Despite the poll boycott call by separatists, a record number of 102 candidates are trying their luck for first phase of polling from 10 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir.
First phase of polling will be held on 17 Nov.
The Election Commission had announced a seven phase polling programme for J&K.
The contituencies going to the polls are - Gurez, Bandipora and Sonawari in the Kashmir Valley, Leh, Nobra, Zanskar and Kargil in the Ladakh region and Surankote, Mendhar and Poonch-Haveli in the Jammu region.
Sonawari and Bandipora will see 22 and 19 candidates respectively in the fray. There are six candidates in Gurez, Poonch-Haveli has 13, Mendhar 12, Surankote 11, five each in Kargil, Leh and Zanskar and four in Nobra.
informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that it has bagged three orders worth Rs 937 crore in water business, during September and October 2008 in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.
The latest James Bond flick 'Quantum of Solace' generated some lackluster reviews, but despite that has set an opening-weekend record for the 46-year-old film franchise- selling an estimated $70.4 million in tickets in North American theaters, for Sony Corp. and Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
The 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will start from November 22 in Goa. During the film festival, 200 films in various sections from dozen countries will be screened.
