EC's Challenge: Break Used Evms on June 3
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 SUNDAY millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 136 | Sunday, 21 May, 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 INTERNATIONAL PAGE 6 FILM PAGE 16 CM GIVES AWAY BANGA BHUSHAN, IRAN’S PRESIDENT ROUHANI MIND YOUR BANGA BIBHUSAN AWARDS WINS RE-ELECTION LANGUAGE Two soldiers martyred, two POLITICAL PARTIES TO PICK EVMs FROM POLL PANEL’S DELHI WAREHOUSES 1,200 still stranded by infiltrating terrorists killed Uttarakhand landslides SRINAGAR: Two militants and two soldiers were killed in a fierce encounter as the Army on Saturday foiled an infiltration bid in Naugam EC’s challenge: Break sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. “An infiltration bid was foiled by alert troops along the LoC in Naugam sector. Two infiltrat- ing terrorists were killed,” an army official said. He said two that soldiers attained martyrdom in the operation, which was continuing till last used EVMs on June 3 reports were received. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B B Vyas on Saturday DHIRENDRA KUMAR reviewed the arrangements being made for the POLL HACKATHON forthcoming annual Amarnath yatra scheduled NEW DELHI: Confident that elec- » Only parties that participated in to commence on June 29 simultaneously from tronic voting machines (EVMs) just held Assembly polls can Baltal and Chandanwari routes. The meeting cannot be tampered with, the take part in June 3 hackathon was attended by Director General of Police S P Election Commission has decided » Each party can appoint three Vaid, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji to offer an opportunity to politi- people to crack EVMs DEHRADUN: Of the around around 2,000 people were Shrine Board, Umang Narula and other civil cal parties to crack the EVMs on 2,000 people stranded after affected due to the landslide and police officers, an official spokesman said. June 3. The apex poll panel has » Each political party will get four a landslide in Uttarakhand’s and of them 800 have been He said that the chief secretary reviewed the also set seven basic conditions for EVMs of its choice Chamoli district, 800 have resumed their onward jour- position and the preparedness till date by the the political parties willing to take » Sealed EVMs will not be part of resumed their onward jour- ney. As of now, 1,200 people are various line departments for the yatra. part in the scheduled hackathon the hackathon ney and work is on to clear the still stranded at different places and prove their contention that debris, officials said on Satur- in Vishnuprayag, Pandukesh- the EVMs used in the February- » If EVMs become non-functional day. The Rishikesh-Badrinath war and Govindghat. People living in border March assembly elections were due to tamper attempt or if National Highway was closed An official said that tampered with. challenger violates the rules set, near Vishnuprayag, one of the arrangements for food and areas are ‘strategic assets’, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi demonstrating the working of the challenge will be struck down Defending strongly the fool- Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs in New Delhi on Saturday PTI five confluences of Alaknanda lodging have been made for the welfare activities for them proof mechanism of voting river, between Joshimath (also stranded people. Border Roads machines, Chief Election Com- allotted time without prior inti- as Bluetooth or through radio fre- security. Besides security per- known as Jyotirmath) and Organisation (BRO) personnel must be carried out mission (CEC) Nasim Zaidi said, mation or approval, they won’t be quency transmission or reception sonnel, the EVMs are also being Badrinath, the famous pilgrim have been working on a war RAJNATH SINGH “The EVMs cannot be hacked as allowed to participate as their chal- or wireless communication. ‘guarded’ by representatives of spot in the hill state. footing to clear the debris since these are standalone machines and lenge will stand cancelled, the EC The chief election commis- political parties. So under the given Huge boulders had rolled Friday afternoon, and accord- not connected to the Internet or statement said. sioner made it clear that any modi- circumstances, how could one tam- down the Hathi Pahar moun- ing to senior officials the high- In today’s any other network. One can tamper Ruling out re-programming of fied EVM would not be usable even per with it?” an EC official said. tain on Friday afternoon block- way will be reopened for traffic with it only after getting full access the machines, the CEC said that if someone is able to hypothetically The EC, in its directive, has ing the highway. Chief Minister soon. paper to the machine, which is next to the EVMs are fitted with OTP chips by-pass security arrangements and stated that the challenge to hack Trivendra Singh Rawat has Meanwhile, Joshi said impossible as the security measures and code tampering by the chip modify the machines. EVMs is open for only those directed the Secretary of Disas- the media reports claiming ... by the poll panel are fool-proof.” manufacturer is also not possible “The EVMs are stored in a national and regional parties that ter Management Department, that around 15,000 people CITY The parties would have to pick as it will get caught during the code strong room in the presence of took part in the recently concluded Amit Negi, to monitor the are stranded due to the land- the EVMs from the EC’s ware- integrity check. He further stressed political parties. These EVMs are Assembly elections and each party situation. slide are “absolutely wrong”. BISHNUPUR TMC LEADER SHOT DEAD 3 houses in Delhi at their own cost that hacking of machines cannot be escorted back to the strong room can appoint three people each to Chamoli District Mag- “Only 2,000 people have been and if a party fails to report at the done by using external devices such post-poll and stored under 24x7 crack the machines. istrate Ashish Joshi said that affected,” he asserted. NATION 34,000 PARAMILITARY CONSTABLE POSTS UPGRADED TO HEAD CONSTABLES: RAJNATH SABARMATI CASE: EX-AMU MAN FREED 4 Martyr’s fasting kin reject offer BUSINESS of meeting with UP CM Yogi ‘`1 cr for paramilitary jawans who die for nation’ GOVT SOON TO ABOLISH FIPB 5 SAMBHAL (UP): Family members of SP, the ADM, the SDM and the CO NATHU LA (Sikkim): Home compensation,” he said. The home minister also INTERNATIONAL Sepoy Sudesh Kumar, who was killed today met us with the offer of fixing an Minister Rajnath Singh on Sat- The announcement came promised to look into the last year in firing by Pakistani troops appointment with the Chief Minister urday announced that the fam- nearly a month after the killing demand of the ITBP to bring MISSING US PIO STUDENT FOUND DEAD 6 along the LoC in Jammu and Kash- during his Moradabad visit tomorrow ily of each paramilitary jawan of 25 CRPF jawans by Naxals uniformity in high altitude mir, on Saturday rejected the admin- but we are firm that we will not end our who dies in action will be given at Sukma in Chhattisgarh. Ear- allowances. The total length of SPORT istration’s offer to fix an appointment indefinite fast till he visits our village,” a compensation of Rs 1 crore. lier, the home minister visited the Sino-Indian border is 3,488 SUPERGIANT HURDLE FOR MUMBAI 7 with the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Manoj said. ADM R P Yadav confirmed He also declared that 34,000 the India-China border post km of which 1,597 km runs during his Moradabad visit on Sunday. that the family was urged to end the fast posts of paramilitary consta- here and reviewed the security through Jammu and Kashmir, The family members on Friday sat on and told that a meeting of two of them bles were upgraded as head situation. The home minister 200 km in Himachal Pradesh, an indefinite fast, demanding the chief can be fixed with the CM during his visit constables. eastern parts of the country, said a lot has been done for the 345 km in Uttarakhand, 220 FOR ADVERTISING minister to pay a visit to their Pansukha to Moradabad on Sunday but they have Addressing a ‘Sainik Sam- militants in Jammu and Kash- welfare of paramilitary person- km in Sikkim and 1,126 km in kindly contact at 9810195709 Milak village. turned it down. melan’ of the Indo-Tibetan mir, and guarding the borders nel but much more needs to Arunachal Pradesh. The bor- or Stating that the condition of Kavita Officials have been directed to Border Police (ITBP) Force in inhospitable terrains. be done in the coming days. der is not fully demarcated and [email protected] Kumari, the widow of Sudesh Kumar arrange for a team of doctors to check at the Sherathang border out- “The sacrifice of our jawans Singh asked the ITBP jawans the process of clarifying and was not good, Manoj, the brother of the medical condition of the family post, the home minister said cannot be compensated with to use the recently launched confirming the Line of Actual FOR SUBSCRIPTION the killed sepoy, said that district unit members on fast. The family members the nation appreciates and is money. But the families of mar- mobile app by the home min- Control is in progress. The bor- kindly contact at 8800854665 presidents of the BJP and the SP, Rajesh of Sudesh, who laid down his life on proud of the sacrifice of its tyrs should not face any diffi- istry to register their grievances, der areas, which are located at or Singhal and Firoz Khan respectively, October 16, 2016, claimed that despite paramilitary jawans.