Third Eye: Temple hopping in Jharkhand, voter ID cards to Jarawa members, and final farewell

Temple hopping in Jharkhand
Age is just a number for former prime minister HD Deve Gowda. The nonagenarian Janata Dal (Secular) leader, who regularly attended the recently concluded winter session of Parliament, landed in Jharkhand's temple town Deoghar from Bengaluru on Monday and headed straight to Baba Baidyanath Dham to offer prayers. Later, he also visited the nearby Basukinath temple in Dumka. According to religious beliefs, a trip to Baba Baidyanath Dham is incomplete without visiting Basukinath temple.

Voter ID cards to Jarawa members
In a historic step, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has enrolled and distributed voter ID cards to 19 members of the reclusive Jarawa community, a senior official said on Tuesday. Chief Secretary Chandra Bhushan Kumar himself handed over voter ID cards to the members of the Jarawa tribe, also one of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, at their settlement in Jirkatang in South Andaman district.


Final farewell
It was a sombre moment for families of District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel killed in a Maoist attack in Bijapur district. Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai and deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma flew to Dantewada where bodies of the martyrs were brought. As a mark of respect, Sai and Sharma carried coffins of the slain soldiers on their shoulders.