Bihar Got Six new trains in Rail Budget 2014-2015.

      

Unlike the earlier years, the rail budget 2014-2015 has failed to enthuse people of Bihar which has given the maximum number of railway ministers namely Jagjiwan Ram, Ram Subhag Singh, L N Mishra, Kedar Pandey, Ram Vilas Paswan, Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Digvijay Singh (minister of state). The funds allocation for Bihar projects is also all-time low.

In the name of new trains, Bihar has got four Jansadharan Express proposed to be run on Darbhanga-Ahmedabad, Jayanagar-Mumbai, Saharsa-Anand Vihar (Delhi) and Saharsa-Amritsar routes. New weekly trains on the Patna-Ahmedabad and Chhapra-Lucknow routes have also been announced. Besides, Anand Vihar-Sasaram Garib Rath has been extended up to Gaya. Otherwise, Bihar has got nothing in this rail budget.

The state used to get a bundle of new trains during the period of former railway ministers Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad. Lalu had once given about 27 new trains to Bihar. During his tenure, Bihar had got all major railway factories, except for coach manufacturing. Railway projects worth over Rs 35,000 crore were allocated to Bihar during Lalu's period.

In 1996-97, the then railway minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, had introduced Hajipur railway zone while ECR was created during Nitish's regime. He was also instrumental in modernizing railways. Funds for safety were also raised during his tenure. The superfast Sampoorna Kranti Express was his brain child whereas AC Garib Rath was Lalu's baby as a gift to common people to travel in AC. During the past 10 to 12 years, rail budget was known as Bihar's budget in railway parlance. But now Bihar is no more the main beneficiary.

Patna Junction has not been given any superfast train for Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. About one lakh passengers travel daily from Patna Junction to different destinations. Yet, Patna was denied any Duronto or Premium train. This rail budget is also silent on the issue of starting electric loco manufacturing factory at Madhepura and diesel loco manufacturing factory at Marhaura in Saran district. More funds were expected to complete Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road bridge, but it is not even mentioned.

source : TOI

The Supreme Court ruling on imposing Section 498A without investigation has come as a great relief for many a husband and even senior citizens.

The relatives of Awadhesh Pathak, a retired schoolteacher, felt elated after coming to know about the Supreme Court guidelines on Wednesday. Pathak, 67, was arrested and lodged in the Barh sub-divisional jail about three months ago after his daughter-in-law Ragini (27) accused him along with seven other members of the family of harassing her for dowry.

The apex court’s ruling has restrained the police from mechanically arresting the accused merely on the basis of lodging of complaints under Section 498A (harassing women for dowry) of the IPC.

Pathak’s relatives have been running from pillar to post to secure bail for the retired teacher and his 62-year-old wife Sunita Devi. The couple, originally hailing from Mahua in Vaishali district, had settled in Patna after their son Manoj Kumar, a software engineer, got a job in a telecommunication company. Manoj was married to Rajini, daughter of an engineer of Barh, about three years ago.

Ragini lodged a complaint with the Barh police station accusing her husband, in-laws, their two married daughters and their husbands. The police conducted a raid at their rented accommodation at Rajeev Nagar in April this year and took Pathak and his wife into custody. The couple were booked under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

Pathak’s daughter Anamika, whose name also figured in the FIR, said she and her husband had nothing to do with the case but they have been accused of harassing Ragini for more dowry. “We don’t stay in Patna and have not visited my parents’ house after my brother’s wedding. How can we torture her?” she said.

Pathak’s bail petition was rejected from the sub-divisional court and is pending with the high court. “Now it’s our turn to seek bail. Our anticipatory bail has already been rejected,” she said.

Pathak’s son, Manoj had to lose job as he was behind bars for six months.

The story of Shivaji Pandey, a retired engineer of the irrigation department, is more pathetic. Pandey, a resident of Ashiana Nagar, was recently arrested with his wife by a Delhi police team. The couple were charged with harassing their daughter-in-law, Meenaxi. She lodged a complaint against her husband Vivek and other relatives under Section 498A of the IPC.

The couple had to spend about two weeks in a high security jail in Delhi despite the fact that their daughter-in-law had hardly stayed with them in Patna. “Vivek, a software engineer, is working with a telecommunication company in US. He used to send money from there. Yet he has been made accused in the case,” a close relative of Pandey said.

The relative, who requested anonymity, said the couple would hardly forget the humiliation they had to face in the court.

The complainant’s relative is an IPS officer, who allegedly used his influence to get the couple arrested at the earliest. The marriage of Meenaxi was solemnised in 2006.

The family members of Sudarshan Mahto, who too are facing dowry charges, are all praise for the Supreme Court for issuing new guidelines. “We hope that the court would grant bail to us in the wake of the recent directive of the apex court. A complaint has been lodged against Mahto, an employee of a nationalised bank, with the Bihta police station,” he added.

source :THE TELEGRAPH

'Biharism' Anti feature film Made by Bihari.

Engineer Vishnu Sharma shifts to Delhi where he has got a job, and is treated with the worst form of contempt just because he is a native of Bihar. Frustrated, he returns home in a huff and decides not to confide even in his parents.
Impatto Films' feature film 'Biharism' depicts the issue of discrimination against Biharis in different states and metros of the country. Protagonist Vishnu eventually chooses to fight back when his sister too is subjected to the same ignominy.

"The movies will establish a quick connect with every such Bihari, and there are scores of them, who has faced tough times outside the state and was humiliated in one or another manner," said Jai Singh Rathore, the lead actor in the movie, while addressing a press meet here on Thursday. The anti-Biharism leaves such a strong impact on the psyche of the protagonist that he starts believing that his country does not want him in.

Written and directed by Rajesh Udhwani, a Rajasthan native and Rathore's college mate in Delhi, the movie "seeks to portray the problem without diluting the truth". "We are not branding Biharis as the ones with golden hearts, but we have attempted to show that Biharis are not even what others believe and, at the end of the day, they are also Indians like other Indians," said Rathore.

The movie cast includes 22 artistes and almost all of them belong to Bihar. Vishnu's love interest, Jyoti, is played by Bihari girl Shreya Vinod and his sister Parul is played by Shanti Priya, a professional theatre actor from Kalidas Rangalay in Patna. Jobless Vishnu is offered a lucrative job in Delhi by his friend Deepu. Deepu is played by Yuvraj Kumar.

Other actors include Pranav Kumar, Mrigank and Barun Sharma, all from Patna. Though the 85-minute was canned after shoots in Patna and Delhi for 25 days, it took three months to complete it. The film's DVDs will be releasing internationally on July 7. However, it won't hit the big screens due to financial constraints. "We cannot afford to release it on big screen as every penny invested in making of the film was either our pocket money or salary," said Rathore, who was into making documentary and short movies before conceptualizing ?Biharism'. The film has been given ?A' certification from the censor board.

The music of the movie, produced by Jairaj Alani, has been composed by Saurabh Verma and Dhanesh Raj and edited by Sanjeev Sharma.

source TOI

sudhir Kumar -Cobbler’s son scraps rebel wish, cracks IIT -JEE

Patna, June 19: Thrashed by local criminals for resisting their bid to extort money from his cobbler father when he was just 12 years old, Sudhir Kumar wanted to join the Naxalites to take revenge on those who had humiliated him. He didn’t after his father advised him to instead focus his energies on studies. Now, six years later, Sudhir’s efforts have paid off as he has cleared the JEE-Advanced exams, the gateway to admissions to IITs and other top engineering colleges of the country. Sudhir has secured 3900th rank (SC category) in the test, the results for which were declared today. A resident of Hilsa in Nalanda district, around 100km southeast of Patna, Sudhir is a product of Super 30, an institution set up by mathematician Anand Kumar to coach students from economically and socially weaker sections for clearing the IIT entrance examination free of cost. While studying in a government school, Sudhir (18) learnt about Super 30 through newspapers after which he contacted Anand. “Had Anand sir not been there I would not have been what I am today,” he said with a grin on his face. Super 30 students have performed very well this year as well with 27 of the 30 boys and girls who are taught free clearing the JEE-Advanced exam. Sudhir said that being the son of a cobbler was a big challenge. “I used to help my father in polishing shoes. Even filling up the form of the engineering entrance examination was a big ask because my father didn’t have the money. My elder sister helped me by mortgaging her ornaments for raising the money to fill the form,” said the lad, who wants to join the Indian Administrative Service after completing his engineering. Sudhir’s father Sanjeevan Ravidas was overwhelmed by his son’s success. “The credit goes to Anand sir who, like a messiah, helped my son in guiding him to success,” he said, his eyes welling up. Sudhir though said that but for his father, he would have ended up joining the Maoists after the humiliation and terror they underwent at the hands of the local criminals. Ravidas convinced him that achieving something in life would be a befitting reply to his tormentors. “My father’s words changed my orientation,” Sudhir said. Super 30’s Anand played down the credit being given to him. “I just guide the students who have fire in the belly to achieve something in their lives. The success belongs to them,” he said. Another Super 30 success story this year is Abhijeet of Nawada district. Son of marginal farmer Awadhesh Chandra Rajak, Abhijeet has secured 693rd rank. Attributing his success to Anand, Abhijeet said: “I didn’t have the money to buy books. Some of my friends used to lend me books.” source :The Telegraph

Shivanand learnt by heart the Bhagavad Gita when he was seven ,Proud on Shivanand from Bihar cracks IIT-JEE.at the age of 14th.

Patna : He was a religious preacher at the age of seven, but now at the age of 14, Shivanand Tiwary of Dharampura village in Rohtas district is among the youngest students in the country to crack the prestigious IIT entrance examination.

So young he is that he had to take permission from the court to write the IIT entrance examination, as boys and girls below the age of 15 are not allowed to appear.

Talk to him, and he himself will say that till four years ago he had no inkling that he would be going to study at IIT. But his father Kamlakant Tiwary, a farmer by profession, as well as, people of his village and neighbouring areas had no doubts about his talent.

The boy had learnt by heart the Gita and other Hindu religious scriptures at the age of seven. He started travelling all around and preaching on religion and scriptures. The discourses were well attended.

“I have been a spiritual person since my childhood days and have always wanted to serve God. I started preaching from a stage at Buxar when I was seven year old. The people loved it and I was called to various places to give discourses. I also enjoyed it,” said Shivanand.

Though his father Kamlakant also wanted Sivanand to lead a life of sainthood, but there was a change when director of a coaching institute based in Patna and New Delhi spotted him in 2011. He was so impressed that he convinced the boy’s father to allow him to take up studies.

“I was taken by Naraina IIT – PMT Academy director U P Singh to New Delhi. He and his academic director in Patna Deepak Singh devised a special curriculum for me and I completed my school studies successfully from Delhi and prepared simultaneously for IIT. They made me focus much on English also so that I could read and understand books in this language,” said Shivanand.

source : By FPJ Bureau,