J&K DDC results LIVE: Gupkar Alliance bags 110 seats, BJP 75, Congress 26

Jammu and Kashmir local election result: BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 75 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

10:22 AM

J&K DDC election result LIVE: JKPCC president's son loses DDC polls from Anantnag

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Ghulam Ahmad Mir' son Naseer Ahmad Mir on Tuesday lost the District Development Council (DDC) polls from Anantnag district of the union territory. Naseer Ahmad Mir, who contested from the Verinag constituency of south Kashmir district, lost to independent candidate Peer Shahbaz Ahmad.

9:29 AM

15 per cent independent candidates won DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir

Forty-two independent candidates have registered their victory in the District Development Council (DDC) elections, the counting for which was under progress late on Tuesday night in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Read on...

9:27 AM

Former BJP minister Choudhary loses DDC election in Jammu by 11 votes

Former BJP minister Sham Lal Choudhary lost by a razor-thin margin of 11 votes in Su

1:40 AM

DDC polls: PAGD bags 99 seats, BJP emerges as single largest party by winning 77 seats

Former BJP minister Shakti Raj Parihar lost the District Development Council (DDC) election from two constituencies in Doda district despite his party emerging as the single largest party in Jammu and Kashmir in the first election after abrogation of the special status and downgrading of the erstwhile state into a Union Territory last year.
 

The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of seven mainstream parties including National Conference and PDP which have come together to seek restoration of the special status, was leading the result tally late Tuesday night by winning 99 seats against 77 won by the BJP.
 

Independent candidates won 45 seats till the filing of this report.
 

Congress won 22 seats, J&K Apni party 11, J&K national panthers party two, BSP and PDF one each, according to the results for 251 seats, out of total 280, declared by the J&K election commission.
 

Parihar lost the election to National Conference rival Asim Hashmi from Gundana segment and Congress opponent from Marmat seat Mushtaq Ahmad, both falling in Doda district, as the day-long counting witnessed a see-saw battle between him and his opponents.
 

Hashmi defeated Parihar by a margin of 1,336 votes, while Ahmad won by 1,330 against Parihar from Marmat constituency.
 

The BJP had so far won eight seats from the district, while two more seats were won by Congress and another went to an independent candidate. The result of one seat was awaited.
 

Former BJP ministers Sham Choudhary was leading by a slender margin of 157 votes against his near rival, independent candidate Taranjit Singh from Suchetgarh constituency of Jammu district. Choudhary polled 12,180 votes against Singh's 12,023 votes.
 

Singh expressed gratitude to his voters and said the vote for him was "against the farm laws imposed by the BJP government on the farmers of the country against their will.
 

BJP went for aggressive campaigning bringing union ministers, chief ministers and national leaders to divert the attention of the voters from the real issues facing the public, Singh, who was leading the constituency till mid-day, said.
 

Out of 12 results declared so far from Jammu district, the BJP had bagged 11 while one constituency was won by the National Conference candidate.
 

11:58 PM

J&K DDC poll results LIVE: BJP ahead in 70 seats as counting continues

10:37 PM

J&K DDC result LIVE: Poll results made it clear that people voted for Gupkar alliance, says Mufti

DDC election results made it clear that people of J&K voted en masse for PAGD, thus rejecting unconstitutional decision to abrogate Article 370: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti

10:05 PM

J&K DDC poll result LIVE: BJP has established acceptability in J&K, says Jitendra Singh

This is the vindication of PM Modi's decision to introduce grass route democracy in J&K. Biggest achievement, as far as the BJP is concerned, it has established its acceptability across the entire region of J&K: Dr Jitendra Singh, MoS PMO and BJP leader on DDC elections

10:01 PM

J&K DDC elections: BJP emerges as single largest party

8:54 PM

J&K DDC election result LIVE: Gupkar Alliance wins in 82 constituencies

J&K DDC election result LIVE: Gupkar Alliance wins in 82 constituencies

8:19 PM

LIVE: Victory in DDC elections a shot in the arm for the PAGD

The counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday has given a clear lead to the People's Alliance For Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).

 

Of the 280 seats that went to polls for the DDC elections the leads on 258 seats have indicated that the Kashmir-based amalgam of the mainstream parties, the PAGD, has either won or is leading on 107 segments, the BJP leading on 65 segments, the Congress on 22, Apni Party which was launched after the abrogation of Article 370 on 10 and others on 54 segments.

 

On expected lines, the PAGD has bagged most of the seats from the Kashmir valley while BJP has fared well in its traditional bastion of Jammu. The BJP has though been successful to break into Kashmir valley by winning three seats. Engineer Aijaz Hussain, the BJP candidate from Khanmoh-II in Srinagar and Aejaz Ahmad Khan won a seat from the Bandipora district while Minha Lateef won from Kakpora in Pulwama.

8:06 PM

J&K DDC election results LIVE: BJP leading in 28 seats in Jammu division

7:54 PM

CBSE board exams will not start in February, says Ramesh Pokhriyal

Every year the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts examinations for classes 10 and 12 starting in February, but the board exams in 2021 would be delayed.

 

According to Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, there is no proposal to conduct board examinations in February 2021. Along with this the Union Ministry of Education has clarified that other procedures related to the board examinations will also be given additional time.

 

Giving information about the upcoming board examinations on Tuesday, Nishank said, "The process of board examinations will no longer be started in January-February this time". Usually the board examinations start from the last week of February. There are also various practical examinations conducted during January every year. READ MORE...

7:32 PM

Union Cabinet meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow via video conference

7:20 PM

DDC polls: People of Jammu and Kashmir gave full support to Gupkar alliance, says Omar Abdullah

National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said people from Jammu as well as Kashmir have extended complete support to the Gupkar alliance and endorsed its plan seeking restoration of J-K's special status by giving a befitting reply to the BJP in the DDC polls. His remarks came amid counting of votes of the District Development Council (DDC) elections, in which the People's Alliance on Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is leading in 81 seats and has won 30 so far whereas the BJP is leading in 56 and has won eight seats till now.

 

The Congress is leading in 19 seats and has bagged four seats so far. The results and emerging trends of DDC polls should act as an "eye-opener" for the BJP and "its proxy political party", Abdullah said in an apparent reference to the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party.

 

The trends show that the people have not accepted the government's unilateral decision of revoking the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, and downgrading it to a Union Territory, the NC leader said. Abdullah, who is a former chief minister, told PTI that the results and trends are an "important milestone" for the PAGD as they endorse "our view" that revoking of special status was not acceptable to the people.

7:01 PM

JKPCC president's son loses DDC polls from Anantnag district

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Ghulam Ahmad Mir' son Naseer Ahmad Mir on Tuesday lost the District Development Council (DDC) polls from Anantnag district of the union territory. Naseer Ahmad Mir, who contested from the Verinag constituency of south Kashmir district, lost to independent candidate Peer Shahbaz Ahmad.

 

Son of the JKPCC president, Naseer Ahmad Mir had plunged into electoral politics for the first time. His father, a former minister, has been the JKPCC president for two consecutive terms since 2015.

 

Ghulam Ahmad Mir had also lost his last election when he contested the Parliamentary polls from the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency. He was defeated by National Conference's Hasnain Masoodi in the 2019 polls.