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- Shivdeep Lande cracks NREGA scam in Araria
- Supertstar Amitabh Bachchan relieved from Hospital
- She paints using bear instead of colors
- Patna Airport records phenomenal growth in Traffic
- Citigroup sells its ownership in HDFC
- Home Ministry opposes Gay Sex in Supreme Court
- Patna Marathon postponed
| Shivdeep Lande cracks NREGA scam in Araria Posted: 24 Feb 2012 05:32 AM PST
Lande told that more than 1,000 BPL people were issued job cards under the MNREGA scheme. However, the bonafide, unemployed youths were not given jobs. Their job entries were very randomly made in their cards. In the midst of torrents of complaints about how MNREGA funds were withdrawn through forged passbooks, a police team headed by Araria SP Shivdeep Waman Lande swooped on the premises of the above-mentioned officials, and took the lid off the humongous MNREGA funds. FIRs have also been lodged with Narpatganj police station against the Karghair postmaster, Bishnu Deo Sah, programme officer (PO) Ravindra Nath, mukhiya Ravilal Rishideo and Rozgar Sevak Prahlad Mahto. They are charged with siphoning off the whopping MNREGA funds by withdrawing the money through forged passbooks in the post office, police said. Shivdeep Lande was the erstwhile SP of Patna City and has been transferred to Araria last November amidst severe outcry among public. Also See
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| Supertstar Amitabh Bachchan relieved from Hospital Posted: 24 Feb 2012 03:47 AM PST
“Home….Just discharged from hospital and am back home in familiar surroundings, gently taking in all that now engulfs me. The surgery discomfort and soreness persists, but will take a while to finally erase itself from the pain glands, but in all, apart from a sluggish movement, Gods grace and prayers of the Ef have put me back on track again. My most gracious thanks to all,” Bachchan wrote on his blog. “The staff had a satisfied look on their faces as a small traditional welcome is executed. As you stand by the entrance oil is poured out, water thrown down, the small ‘arti’ and the ‘tika’ and you step in to the house. Of course the first stop is at ‘Prateeksha’ and a small prayer at the temple, built by my Father before moving on,” he added. The actor also said that the staff at the hospital bade him adieu with smile on their faces. “The staff and the nurses at 7 Hills were all smiles and expressed sadness that I was leaving, which was rather sweet of them. They would miss me they said, but hoped I would never have to come back again in adverse circumstances,” he said. Also See
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| She paints using bear instead of colors Posted: 24 Feb 2012 03:30 AM PST Can someone pain using Beer? American artist Karen Eland is an exception, she paints using Beer instead of colors. As reported in the Telegraph, she has made several artistic drawings using her Beer Painting. She says: “I use stouts and porters to create the paintings, with sometimes lagers or lighter beers to do the light areas. Sometimes I like the beer to evaporate awhile, condensing the colour. I use watercolour paper; the beer is too liquid-y to work on canvas unless I add a painting medium. Depending on the level of detail, a medium size beer painting takes about 2 days to complete. Lots of gradual layers are built up to create the final painting.”
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| Patna Airport records phenomenal growth in Traffic Posted: 24 Feb 2012 02:35 AM PST
The number of domestic travelers at Patna Airport has grown by over 500 percent in past 6 years. This was quoted in the Bihar Economic Survey report presented by Dy. CM Sushil Modi. This data is upto August 2011 after which there has been even more influx of Tourists in Bihar due to Kalchakra Celebrations in December and Discover Bihar Campaigns being run India wide. In 2009-10, the Patna airport had handled a total of 5,52,440 passengers. It had had registered a growth of 42.2 per cent in terms of passengers’ flow in 2009-10, which was also highest in the country. It has to be noted that due to its short runway AAI has declared the Patna Airport unsafe and efforts are being made to shift the Airport to a different location. The freight movement has also tripled since 2005. It was 5,865 tonnes by August last year. Also See
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| Citigroup sells its ownership in HDFC Posted: 24 Feb 2012 12:52 AM PST
The bank sold 145.3 million HDFC shares at 657.56 rupees each. The price represents a discount of about 6 percent to HDFCs closing price on Thursday, when Citi launched the process to sell its HDFC stake. Sources had said the bank had invited bids of between 630 rupees and 703.55 rupees a share. The shares were bought by a large number of global funds as well as some local financial institutions, sources with direct knowledge of the process said. Citi was the sole bookrunner, they said. This follows a similar disinvestment by international investors including U.S. private equity firm Carlyle and Singapore state investor Temasek in recent weeks. The sales have coincided with a sharp rise in the share prices of Indian financial companies, which would be among the main beneficiaries of expected interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India later in the year. The BSE Sensex has risen about 16 percent so far this year. The sale of the HDFC stake is ‘ongoing capital planning efforts,’ Citi said in a statement. The deal puts Citi at the top of Indias equity capital market league table, according to Thomson Reuters data. Also See
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| Home Ministry opposes Gay Sex in Supreme Court Posted: 24 Feb 2012 12:40 AM PST Indian Government has apparently opposed the move to decriminalize the gay sex. In a Supreme Court hearing, the Home Ministry said that , “Our moral and social values are different from other countries and we cannot be guided by them”. The Delhi High Court has earlier (in 2009) ruled that homosexual sex among consenting adults is not a crime boosted an increasingly vocal pro-gay lobby in India but was criticised by conservative groups. The Supreme Court began hearing petitions filed against the 2009 ruling on Wednesday. Homosexuals and lesbians face ostracism across much of India, and only in recent years have some come out, especially in cities. Gay rights activists argue the colonial-era law was an impediment in fighting against HIV/AIDS because many homosexuals refuse to come out in the open fearing harassment by authorities. In 2010, a professor was suspended from his university in Aligarh after having been secretly filmed having sex with another man. He was later found dead at his home in an apparent suicide. Also See
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| Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:55 PM PST In a major setback to the whole Bihar and the gang of Runners from 24 countries, the first episode of Patna Marathon which was scheduled to take place this Sunday (February 26), has been postponed. Any possible timeline or new date for the Marathon has not been declared . A message apoloziging the runners has been posted on the Official Facebook Page of the Patna Marathon Organizers quote that several examinations (few entrance exams and Class 10 board exams ) fo r over 1.5 Lakh candidates has been suddenly scheduled at various centers of Patna on the same day and controlling the traffic along with the running marathon squad would be very difficult. But, it seems that couple of other reasons also might have contributed to this postponement. There was lack of synergy between District Administration and the Organizing Team, where Administration apprently failed to recognize the importance of such a mega event in Bihar. Organizers on their part worked hard to make it a grand success. Few days back a video for the theme song was also released. However, it was reported that they have been facing crunch of funds as several sponsorship talks failed. They have also started refunding the Registration Fee to all participants
This marathon was originally supposed to take place on October 29 last year. Since then it was postponed thrice leading to Feb 26.
Such abrupt cancellation/postponement might affect the image of Bihar outside, because participants from around 24 countries very expected to run in the Marathon. It would also affect the branding of resurgent Bihar as the indications of Jungle Raj do pop up sometimes. Also See
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