Bharat Decides 2019: Grenade attack on polling booth in Shopian school

2019-05-06 16:59:58

• Petrol bomb was hurled at a polling station in south Kashmir’s Shopian, no loss of life or injuries reported. 

2019-05-06 16:50:26

• Grenade attack on polling booth in Shopian school of Jammu and Kashmir. 

2019-05-06 16:48:52

• A sub-inspector of the BSF has suffered splinter injury in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Poonch sector. He is currently out of danger. Pakistan violated ceasefire by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms in Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch at around 2:45 pm.

2019-05-06 16:13:24

• Over all poll percentage till 3 pm in Jammu and Kashmir is 15.64% 

2019-05-06 15:37:58

Kashmiri Pandits cast their votes

Kashmiri Pandits cast their votes at a Special Polling Station in Udhampur, for Anantnag parliamentary constituency. 

2019-05-06 13:58:58

• Second grenade attack at a polling booth in Pulwama

2019-05-06 11:32:29

• 6.08 voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir till 11 am

2019-05-06 10:20:51

• People turn up in large numbers in Shopian district to cast their vote

2019-05-06 09:19:46

• Terrorists lobbed a grenade at a polling booth in  Pulwama district. No casualties have been reported 

2019-05-06 08:40:34

• Visuals from a polling booth in Khrew area of Pulwama (Anantnag Lok Sabha seat)

2019-05-06 08:38:18

• Polling stations wear a deserted look in Shopian and Pulwama districts

2019-05-06 07:01:06

Bharat Decides 2019: Grenade attack on polling booth in Shopian school

Srinagar: Srinagar/Leh: Polling is underway on Monday for Ladakh and Anantnag Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Enthusiastic voters started pouring out to throng the polling stations in Leh and Kargil districts.

In contrast, most of the polling stations wore a deserted look in Shopian and Pulwama districts where polling is being held in the third and final phase of Anantnag Lok Sabha seat.

Polling started at 7 a.m. in both the Lok Sabha seats, but it will end at 4 p.m. in Anantnag constituency and 6 p.m. in Ladakh constituency.

In the hilly Shahdab Karewa village of Shopian district, voters started to come out in good numbers to exercise their democratic rights.

In Ladakh, the contest is four-cornered between Jamyang Tsering Namgyal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rigzin Spalbar of the Congress and two independents, Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai and Sajjad Hussain.

There are 18 candidates in fray in Anantnag, but the main contest is between Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ghulam Ahmad Mir of Congress and Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi of the National Conference.

The votes will be counted on May 23.