Local polls: Heavy turnout in Jammu and Ladakh

Threats from terrorist groups kept a majority of people away from polling booths in Kashmir Valley where the turnout was a paltry 8.3 per cent, whereas in Jammu and Ladakh divisions over 65 per cent of the electorate voted in the first phase of urban local body polls on Monday, officials said.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ymi2E0