Wednesday, 29 February 2012

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

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

Man sets example by marrying a raped Girl

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 04:33 AM PST

Achche Lal, a Class 12 dropout, did what few would dare to do in his community. Breaking taboo, the young farmer in Madhya Pradesh married a woman who was raped by bandits only two days before they were to wed.

The marriage took place in a village in Shivpuri district Tuesday, Lal told IANS.

On Sunday night, the bride’s family was in despair after a gang of robbers took away all the wedding jewellery and cash and raped the bride and her sister at gunpoint.

“It was no fault of the girl. I need to stand by her. I have married her and I will fight for her justice too,” he said.

Both families belong to the Lodhi caste.

Now book your rail tickets at Post Offices and Petrol Pumps

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:01 AM PST

Patna Metro RailPatna: Indian Railways has decided to sell the tickets at selected Post Offices and at Petrol Pumps in order to control the rush at its ticket counters. This was revealed by a Railway Board Official at Patna.

Under the proposed plan, the post offices will collect and deposit cash at the RBI. The railways would continue to provide expertise to post office employees involved in direct booking and sale of tickets. These post offices would function on commission basis only, a Board official said.

According to sources, there are over two dozen post offices which have been identified as ideal locations for booking tickets in Bihar falling under the jurisdiction of the East Central Railway (ECR). The railways is likely to set up locations for sale of tickets at remote places like Paliganj (Patna), Akbarpur (Sasaram), Tekari (Gaya) and few other locations in Bihar, sources said.

Besides, the railways has also decided to ensure availability of tickets at select petrol pumps in and around the state capital as well as in major cities of the state. “Talks are going on in the matter between the railway officials concerned and petrol pump owners to decide the modalities of ticket booking,” said a Board official.

World’s shortest man found in Nepal

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:40 AM PST

Chandra Bahadur DangiGuinness World Records have officially recognized Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi as the shortest man living in the world.Dangi, who is barely 56.4 cm tall, is 72-year-old and weighs just 12 kg, reported Xinhua.

He took over the record from the Filipino Junrey Balawing. He is the second Nepalese to bear the title after Khagendra Thapa Magar.

"The good news is that Chandra Bahadur Dangi is the world's shortest living man," Guiness Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday told reporters after measurements were taken.

"If he is really 72 years old he is the oldest person to be awarded the shortest-man record," Glenday said, adding Dangi was also the shortest person ever measured by the Guinness World Records.
From a poor and uneducated family in a remote part of Nepal, Dangi said he had never heard of Mount Everest and was unaware of the world record title before a timber merchant visited his remote village last month and decided to measure him.
His diminutive size has since made him a celebrity in the impoverished nation of 26.6 million people and he took a plane for the first time last week to travel from his village, Rimkholi, 267 km (167 miles) west of Kathmandu, to meet the Guiness World Records officials in the capital.
"I am good. I feel happy," Dangi said holding two framed certificates. "I want to travel around the world and spread the name of my country."
Dangi, whose parents died when he was still in his teens, lives with his brother with, he said, no desire to marry.
His family has no idea when he stopped growing as many Nepali villages still lack basic health care. Dangi has never seen a doctor in his life. Five of his brothers and two sisters are of normal size.
Dangi mostly stays at home, needing assistance to move around, preparing head straps used by villagers to carry loads.
Before Balawing, who was declared the shortest man in the world in June last year, another Nepali man, Khagnedra Thapa Magar, who stood 26.4 inches tall, held the title.

Mobile Phones to have digital Projector embedded into it

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:12 AM PST

iphoneSmartphones have changed the whole purpose of mobiles. It has replaced camera, Personal Digital Assistant, Music Player, City Guide and n number of things. But what’s next? MAnufacturers are planning to incorporate the projector into smartphones.

Small-size laser projectors, one to two centimetres in length can be integrated into many kinds of electronic appliances, such as digital or video cameras, gaming devices and mobile phones.

Current mobile phones are capable of showing high quality images and video, but their small size imposes limits on screen size and the viewing experience.

Integrated micro projectors could, in practice, project images the size of an A3 sheet of paper on a wall, according to researchers from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, EpiCrystals Oy and the Aalto University, working on the project.

The challenge is to develop a small, energy-efficient and luminous three-colour (RGB) light source, whose manufacturing costs can be kept low, for use in the projectors, according to a university statement.

“The project has successfully combined multi-technological know-how from VTT and its partners in the project, from manufacturing materials and the accurate focusing of laser chips all the way to production line design,” said principal scientist Timo Aalto from VTT.

“The project was launched last autumn, and we are now entering the stage where we can move from brainstorming and design to building prototypes,” said Aalto.

“We are developing an entirely new technology that is currently not in use anywhere else in the world. At the moment, there are stand-alone projectors on the market that can be connected to electronic appliances and early stage integrated projectors, but their quality and price are not competitive enough,” added Aalto.

Patna Marathon likely in later half this year

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:01 AM PST

patna marathon mascotPatna Marathon which was postponed for indefinite period will take place around September – October, at least  in the second half of this year.

Patna Marathon CEO, Atul Kumar said, “We are planning to organize the event in the second half of the year,” he said. The event was postponed for an indefinite period on February 23, causing a huge loss to the organizers.

The Event was postponed due to unavoidable reasons of board exams “Examinations are taking place in the city. Organizing the event was rather challenging in this backdrop. I think this is why the district administration didn’t allow us to go ahead,” said Kumar.

A letter from Patna DM had informed the organizers that holding the event, as planned, was difficult due to administrative reasons.

The marathon was originally scheduled to take place on February 19 along with ‘Global Summit on Changing Bihar’. Its date, however, was extended to February 26 due to security reasons as various dignitaries were to attend the global summit.

They have already started refunding the money back to participants.

Former Forest Officer’s assets confiscated in Patna

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:51 AM PST

Patna District Authorities have confiscated land worth several crores of rupees belonging to former DFO Bhola Prasad.

A team of Patna district officials led by Additional District Magistrate Suresh Sharma confiscated 30 kathas of land in Phulwarisharif and nine kathas in Purnendunagar, official sources said.

The state vigilance bureau had in 2007 registered a disproportionate assent case charging the DFO with accumulating wealth worth Rs 70 lakh disproportionate to his known sources of income. “We have confiscated the land of the then DFO following a recent order of the special vigilance court under Bihar Special Court Act, 2009,” the sources told PTI. The act provides for confiscation of properties accumulated through corrupt means by public servants. Earlier the authorities confiscated a building of suspended IAS officer S S Verma and opened a school there. A house of the then treasury officer Girish Kumar was also confiscated in the state capital three months back

iPad 4G launch scheduled on March 7

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST

ipad 4GApple is ready to roll out the next generation of iPads. They have announced an event on March 7 at San Fransisco that may see the introduction of the company’s next generation of iPad tablet computer.

The event will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, reported Xinhua.

According to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, an Apple invitation to the event read that “We have something you really have to see. And touch”.

The highly-anticipated new iPad is expected to have a faster processor, improved graphics processor and a high-definition retina display.

In the company’s fiscal year of 2011, Apple sold 32 million iPads. It has sold more than 55 million units of the tablet computer since its debut in 2010.

Family uses dead son’s semen to get a Child

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:02 AM PST

baby childA family is Thrissur district of Kerala has been reported to use dead son’s semen in order to get a surrogate child. They have won a verdict of a local court in this regard.

An elderly casual labourer and his wife have won the right to collect their deceased son’s semen from an infertility clinic and use it to have a surrogate child.

Ravi Kumar, 59, a casual labourer, and his 58-year-old wife Karthiyayani from Thrissur are overjoyed with the verdict. They have even found a woman who is willing to become a surrogate mother.

The couple had a son, Ratheesh, who was a student of sound engineering in Bangalore when he was diagnosed with a tumour in his testes. While he was being treated, doctors advised that his semen be collected and stored for further use. And that’s what he did. Ratheesh passed away at the age of 28 last year after contracting pneumonia.

“When we approached the infertility clinic requesting them to hand over our son’s semen, they said they can give it only if a court gives a ruling to this effect,” said Kumar.

Now the Lok Adalat in Kochi, in a ruling Monday, said the couple should make use of the semen within three months.

“We have now decided that we want to have a child from our son’s semen and we will go to any extent for it. Since it involves huge expenses, we have decided to sell our land and our small home,” said Karthiyayani, who works as a sweeper at a government hospital.
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