Some 31 people are dead after a truck carrying agriculture workers crashed into a gorge in eastern India. Thirteen others were injured.
State administrator Vinay Kumar Singh says the truck fell nearly 150 feet (45.72 meters) into the gorge after the driver lost control of the vehicle following a brake failure.
The accident occurred Thursday near Bhavnathpur, a village nearly 205 miles (325 kilometers) south of Patna.
Trucks are often used to transport workers in rural India.
Road accidents are a frequent occurrence in India and are often blamed on aging vehicles, overloading and poor quality of roads.
Thursday 14 January 2010
Detonators recovered from Bihar bus
Police recovered 1250 detonators from a bus in Bihar’s Aurangabad district. According to police officials, the bus was to ply from Aurangabad to Ranchi when the explosives were seized. This newest development in the state has raised concerns over the increasing Maoist activity. Police suspect that the detonators were meant to be used by Maoists.
Police found 1,250 detonators were found in a bus in Bihar's Aurangabad district, a development that raised further concern over increase in Maoist activity in the state.
According to sources, the explosives were detected when the bus conductor brought to their attention a black bag that had been loaded into the bus by an unidentified man. The conductor, who noticed the man getting off the Ranchi bound bus after unloading the bag is said to have told the man to return soon, but the man in question went missing.link
Police found 1,250 detonators were found in a bus in Bihar's Aurangabad district, a development that raised further concern over increase in Maoist activity in the state.
According to sources, the explosives were detected when the bus conductor brought to their attention a black bag that had been loaded into the bus by an unidentified man. The conductor, who noticed the man getting off the Ranchi bound bus after unloading the bag is said to have told the man to return soon, but the man in question went missing.link
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Four charred to death in Bihar's Banka district
Four people, including three children, were charred to death when a fire broke out in their hut at Karhariya village in Bihar's Banka district in the wee hours today, police sources said.
The fire broke out after a lantern fell on the ground and soon engulfed the hut.
The victims were identified as Kailash Sah, his son Shivam and daughters Priya and Payal, sources said.
The bodies were handed over to their relatives after autopsy, they added.
The fire broke out after a lantern fell on the ground and soon engulfed the hut.
The victims were identified as Kailash Sah, his son Shivam and daughters Priya and Payal, sources said.
The bodies were handed over to their relatives after autopsy, they added.
Monday 11 January 2010
Maurya TV in Bihar from 2nd Feb. 2010
With an eye on the Rs 20 crore television broadcasting market in Bihar and Jharkhand, filmmaker Prakash Jha and former Adlabs chairman Manmohan Shetty are ready to launch Maurya TV in Bihar, through the newly formed company P&M Group.
Maurya TV will have its headquartered in Patna.
The channel is free-to-air channel and may give rise to regional competition with other such existing channels like ETV Bihar and Sahara Samay in the news category and other Bhojpuri channels like Mahua TV and Hamar TV for viewers as well as for the limited advertising.
P&M Group has appointed Rajiv Mishra as Chief Executive Officer. He moves from CineMaya Media Group Inc, where he has been senior vice-president. July 11, 2009 was his last day with the CineMaya Group.
Maurya TV is the only project of this group, it is also planning to launch digital cinema multiplex chain, malls and entertainment centres in Orissa, Jharkhand andBihar.
While we're on the subject, Bihar and Jharkhand have by now fascinated print media players like Hindustan, Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar to launch editions in the region to bite into the Rs 150 crore advertising market.link
Maurya TV will have its headquartered in Patna.
The channel is free-to-air channel and may give rise to regional competition with other such existing channels like ETV Bihar and Sahara Samay in the news category and other Bhojpuri channels like Mahua TV and Hamar TV for viewers as well as for the limited advertising.
P&M Group has appointed Rajiv Mishra as Chief Executive Officer. He moves from CineMaya Media Group Inc, where he has been senior vice-president. July 11, 2009 was his last day with the CineMaya Group.
Maurya TV is the only project of this group, it is also planning to launch digital cinema multiplex chain, malls and entertainment centres in Orissa, Jharkhand andBihar.
While we're on the subject, Bihar and Jharkhand have by now fascinated print media players like Hindustan, Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar to launch editions in the region to bite into the Rs 150 crore advertising market.link
Rs 25 lakh looted from bank in Bhojpur
Unidentified gunmen looted Rs 25 lakh from Oriental Bank near Sadar hospital in this district headquarter town of Bihar's Bhojpur district today, police sources said.
Around 10 motorcycle-borne gunmen stormed the bank, locked its employees and officials inside a room and looted the money from cash counters, sources said.
After carrying out their operations, they managed to flee, sources said.
Raids were on in the area to nab the looters and recover the money.link
Around 10 motorcycle-borne gunmen stormed the bank, locked its employees and officials inside a room and looted the money from cash counters, sources said.
After carrying out their operations, they managed to flee, sources said.
Raids were on in the area to nab the looters and recover the money.link
Sunday 10 January 2010
Nitish asks India Inc to invest in Bihar; assures them safety
Assuring India Inc of full safety, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday invited corporate honchos to invest in the state as there can be no inclusive growth unless the state catches up with the rest of the nation.
"I can assure you that you will be safe there (in Bihar)...you will return safely from Bihar and would love to visit Bihar again and again," he said after receiving the Economic Times' Business Reformer of the Year Award from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Kumar said things are changing and that there are no worries about the law and order situation in the state. Without naming his predecessor Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, Kumar said, there was absence of governance in the state before he took over as Chief Minster in November 2005.
"Bihar has never been the case of bad governance. It was actually the case of absence of governance. Now governance is visible," he added.
According to the recent Central Statistical Organisation estimates, Bihar emerged as the fastest growing state in the country clocking a rate of over 11 per cent during 2008-09. link
"I can assure you that you will be safe there (in Bihar)...you will return safely from Bihar and would love to visit Bihar again and again," he said after receiving the Economic Times' Business Reformer of the Year Award from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Kumar said things are changing and that there are no worries about the law and order situation in the state. Without naming his predecessor Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, Kumar said, there was absence of governance in the state before he took over as Chief Minster in November 2005.
"Bihar has never been the case of bad governance. It was actually the case of absence of governance. Now governance is visible," he added.
According to the recent Central Statistical Organisation estimates, Bihar emerged as the fastest growing state in the country clocking a rate of over 11 per cent during 2008-09. link
Saturday 9 January 2010
Freedom fighter, 90, fights for pension
A 90-year-old freedom fighter from Bihar has been on dharna in New Delhi for the past four years demanding her pension.
Gayatri Devi has been forced to live on the streets of Delhi because the government has withdrawn her freedom fighter's pension.
"I have been on dharna for four years, without little food or water. I have no one. I have been suffering for four years here on the street," the 90-year-old says crying with her hands folded.
Gayatri Devi says she was getting money from the government under the 'Samman' pension scheme for freedom fighters from 1997.
"I have these documents to prove I was a freedom fighter. But in 2002 suddenly my pension stopped. I was told that my name appeared in a list of fake freedom fighters. But these allegations are totally false," she says.
CNN-IBN filed an RTI with the Union Home Ministry and found that Gayatri Devi had submitted document declaring her wanted by the then British government which made her eligible for a freedom fighter's pension.
Based on the documents a special team in charge of sanctioning pensions granted Gayatri Devi her due after investigating the case.
She got pension from 1997. But in 2002 because of a media report about some fake freedom fighters, Gayatri Devi's case got caught in a web of red tape. She was declared a fraud and her pension was stopped.
"My health is failing. I have heart problems and high blood pressure. But I don't have the money to get any tests done," she pleads.
"The administration calls me a liar. They say go home old woman. Where is this home they are asking me to go?" she asks the country for whose freedom she fought.
When CNN-IBN first found Gayatri Devi, she was wandering in the emergency ward of RML Hospital in Delhi. She had been brought in complaining of chest pain and breathlessness.
She has been fighting her lonely battle from Jantar Mantar for the past four years. CNN-IBN filed an RTI on her behalf, and now plans to take it to the Bihar State Government, so that she can finally have her case re-investigated.
But meanwhile, Gayatri Devi's health is failing and she needs medical attention. So, if there are any organisations that are able to offer her help, please contact at editor@ibnlive.com.
Gayatri Devi has been forced to live on the streets of Delhi because the government has withdrawn her freedom fighter's pension.
"I have been on dharna for four years, without little food or water. I have no one. I have been suffering for four years here on the street," the 90-year-old says crying with her hands folded.
Gayatri Devi says she was getting money from the government under the 'Samman' pension scheme for freedom fighters from 1997.
"I have these documents to prove I was a freedom fighter. But in 2002 suddenly my pension stopped. I was told that my name appeared in a list of fake freedom fighters. But these allegations are totally false," she says.
CNN-IBN filed an RTI with the Union Home Ministry and found that Gayatri Devi had submitted document declaring her wanted by the then British government which made her eligible for a freedom fighter's pension.
Based on the documents a special team in charge of sanctioning pensions granted Gayatri Devi her due after investigating the case.
She got pension from 1997. But in 2002 because of a media report about some fake freedom fighters, Gayatri Devi's case got caught in a web of red tape. She was declared a fraud and her pension was stopped.
"My health is failing. I have heart problems and high blood pressure. But I don't have the money to get any tests done," she pleads.
"The administration calls me a liar. They say go home old woman. Where is this home they are asking me to go?" she asks the country for whose freedom she fought.
When CNN-IBN first found Gayatri Devi, she was wandering in the emergency ward of RML Hospital in Delhi. She had been brought in complaining of chest pain and breathlessness.
She has been fighting her lonely battle from Jantar Mantar for the past four years. CNN-IBN filed an RTI on her behalf, and now plans to take it to the Bihar State Government, so that she can finally have her case re-investigated.
But meanwhile, Gayatri Devi's health is failing and she needs medical attention. So, if there are any organisations that are able to offer her help, please contact at editor@ibnlive.com.
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