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Special I-cards for J&K voters New Delhi, June 13 “The Commission has entrusted to the India Security Press the task of preparing pre-formatted, pre-numbered photo-identity cards on special security paper on which voter’s photograph would be affixed”, Deputy Election Commissioner Sayan Chatterjee told newspersons here. Stating that in view of the security implications of photo identity cards, the commission felt that a higher order of security was necessary for photo-identity cards to at least 55 lakh voters in the state, Mr Chatterjee said “necessary precautions have been taken that it was only the genuine voter who gets the card.” The process of issuing the photo-identity cards would commence from June 15, he said. The Commission has also instructed the authorities to ensure that there was equity in extending security among political parties so that their election campaign could take place on an equitable basis, Mr Chatterjee said. Efforts would also be taken to ensure that not more than three polling stations housed in one building and no voter was to traverse more than two kilometres to reach his polling station, he said. The Commission, through its computerisation of rolls, would generate voters slips on household basis for the voters and issue them at their doorsteps well before the date of elections so that any person whose name is missing could enroll his or her name, he added. |
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3 Pakistani soldiers killed
Jammu, June 13 A BSF spokesman said here this afternoon that the Pakistani troops opened fire from 82 MM mortar guns targeting military installations and civilian population at Mawa village, killing Madan Lal (45) and burning six houses. An Assistant Commandant of the BSF Naresh Yadav, who suffered splinter injuries due to Pakistani shelling at Naljoda border outpost in the Akhnoor sector yesterday, succumbed to his injuries. His body was being sent to his native village in Rewari in Haryana, the sources said. Pakistani troops continued targeting the Bhawani and Jhanghar areas of the Nowshehra sector in Rajouri district with mortar and small arms fire, resulting in injuries to five persons, including a woman, since last evening, they said, adding that two houses were also damaged in the Jhanghar area due to the shelling this morning. Two persons also sustained injuries in Chak-Danga village in the Hiranagar sector of Kathua district due to firing by the Pakistani troops from across the international border. Referring to the border situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman of Northern Command said the exchange of artillery fire took place in Kargil, Dras, Batalik and Dawar (Gurez) sectors last night. However, only mortar and small arms firing between two was reported in the Poonch, Krishna Ghatti, Bhinder Gali, Nowshehra, Dholu, Kanachak, R.S. Pura, Arnia, Samba and Hiranagar sectors during the period. Indian troops retaliated and damaged more than six Pakistani bunkers across the Nowshehra and Hiranagar. More than three Pakistani armymen were also said to have been killed. Defence Ministry sources confirmed reports that the level of shelling and firing had been on the decline during the past three days.  |
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J&K BJP leader joins NC Srinagar, June 13 “It is like homecoming. I left the NC some three years ago to join the BJP,’’ he told a news conference in the presence of NC general secretary Sheikh Nazir Ahmad and Union Minister Omar Abdullah. “I resigned from the NC because of some minor difference with the party leadership,’’ he said. “I have again joined the party which truly represents the aspirations of the people of all the three regions of the state,’’ he added. Earlier this year, state BJP senior vice-president Abdul Rashid Kabli, along with other office-bearers and supporters, resigned from the party.
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Cave shrine found at Chandanwari
Jammu, June 13 The cave is at an altitude of 12,500 feet whereas Amarnath is at an altitude of 14,500 feet, according to the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, and former Commissioner/Secretary, Tourism, Parvez Dewan. The cave, which has been discovered by Haji Rafiq Boclen, indicates that this shrine is the base camp for the Amarnath yatra Mr Dewan said. Earlier also information regarding existence of a Shiva temple above Chandanwari was given by Haji Bocken in September 2001. An investigation was conducted by the then Commissioner Tourism and small cave with more than one-and-a-half dozen man-made shivlingas and one idol of Lord Shiva and another idol of Lord Ganesh were found. The idols, belonging to the third century, have been carved out of the huge rock.
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