Paramilitary forces on poll duty leave Jammu and Kashmir

JAMMU - Of the 450 companies of paramilitary forces that were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for the recently concluded assembly elections, 100 companies will leave the state Saturday, a police official said Friday.

Azad among first to cast vote, confident of Congress win

JAMMU - Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was among the first 15 to cast his vote in the Jammu East constituency where polling began early Sunday in the last phase of the state assembly elections. He said he was sure the Congress would come to power in the state.

High tension in Srinagar as voting begins

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - Voting in the last phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly poll began in eight constituencies of Srinagar Wednesday morning amid palpable tension due to a separatist call for a poll boycott and a protest march. Polling was also underway in the state’s winter capital Jammu and its adjacent Samba district.

Voting underway in Srinagar, Jammu amid tension, chill

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - Voting was underway in Srinagar Wednesday in the last phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls amid palpable tension due to a separatist call for a poll boycott and a protest march. The state’s winter capital Jammu and its adjacent Samba district also saw voters trickling in on a chilly winter morning.

Low turnout in Srinagar, brisk polling in Jammu

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir was a study in contrasts Wednesday as voting got underway for the seventh and last round of the state elections with long queues outside polling booths in Jammu but low turnout in Srinagar constituencies where a boycott call by separatists held sway.

Moderate polling in Srinagar, brisk in Jammu

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - The crucial last phase of the staggered Jammu and Kashmir polls saw moderate to brisk voting in the two capitals of the state Wednesday during which minor clashes between police and anti-election protesters broke out in Srinagar.

Last phase of polling ends in Jammu and Kashmir

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - The crucial last phase of the staggered Jammu and Kashmir polls ended Wednesday amid minor clashes between police and anti-election protesters in Srinagar.

52 percent turnout in Jammu and Kashmir’s last poll phase

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - People in Jammu and Kashmir again defied Muslim separatists’ boycott call and turned out in large numbers even in Srinagar - the urban hub of secessionist movement - for the crucial last phase of elections to the state assembly Wednesday.

Three JeM terrorists nabbed in Jammu, hunt on for more

JAMMU - Three terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) hailing from Pakistan, including one armyman, who were planning a suicide attack in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, have been arrested, police said Tuesday. A hunt was on to nab their four fellow terrorists in the Kashmir Valley.

Pakistani soldier among three Jaish militants nabbed in Jammu

JAMMU - Three terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) hailing from Pakistan, who were planning a suicide attack in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, have been arrested. One of them is a Pakistani army regular, police said Tuesday.

Three Jaish terrorists nabbed in Jammu

JAMMU - Three terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) have been arrested in Jammu. One of them is a Pakistani army regular, police said here Tuesday.