Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge to check on his health after Kharge fell ill during an election rally in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua on Sunday.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sopore, Divya D, said that elaborate arrangements have been made at all polling booths as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines.
Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday that there is huge enthusiasm among voters in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) as elections are being held after a long time.
Addressing a public rally in Gurez at Bandipore area today, Rajnath Singh emphasized that there is a vast difference between the Jammu and Kashmir of the past and today's.
Javed Beigh, a political activist from Jammu and Kashmir, criticised Pakistan, particularly in light of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's recent comments as he once again raked up the Kashmir bogey in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
"Based on specific intelligence about the presence of terrorists, a joint search operation was launched by the security forces at Manail Gali under Thanamandi Police Station in Rajouri," the ADGP, Jammu Zone, said in a post on X.
Speaking to ANI, the NC vice president said, "We are getting information of interference from the administration, but we do not expect from any officer that they will help us in the elections. By God's grace, our party has the strength to win the elections without the administration's help."
Kharge was discharged from a hospital in Kathua after he felt slightly unwell while addressing a public meeting in Jasrota. He was paying tribute to a head constable killed in an anti-terror operation in Kathua.
This came following Mufti cancelling her election campaign on Sunday for the third phase of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in "solidarity with the martyrs of Lebanon and Gaza, especially Hassan Nasarullah."