Delhi, Bihar and Jharkhand produce best pool of engineers in India

The best talent pool of engineers is in Delhi, Bihar and Jharkhand, while those from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are least employable, said a report.

Employability for IT product roles in Delhi is as high 13 per cent and as low as 1 per cent in Chennai, says the National Employability Report of Engineering Graduates, 2014 by Aspiring Minds.

Bangalore with 3.7 per cent employability emerges as the best amongst Southern and Western cities in the IT product sector, it added.

Tier III cities cannot be neglected from recruitment perspective as at least one out of every six engineeringcolleges is in a tier III city, the study said.

Around 12 per cent of engineers employable in IT services are in tier III cities, an absolute number of about 13,000.

"Our National Employability Report in its latest edition goes deep in to the employability of engineering graduates, their capability, qualifications and aspirations," Aspiring Minds CEO Himanshu Aggarwal said.

Looking at state-wise distribution of employable talent, Aggarwal said while certain states produce huge number of engineers, the average employability in significantly low.

"It is clear that that states need to be conscious towards better education quality rather than building more capacity," he said.

The mushrooming growth in terms of number of engineering colleges in the country has been alarming and has come out as the major reason for low employability of engineers.

The report was based on the graduate class of 2013 and covers data of more than 1,20,000 engineering students from more than 520 engineering colleges, across 18 Indian states.

Source: IBN

Bihar town's deputy mayor held with two call girls

The deputy mayor of a Bihar town was held with two call girls from a hotel room here, the police said on Tuesday.

Gaya deputy mayor Mohan Srivastava was arrested late Monday night from a posh hotel room during a police raid.

"Srivastava was caught along with two call girls in a hotel room," a police official said.

According to police officials, six people, including Gaya's deputy mayor, were arrested in connection with a sex racket when police raided a hotel near Frazer Road in the heart of Patna.

They were taken to the Kotwali police station for questioning.

It is for the first time in Bihar that a deputy mayor has been arrested in connection with a sex racket. Gaya is about 100 km from Patna.

Last month, Gaya police busted a thriving sex racket at a gents' hair cutting parlour running on premises owned by Mohan Srivastava.

Srivastava, however, denied ownership of the premises where the alleged sex racket was going on.

He later admitted that the premises belonged to his wife but claimed he has nothing to do with the property.

Source: TOI

Bihar stalwarts face a battle for survival

Though the big three of Bihar politics-Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and BJP heavyweight Sushil Kumar Modi-are unlikely to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, scheduled in a few months from now; their future appear critically dependent upon the outcome of the general election.

While Lalu Prasad cannot contest the Lok Sabha after his conviction in a fodder scam case that barred him from electoral politics; Nitish Kumar and his friend turned bete-noire Sushil Kumar Modi may prefer to stay back in Patna for obvious reasons. Nitish Kumar will continue as Bihar Chief Minister whereas Sushil Modi will seek to become one after the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled next year.

Ram Vilas Paswan, the only political biggie from Bihar who is almost sure to contest 2014 Lok Sabha election from Hajipur, the seat that he once won with a record margin but lost in 2009-needs to put up a better show to stay relevant in Bihar political landscape. This will also be perhaps his last chance to stage a comeback to political centre-stage or get reduced to political insignificance.

Having spearheaded JD-U to win 20 of the 35 Lok Sabha seats that his party contested in 2009, Nitish Kumar faces an enormous challenge of repeat his performance in 2009 Lok Sabha and 2010 Assembly election Nitish Kumar currently has the highest number of 20 Lok Sabha MPs in Bihar. No wonder, he is faced with the biggest challenge to retain these seats, if not to improve his tally.

In a calculated risk, Nitish Kumar had dumped BJP in June this year after his saffron ally of 17 years projected Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.

Nitish Kumar broke up the alliance shortly after losing Maharajganj by-election by a huge margin to RJD, prompting new political alignments in Bihar. Though Nitish Kumar will continue as Bihar Chief Minister irrespective of Lok Sabha polls results; JD-U's performance in these elections will largely determine his political future in the long run.

Truth to tell, the Nitish Kumar's government has faced multiple challenges in the aftermath of their divorce with BJP; and ironically failed to inspire confidence.

The death of 23 kids who lost their lives after consuming poisonous midday meal in Saran followed by Indian Mujahideen-triggered serial blasts at Bodhgaya on July 7 and subsequently at the BJP rally in Patna on October 27 are some of the incidents that raised serious questions on the ability of Nitish Kumar's minority government to govern. Not only this, the Naxalites have stepped up their attacks while criminals are once again began calling the shots in Bihar, prompting spurt in murder, loot, kidnapping and robbery.

If Nitish Kumar has a mountain to climb; so does BJP heavyweight Sushil Modi. The split has put him face to face with Nitish Kumar. Having shaken off the image of an amenable Deputy Chief Minister that he was, Modi has emerged as a sharp and belligerent opposition leader. Now, the 2014 elections results would determine if become a bigger leader than the other three better known politicians from Bihar.

The 2014 Lok Sabha election will also decide if Lalu Prasad has stayed relevant in Bihar despite his conviction in a fodder scam case. While flaunting his anti-Narendra Modi credentials; Nitish Kumar has been trying hard to woo the 16 per cent Muslim electorates, Lalu's relevance will depend on how much he succeeds in retaining his hold over minority votes. Having lost his Lok Sabha member ship following his conviction, Lalu is fighting with his back to the wall. The 2014 election results will eventually decide if the most famous poster boy of secularism in Bihar goes up or down.

Cop shot dead inside police station in Bihar

A senior police officer and his colleague's son were shot dead inside a police station in Bihar's Vaishali district late on Wednesday night reportedly after they had an argument with a group of men who were allegedly drunk.

According to reports, main accused Shrikant Rai, a former village head in the area, and his associates were consuming alcohol within the premises of the Chudawanpur police station when they had an altercation with the cop, station in charge Anil Kumar.

After opening fire on the police officer and his colleague's son, the accused fled from the police station. They are yet to be arrested.

Senior police officials in the area say a search is on to nab the accused and add that they are trying to find our more on what caused the altercation.

Source: NDTV