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JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR) INDIA SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2004

Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who was returned from the Pahalgam Assembly constituency, felicitating the PDP candidate Tariq Hamid Qarra for his victory from Batmaloo constituency.

Mufti wins Pahalgam, Qarra Batmaloo
*Major setback to NC in Valley

From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

SRINAGAR, Oct 16: In a significant setback to Omar Abdullah’s National Conference (NC), the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has bagged both seats of Pahalgam and Batmaloo, in Kashmir valley, in the Assembly by-elections. While as the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has defeated NC’s Rafi Ahmed Mir in Pahalgam, Tariq Hameed Qarra has made the PDP’s first inroads in the NC bastion of Srinagar city by trouncing Irfan Ahmed Shah in Batmaloo. Results were declared at the end of the counting of votes today...............more

Manmohan, Azad felicitate Mufti
Endorsement of our policies: CM

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 16: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that people’s faith in democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir has been restored saying that their participation in the just concluded by elections was more significant than winning seats. He described the victory of his People’s Democratic Party in Batmaloo assembly segment as a great opening for the party and endorsement of the policies and performance of the coalition Government..............more

Cong retains Akhnoor, Basohli seats
*Party’s strength goes upto 26 in Assembly

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 16: Taking its strength to 26 in the Assembly, just one less than 27 of National Conference, the single largest party in Lower House so far, the Congress today retained Basohli and Akhnoor Assembly seats in the by-elections held on October 13..........more

NC, NPP candidates among 20 forfeit deposits

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 16: Twenty candidates out of 26, including those from National Conference, National Panthers Party and Bahujan Samaj Party have forfeited their deposits from Akhnoor and Basohli assembly constituencies in the just concluded by-elections........more

NCP-Cong storm back to power in Maharashtra

MUMBAI, Oct 16: Blunting anti-incumbency, the NCP-Congress combine today rode back to power in Maharashtra, though short of majority by six seats, to worst the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance still licking its wounds of defeat in the May Lok Sabha elections............more

Cong bags 13 seats, BJP 7

NEW DELHI, Oct 16: Congress today posted wins in 13 Assembly constituencies and wrested the Bidar Lok Sabha seat from BJP which bagged seven seats while the SP-RJD combine got a shot in the arm in Uttar Pradesh romping home in eight Assembly seats, bypolls for which were held on Wednesday...............more

Communal forces rejected: PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 16: Thanking the people of Maharashtra for reposing confidence in the Congress-NCP alliance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted that the country has rejected divisive and communal forces...............more

Stamp seller killed, another injured

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 16: A stamp seller was killed and a typist was injured when weapon of a police constable, who was posted as a Personal Security Officer (PSO), went off accidentally in the lower courts premises at Mubarak Mandi this afternoon..............more

Bail application for Kumar’s release filed

Excelsior Special Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 16: Mrs Shalija Kumar, wife of senior IAS Officer, Ajit Kumar, has filed bail application for the release of her husband, who is allegedly involved in multi-crore jute matting purchase scam.................more

PDP activist shot at in Pattan

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 16: While as suspected militants have shot at and injured an activist of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Pattan area of Baramulla district during last night, militants launched a rocket attack on a CRPF installation in Srinagar city this afternoon...........more

Former Miss Jammu arrested......

Gegong Apang takes oath......

‘BJP-Sena lost for giving up Hindutva’......

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