However, the worrying part for the BJP is that while it may have made minor inroads into Kashmir, its dominance in Jammu appears to have weakened somewhat. In 2014, it won 25 of the 37 seats in Jammu, that is, more than two-thirds. But in DDC polls, he won 71 …
Read More »Jammu and Kashmir DDC Election Results: Independents Dominate Srinagar, Win 7 of 14 Seats
The counting of votes for the eight-phase District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir began at 9 am Tuesday and is currently underway. Later that day, Srinagar District Election Official Shahid Choudhary said that of the 14 DDC seats in Srinagar, seven were won by independent candidates and …
Read More »Nepal faces new elections
At an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday morning, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recommended the dissolution of the Parliament of Nepal and called a general election. The decision was ratified by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in an official announcement hours later. “Prime Minister Oli was mandated to rule Nepal, but …
Read More »Biden clears the 270-vote mark as voters claim victory
WASHINGTON: The Electoral College gave Joe Biden the majority of his votes on Monday, confirming his victory in last month’s election in the state-by-state vote that rose to prominence this year due to President Donald Trump’s refusal to admit that lost. California’s 55 electoral votes put Biden at the top, …
Read More »Old rivalries take a backseat as six parties from Jammu and Kashmir unite to contest local polls
Saifuddin Shah, 70, and his family from the village of Kakroosa in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir have been staunch loyalists of the National Conference (NC) led by former Prime Minister Farooq Abdullah. He says they have always voted for NC, which ushered in transformative land reforms in …
Read More »J&K: PAGD Releases Fourth List for DDC Surveys
The Peoples’ Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the grouping of Jammu and Kashmir’s major regional parties, released the fourth list of its 16 candidates for District Development Council (DDC) polls on Friday. No candidate for Congress is on the list, which was published by PAGD chief Farooq Abdullah. The …
Read More »2020 US Presidential Election Result: Trump Wins North Carolina, Electoral Vote Count Reaches 232 – US Presidential Election
President Donald Trump won North Carolina and its 15 electoral votes, avoiding a hard-fought challenge by Democratic candidate Joe Biden and keeping the battlefield for Republicans. Trump’s victory in North Carolina leads him to 232 electoral votes. Biden, who was declared the winner of the election on November 7, has …
Read More »Biden wins Arizona, consolidates leadership over Trump
WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden narrowly won in Arizona, as projected by major US media outlets on Friday, capturing the state’s 11 electoral votes and consolidating his leadership over his Republican rival and current president of the United States. Donald trump. Biden, a Democrat, won Arizona, overturning a long-standing Republican stronghold, …
Read More »Donald Trump’s Administrator Refuses to Give Keys to Biden’s Transition Team | World News
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration literally refuses to hand over the keys to the federal government to President-elect Joe Biden’s team. President Donald trump he’s delving into claims of a stolen election amid a rift in the Republican Party, even as Biden’s team is knocking on the doors of the White …
Read More »Biden gets closer to winning as Pennsylvania focus intensifies
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrat Joe Biden came even closer to a victory over President Donald Trump on Saturday as the long and demanding job of counting the votes stretched to a fourth day after the election. The delay in issuing a verdict could be attributed to high turnout, a large …
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