Bans jeans, T-shirt for girls in Siwan

After three of its girls went missing, a village in Siwan district has barred girls from using mobile phones and wearing jeans and T-shirts, an official said Monday.

The villagers also imposed heavy fines on girls if they violated the diktat.

The ban was imposed Sunday by self-styled social reformers of Makhnupur village under Pachrukhi police station in Siwan district, 150 km from here.

The decision was taken after three girls - including two cousins - went missing last week. They are yet to be traced.

"A group of villagers issued an order to impose a fine of Rs.10,000 if a girl is found anymore using a mobile phone or wearing jeans and a T-shirt outside her house," a local police official said.

An 11-member committee has been formed to implement the ban.

Mobile phones, jeans and T-shirts are the cause of all evil in our society, including increasing love affairs and elopement," said Satyender Sharma, a villager.

In the last three months, nearly half a dozen village panchayats across the state have banned girls and women from using mobile phones and ordered them not to wear provocative clothes.

Voters list recovered from Bihar jail

A voters list, a mobile phone and some cash were seized from inmates of a Bihar jail early Saturday, police said.

The four-page voters list and other objectionable items were recovered from the Siwan district jail in Siwan district.

"During a surprise raid, we recovered a voters list ahead of the upcoming assembly polls," a police official told on phone.

Mauritius PM Congratulates Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar, the Bihar Chief Minister, on Monday, received a call from Navin Chandra Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, congratulating him on the NDA's spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.

Ramgoolam, whose ancestral roots are in Harigaon in Siwan district, told the Chief Minister that the latest election result in Bihar was the fruit of his hard work and it was understandable that his alliance in the state received the majority of the vote validating his commitment to the cause of Bihar, sources in the Janata Dal (U) said.

It may be recalled that the Mauritius Prime Minister, at the invitation of Kumar, visited Bihar in February of 2008.

During his 3-day visit to his ancestral state, Ramgoolam unveiled a statue of his father and the first Prime Minister of Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam near Gandhi Maidan in Patna and also visited his ancestral village of Harigaon in Siwan district.

"Just like Mauritius, I am confident Bihar would also prosper in the able hands of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar," Ramgoolam had said during his trip to Bihar.link