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Leh's poll officials get training to use electronic voting m

Leh, Oct 25 ANI: Poll officials in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir are being trained to use Electronic Voting Machines EVMs for the upcoming Assembly elections.Independent Election Commission officials in a camp are training the returning officers, the assistant returning officers and other election staff.The poll officers commended the training programme, saying that it would eliminate last minute troubles."EVM is easy to operate as compared to ballot box and the film that they showcased was very resourceful for all us read more

Posted by aniin on Sunday Oct 26

Election process kicks off in Jammu and Kashmir

NAT10 National/Kashmir/Politics Election process kicks off in Jammu and Kashmir Jammu, Oct 24 IANS The election process to the 87-member legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir began Friday with the issuance of notification for the first phase in which 10 constituencies go to polls Nov 17. The districts going to polls in the first phase are Leh and Kargil in the cold desert region of Ladakh, Bandipore in Kashmir Valley and the mountainous, border district of Poonch in Jammu region. Leh district has two constituencies - Nobra and Leh read more

Posted by IANS on Saturday Oct 25

Framing manifestoes a big challenge for Kashmir parties

NAT33 National/Kashmir/Politics Framing manifestoes a big challenge for Kashmir parties Jammu, Oct 24 IANS With the first phase of assembly elections just three weeks away, political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are engaged in a jugglery of putting words and issues together to lure the electorate - but this is proving to be an uphill task. On Friday, the Election Commission issued a notification on the first phase of polling Nov 17 for 10 seats in Leh, Kargil, Poonch and Bandipore districts read more

Posted by IANS on Saturday Oct 25

Zardari's comments on Kashmir not what he meant: Pakistan fo

INT60 International/Diplomacy/Indo-pak Zardari's comments on Kashmir not what he meant: Pakistan foreign secretary Beijing, Oct 24 IANS Nearly three weeks after President Asif Ali Zardari's remarks describing militants in Jammu and Kashmir as terrorists, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Basheer Friday downplayed the comments that were seen in India as a reversal of Islamabad's policy on Kashmir, even as he called for rooting out terrorism collectively. "What is attributed to him Zardari on terrorism is not what he meant read more

Posted by IANS on Saturday Oct 25

Pakistan committed to controlling terror, Gilani to Manmohan

INT59 International/Diplomacy/Terrorism/Economy Pakistan committed to controlling terror, Gilani to Manmohan Beijing, Oct 24 IANS Indian and Pakistani prime ministers met here Friday and reviewed the historic resumption of trade across the Line of Control that divides Kashmir, even as Yousuf Raza Gilani assured Manmohan Singh that his government was committed to "controlling terror". "He assured me that they Pakistan are very seriously committed to working with us to control terror read more

Posted by IANS on Saturday Oct 25

Zardari's "Kashmiri terrorists" statement not exactly what h

Beijing, Oct 24 ANI: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has said that his country's President Asif Ali Zardari's statement describing the Kashmiri fighters as "terrorists" was not exactly what he meant, as the definition of terrorism was not satisfactorily resolved yet. "The issue of the definition of terrorism has not been resolved satisfactorily at any forum, and, therefore I think what is attributed to the President is not exactly what he meant," said Bashir in an exclusive interview with ANI in Beijing on the sidelines of the seventh ASEM Summit read more

Posted by aniin on Saturday Oct 25

Election Commission announces seven-phased polls for Jammu a

NAT11NationalB R E A K I N G N E WSElection Commission announces seven-phased polls for Jammu and Kashmir from Nov 17 to Dec 24. Counting Dec 28.--Indo-Asian News Servicemk/pb/rn 26 Words*19101146 read more

Posted by IANS on Friday Oct 24

Election Commission announces seven-phased polls for Jammu a

Posted by IANS on Thursday Oct 23

Election Commission announces seven-phased polls for Jammu a

Posted by IANS on Tuesday Oct 21

SRINAGAR/JAMMU

NAT54 National/Kashmir/Economy/Indo-pak Divided Kashmir to trade after six decades Roundup Srinagar/Jammu, Oct 20 IANS Trucks will roll on both sides of the line dividing Kashmir as India and Pakistan resume trade Tuesday in the region, six decades after they snapped commercial ties through the route following the 1948 war. The move to begin the trade across the Line of Control LoC - the de facto border that divides Jammu and Kashmir between the two countries - comes after a meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York last month read more

Posted by IANS on Tuesday Oct 21