More than 54 percent of the 17.37 lakh electorate exercised their franchise till 5 pm in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said here.
Read moreMore than 54 percent of the 17.37 lakh electorate exercised their franchise till 5 pm in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said his government has made a "solemn promise" for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and will stand by it, adding the Centre was working very hard to create the right conditions.
President Sayid Ebrahim Raisi along with foreign minister Amir Abdollahian have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an overnight search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, state media reported. Raisi was 63.
Polling began on Monday in North Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency where 22 candidates, including former chief minister Omar Abdullah, are in the fray, officials said.
"While Mukhtar's side of the story remains largely untold, a puzzle missing key pieces, one truth shines undeniably clear. Wealth cannot buy the most important things in life - neither health, nor relationships. Despite having everything, he had nothing."
The fervent campaigning for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat culminated on Saturday evening, with candidates making their final pitches to voters ahead of the crucial election on May 20.
Terrorists struck at two places in Kashmir on Saturday night, killing a former sarpanch in Shopian and injuring a tourist couple from Rajasthan in Anantnag, two days ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Baramulla.
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