Jammu And Kashmir Panchayat Bodies

Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.

The curtain falls on the last vestige of elected representatives in Jammu and Kashmir as the term of over 28,000 panchayat members ended today with no fresh elections in sight.

DDC Elections: Jammu and Kashmir is all set for its first election since being reorganised as a Union Territory last year with the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls beginning today, officials said.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday announced a life insurance cover of Rs 25 lakh each to all elected members of panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) and urban local bodies (ULBs) of the union territory in case of death due to a terror-related incident.

Poor voter turnout in recent Jammu and Kashmir local body polls has thrown up a grim picture as the central government attempts to establish grassroots democracy in the Valley.

The stage is set for the nine-phased rural bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir from November 17, in which over 58.12 lakh voters will choose 35,096 panchayat members in 316 blocks of the state.

While people have come out in good numbers to cast their votes in Jammu region, barely three per cent of the electorate showed up to exercise their franchise in the Kashmir valley in the second phase of the local body elections in the state under tight security. The second phase polling today recorded 30 per cent voter turnout in the state, officia...

Blaming Pakistan for the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that 90 per cent people in the state would like to participate the panchayat and urban local body polls scheduled this month.

The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on Saturday demanded de-recognition and withdrawal of symbol of the parties which have announced that they will boycott the upcoming urban local bodies and panchayat polls in the state.

The Jammu and Kashmir government said today that it has taken adequate security measures to ensure free and fair polls to urban local bodies and panchayats in the state.

Ahead of the local bodies and Panchayat elections, Jammu and Kashmir'stheDirector General of Police Dilbagh Singh and the valley's top army official Lt Gen A K Bhatt today, reviewed the security situation, at a meeting in Handwara of Kupwara district of the state.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that urban local body and panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held as per schedule.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration is preparing for the upcoming civic polls on a war footing despite increasing incidents of arson in the region, a boycott call by separatist leaders and two major political parties deciding to abstain.

The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Janata Dal United (JDU) on Wednesday announced its participation in the upcoming municipal and panchayat polls, but demanded adequate security for its candidates.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday appealed to political parties to participate in the forthcoming panchayat and urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the National Conference and the PDP announcing a boycott of the elections.

Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.

The curtain falls on the last vestige of elected representatives in Jammu and Kashmir as the term of over 28,000 panchayat members ended today with no fresh elections in sight.

DDC Elections: Jammu and Kashmir is all set for its first election since being reorganised as a Union Territory last year with the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls beginning today, officials said.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday announced a life insurance cover of Rs 25 lakh each to all elected members of panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) and urban local bodies (ULBs) of the union territory in case of death due to a terror-related incident.

Poor voter turnout in recent Jammu and Kashmir local body polls has thrown up a grim picture as the central government attempts to establish grassroots democracy in the Valley.

The stage is set for the nine-phased rural bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir from November 17, in which over 58.12 lakh voters will choose 35,096 panchayat members in 316 blocks of the state.

While people have come out in good numbers to cast their votes in Jammu region, barely three per cent of the electorate showed up to exercise their franchise in the Kashmir valley in the second phase of the local body elections in the state under tight security. The second phase polling today recorded 30 per cent voter turnout in the state, officia...

Blaming Pakistan for the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that 90 per cent people in the state would like to participate the panchayat and urban local body polls scheduled this month.

The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on Saturday demanded de-recognition and withdrawal of symbol of the parties which have announced that they will boycott the upcoming urban local bodies and panchayat polls in the state.

The Jammu and Kashmir government said today that it has taken adequate security measures to ensure free and fair polls to urban local bodies and panchayats in the state.

Ahead of the local bodies and Panchayat elections, Jammu and Kashmir'stheDirector General of Police Dilbagh Singh and the valley's top army official Lt Gen A K Bhatt today, reviewed the security situation, at a meeting in Handwara of Kupwara district of the state.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that urban local body and panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held as per schedule.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration is preparing for the upcoming civic polls on a war footing despite increasing incidents of arson in the region, a boycott call by separatist leaders and two major political parties deciding to abstain.

The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Janata Dal United (JDU) on Wednesday announced its participation in the upcoming municipal and panchayat polls, but demanded adequate security for its candidates.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday appealed to political parties to participate in the forthcoming panchayat and urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the National Conference and the PDP announcing a boycott of the elections.