Tajinder Pal Singh loses father before he could show him gold medal
NEW DELHI: It was just a matter of few hours for him, but shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor this time missed the mark and the moment he had waited for so many years.
Having come back with the biggest prize of his career —a gold medal at the recently-concluded Asian Games — Toor was desperate to gift it to his ailing father who had been battling cancer for two years and who had made many sacrifices for his son.
But, as he left for Moga in Punjab after landing in Delhi from Jakarta on Monday evening, Toor got the shattering news that his father Karam Singh had expired.
Toor knew that his father’s health was deteriorating fast and so immediately left by road for Moga from Delhi, but barely a few kilometres away from his hometown, he got the dreaded news.
Toor couldn’t fulfil his father’s last wish which was to hold the gold medal his son had won for the country.
courtesy : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Nagaland bypoll: Nearly 20 pc voter turnout recorded in Koridang seat in first two hours
Kohima (PTI): Nearly 20 per cent of 22,382 electors exercised their franchise in Nagaland's Koridang Assembly bypoll in the first two hours of polling on Thursday, officials said.
The voting that commenced at 7 am across all 30 polling stations has so far been peaceful, they said.
The polling will continue till 4 pm.
Security has been significantly tightened across the constituency following violence on April 5 and 6, in which one person died, and several vehicles were damaged.
The byelection was necessitated by the demise of sitting BJP MLA Imkong L. Imchen in November last year.
A total of 22,382 electors, including 11,071 women, are eligible to decide the fate of six candidates in the fray.
The ruling People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) has fielded BJP nominee Daochier I. Imchen, while the Congress candidate is T. Chalukumba Ao. The National People’s Party (NPP) has nominated I. Abenjang, while the Independent candidates are Imchatoba Imchen, Imtiwapang, and Toshikaba.
Of the 30 polling stations, 13 have been categorised as vulnerable and 17 as critical, prompting deployment of additional security personnel and intensified surveillance measures. Two polling stations have been designated as all-women booths.
Counting of votes is scheduled for May 4.
