A high-level delegation of senior diplomats from various countries arrived at different polling booths including Budgam and Srinagar on Wednesday to witness the polling process in Jammu and Kashmir.
As Jammu and Kashmir will undergo the second phase of assembly polls on September 25, the security has been tightened in the Rajouri district of the territory.
Three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel lost their lives and 32 were injured after a bus fell into a gorge in Central Kashmir's Budgam district on Friday, sources said.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police registered an FIR at the Budgam Police Station on Wednesday after a female officer alleged rape, mental harassment and continuous stalking by an IAF officer.
National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asserted that the upcoming Assembly elections will serve as a crucial step towards realising the rights of the citizens in the Union Territory.
Terming his decision to fight Jammu and Kashmir polls from two seats as "natural choice", National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has said that he wants to win both from Budgam and Ganderbal and that the assembly election is about seeking to restore "some of that lost respect or that res
These upcoming elections will be the first in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370. Polling in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted in three phases on September 18, 25, and October 1.
In a significant move to enhance public safety and maintain order, the Budgam Police, acting on the directions of the competent Court of Law, have successfully installed a GPS tracking anklet on Mudasir Fayaz, an individual accused of aiding militancy in Kashmir, Budgam Police
The Baramulla parliamentary constituency of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a voter turnout of 55.79 per cent in the districts of Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora and Budgam as of the latest data issued by the Election Commission of India on Monday.