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- Railways keen in launching phone booking
- Indians are World Champion again
- Bihar provides 11 percent of Army personnels
| Railways keen in launching phone booking Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:58 PM PDT PATNA: Railway ticket booking through cellphones is picking up fast these days, particularly in the metros. On an average about 800 to 1,000 tickets are being booked through cellphones daily in the metros. Cellphone savvy people, particularly from metropolitan cities, have been using this new system without any hassle. The new system has almost ended travails of the long wait in the queue to procure railway computerized journey tickets. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC ) Ltd has taken the lead in introducing this system. According to a Railway Board official, the newly developed ultra modrn system has not been introduced in Bihar and adjoining states. The railways is keen to create awareness about this new facility among passengers of the East Central Railway (ECR). he said. Under this system, people booking railway tickets, however, need to have Java-enabled handsets to access internet services. This facility will enable people to book their journey tickets in advance. Delivery of the tickets could be had through couriers. But those having their own mail ID could get the booked tickets online also, sources said. Since the use of cellphone has become common these days, people would find it convenient to book their journey tickets well in advance even from remote places. Besides, they could also seek information related to berth availability and journey plan through cellphones. The IRCTC has provided the facility of using credit cards and cash cards for booking tickets through cellphones, a Board official said. According to sources, the IRCTC had introduced this system way back in 2003. But it could not click due to some technical reasons. Earlier, this system was brought into service through cellphones on voice mail and SMS only. But, it could not evoke good response from passengers using cellphones. Thus, the railways has decided to introduce the new system based on Java-enabled handsets as well as on all those sets having internet facilities, sources said. A Board official admitted that the railways seems to be keen to ensure availability of railway journey tickets at doorsteps of the people across the country without charging any additional cost. The Board had approved this new cell system in December last year after getting mandatory clearance from the RBI, he said.
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| Indians are World Champion again Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:37 PM PDT MUMBAI: An inspired India on Saturday night regained the coveted World Cup after 28 years as they suppressed Sri Lanka with a six-wicket victory in a nerve-wrecking final to script a glorious new chapter in their cricketing history. Chasing 275 for a historic win, the Indians held their nerves as they rode on Gautam Gambhir’s 97 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s unbeaten 91 to overhaul the target with 10 balls to spare and send the cricket-crazy nation into a frenzy. The vociferous, jam-packed crowd at the Wankhede stadium erupted in wild celebrations as Dhoni hit the winning six runs to give India their biggest cricketing moment and crown themselves the ODI world champions, in addition to being the number one Test team. The World Cup title triumph, coming as it did after more than two decades, was doubly special for Sachin Tendulkar since it was the only silverware missing from his collection. It was also a fitting farewell to coach Gary Kirsten, for whom it was the last day in office as the Indian coach. It was a momentous Saturday night marked by high emotion and poignant scenes as India, for long the game’s financial power, stamped their supremacy on the field as well, eight years after Sourav Ganguly’s team had made an abortive attempt to scale the pinnacle. The players, many of them with tears in their eyes, rushed to the ground to hug each other as Dhoni finished it off in style by hitting a six, as fire crackers lit up the evening sky to mark the moment. The highlight of the Lankan innings was Mahela Jayawardene’s rollicking 103 as Sri Lanka capitalised on the batting powerplay to post a decent 274 for six. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Jayawardene used his vast experience to good effect and anchored the Lankan innings together. The islanders, desperate to regain the coveted cup after nearly 15 years, lost wickets at regular intervals against the Indians, who were spurred on by a vociferous jam-packed crowd. The Indian bowlers were disciplined in the first half of the innings but conceded as many as 63 runs in the batting powerplay to undo all the good work. Apart from Jayawardene’s 88-ball knock, captain Kumar Sangakkara (48) Tillakaratne Dilshan (33) and Nuwan Kulasekara (32) were the other notable performers. The Indian innings began on a disastrous note as the destructive Virender Sehwag was dismissed in the very second ball of the innings with paceman Lasith Malinga scalping the prized wicket. Sehwag was hit on the pads by an incoming delivery by Malinga as he went for a flick. Umpire Aleem Dar ruled him out before he asked for review but television replays showed that the ball would have hit the stumps. Tendulkar, playing in what probably is his last World Cup game, entertained his home crowd with a couple of delightful boundaries while Gambhir also looked for runs at the other end. The Indians suffered a huge jolt went Malinga struck again by dismissing the champion batsman as he snicked an away-going delivery and captain Sangakkara latched on to a low catch. A hushed silence descended on the Wankhede stadium as he started his walk back to the pavilion. Gambhir drove Kulasekara for a boundary in the extra cover region to notch up 4000 ODI runs while Virat Kohli also pulled the bowler to the boundary in the same over. Gambhir was lucky to get a reprieve in spinner Suraj Randiv’s first over when Kulasekara dropped him at the long off region. The third-wicket pair of Gambhir and Kohli put on 83 runs before Dilshan broke the partnership by taking a brilliant acrobatic return catch. The out-of-form Dhoni came ahead of Yuvraj to keep the left-right combination going and was immediately given two ‘lives’ by the Lankans — first Sangakkara messing up a stumping chance off Muralitharan and then Dilshan dropping a return catch as he collided with non-striker Gambhir. Dhoni, however, made the most of the Sri Lankan lapses to rediscover his form which had deserted him in the mega event. Dhoni and Gambhir scored at a brisk pace to keep India in the hunt. The pair stitched 109 runs for the fourth wicket before Gambhir paid the price for a horrendous stroke, just three runs short of what would have been a well-deserved century. Gambhir made room to cut the ball but missed it completely to see his stumps dislodged. Earlier, both the Indian new ball bowlers bowled a tidy line and length and did not allow the Sri Lankan openers to get off to a flying start while the fielding was also sharp. Pace spearhead Zaheer’s first three overs were maidens and that put some pressure on the two Lankan openers who were not being able to capitalise on the powerplay overs. Dilshan broke the stranglehold by hitting the first boundary of the innings in the 5th over by pulling Sreesanth to the square leg fence. In the same over, he produced a delightful cut to the point for his second boundary. Tharanga looked completely out of sorts at the other end as he found it difficult to find the gaps as Zaheer bowled a searching length right through his opening spell. Zaheer drew first blood in his fourth over by evicting Tharanga with an outgoing delivery and Virender Sehwag holding on to diving catch at first slip much to the delight of a capacity crowd at the stadium. Tharanga scored just two runs off 20 balls. The Lankans could manage just 31 runs in the first ten overs, their lowest in the tournament. That was largely because of Zaheer’s excellent first spell of 5-3-6-1. Dilshan and Sangakkara put on 43 runs for the second wicket before Harbhajan Singh struck for his team by getting rid of Dilshan (33), who scored 500 runs in the tournament. Dilshan went for a sweep but the ball hit his gloves and lobbed onto his stumps to trigger off wild celebrations in the galleries. Sangakkara and Jayawardene then took upon themselves the task of rebuilding the innings and the duo scored at a decent pace to steer the team to a comfortable position. Yuvraj Singh, who had a dream tournament with both the bat and the ball, was introduced into the attack in the 22nd over but the two experienced batsmen were not really troubled by his left arm spin. It was Yuvraj who finally broke the 62-run third wicket partnership which was assuming dangerous proportions by dismissing Sangakkara who tried to cut a wide ball outside the off stump but only succeeded in edging the ball to Dhoni behind the stump. His knock of 48 came off 67 balls and contained five boundaries. It was left to the well-settled Jayawardene to hold the innings together and he found an able ally in Thilan Samaraweera to take the Sri Lankan total close to the 180 mark. Yuvraj was again instrumental in breaking the fourth- wicket partnership by accounting for Samaraweera. Umpire Simon Taufel turned down the leg before appeal but the Indians went for the referral and television replays showed that the ball would have hit the stumps. New batsman Chamara Kapugedera did not survive long as he offered a simple catch to Suresh Raina at extra cover off a slower delivery from Zaheer, leaving the visitors in a spot of bother at 182 for five. Jayawardene and Nuwan Kulasekara then teamed up ensure that Sri Lanka had a competitive total on the board as they went about accumulating runs in the batting powerplay, which was taken in the last five overs. India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel. Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Kapugedera, Suraj Randiv, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan. Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) and Aleem Dar (PAK) Get growth and development stories of Bihar daily to your inbox |
| Bihar provides 11 percent of Army personnels Posted: 01 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT PATNA: Army personnel have reasons to feel proud of their Bihari roots as Bihar accounts for about 11 percent of the total Army personnel strength. Talking to TOI, Bihar Ex-Servicemen League president Col (retd) V K Singh said that Bihar had lost a large size of cantonment after its bifurcation from West Bengal and later due to creation of Jharkhand. While about 20,000 troops went to the Barrackpore Cantonment in West Bengal, it lost two training centres located at Ramgargh to Jharkhand. About 7,500 troops went to the Ramgargh Cantonment after creation of Jharkhand, he said, adding even the main canteen service is still located in Jharkhand.
Col (retd) Singh said that the Army from Bihar has to go to Jharkhand to purchase two or four wheelers. Besides, the League members have been paying state tax on each item of defence being transported to Danapur Cantonment from Jharkhand. He said that about 1.5 lakh personnel are in defence service from Bihar. According to the League president , the number of Army personnel from Bihar has increased from 3.5 per cent to 11 per cent now as the Centre has fixed the quota of recruitment in Army population-wise from each state. As a result, the number of ex-servicemen has also gone high in Bihar as most of them preferred to settle in Bihar after their superannuation. That apart, about 12,000 ex-servicemen have been employed as Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) in Bihar, he said. Lauding the state government decision to build Zila Kalyan Karyalaya (district welfare office) in six districts of the state at an estimated cost of Rs 1 crore, Singh said that there is an immediate need to increase the number of Army canteens and polyclinics to cater to the needs of Army personnel. About six lakh ex-servicemen are currently located in Punjab. The number of canteens is about 100 there as there are six large cantonments in Punjab. In Punjab, there is a state minister to take care of ex-servicemen s needs and welfare. Bihar too needs to have a separate minister to look after the welfare of ex-servicemen, he said.
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