC seat was not allowed.
Why Dominic Raabâs visit to India matters, as UK heads for Brexit
New coronavirus strain aside, India-UK ties have been really solidifying over the last 18 months.
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UKâs Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Minister, Dominic Raab, recently came on an official visit to India. This was the first bilateral visit of a Foreign Minister to India since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepting PM Narendra Modiâs invitation to be the chief guest at the forthcoming 2021 Republic Day celebrations coincided with Raabâs visit. The visit set in motion the preparation by both sides for substantive outcomes during the January visit. PM Johnsonâs trip to India would be his first major visit abroad; India is likely to be the first country he would visit after the UK exits the European U
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PDP Asks why Stop Counting In Drugmulla? After EC s Order Over PoK-origin Candidate
Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP questioned State Election Commission s order to stop counting of votes in Drugmulla constituency after a PoK origin candidate was found
Even as the Gupkar alliance has won the most seats of any single alliance or party in the District Development Council (DDC) elections in J&K, Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP has questioned State Election Commission s order to stop counting of votes in Drugmulla constituency. The State Election Commission had stopped the counting of votes for Drugmulla constituency till further orders citing that a candidate had filled wrong information in Form 6 about her identity. PDP has said that if EC had problems then they should have flagged it before the elections were held.
J&K DDC result for 276 seats declared; PAGD gets 110, BJP 74
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Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 10:53 [IST]
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 23: The People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) swept the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls by winning 110 seats, while the BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 74 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
The results of four constituencies - one each in Bandipora and Kupwara districts of north Kashmir and Poonch and Rajouri districts in Jammu region - are still awaited. The counting of votes for the 280 DDC constituencies - 14 each in 20 districts - started Tuesday morning after the peaceful culmination of the eight-phase election from November 28 to December 19.