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Three Kashmir DDC’s To Be Headed By Women  Hussain SRINAGAR: Three districts in Kashmir valley are slated to have women as chairpersons of the recently elected District Development Councils while in Jammu division the number is also three but one is reserved for a woman of the Scheduled Tribe community. As per a notification issued by State Election Commission, north Kashmir’s Baramulla, central Kashmir’s Ganderbal, and south Kashmir’s restive Shopian districts will be headed by a woman chairperson. The notification further states that in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, the DDC cha...

J&K DDC polls: Big wins, narrow defeats While the turnout in most south Kashmir constituencies, especially in Pulwama and Shopian, was low, the region witnessed some close contests. December 23, 2020 6:02:44 am Voters at a polling booth in Bandipora district. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi) From a woman who originally came from Muzaffarabad to a former minister, a senior Congress leader and former legislators to the children of senior mainstream political leaders, the DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir saw a galaxy of candidates trying their luck. Here ar...