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• Bill and Melinda gates Foundation kick started its role in Bihar
• Boxer Vijendar Singh to get married soon
• Minister assures that no farmer shall die
• Taradih-the hub of seven ancient culture neglected till today
• Ladies only buses to ply on city roads from Today

Bill and Melinda gates Foundation kick started its role in Bihar Posted: 15 May 2011 06:20 PM PDT PATNA: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationhas decided to start work in the health sector in 8 districts of Bihar. This was intimated by Foundation’s country director Ashok Alexander who met state health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey here. “We will start work for integrated health, to reduce infant mortality and check diseases like tuberculosis, diarrhea and kala-azar,” he said. The districts being taken by the Foundation on priority basis are Patna, Goplagunj, East and West Champaran, Khagaria, Begusarai, Saharsa and Samastipur. The health minister appreciated the initiative and suggested to include Bhagalpur, Munger and Gaya in their priority list. The Foundation has entered into an agreement withBihar government to work in the health sector. A couple of months back Bill Gates and Melinda Gates visited Bihar and went to some villages to see themselves the health condition of the locals. The couple appreciated the state government’s move for immunization and controlling the polio cases. Bill Gates, who has already visited Bihar twice in less than two years is expected to revisit the state again next month and go to East Champaran, if civil surgeon Kameshwar Mandl is to be believed. Alexander went to Siswania village in the district with his team to prepare a health profile of the villagers.

Boxer Vijendar Singh to get married soon Posted: 15 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh today announced that he will tie the knot with a Delhi girl on Tuesday. The Olympic and World Championship bronze-medallist, who returned to the country today after winning a bronze in the Arafura Games, conceded that he will tie the knot on Tuesday in his native village Kaluwas in Bhiwani. “I am getting married on May 17, my would-be bride”s name is Archana and she is from Delhi and that”s all I want to tell about her. It is a private occasion and I hope my privacy is respected,” Vijender said after landing here this morning. The 25-year-old Haryana-lad, who won a gold medal at the Asian Games last year, had earlier denied reports of the impending marriage which came out last week, saying that they were inaccurate. “The tone of certain reports was offending. I wanted to keep it under wraps till the time I was inAustralia because I didn”t want unnecessary media spotlight on the family of my fiancee or my family,” Vijender said. “It”s a new chapter of my life and I am obviously excited. It”s a bout in which loss is victory,” he chuckled. After marriage, Vijender has a busy schedule ahead as he gets ready for the Olympic qualifiers, starting with the World Championships in September. The strapping six-footer jumped a division to light heavyweight 81kg category in the Arafura Games and would be back in the middleweight 75kg division for the coming events. “It was just an experiment and I am satisfied with how I performed. I am world number one in middle weight. I will be competing in middleweight in the coming events, including the Asian Championships next month,” he said.

Minister assures that no farmer shall die Posted: 15 May 2011 08:11 AM PDT Patna, May 14 (PTI) Asserting that no no farmer would be allowed to die because of drought persisting in Bihar for two successive years, state Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh said that Bihar government would reach all-possible help to farmers for increasing foodgrain production. While addressing a workshop on Kharif crop here, Singh said the state government would provide subsidy on diesel in the event of poor rainfall during the coming monsoon. Singh said the state government would encourage farmers to take up organic farming to meet the scarcity of fertilisers as the state would require nine lakh metric tonne fertiliser for kharif this year.

Taradih-the hub of seven ancient culture neglected till today Posted: 15 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT Taradih, very close to the Mahabodhi Mahavihara, is the only excavation site in India where remains of seven cultures — from the Neolithic Age to the Pala period — have been found during excavations. In December 2000, a beatification plan was passed for the excavation site. The then minister of the state art, culture and youth affairs Ashok Kumar Singh, had laid the foundation stone for Taradih's beautification plan as Gautam Van Puratatva Parisar. However, nothing has been done to beautify the site in the past 11 years even though the flow of tourists in Bodhgaya has increased manifold. The site has turned into a dumping ground, thanks to the apathy of the authorities. The archaeological remains that were discovered during excavation are kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Bodhgaya. According to rules of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the excavation site has been covered with soil. Experts believe if the site had been conserved properly, it would have proved to be a source of research for scholars across the globe and a magnificent tourist spot. According to the beautification plan, Gautam Van Puratatva Parisar was to be developed into a green belt and the archaeological remains were to be preserved there. When contacted, present art, culture and youth affairs department secretary K.P. Ramaiah told fresh funds for the beautification project had been sanctioned to the Gaya district administration in August last year, for the fiscal 2010-11. Recently, the district administration had also been asked to submit utilisation certificate against the sanctioned amount but no report has been sent to the department yet, Ramaiah said. In the 1980s, Taradih with a population of around 200 people was vacated and excavation was carried around a 500m radius for nearly eight years. Ranasinghe Premadasa, then President of Sri Lanka, also expressed an interest to develop the archaeological site when he visited Taradih in the early 1990s. Rajiv Kumar, a 1986-batch student of ancient history at Magadh University, was also a part of the excavation team that worked under guidance of ASI Bihar chapter director Ajit Kumar Sinha. Rajiv said excavation of the Taradih site began in 1980-81 and continued till 1988-89. The site was excavated to around 25m deep and remains of seven Indian cultures were unearthed. The items dated back to the Neolithic Age, Chalcolithic Age, Vedic Age, late-Buddha period, Kushan period, Gupta period and the Pala period. During the excavation, sharp-edged stone blade-like tools, ovens of different size, stone balls of Neolithic age were found. Earthen pots, copper bangles and earrings of the Chalcolithic Age, were also found.Black-red polished ware and iron-made items of the Vedic Age, north-black polished ware, coins, earthen beads, earrings, bangles, balls, copper needle, rod of the late-Buddha period, monasteries and drains made of bricks in the Pala period were also found during excavation.

Ladies only buses to ply on city roads from Today Posted: 15 May 2011 12:06 AM PDT Patna, May 13: Women in the city travelling in ramshackle autorickshaws will get a safer mode of transport the day after. Fifteen new buses reserved for them will hit the city streets. These vehicles will be a part of a 70-strong city bus service fleet that will be inaugurated by chief minister Nitish Kumar at the Raj Bhavan on Sunday. The service has been developed on a public-private partnership between Bihar State Road Transport Corporation and Eden Transport Private Limited. "All the buses have been equipped with closed circuit TV cameras, especially to curb crime against female passengers," said Sachidanand Sahai, chairman-cum-managing director, Eden Transport Private Limited. He said the cameras would also assist in nabbing thieves and pickpockets. Besides better security, the bus passengers can expect a number of facilities during their journey. "A music system has been installed in each bus to entertain passengers, who may suffer from monotony during the long journey," said Shashi Bhusan Rai, operational head, Eden Transport Private Limited. He added: "Besides women, seats have been reserved for senior citizens and physically challenged persons in each bus." The buses will ply on seven different routes. Their colour will vary from one route to another for easy recognition. They will be monitored through global positioning system. Twelve red buses will ply on route 1. These buses will take passengers to Birla Military Police camp, Phulwarisharif, Anisabad, Chitkohra, R Block, GPO roundabout, Frazer Road and Gandhi Maidan. If you want to go to Patna Junction, Income Tax roundabout, Saguna Mor or Danapur, you can take one of the 18 blue buses of route number 2. For route number 3, all the 12 buses will be green and they will take you to Rajapur Pul, Kurji and Digha. Board the six orange buses on route number 4 if your destination is New Bypass, Pahadi Mor, Kurji or Digha. Those who want to go to St Michael's School, IAS Colony, Bailey Road and Gandhi Maidan would do well to board one of the six blue buses on route five. If you are a student of IIT-Patna or reside in Patliputra, you might consider taking one of the 12 sky blue buses on route 6. The four yellow buses on route 7 will take you to Gandhi Maidan, Patna Medical College and Hospital and Gai Ghat. In two months, eight air-conditioned buses will also be catering to passengers on route 2 and 6. Uday Singh Kumawat, secretary, transport department, said: "The new service will benefit the people and ease the journey."

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