"People who voted this time, are higher in number than the total population of many countries. The voters of Jammu and Kashmir, have showed great enthusiasm by showing record turnout. They have shown a mirror to those who tried to defame India globally," PM Modi said.
Scores of traders in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) recently held a protest demanding the release of their arrested leaders and the filing of a case against PoJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq over the deaths of four people during protests against inflation in May.
Kashmiri poet and journalist Ahmad Farhad Shah, who was allegedly abducted by Pakistani authorities several days ago, recited poetry of resistance against Pakistani oppression in Islamabad High Court despite being in chains.
This is the first Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. The elections to the five seats in Jammu and Kashmir were held in five phases.
In a post on his X account, Omar Abdullah conceded defeat and congratulated Independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh for his victory in North Kashmir. He added that the voters have spoken and in a democracy, that's all that matters.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) vice-president and Baramulla Lok Sabha candidate Omar Abdullah is trailing in Baramulla by a margin of 46,225 votes against independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh, as per the ECI.
A massive fire broke out in a forest adjacent to NH 244 near Suigarh forest in the Pul Doda area in Doda district on Tuesday evening, Ministry of Defence, Jammu said in a press release.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police, continuing its action against drug peddlers, confiscated properties worth Rs 2 crores of a notorious drug smuggler in Jammu on Monday, said police.
Jammu and Kashmir Police confiscated the properties of a notorious drug smuggler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic (PIT) in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) in the Bishnah area of Jammu, police said on Monday.