Srinagar, Nov 23 : Second phase of polling is going on in Jammu and Kashmir today. Six constituencies where the votes are being polled include Rajouri, Naushera, Darhal and Kalakot in Rajouri district and Ganderbal and Kangan in Ganderbal district.

Polling of votes has started at eight in the morning and will close at four in the afternoon. Tight security arrangements have been made at all polling stations.

The Election Commission has appointed 110 observers in Rajouri District to keep vigil on violence-prone sensitive stations.

New Delhi - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said Saturday that he did not subscribe to nuclear weapons and favoured a South Asia non-nuclear treaty.

Zardari was responding to a question via video-conferencing at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi.

Nuclear-capable neighbours India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their independence from British colonial rule in 1947, two of them over the disputed Kashmir region.

Kashmir has often been described as a nuclear flashpoint which needs resolution.

New Delhi, Nov 22 : As part of enhance engagement of the Indian Armed Forces with the militaries of the Indian Ocean region and other prominent military powers, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor will leave for a week-long visit to South Africa and Botswana on Sunday morning.

India and South Africa have seen enhanced military cooperation especially during the past decade including the fields of military training and procurement of military hardware.

Jammu, Nov. 22 : Campaigning came to an end this evening for four Assembly segments in the border district of Rajouri, which goes to polls in second phase on November 23.

A total of 3.53 lakh electorates will be eligible to exercise their franchise for four constituencies including 1.82 lakh male and 1.70 lakh female.

Rajouri, Kalakote, Nowshera and Darhal voters will vote their representatives in November 23 voting.

With mikes down, the candidates can hold door to door canvassing in their last minute attempt to woo the electorates.

New Delhi - Tibetan exiles ended a crucial meeting on their future in the northern Indian

New Delhi, Nov 22 : A 20-year-old male student who snuck into the panda pen at a south China park hoping for a cuddle with the endangered bear ended up in hospital, according to the park’s management.

The student surnamed Liu jumped over the fence at the zoo in the tourist city of Guilin, ignoring warning signs not to at around 4 p. m. Friday, said a worker at Qixing Park in Guilin, a major tourist attraction in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, reports www. chinaview. cn.