India Vs New Zealand Cricket - Schedule Nov-Dec 2010

India after a great win over Australia is going to have Test Series and OD Matches with New Zealand. Most probably this would be the Test Series of this year 2010. The scheduled dates for all the matches are given below:

Test

Ø 4th - 8th Nov 1st Test, Ahmedabad

Ø 12th - 16th, Nov 2nd Test —, Hyderabad

Ø 20th - 24th Nov 3rd Test, Nagpur

OD

Ø 28th Nov - Guwahati

Ø 1st Dec - Chandigarh

Ø 4th Dec - Vadodara

Ø 7th Dec - Bengaluru

Ø 10th Dec - Chennai

Anindya Garai Arrested - MMS Clip Culprit Siliguri

Anindya Garai, second-year a student of the Siliguri Polytechnic Institute was arrested for allegedly circulating the obscene MMS clip of a girl student on video sharing website YouTube. The girl committed suicide on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. The girl was a diploma student of Siliguri Government Polythechnic College. When she came to know about the MMS, she lodged a police complaint in September 2010. However, she was under the severe pressure and took the extreme step , because accused was reportedly blackmailing her as well.

This culprit boy was arrested from the Burdwan railway station in West Bengal. This boy fled to Madhya Pradesh when he came to know about girl suicide. But police came to know that he is way to West Bengal by train to meet his father as he was running short of money and was arrested when he came to receive money from his father.

Buying Cheap Cars- Patna , Ranchi

Bihar and Jharkhand both the states are hub of second hand car buyers. Unlike the metros where people are willing to take huge loans to buy the most luxurious vehicle people living in Patna and Ranchi don’t like to splurge huge amount of money on their vehicle. Although, the scene may be changing to some extent but still working class people don’t like to spend beyond 3.5 lakhs on their vehicle. In fact, most of the time the first car purchased in a family is Used Car.
The huge market of used cars has created a great opportunity for used car sellers. But still there is only one reliable used car seller in these two cities- Maruti. This has created room for some spurious and bogus people to enter the used car business. Vehicles stolen from other town are sold to innocent customers who believe that they are making right bargain by buying a luxurious vehicle at low rate. If you are buying your vehicle which is registered in some metro , make sure that you get the NOC from the DTO office of that city. If your don’t verify the papers these conspirators may thrust stolen vehicle on you and if any litigation happens the trauma can be irreparable.

Bihar Police Personnel Released by Naxals

One-week long melodrama of Naxals taking hostage of Bihar Police constables and Sub Inspectors has ended. Although, one havildar Lucus Tete lost his life as Naxals don’t approve of tribal persons progressing in life through government service. However, other hostages were quite lucky as Naxals released Sub Inspector Rupesh Kumar, Anil Yadav and Constable Mushtaq Khan at Jharkhand- Bihar border. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed relief over the end of this drama.
But there are several serious questions which need to be answered and the most prominent question is regarding the attitude of families who showed absolutely unprofessional attitude by their hue and cry for the release of hostages. It was only Rupesh Kumar's family which showed restraint in this traumatic time otherwise the family members of other police personnel were unknowningly acted according to the wishes of Naxal who wanted to get cheap publicity. Hundreds of Jawans lose their life and get lost at India Pakistan border but their family members never say a single word and they don’t beg for mercy. But Bihar Police Personnel who are well known for their incompetence have added another disgrace in their disgusting history.

Rahul Gandhi in Bihar

Rahul Gandhi, the Prime Minister in waiting is showing keen interest in Bihar. He is expected to resurrect Congress party in the state. Right now he is touring Samastipur District in North Bihar. Don't forget that this area is one of the most backward and poor region in the country and Rahul will definitely get opportunity to take digg on the present state government which has been living in the self created mirage of development and prosperity in Bihar.
Law and Order has also become a major issue in Bihar. Naxalites who were confined to 6 districts in the state are now present in 22 districts due to lax administration and incompetecy of political and administrative leadership. If Congress wants to stand on its own then the party must learn to promote Rahul Gandhi because there is not a single leader in the Bihar Congress who worths any mention.

Patna Real Estate- Flat, Plots , Property

Last five years have been really significant for real estate markets in Patna. Although, the city has not seen any significant change barring construction and reconstruction of roads by the State Government. Despite of all the positive reports by the print media the fact is that this city is more of a heaven for illegal village migrants, encroachers and criminals. If you want to buy real estate in your name there are very few places where you can get legitimate papers for your purchase. Most of the properties are not registered with the municipality.
In the heart of the city, places like Boring Road, Exhibition Road and Gandhi Maidan boast rate of Rs. 3000 per sq. ft. to Rs. 5000 per ft... So if you plan to buy property in these areas you will have to get poorer by Rs. 50 lakh for a one thousand sq. ft. flat. Even the areas like Kankarbagh, Bhootnath Road, Rajendra Nagar are also having rates of Rs. 2200 to Rs. 3500 per sq. ft.
If you are a legitimate citizen and want to continue abiding with the law then it is really tough to get the right bargain for your new property in Patna. However, for those who, are shameless and love to flout the law there is ample opportunity in the city. According to popular perception at least half of residential plots that came into existence after 1980 are illegal. Most of these colonies are built on government land Some of the prominent residential areas are in Rajiv Nagar, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, Nalanda Medical College Hospital etc. Houses located in these areas are not having any holding number of municipality.
The biggest example of shameless encroachment exist in the flats of Bahadurpur Housing Colony where almost 95 percent flats have been captured by illegal occupants who haven’t paid a single penny for the flats of HIG, MIG, LIG. The prevalent rate of flats in this area is Rs. 2000 to Rs. 2800 per sq. ft. The present government claims that law and order has improved in last five years but the way these people are illegally living in the government property it doesn’t appear that the law and order has improved in the state. Ironically, there are more than 6000 flats in Bahadurpur Housing Colony but the number of people who paid any money for the flat is not even one thousand. Even out of these one thousand only 25 percent have made full payment for the property.
If you want to get property in Patna you need to use your mind otherwise your hard earned money would be wasted. If you want to have peaceful life at your own home then this city is not the right place as the basic infrastructure has crumbled. Thanks to the short sighted approach of the present government we have got roads which are getting narrower as new footpaths have been built around these roads. Power supply is in absolute shambles and I have no hesitation in claiming that it was much better during the Laloo- Rabri regime. The strategic reporting by print media may make you feel that crime has come down. But if you want to know the status of crime in the state then do concentrate in the internal pages rather than front page. Incidents of Kidnapping, murder and ransom which were published on front page are not covered by the newspapers who have got ample payment from the present government.

Bihar Police Naxal Operation

Naxalites are the biggest menace in the country but don't make a bugbear out of them. Most of these naxals are physically weak, less educated and they have little spirit of fighting against the Indian security forces. But the question is how come they are still existing on the Indian territory. Our forces who have dismantled and defeated hiedeous incursions of Pakistan supported terrorists, emaciated Khalistanis of Sikh terrorism are finding themselves helpless against the least competent fighters (read naxals). What could be the reason?
The reason is obvious and it doesn't require heavy statistical calculation to find. It is the leadership of senior officers which is highly deficient. The success of security forces regarding which we are proud happened under the able leadership of army officers or officers of IPS cadre who joined the services in fifties or sixties. But the failure that was recently more than obvious in the operation of Bihar Police in Lakhisarai happened under the incompetent and coward leadership of Indian Police Officers who are selected through civil services exam.
Frankly speaking nowadays this exam facilitates the entry of shrewd scholars who cram day and night to enter the coveted services. Most of these new age IPS officers would fail to pass the Service Selection Board interviews of NDA, CDS or any other recruitment exam of officers in Indian defence forces. History is testimony to the fact that the quality of brinkmanship required in the officers working in the internal security and border security is same. Then why we are having such kind of contrast in selection process.
Jawans (Personels) of Bihar Police who somehow survived the ordeal of Naxal attack in Lakhisarai were so much dissatisfied with the leadership of SP, their senior officer that they tried to manhandle him. This is not a single example but there are many such incidents that happened in recent past. If the government doesn't change the quality of Indian Police Service offcers, many ugly incident might taint the internal administration of the Republic of India.

Death in CRPF Training Camp

Torture is training , it may sound like phrase from ancient world but the truth is that the same practice continues here in India. According to news release from Allahabad, in one of the most horrid incidents in training camps of paramilitary personals, two new recruits of CRPF lost their life and several others are hospitalized after a training exercise. These Jawans were compelled by their trainers to run in scorching heat The training exercise required to cover distance of 16 Kms in stipulated time. India has got the notorious history of people putting their life at stake for low level jobs and once again the same history was repeated when several new recruits kept running to save their jobs. The question is what sort of society we are living in where people are willing to lose their life to stay in job. Another, question is how come you expect these CRPF jawans to become sensitive to human rights of others when they themselves are under tremendous pressure from their family members and superiors.

Sanskrit in Madarsa Education, Jharkhand

Madarsa Education will get a facelift in the state of Jharkhand. According to the recommendations of Jharkhand Academic Council, Madarsa Schools would be required to provide education in Sanskrit, Oriya and Bangla. However, the secretary of the council has made it very clear that education in these languages are optional and the aim of the council is to provide ample opportunities to students who want to pursue studies in these languages.

Bhawati Prasad Chief Justice Jharkhand

Bhagwati prasad is the new Chief Justice of Jharkhad High Court. The new chief justice is from Gujarat and after the oath ceremony he displayed confidence that he will play major role in speedy justice. There are many people who are trapped in the endless and inconsequent cases in the state of Jharkhand. The oath ceremony took place on 22nd August 2010.

Magadh University B Ed. Entrance Exam 2010

Magadh Univesity , Directorate of Distance Education, Bodh Gaya , Bihar will organize an Entrance Examination for admission in two year B Ed. course for the year 2010-12. Those canddiates who are Graduate with minimum 50 percent marks or Post Graudate with 50 percent marks can apply for this course. The last date for submitting the application is 1st Sepetember 2010. The entrance exam will be conducted by the university on 19th September 2010. Interested candidates can visit the official website of Magadh Universtiy for more information.

Menace of Mobile Towers

Bihar and specially the city of Patna has seen unprecedented increase in the number of mobile towers. Most of the building owners and the tower companies are violating each and every rule in the book. There are unmpteen number of research papers to prove that these towers are highly dangerous for the health of living beings. Despite of that there are building and land owners who are renting their roof and land to mobile tower companies. Most of these towers are situated in densely populated areas in Patna. Right now the total number of towers falling under the rule of Patna Municipality is 380 (according to survey of 2009). The way construction of towers is going on we might see unexpectedly higher number in the new survey. It is right time when the government takes cognizance of the health threat of mobile towers and make codified rules for them.

Danger to Patna Airport - Bihar Gov Steps to Reduce Risk

Patna airport has always been in the news for the wrong reasons. Infact, on many occassions Ministry of Aviation has warned that this airport might be shifted somewhere else because of the obvious problems in landing and take off of the planes. However, Bihar governmnet has initiated its own master plan to make this airport risk free. According to sources, 3700 tree in the Patna zoo would be rooted off as the height of these trees crate problem to the planes which land at the airport. Besides that the tower in the Patna Secretariat would be removed or at least the height of this old monument would be reduced. Bihar Government has also requested the Ministry of Railways to remove the west cabin of Phulwarisarif station. Patna airport is short listed by the DGCA as the 11 riskiest airports in the country.

Nalanda Univerity Bill Passed in Rajya Sabha

The Upper House of the parliament (Rajya Sabha) has passed the Nalanda University Bill 2010. This historic event will mark the starting of reestablishment of the old glory on Nalanda University which was one of the major centers of education in the world in its prime. Sixteen countries from East Asia have pledged their help for the establishment of university. Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen would head the group of mentors who are supposed to make planning for the university. It is expected that this university will be the first of its kind in Asia. The old university was burnt by Bakhtiyar Khilji a Muslim ruler whose descendants founded the Khilji Dynasty in Delhi.

Recruitment by Postal Department in Jharkhand

Department of Post, Government of India is inviting recruitment applications from candidates for the posts of Sorting Assistants in Railway Mail Service and Postal Assistants in the Post Office in the state of Jharkhand. Brief details related to the job are given below:
Eligibility:
Educational Qualification: - Candidates should be 10+2 or 12th Class pass or Board of School Education or Board of Secondary Education.
Age: 18 to 25 years old on last date prescribed for receipt of application as shown in the advertisement
Salary: Scale of pay is Rs 5200-20200+Grade pay Rs 2400+admissible allowances.
Candidates must obtain, the prospectus containing the information regarding the eligibility, selection process, number of posts and application details from the main post offices, which fall under the Jharkhand circle. The prospectus can be purchased from 25th August 2010 by paying Rs. 25. The last date of sending the application is 5th October 2010. The application form must be send through registered or speed post to the officer concerned.

Government Officer Beats Junior Official in Bihar

K K Jha , Secretary of Human Resource Department of Bihar Government is well known for his confrontations and uprightness. But it seems in his bid to clean up the system he has gone far ahead than required in the present system. Lakshman Ram, a dalit class III employee whom Mr. KK Pathak wanted to teach lessons of honesty and integrity didn't budge and at last the secretary lost his cool.
The Secretary was seen , beating the hapless dalit staff merclessly. Mr. Pathak who has clear edge of physical strength, pulled out Lakshman Ram out of the office chamber, and hit several fisticuffs on him. There is another version of the story that is doing the rounds according to which Lakhman Ram was the first who raised hand against the secretary but later on got the dose of his own medicine from Mr. Pathak. Anyway FIRs have been lodged by both the parties.

Coaching Institute in Patna, Bihar- IIT, Medical Entrance

The industry of coaching in Bihar is growing in leaps and bounds. Even Government in Bihar has passed a law to approve coaching institutes. So much so, that Bihar Government has implemented Coaching Policy to run the coaching institutes across the state in legitimate manner. However, there are scholars who are tired of questioning the purpose of schools, if coaching has become so indispensable for studies. One can find coaching institutes for class I to 12th Standard, IIT JEE Entrance, Medical Entrance etc. in every nook and corner of Patna.
Though coaching policy is implemented, most of the institutes are not following the norms. There are institutes running in small shops where young girls are compelled to study in highly intolerable environment under the gaze of unwanted onlookers in the street. But, thanks to the craziness of parents who think that coaching can help their daughters in getting top ranks which would ultimately lead to marriage with a suitable groom. However, these parents forget that they are putting the present life of their daughters in absolute risk by sending them to coaching institutes where there is not any provision of security and privacy.
As far as boys in these coaching institutes are concerned, they are coerced to work like domestic help of these tutors. They are often seen opening and closing the doors of these institutes, doing cleaning work, moving furniture etc. as if they are full time peon. No need, to elaborate that these coaching institutes are violating all the norms set by the government. There is not any provision of washroom where one can attend to natures call. It is highly shameful to guess about the girl students but boys’ attending to nature’s call is a common sight in the streets of Patna.
Despite of all the obvious reasons to initiate action against these shady institutes, the government is so arrogant to defend its decision of promoting coaching institutes that these thugs of educational system are running their business without any objection. Government is promoting coaching at the cost of normal regular school and college education.

BlackBerry - India

Indian government has doubts that militants might misuse the Canadian smartphone maker’s BlackBerry services as security agencies cannot decrypt the messages sent through these services. India authorities have threatened to shut down BlackBerry Services unless Research in Motion provides the mechanism of intercepting data. The country's security establishment took a hardline view on RIM's stand that it does not possess a "master key" to intercept data traffic on BlackBerry, insisting it needs right of entry to encrypted messages in a "readable format."
RIM has said BlackBerry security is based on a system where the customers have their own key and the company has neither a master key nor any to allow RIM or any third party to gain access to crucial corporate data. If the standoff continues we may see exodus of Blackberry from India in next few days.

Dowry Cases Compoundable- Supreme Court

The law commission had recommended twice to make the cases of 498 A (Dowry Case) compoundable. The first such recommedation was made in 1996 in the 154th report of the commission. The same recommendation was repeated in the year 2001. But nothing happend and there are many innocents who are finding themselves in the prison just becacuse they have been accused of dowry offence by the side of brides. On 30th July 2010 supreme court also made the recommendation to make the cases under 498 A compoundable. In the even of dowry offence becoming compoundable the burden on judiciary system will go down and the cases under this offence would be put under the article 320 of Crpc and parties involved in the case would be able to condone each other after negotiation.

BSEB Toppers- Bihar Board Secondary Examination Board

Recently I got chance to have conversation with one of the toppers of Bihar Secondary Education Board exams. She is a girl from middle class background, her father works in a class three job in government department. Her recent success in the 10+2 Board exams of BSEB has made her famous in the locality and even the local MLA came in her house to felicitate her. I have been doubtful about such cases of success in academics where there is no education infrastructure. It might sound callous but more than often, I have found that these toppers get their marks through cheating, rigging and manipulating the weak examination system. When I met this girl I found that she was hardly able to converse in proper Hindi and when I tried to discuss about educational topics she sounded completely unaware and ignorant.
I am amazed that how can someone get the precious title of topper when he or she is not having the merit of a simple student. This young woman is basking in the fake glory of achievement; my further investigation ratified my doubts about the current examination system in BSEB. The lady in question, appeared in her exams from a centre which is notorious for cheating, in fact the teachers help the students in copying. No doubt, expecting any kind of real intelligence and knowledge from such toppers would be my fault.
My advice to all the people in Bihar, don’t get impressed with these toppers and please don’t encourage your wards to cheat and copy in the exams. True education is more important than the title of topper.