Monday 18 July 2011

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Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Another wisdom to feathers of the people of Bihar. Aum Ravi a Patna resident, has developed a car racing technology and made landmarks in the National Formula Racing Championship.A mechanical engineer himself, he developed his own technology Formula 800 to develop a new racing car with the help of his team “Resonance Racing”.

During a motor race competition held in Chennai on July 3 under the flag of Supra SAE 2011, his racing car driven by Resonance Racing had come first and won the national championship trophy along with a prize money of Rs 4 lakh.

Dwelling at length on his new technology and innovative ideas to develop his own sports car, Ravi said he had successfully played the role as the head in charge of fabrication and senior race engineer. “During the initial days of designing and fabrication, our team members relentlessly worked hard to get sponsors for the race. However, we had the experience of all terrain vehicle race prior to participation in the Chennai competition,” he said.

As a senior race engineer, Ravi said, his task was to manage pit stops during the race. Luckily, he managed it within the specified time limit which helped in winning the competition. His captain Aditya Dandwate and team members Prashant and Harsimran, who hail from Jamshedpur and Dhanbad respectively, did a marvellous job in the race.

Ravi, who did his engineering from Pune, was an automobile enthusiast since his childhood. “He used to make toy models during his school days at St Karen’s School, Patna,” said his father Suman Kumar Deva , a teacher at B S College, Danapur.

Reacting to his extraordinary success, St Karen’s school principal L Gaulstaun said Ravi had the zeal to do anything extraordinary during his school days. He had innovative ideas and always wanted to do something special and creative, he said.

Ravi had earlier participated in BAJA 2009 and 2010 race competitions at Indore. He is currently associated with Volkswagen Motorsports and is one of the founders of a Pune-based organic food firm.

Army Officers training camp at Gaya to start from Today

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:48 AM PDT

Gaya:-Taking a significant step towards meeting the shortage of over 12,000 officers, the Indian Army”s second Officers Training Academy (OTA) will start functioning from today(18th July).

The new academy will be in addition to the existing one at Chennai and will also help army increase its officer cadre base, army officials said.

The academy will start with training 135 officers and in the next two years, engage the full strength of over 700 Short Service Commission (SSC) officers, they said.

The army is facing a shortage of 12,349 officers against its sanctioned strength of around 46,500. It is also looking to increase the number of officers to meet the new security requirements.

Following the nod from the Central government two years ago, it was decided that the new academy would be based at Army Services Corps (ASC) training centre in Gaya. The ASC centre was subsequently moved to Bangalore.

A number of steps have been taken by the government to attract youth to join the armed forces, which include increasing tenure of SSC officers from 10 to 14 years and promotional avenues for them.

As part of its efforts to provide more promotional avenues for the Permanent Commission officers, the armed forces have also decided to increase the intake of SSC officers.

Radio taxis to ply on Patna Roads in the coming month

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:20 AM PDT

PATNA Residents of Patna will soon be able to avail the services of luxury cabs at a very reasonable price. BSTDC has decided to ply radio taxis in the Patna from next month. As per the plan, as many as 60 air-conditioned taxis will ply on the city roads soon.

Besides, on the lines of cab services provided by various private companies like Meru Cabs etc in metros, the BSTDC also plans to introduce 24×7 door-to-door metered taxis in the city. The service, which will be provided in the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode, will enable city commuters to travel in SUVs and luxury cars. “These taxis will be available round the clock at the doorsteps of commuters,” said Ghanshyam Prasad Dafftuar, general manager of the BSTDC.

But the cabs won’t be available on a sharing basis. They would only be available to passengers who want to reserve the entire taxi for themselves. Customers can call these taxis from anywhere in the city and a cab will be sent to their doorstep to take them to reach their destinations. Dafftuar told TOI the fare of these cabs would be in the range of around Rs 15 per km.

The tenders for purchasing, maintaining and running these taxis have been given to two companies – Leeway Logistics, Patna and Pune-based Saiba Enterprises. City commuters can avail of SUVs and cars like Innova, Xylo, Indica, Ford and many more. “The brands of the cars are yet to be decided. Once that is done, these companies would buy the cars and then all the formalities, including registration of the taxis, would be completed,” said Dafftuar.

For the operation of this service, the BSTDC will establish a round-the-clock call centre. Customers would be required to call a toll-free number and book a cab, which would reach them in less than 15 minutes. The private companies plan to open dispatch and maintenance centres for these taxis at all the major localities in the city.

The BSTDC is also installing GPS facilities in the cabs to keep a check on their movement and CCTV cameras in order to ensure the safety of the passengers. These taxis would have a digital tamper-proof meter on board and the printed receipt would be given to the passenger after reaching the destination. Commuters would also receive a message on their mobile phones stating the boarding point and the destination, the time and distance travelled and the fares.

These taxis would also provide the passengers with newspapers and magazines during the time of travel. “The drivers of these taxis will be employed by the companies itself, but we will be do a full verification of their identity and documents,” said Dafftuar.

He added if the service proves to be successful in the city, then the BSTDC would bring more cabs and start providing radio taxis from Patna to other districts as well.

Shravani Mela inaugurated by CM

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:48 AM PDT

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the month-long ‘Shravani Mela’ at Sultanganj in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district on 16th. Kumar, accompanied by state Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, went to Sultanganj and inaugurated the mela. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said the state government would develop the road between Sultanganj to Deoghar in Jharkhand as a model ‘Kanwariya’ road. “Steps will be also taken for special facilities on every one km of route on the road from Sultanganj to Deoghar where lakhs of devotees offered prayers to famous temple of lord Shiva in Shravan every year”, he said. Kumar utilised the opportunity to request the devotees taking water from river Ganga from here to offer prayers at the Shiva temple to pray for Bihar’s growth. “Please pray the God that good sense prevails and the centre concedes our demand for giving a special state status to Bihar”, he said. Speaking on the occasion, Choubey urged the Centre to declare the ‘Shravani Mela’ as a national fair. BJP MP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain also spoke

Auto Service from Airport to resume soon

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:33 AM PDT

The Easy Auto Service from city’s airport may resume soon. The Patna High Court (HC) has, in an order on Friday, asked Smart Commuting Services Pvt Ltd, (SCSP) which used to run Easy Auto Service at the city airport to do so till further order.

However, a tussle was reported between airport duty officials and staff of the SCSP over starting the auto service prior to the submission of a written copy of the order of the HC.

Airport authorities on Sunday accused the SCSP staff of misbehaving with them. According to officials on duty at airport, the staff of the agency resorted to misbehavior when they were asked to remove their autos from the airport premises on Saturday morning.

The contract of the SCSP, which was running auto service from October till March, was not renewed. After four months, however, the SCSP on Saturday resumed its auto service claiming that the HC has asked it to do so. When the Airports Authority of India (AAI) authorities did not renew its contract, the SCSP on May 13 had moved the HC filing a writ petition.

“We have moved the court to request it to allow us to resume auto service at the airport as it was necessary for the passengers,” said SCSP director H B S Iyer.

The SCSP staff arrived at the airport with two autos on Saturday morning and started operating the auto service which was opposed by the airport officials who were on duty. “We opposed the stationing of autos on the airport premises due to congestion and asked the SCSP staff to remove the autos,” said an airport official.

“The AAI will abide by every order of the HC. For the purpose we sought a copy of the HC order from the the SCSP to know about it,” said an official on duty.

Airport director Arvind Dubey refused to make a comment on the development. He, however, said: “We will abide by the orders of the High Court provided the copy of the order is submitted to us.”

Technothlon organised by IITG at various schools in Patna

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:19 AM PDT

IIT Guwahati on Sunday organized the 2011 edition of Technothlon, an examination based on logic, analytical abilities and presence of mind at different schools across the country.

The examination which gives a taste of competitive examinations like IIT-JEE was taken by 1700 students. The second stage of Technothlon, which is held in Prelims and Mains stages, will be held during September 1 to 4.

After the prelims, the top 250 teams will be shortlisted from each squad. All students from teams which secure a 51 to 250 rank is given a silver certificate from IIT Guwahati. Students from the top 50 teams from each squad will be given gold certificates and invited to IIT Guwahati.

During the Mains, the students will participate in events namely Prototype, Robotics, Scotland Yard, Final Showdown. The students will also be given the opportunity to witness the acclaimed lectures, attend workshops, visit laboratories and interact with IITians.s
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