HARYANA

Faridabad
BJP protest: The BJP leaders led by Kishan Pal Gurjar, president of the state unit of the party, sat on a dharna here today. They were protesting against the obstruction to the party’s Ekta Yatra by the Centre and the government of Jammu and Kashmir. A large number of workers reached the mini secretariat in a procession, raising slogans against the Centre.

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Jammu
Omar calls on Governor: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called on Governor NN Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday. During the meeting, that lasted for over an hour, the Governor and the Chief Minister had wide-ranging discussions related to the governance of the state, particularly focusing on security and development issues.

Srinagar
Tight security in Srinagar: Tight security arrangements have been made here in view of the BJP’s Rashtriya Ekta Yatra and the threat posed by the separatist JKLF, with a heavy deployment of troops around Lal Chowk ahead of the Republic Day celebrations. All security arrangements have been made at the vital installations and the district headquarters, where the celebrations are slated to take place on Wednesday. The authorities here have already rounded up the local BJP leaders as a precautionary measure. The Jawahar Tunnel on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was also closed to vehicular traffic on Tuesday morning. It was, however, opened in the evening and only the vehicles moving from Srinagar to Jammu were allowed to proceed.

Voters’ Day observed across Valley: Voters’ Day was observed across the Valley on Tuesday where the importance of casting vote was highlighted by the speakers. Several functions in this connection were held at all the district headquarters where district election officers (Deputy Commissioners) presided over the functions. The functions were attended by booth level officers, enumerators, and youths who had attained the age of 18 years and had become eligible to caste vote.