In a landmark move, Bihar has notified formation of District Child Protection Units (DCPUs) to promote the interests of child, prevent violations of child rights and ensure effective implementation of Juvenile Justice Act 2000, as amended in 2006.
Bihar thus became the first state in the country to notify DCPUs in all its 38 districts and appoint an assistant director (social security) as the nodal person.
It was the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) of the Union women and child development ministry that proposed setting up of a State Child Protection Unit in each state/UT and DCPU in each district to ensure coordination of associated child protection services for vulnerable and destitute children, including juveniles.
DCPUs were set up at the initiative of department of social welfare in collaboration with Unicef-Patna. The DCPUs are statutory bodies formed under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.
An eight-day training programme for DCPU consultants was also organized by the department of social welfare and Unicef from May 11 to May 18. As many as 40 consultants were trained on issues related to child rights and Juvenile Justice Act.
Social welfare department's principal secretary S Siddhu said, "All of us have a lot to look forward to in child protection after the establishment of DCPUs in the state. The additional human resources now available will certainly make a lot of difference to our work."
Children are languishing in remand homes and observation homes because of the difficult circumstances they faced in life. The objective is to maintain the standard of services provided in these homes, Siddhu said.
Bihar Unicef's field office chief Bijaya Rajbhandari thanked the social welfare department for initiating the innovative programme on child protection in the state.
"Unicef in collaboration with the state social welfare department is currently piloting DCPUs in 10 districts and plans to strengthen them by providing technical, managerial and monitoring support besides additional human resources," said social welfare department director Masood Hassan.link
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Bihar boy’s film shines at Cannes
Gaya born Abhijeet Kumar’s film Namah Shivaya Shantaya has opened to rave reviews at the Cannes film festival on Monday. The film was screened at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival at the Indian pavillion 108, Village International, organised by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the industry body ASSOCHAM.
The film, based on the teachings from the book of the same name by Shrii Anandamurti, has at its core the renewal of a great and timeless message, still as relevant today as it was in times of old.
Bringing to life the story of Lord Shiva’s fight for justice, righteousness and peace in the fledgling society of his day, that message emerges, in essence, as that of unification: the coming together of all people as one; of all minds as one mind; and – ultimately – of all minds with the Oneness that pervades and encompasses all things for all time.
Born on January 5, 1983 Gaya, Abhijeet did his B.A (Hons.) in Psychology from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya.
A natural artistic talent, Abhijeet Kumar began his film-making journey with a vision of higher-quality entertainment for society. An MA in Film and Television Production, he has produced and directed many critically acclaimed short films and features, and acted in numerous movies, television serials, commercials and plays.
With Namah Shivaya Shantaya, under adverse conditions presenting numerous creative and logistical challenges, he succeeded admirably in pulling off a wide variety of creative and production tasks: director, executive producer, actor, script translator (from the original English), and cast and crew coordination.
Abhijeet’s creative and managerial talents eventually got the film off the ground and completed within a very short span of time and with extremely limited resources.
Currently, Abhijeet Kumar runs his own film production company ‚ DIA Entertainment ‚ and is working towards his next film. He is planning to produce a film “Nalanda” based on the massacre by Muslim invaders at the ancient Nalanda University.
The other Indian films showcased at Cannes this year are - Hrithik Roshan starrer Kites, Teen Patti featuring Amitabh Bachchan as a math professor and Aamir Khan’s hit film Taare Zameen Par among others.link
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
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
Bihar matric results tomorrow
The results of the matriculation exams will be announced tomorrow by Bihar’s Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Hari Narayan Singh.
Official sources said the results would be available at schools. Students could access the results along with the marks on the Internet.
The results will be available at Bihar School Examination Board website http://biharboard.bih.nic.in
Official sources said the results would be available at schools. Students could access the results along with the marks on the Internet.
The results will be available at Bihar School Examination Board website http://biharboard.bih.nic.in
Monday 18 May 2009
Shatrughan Sinha tells Shekhar Suman, Khamosh!
“Khamosh!” Shatrughan Sinha warns his selfstyled electoral rival Shekhar Suman after defeating him by a massive mandate in Patna.
The man’s goodwill is contagious and endearing. Hours after his victory his familial residence in the Kadam Kuan area of Rajendranagar is a beehive of animated activity. There’s a festive atmosphere in the house as party workers , well wishers and favour-seekers rejoice in every corner of the large home.
Shatrughan Sinha’s charming wife Poonam Sinha is all over the place. “More overhwleming than the victory is the response of people all around us. Everyone thinks my husband can now fix things in their life, ” Mrs Sinha glow of pride is dazzling as she manoeuvres her way with a smile and a salaam through the mass of humanity.
The man at the centre of attention is happy tired and relieved. For the first time he feels free to vent his indignance at political rival Shekhar Suman’s aggressive campaigning tactics.
“I’d just like to tell him, Khamosh!” Shatru bellows in true Shatrughan Sinha style. Now that I’ve been brought back with such aan, baan and shaan by the people of Bihar could Shekhar Suman please shut up?He should not have stooped so low in his effort to gain votes.
In the last lap of his campaign his slanderous comments about me worked completely againt him. They were personal, illegal, illogical and immoral. It’s fine to campaign for your own cause. But why hit out so viciously at someone who in the past has treated him like a brother and friend?
Desperate attempts to win votes no longer work. This election proves it.The political tsunami that’s this elections should rightfully shut up all the undesitable elements in politics who were here only to make hay while the elections were on. The people refused to vote for chamchas of political parties. ”
Remind the affable witty man of a ‘phew’ words that his party the BJP fared very poorly and that it seems people this time voted for individuals rather than parties, and Shatru unfazed by the swarming wellwishers, ponders.
“Hmmmm. I’d say people have voted for both individuals and the parties that they believe in. I’ve to admit I’m dismayed by our party’s performance.
Yes, we’ve failed. We all need to sit down and introspect on what went wrong so that we don’t make the same mistakes again.”
Just hours after victory Shatrughan Sinha already has a clear idea of what he wants to do for Bihar. “I’d like to join hands with the NDA and my friend Nitish Kumar.
We need to clean the Ganga, get a central status for Patna University and focus on getting a special package from the Centre for Bihar. I’d never like to forget that the mandate is from the people of Bihar. Yes, the Bihari Babu has come home again. It’s time to make all my dreams for my state come true.”
The man’s goodwill is contagious and endearing. Hours after his victory his familial residence in the Kadam Kuan area of Rajendranagar is a beehive of animated activity. There’s a festive atmosphere in the house as party workers , well wishers and favour-seekers rejoice in every corner of the large home.
Shatrughan Sinha’s charming wife Poonam Sinha is all over the place. “More overhwleming than the victory is the response of people all around us. Everyone thinks my husband can now fix things in their life, ” Mrs Sinha glow of pride is dazzling as she manoeuvres her way with a smile and a salaam through the mass of humanity.
The man at the centre of attention is happy tired and relieved. For the first time he feels free to vent his indignance at political rival Shekhar Suman’s aggressive campaigning tactics.
“I’d just like to tell him, Khamosh!” Shatru bellows in true Shatrughan Sinha style. Now that I’ve been brought back with such aan, baan and shaan by the people of Bihar could Shekhar Suman please shut up?He should not have stooped so low in his effort to gain votes.
In the last lap of his campaign his slanderous comments about me worked completely againt him. They were personal, illegal, illogical and immoral. It’s fine to campaign for your own cause. But why hit out so viciously at someone who in the past has treated him like a brother and friend?
Desperate attempts to win votes no longer work. This election proves it.The political tsunami that’s this elections should rightfully shut up all the undesitable elements in politics who were here only to make hay while the elections were on. The people refused to vote for chamchas of political parties. ”
Remind the affable witty man of a ‘phew’ words that his party the BJP fared very poorly and that it seems people this time voted for individuals rather than parties, and Shatru unfazed by the swarming wellwishers, ponders.
“Hmmmm. I’d say people have voted for both individuals and the parties that they believe in. I’ve to admit I’m dismayed by our party’s performance.
Yes, we’ve failed. We all need to sit down and introspect on what went wrong so that we don’t make the same mistakes again.”
Just hours after victory Shatrughan Sinha already has a clear idea of what he wants to do for Bihar. “I’d like to join hands with the NDA and my friend Nitish Kumar.
We need to clean the Ganga, get a central status for Patna University and focus on getting a special package from the Centre for Bihar. I’d never like to forget that the mandate is from the people of Bihar. Yes, the Bihari Babu has come home again. It’s time to make all my dreams for my state come true.”
Sunday 17 May 2009
Bihar children to compete for 'Bal Shree' awards
Bihar children, for the first time, will now compete for the prestigious `Bal Shree' awards. Instituted by the National Bal Bhawan in 1995, the award, meant for children coming under the age bracket from 9 to 16 years, aims at identification and promotion of creativity among children in science, writing, performance and arts.
The state children were unable to compete for this award earlier as Bihar did not have its Bal Bhawan in place and according to rules only those children can compete at the national level who have been recommended by the Bal Bhawans of their respective states. With a full-fledged Bal Bhawan, christened `Kilkari', functioning here since last year, now steps are being taken to identify children who can compete for the four categories -- creative performance, creative arts, creative scientific innovation and creative writing.
Giving details, Kilkari director Jyoti Parihar told on Sunday, "Workshops would be organized at the headquarters of all the nine divisions of the state and selection of children for all the categories would be done by a panel of experts." She said that the selection panel would consist of experts from different fields and selections would be made in a very transparent manner.
Steps are being taken to disseminate information about these workshops, so that children having talent in the aforesaid fields could attend the workshops which will be organized at divisional headquarters.
As many as 14 children would be selected from each of the nine divisions and the selected ones would have to take part at a state-level competition through which eight finalists would be selected.
"All the finalists would be given exhaustive training at Patna and a team of experts would be there to guide the selected children and also to fine tune their skills," Parihar said.
Incidentally, the finalists would have to compete at zonal level competition to be held in Kolkata sometime in August and those emerging winners would qualify for taking part at the national level competition to be held in Delhi later this year.
"A few months experience of running the Bihar Bal Bhawan shows that Bihar children have immense creative talent and by reaching out to more of them through divisional level workshops, we expect to discover talents who could bring laurels to the state," she said.link
The state children were unable to compete for this award earlier as Bihar did not have its Bal Bhawan in place and according to rules only those children can compete at the national level who have been recommended by the Bal Bhawans of their respective states. With a full-fledged Bal Bhawan, christened `Kilkari', functioning here since last year, now steps are being taken to identify children who can compete for the four categories -- creative performance, creative arts, creative scientific innovation and creative writing.
Giving details, Kilkari director Jyoti Parihar told on Sunday, "Workshops would be organized at the headquarters of all the nine divisions of the state and selection of children for all the categories would be done by a panel of experts." She said that the selection panel would consist of experts from different fields and selections would be made in a very transparent manner.
Steps are being taken to disseminate information about these workshops, so that children having talent in the aforesaid fields could attend the workshops which will be organized at divisional headquarters.
As many as 14 children would be selected from each of the nine divisions and the selected ones would have to take part at a state-level competition through which eight finalists would be selected.
"All the finalists would be given exhaustive training at Patna and a team of experts would be there to guide the selected children and also to fine tune their skills," Parihar said.
Incidentally, the finalists would have to compete at zonal level competition to be held in Kolkata sometime in August and those emerging winners would qualify for taking part at the national level competition to be held in Delhi later this year.
"A few months experience of running the Bihar Bal Bhawan shows that Bihar children have immense creative talent and by reaching out to more of them through divisional level workshops, we expect to discover talents who could bring laurels to the state," she said.link
Saturday 16 May 2009
Despite defeat, Paswan happy secular parties won
Taking his defeat in polls in stride, Lok Janashakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said he is happy that secular parties have emerged victorious ending the prospects of communal forces to come into power.
"It is pleasant that secular parties under the banner of UPA have won all across the country and the prospects of NDA which has been trying to come into power have ended," Paswan told reporters here.
Reacting to his defeat in Hajipur to JD(U)'s Ram Sunder Das, the Union minister said that winning and losing are parts of the game and he would continue to serve the people of Hajipur.
"As far as Bihar is concerned, you have your wins and misses. I have served people. Nobody can say that Paswan has not worked for Hajipur. I had done for the development of the constituency whatever I could have done. Despite all these works you lose, it is just the wish of the people. I will continue to serve them," he said.
Asked whether his parting ways from Congress led to his defeat, Paswan said, "In some places Congress has definitely did well but it was not as effective in Hajipur. Therefore, saying that I lost because of not having allied with the Congress is premature."
"But certainly if the strength of all these parties had been united it would have shown its impact," he added.
On a question if his joining hands with Lalu Prasad led to his rout, Paswan said he did not have any other option that time as he had already said he could not go with NDA.
"But, it is too early to say these things," he said.link
"It is pleasant that secular parties under the banner of UPA have won all across the country and the prospects of NDA which has been trying to come into power have ended," Paswan told reporters here.
Reacting to his defeat in Hajipur to JD(U)'s Ram Sunder Das, the Union minister said that winning and losing are parts of the game and he would continue to serve the people of Hajipur.
"As far as Bihar is concerned, you have your wins and misses. I have served people. Nobody can say that Paswan has not worked for Hajipur. I had done for the development of the constituency whatever I could have done. Despite all these works you lose, it is just the wish of the people. I will continue to serve them," he said.
Asked whether his parting ways from Congress led to his defeat, Paswan said, "In some places Congress has definitely did well but it was not as effective in Hajipur. Therefore, saying that I lost because of not having allied with the Congress is premature."
"But certainly if the strength of all these parties had been united it would have shown its impact," he added.
On a question if his joining hands with Lalu Prasad led to his rout, Paswan said he did not have any other option that time as he had already said he could not go with NDA.
"But, it is too early to say these things," he said.link
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