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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Assembly Elections 2013

Alternative documents for voters ID
BANGALORE: Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha on Tuesday said even though the Election Commission had directed voters to produce their Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) to establish their identity before casting their votes, those who did not have EPICs need not worry.
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JD(S) ticket sold for Rs 5 crore, say partymen

TUMKUR, DHNS: Janata Dal (Secular) ticket aspirants from the Tumkur City constituency have alleged that the party ticket was sold to a Congress leader for several crores. A group of JD(S) leaders alleged that party MLAs R Sreenivas and Suresh Babu had taken Rs two crore each to get the ticket for Congress leader Govindaraju, who filed

Over 3,000 complaints received

Anil Kumar Jha said the Election Commission has received 3,261 complaints regarding Assembly polls and related issues in the State so far. Apart from complaints on alleged violation of code of conduct, the list also includes suggestions and grievances from the public. As many as 1,987 complaints have been disposed of, he said. Jha said election officials and police across the State have seized cash and other valuables worth over Rs seven crore. On Tuesday, Rs one crore cash was seized in Bailhongal taluk of Belgaum district and Rs 21 cash in Bagalkot district. On Monday, Rs five lakh cash was seized in T Narsipur in Mysore district, Rs seven lakh in Bellary, Rs 3.4 lakh in Chitradurga and Rs 20 lakh in Athani of Belgaum district, he said.
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Voters shall produce any one of the following 23 photo documents for establishing their identity and exercise their franchise at their respective polling stations, he said. The list includes Authenticated photo voter slip; passport; driving licence; Income Tax identity (PAN) cards; service identity cards issued by State government, Central government, public sector undertakings or public limited companies; Passbooks issued by public sector banks, post office, kissan passbook (account

opened on or before March 31, 2013); Student identity cards issued by recognised educational institutions on or before March 31, 2013; Property documents such as pattas, registered deeds, etc; Ration card issued up to March 31, 2013; SC, ST, OBC certificates issued

by competent authority on or before March 31, 2013; Pension documents such as ex-servicemens pension book, ex-servicemens widow or dependent certificates issued up to March 31, 2013; Freedom fighter identity card; Arms licence issued on or before March 31, 2013;

Certificate of physical handicap by the competent authority on or before March 31, 2013; Exservicemen CSD Canteen Card; Sandhya Suraksha Scheme card issued up to March 31, 2013; Job card issued under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme up to March 31, 2013; Yashaswini Card issued up to March 31, 2013; Service identity cards issued by local bodies namely municipal corporation, city municipal council, town municipal, council, village panchayat, etc; Senior citizen cards issued by government department; Health insurance scheme smart card issued under Ministry of Labours scheme up to March 31, 2013; Smart cards issued by the Registrar General of India under the scheme of National Population Register; Aadhaar Card issued by UIDAI. Jha said that as many as 20,64,292 new inclusions had

been made to the electoral rolls in the State, of which 6,23,527 were from Bangalore. Around 12,000 applications are under processing and soon the final list of voters will be ready. As of Tuesday, the total number of voters in the State electoral roll is around 4.38 crore, he said. Voters in Bangalore need not worry too much if they misplace or lose their EPICs in the coming days. The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, in association with the State e-governance department, has equipped as many as 10 Bangalore One centres to print duplicate EPICs for voters. Voters can go to any of these centres, produce a valid photo identity proof like drivers licence or ration card, pay a nominal fee of Rs 10 and get the EPIC card printed for them, he said.
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his nominations as JD(S) candidate on Monday. The allegations of ticket sale was made at a press conference by T G Narasimharaju, who had tried hard to get the JD(S) ticket from the Tumkur City constituency. JD(S) senior vice president K B Bore Gowda, Zilla Panchayat member T H Krishnas, party leaders Naresh Gowda and Belli Lokesh, all of

whom failed to get the ticket, were present at the press conference. The two MLAs, Sreenivas and Suresh Babu, have misled the JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and party state president H D Kumarswamy and ensured that Govindaraju was given the ticket. The two MLAs got a kickback of Rs two crore each, they alleged.

Comics
Blondie

Popeye

Exemption

Sampangis mother, Kattas associate in BJP final list

BANGALORE, DHNS: The State BJP on Tuesday nominated sitting MLA Y Sampangis mother Y Ramakka as its candidate for the KGF assembly constituency in Kolar district, and Jagadish Kumar, a close aide of former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu for the Hebbal seat in Bangalore.

Hagar The Horrible

Ramakka

These teachers, who have been drafted for election duty, wait for an official to listen to their grievances at the tahsildars office in Gangavati, Koppal district on Tuesday. All have requested for exemption from poll duty. Several have small children; others are pregnant and some others with wedding dates very close to the day of election. As the election duty comes under the Essential Services Maintenance Act, them not reporting for duty would entail either suspension or punishment. The tahsildar said their requests for exemption would be considered during training. DH PHOTO

During the deliberations that went late into the night at Deputy Chief Minister R Ashokas residence here, it was decided not to give the ticket to former minister S N Krishnaiah Setty to seek re-election from his home turf of Malur in Kolar district. Local BJP leader D V Venkatesh Gowda will contest from Malur. A disappointed Setty is contesting as an Independent candidate. In a bid to thwart any rebellion for having denied them the party ticket, the state BJP had given the three sitting legislators - Sampangi, Setty and Naidu - an opportunity to nominate candidates of their choice to the constituencies currently represented by them. While Naidu and Sampangi obliged, Setty did not. The party had been in a dilemma whether to field the

trio in view of serious corruption charges they are facing. While Sampangi was convicted by a Lokayukta court, Naidu and Setty had been in judicial custody for different periods. But, the trial against them is yet to be completed. All the three MLAs are now out on bail. The BJP also announced its candidates for the remaining constituiencies. Following is the list of candidates finalised on Tuesday. Malavalli (SC): Kumaraswamy; Krishnarajpet: Varadaraje Gowda; Kalghatgi: Irappa Salagar; Mudhol (SC): Govinda Karjol; Nagathana (SC): Nagendra Mayavamshi; Kampli (ST): B Shivakumar; Devanahalli (SC): Chandranna; Yeshwanthapur: H L Krishnappa; BTM Layout: N Sudhakar; Hangal: Basavaraj Veerappa Hadimani.

Moose And Molly

Peanuts

Kodandaramaiah plans to quit active politics

CHITRADURGA: Upset over de-

nial of ticket for the Assembly elections, former MP and Congress leader Kodandaramaiah said he would retire from active politics. He said he was depressed over prominence given to corrupt politicians and ignoring local loyalists. Kodandaramaiah was upset that the party fielded D Sudhakar who is facing the CBI probe, despite opposition from the party district unit leaders. He said he would convene a meeting of the local leaders

Pursuing political dreams on a wheel-chair

Crossword Challenge 9045

CRYPTIC

MYSORE: Unable to find employment despite being a post graduate in Ancient History from Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Siddaraju Kodandaramaiah decided to work as a day labourer. He joined a quarry in Karaand on April 21 to discuss strategies for defeating the digudda near Honganooru of Chamarajanagar taluk and Congress candidate. DH News Service started breaking stones to eke out a living. The owner of the quarry, after learning that Siddaraju was a post graduate, hired him as an accountant in the quarry soon after. It was a time when Siddaraju had a fixed job with appreciable salary and his dreams had begun to take shape. One day due to an accident at the quarry, a big stone landed on his legs. Doctors opined that his survival was difficult, if both of his legs were not amputated. Years later, Siddaraju is now contesting as an Independent candidate from the Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysore district. He recollects how his request for compensation from the employer, as he had lost both his legs in the incident, went in vain.

Siddaraju

This encouraged Siddaraju to study law, so that he could fight his own legal battle against the owner. He completed his LLB from Sharda Vilas College in Mysore. Politics though, is not a new terrain for him. He had contested as an Independent candidate in the 2008 Assembly elections from Chamarajanagar constituency and had earned 3,676 votes. His wife is employed as an attender in University of Mysore, while his son is pursuing his graduation in a college here. My aim is to bring reforms in the field of agriculture, irrigation, education and health. I also think that it is only candidates who are economically weak, who can respond to the problems faced by the common man, he said.
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EASY (6) DOWN 22 Peaked cap 2 River (6) (4) 3 Calmed down 24 Shelter (3) (6) 25 Rotating rod 4 Male (3) (7) 5 Insults (5) 26 Injures (5) 6 Travels (7) 27 Crazy (5) 7 Soon (4) 28 Representa- 8 Tilts (6) tive (5) 12 Pastes (5) 29 Via (7) 13 Rustic (5) 30 Untidy (5) 14 Margin (5) 31 Anaesthetic 15 Lubricated (5) (5) 16 Creepy (5)

18 Discards (5) 19 Bad-tempered (7) 21 Nullify (6) 22 Chess piece (6) 23 Thrust (6) 25 Backless seat (5) 26 Strikes (4) 28 Eon (3)

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EASY ACROSS: 4, Asthma 7, Airliner 8, Serene 10, Dense 13, Cone 14, Sago 15, Rant 16, Fez 17, Fair 19, Away 21, Barbarian 23, Lira 24, Call 26, Sag 27, Brag 29, Thus 32, Bias 33, Azure 34, Defect 35, Embraces 36, Hybrid. DOWN: 1, Lands 2, Wrong 3, Wise 4, Arson 5, Tyre 6, Monkey 9, Entail 11, Ear 12, So far 13, Caracas 15, Rib 16, Fan 18, Arabic 20, Waltz 21, Big 22, Rag 23, Lately 25, Fur 28, Rated 30, Hutch 31, Sense 32, Beer 33, Afro.

SOLUTIONS TO CROSSWORD 9044

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