Archives for October 2010

2nd Phase polling in Bihar on Sunday 1st phase polling in Bihar passed off peacefully yesterday amidst tight security. 55% voters used their rights to select 47 MLAs in this phase. 2nd phase of polling will be done on Sunday and campaigning for this phase will end today evening. बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव के पहिलका दौर

Two died of food poisoning Two persons, a grand father and his grand daughter, died due to poisonous wheat daliya, in the Karnayee village under Sukhpura P.S. of Ballia district. बलिया जिला के सुखपुरा थाना के करनई गाँव में गेंहू के जहरीला दरिया खइला का चलते दादा आ पोती के मौत हो गइल. ओही परिवार

Bihar votes in 1st phase today 1st phase of voting is going on in eight districts of Bihar. Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for a peacefull and fare polling. All the booths are web connected and many helipcopters are engaged for aerial surveying of the ground situation. पहिला चरण के मतदान आजु, सगरी तइयारी

RJD to get more seats and votes An opinion poll done by A.C.Neilsen and Star News shows increase of seats for JD(U)-BJP combine. They are expected to win about 170 seats, 27 more than previous election in 2005. Congress will get more than double seats while RJD-LJP combine will be reduced to half. बिहार विधानसभा

Petrol Pump employee looted An employee of a petrol pump in Dehri was looted when he was going to deposit the money in the bank. He was carrying a cash of Six lakh sixty four thousands when four robbers looted him. Police has arrested two of the robbers but the money has not been recovered.

Bihar Elections All parties are going at full speed campaigning for their candidates in the 1st phase. Eight districts will go for poll in this phase on 21st Oct. Sonia Gandhi is campaigning today in Motihari and Katihar. She said that central govt has given crorein funds for the welfare of Dalits and Minorities but

Boat mishap kills a dozen in Patna An overloaded boat capsized in Punpun river, near Behrapur Khoria village of Pipra P.S. in Patna district. The passangers of the boat were from Navada village of Masaurhi. 11 bodies have been recovered. 17 are still missing and efforts are on to search them. पटना का पिपरा थाना

Gas cylinder burst at Sikandarpur navami mela Two persons are dead and three are hospitalised due to an accident when a gas cylinder filling ballons in Sikandarpur mela burst last night duing Navami Mela. One of the injured is said to die at sadar hospital where three persons were hospitalised in serious condition. आजुवे के

Bihar government using center’s money to claim its credit PM Manmohan Singh has accused Bihar government that it uses center’s money but says it is states money. He further accused that Bihar government is not utilising the central assistance properly. On the other hand Nitish, Lalu, Ramvilas, every opposition leader has criticised Manmohan Singh for

10 died and 50 injured in stampede at a Puja place At Durga Sthan of Teldiha under Shambhuganj P.S. of Baka district 10 persons died and more than 50 were injured when two groups started fighting when a goat was being sacrificed to please the goddess ! Police lathi charged and fired to control the

Puja fever drenched in untimely rains At Patna and near by places, and Ballia and Purvanchal untimely rains dampened the joy of puja celebrations and very few people came out in the bad weather to visit pandals. Organisers were seen busy clearing the water logged pandals. अष्टमी आ नवमी का दिने साँझ खानि भइल बरखा

Three boys drowned in a pond In Npniapatti village of Deoria district three boys were downed to death while they were bathing in a pond. In another accident a two wheeler fell into a canal near Sinhitali of Chandauli district and two bikers died on the spot. They were returning after offering puja at Vindhyachal

Election date changed for the 3rd phase of Panchayat elections On the request of home department election date for the 3rd phase of Panchayat elections have been extended to 22nd Oct. All other dates shall remain unchanged however. यूपी पंचायत चुनाव के तिसरका चरण के मतदान अब बीस का बदले बाइस अक्टूबर के करावल जाई.

428 deaths due to encephalitis in Purvanchal This year 428 deaths due to encephalitis are reported in Purvanchal. Of these 400 deaths were at Gorakhpur Medical College Hospital alone where 268 patients are still admitted due to this fever. पूर्वांचल में इंसेफलाइटिस से एह साल अबले चार सौ अठाइस आदमी के मौत हो चुकल बा

PM Manmohan Singh will address a meeting at Narpatganj, while Sonia Gandhi will be addressing a meet at Katihar. Leaders from all the parties are busy campaigning for their candidates. Nitish is asking second term for him as he has established a rule of law in Bihar after a jangal raj of 15 years. Congress

Devotees are thronging the Puja Pandals to pay their regards to Maa Durga, Maa Laxmi, and Maa Saraswati. Special Havans and pujas are performed at various shakti-peeths on Navami. Ami Mandir of Chapra is attended by devotees coming from the state and outside as this is regarded as a Shakti-peetha. शारदीय नवरात्र के नवमी पूजा

Bharat Petrolium has raise the price of petrol from midnight yesterday and other companies will soon follow this step. Last month too the prices were raised. Fortunately the govt has still kept the pricing control on kerosin oil, diesel, and cooking gas and so prices of these items are static. पेट्रोल के दाम फेर बढ़ावल

Third phase of voting in the ongoing Panchayat elections of UP will be held on 20th Oct. These voters will elect their representatives in 13400 Village Panchayats. Previous two phases of voting were held on 11th and 14th Oct. यूपी के पंचायत चुनाव के तिसरका चरण के मतदान बीस तारीख के उत्तर प्रदेश में पंचायत

Lalu has promised reservation to Muslims while Nitish is promising electricity in every home if he gets another chance. Lalu is facing his most decisive election this time. This is a make or mar situation for him and many of his trusted lieutinents have left him. To make the matters worse Congress is busy garnering

A local Urdu journalist Md.Chishti dared to ask Shahi Imam Abdullah Bukhari a pointed question about Ayodhya dispute. He said that the land records of year 1528 show the land in the name of King Dasharath who was the father of Rama, so why not hand over the land to Hindus ? This question infuriated