Over 16 percent voting in Jammu and KashmirMay 13th, 2009 BARAMULLA - Over 16 percent voting was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla and Ladakh constituencies until 11 a.m. Wednesday after a slow start early in the day amid a boycott call by separatists.
Separatists force shutdown in KashmirMay 12th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Hard line faction of separatist in Kashmir led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for a 50-hour shutdown to protest against polls in the valley. The Government forces are patrolling street to prevent planned protests against elections.
Separatists continue poll boycott efforts in KashmirMay 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Separatist leader and Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference or APHC, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have again urged voters to boycott the fifthnd last phase of general elections. Addressing a large gathering at the Jama Masjid on Friday, he urged the people of north Kashmir, who will be casting their votes on May 13, in the last and final phase, to stay away from the polling process.
Residents defy boycott call to cast votes in KashmirMay 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Defying the boycott call given by the separatists, residents came out in large numbers to cast their votes in Kashmir on Thursday. Defying the boycott call, a large number of men and women stood outside the polling station waiting for their turn to cast their votes.
Kashmir shuts down on poll day to thwart separatists' protestMay 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir's main city Srinagar has been shutdown to thwart planned protests by separatists against the fourth phase of general elections. Troops patrolled deserted streets in Srinagar, cutting off residential areas after separatists called for a two-day strike from Wednesday.
Kashmir shuts down in poll protest, troops out on patrolMay 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Government forces locked down Kashmir's main city Srinagar on Wednesday to thwart planned protests against the fourth phase of general elections on Thursday. Troops patrolled deserted streets in Srinagar, cutting off residential areas after the separatists called for a two-day strike from Wednesday.
Thousands defy separatists to vote in Kashmir ValleyApril 30th, 2009 ANANTNAG - Tens of thousands defied death threats from Pakistan-based terrorists to vote Thursday in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in the Kashmir Valley. Nearly 15 percent of Anantnag's 1.16 million electorate had voted by 1 p.m.
Voting begins on dull note in KashmirApril 30th, 2009 ANANTNAG - Voting began on a dull note in the south Kashmir Lok Sabha constituency of Anantnag that went to polls Thursday in the third of the five phase parliamentary elections. Pollign booths opened at 7 a.m.
Kashmiris defy boycott calls to cast their votesApril 30th, 2009 ANANTNAG - Defying the boycott call by the separatist faction of Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, residents came out in large numbers to cast their votes in Kashmir on Thursday. While Srinagar wore a deserted look, in Anantnag residents thronged the polling booths from early morning to cast their votes with hopes of electing a government that would deliver on its promises.
Over 26 percent voting in Kashmir ValleyApril 30th, 2009 SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI - Hundreds of thousands defied death threats from Pakistan-based terrorists to vote Thursday in Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in the Kashmir Valley - a 'significant' voter turnout given boycott calls from separatist leaders in the troubled state, officials said. The voting ended 'peacefully' and over 26 percent of the 1.16 million electorate voted by 5 p.m.
Separatists faction continue shutdown in KashmirApril 30th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Separatists led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the Chairman of the hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), have called upon people to boycott elections in Kashmir on Thursday. The separatists have called for a 50-hour shutdown in the valley, against the polls.
Hurriyat now calls for poll boycottApril 23rd, 2009 SRINAGAR - The moderate faction of the Hurriyat conference on Thursday took a U-turn on its decision not to call for a poll boycott in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the people to stay away from ongoing general elections. Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that election is no substitute to the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mirwaiz asks Kashmiris to boycott pollsApril 23rd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Reversing its earlier stand of 'non-interference in elections', the separatist Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday asked people in Jammu and Kashmir to stay away from the Lok Sabha polls. The Hurriyat boycott comes months after people in the troubled state rejected the separatists' call not to vote in assembly elections in November-December last year.
Moderate Hurriyat not for election boycottApril 16th, 2009 SRINAGAR - In a significant development, the moderate Hurriyat group led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq Thursday decided not to call for a boycott of parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir. After three days of discussions here, the group announced that the elections were no alternative to 'the right to self-determination' but did not specifically ask Kashmiris to keep away from the polls.
Moderate Hurriyat may take part in polls in KashmirApril 16th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The moderate faction of the Hurriyat conference has said that it will not use the word boycott in the ongoing parliamentary polls in the state. A decision to this effect was taken despite the fact that its hardline political faction has chosen to call for the poll boycott and even expressed resolve to conduct an anti-election campaign.he decision was reached after a three day marathon meeting at the faction's Rajbagh headquarters in Srinagar.
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