Statesman (India) articles from April 2007

Statesman (India) archives from April 2007

Sticky Shift: MODEL: LOGAN, MAKER: MAHINDRA RENAULT.
April 23, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Tarun Goswami THAT some automobile manufacturer or the other everyday puts a new model on the market would seem to back expert predictions that India will be a capital hub for cars, trucks and two wheelers by...

Massa takes pole.
April 8, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press SEPANG (Malaysia), April 7: Felipe Massa continued his momentum from late last season by taking pole position for tomorrows Malaysian Grand Prix. Massa, who led both of yesterdays practices in a...

Steering Wheel: MORE POWER TO THE PORSCHE.
April 2, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) David Wilkins recounts how perfection can be improved THIS week, our panel of testers got their hands on the Porsche Boxster S. I suppose we could have got hold of a Renault or something in order to break things...

A man with a noble mission.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, March 31: Against the wind His dream was to be a fighter pilot but poor eyesight was a deterring factor. Today Miles Hilton-Barber is completely blind. And he is flying...

A city with impeccable cultural credentials.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) George Byrne Many cities pride themselves on an idiosyncratic quality which they believe to flourish especially well within their walls. That their unique historical, social and cultural ingredients have...

Mayor for seniority as promotion criterion.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Tarun Goswami KOLKATA, March 31. The pressure exerted by employees unions cutting across party lines on the Kolkata Municipal Corporation authorities nearly a decade ago to prepare a combined gradation list of...

Three bookies arrested.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, March 31. The criminal investigation department arrested three bookies last night after day-long raids in the city and suburbs. The sleuths seized a laptop computer, several...

Housewife stabbed to death.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, March 31. A 25-year-old housewife was found dead at her residence near Thakurpukur in South 24-Parganas this afternoon. The victim, Moushumi Sasmal, was stabbed in her head....

2nd road collapse in 8 months.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, March 31. A portion of the road on Pashupati Bose Lane, off Galiff Street along the canal in Baghbazar caved-in in the wee hours creating a 30 feet deep and about 25 feet long...

Centre did not select Nandigram.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, March 31- Nandigram was not in the list of the spots earmarked for setting up of Special Economic Zones by the Union government. Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, Union minister for...

ICICI Bank hikes home loan rates.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India MUMBAI, March 31. Indias largest private sector bank ICICI Bank today hiked its floating reference rate by one per cent for consumer loans, including home loans, with effect from 31...

Tata Power buys Indonesian mines.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India MUMBAI, March 31. In line with Tata Groups overseas acquisition strategy, Tata Power today announced buying 30 per cent stake in two Indonesian coal mines for $1.1 billion to secure fuel...

Tata Tea to restructure NIPO.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India GUWAHATI, March 31. Tata Tea today said it will restructure the North India Plantation Operations (NIPO) into a new company, Amalgamated Plantation Operations Private Limited (APPL). ...

Lyons Likely To Head BBC.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) LONDON, March 31: Sir Michael Lyons, British Government's adviser on council tax reforms, is expected to take over as the Chairman of BBC, edging out acting chairperson Ms Chitra Bharucha, the first Indian to...

Edits.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Participatory politics Watch out, India! The intention behind former Prime Minister VP Singh's suggestion that a referendum be held to decide the fate of affirmative action India-style is highly suspect given...

Bandh total in Tamil Nadu.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service CHENNAI, March 31. The shutdown in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to protest the Supreme Court stay on implementing the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in admissions to Central government...

CPM salvo at Centre.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) JAMMU, March 31. The CPI-M state secretary, Mohd Yusuf Tarigami, while reacting to the setting up of central committees for relocation, redeployment of security forces and review of the Armed Forces Special...

Mufti hopes for early troops cut.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service JAMMU, March 31. Saying that he has received a very positive response from the Prime Minister, Dr Manhmohan Singh, and Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi to his partys demand for...

Woman train driver.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) KOTA, March 31. A woman has been appointed as a train driver, for the first time, in Rajasthans Kota divisional railway. Reena Rajput, resident of Jhansi, is the first woman train driver in the division. She...

RKM secretary passes away.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, March 31: Swami Gokulananda, secretary of the Delhi centre of the Ramakrishna Mission, died at a private hospital here today. He was 79. Swami Gokulananda was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital...

BJP strikes truce with Adityanath.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31. The BJP today claimed that it had sorted out its problem with the partys Gorakpur MP, Yogi Adityanath, on the issue of allotting tickets to his supporters for the...

School principal fired for weighing 160 kg.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHOPAL, March 31. A school principal here has been sacked from her post for being overweight. Mrs Sama Sharif, principal of Cambridge School of Bhopal, weighs nearly 160 kg and was...

CPM meeting takes up quota, Nandigram.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31. The CPI-Ms top leadership today gathered for the partys Central Committee meeting to review recent political developments, including Nandigram and the violent...

Only dialogue can serve peace: PM.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said the cause of peace and integration could be best served by dialogue. In a civilised world, he said, power need not...

Saarc car rally re-enters India to tumultuous welcome.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Asha Ramachandran/SNS AMRITSAR, March 31. While the band struck up a merry tune on the Pakistan side of the Wagah border, gaily-dressed girls performing the gidda accorded a merry welcome to the Saarc car...

Bureaucrats named for PMs awards.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31. The Prime Ministers Awards for Excellence in Public Administration for 2005-06 are being awarded to IAS officers, Mr Rajeev Chawla, secretary, government of...

3 more lions killed in Gir Sanctuary.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service GANDHINAGAR, March 31. With the killing of three more lions in the Gir forests in Junagadh, yesterday, serious questions are now being raised about the security of lions in the...

Health insurance for poor families.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service HYDERABAD, March 31: A first-of-its-kind insurance scheme in the country for below poverty families was launched by chief minister Dr YS Rajashekar Reddy today. Each family is insured...

Sukhbir for phone tapping probe.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India MOGA, March 31. Acting president of the SAD Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today urged the Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP alliance government in Punjab to undertake a thorough probe into the...

CPI wants review of SEZ policy.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India KANPUR, March 31. After expressing reservations about the West Bengal governments handling of the Nandigram issue, the CPI today asked the Centre to review its policy on Special Economic...

Centre asked to protect TN fishermen.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India CHENNAI, March 31. Expressing his distress over the killing of five fishermen off Kanyakumari coast, allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, chief minister Mr M Karunanidhi today said the...

Babus in Jaisalmer set for image makeover.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service JAIPUR, March 31. Corporate culture at government office? It may seem unlikely but employees at district collectors office in Jaisalmer have consented to give it a try. So, about 150...

Tots arrive, at a price.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Manoj Chaurasia PATNA, March 31. A group of incidents have come to light in Bihar involving sale and barter of children and newborns at paltry prices. Nearer to the state capital, four-year-old Pappu,...

A scam in the making.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Subroto Roy A gigantic financial scheme is in the making. Will it come to be seen in future years as having been in fact a scam ~ indeed the scam of the 21st century, for which Indias unknowing masses will be...

Maoists blow up bridge, attack police station.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service PATNA, March 31 A group of 500 armed Maoist rebels today blew up a road bridge, attacked a police station and a block office and made an abortive attempt to loot a bank, injuring two...

Saarc: Iran okayed as observer.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31. Iran has been unanimously recommended for affiliation as Saarc observer by all the South Asian foreign secretaries. Iran had applied to be attached as observer to...

New IAF chief takes over.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31. Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major today took over as the new Chief of Indian Air Force from Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, who retired after 43 years of service. The...

Quota: UPA, Left look for consensus.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31. As the Congress-led UPA government weighs its legal options to challenge the Supreme Courts 29 March interim order staying 27 per cent OBC quota in centrally...

Where bodybags speak.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) There is a poignant moment in Sanjay Kaks new film about Kashmir, where in an Army-run orphanage in Srinagar, the children perform a stylised version of Kashmiri folk-songs and dances; poignant, because these...

Peacemakers of the silver screen.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Characters in popular Indian films are mostly built around cultural stereotypes. In films that focus on violence, women are shown as the ones who symbolise non-violence, and who are able to influence men to...

100 years ago today.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) News Item A WIMBLEDON OF INDIA Allahabad Suggested In discussing the results of the Bengal Lawn Tennis Tournament a few days ago the Civil and Military Gazette bewailed the fact that there was at present no...

WIPA urges fans to support home team.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India PORT OF SPAIN, March 31 After back to back defeats in the Super Eight stage, the West Indies Players Association has urged the fans to extend wholehearted support to the hosts in their...

WI expect batsmen to deliver.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Agence France Presse GEORGETOWN (Guyana), March 31. West Indies captain Brian Lara is looking forward to an improved performance from his batsmen in a crucial World Cup Super Eight match against Sri Lanka...

Lara angered by Roberts remarks.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press ST JOHNS, March 31 As if the West Indies captain Brian Lara didnt have enough problems at the World Cup. He now has to deal with criticism from one of the teams selectors, former pace bowler...

Ex-players come to Tendulkars defence.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, March 31. Ian Chappells advise to Sachin Tendulkar to think in terms of retirement from the game today touched off a furious debate with several former players saying that it...

SCOREBOARD.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) England R B 4 6 E Joyce b Rankin 1 5 0 0 M Vaughan c N OBrien b Rankin 6 13 1 0 I Bell c N OBrien b K OBrien 31 74 2 0 K Pietersen c Porterfield b McCallan 48 47 5 0 P Collingwood run out (White/Johnston) 90...

England win battle of isles.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Ashis Ray GEORGETOWN (Guyana), March 30: England would occasionally expect to encounter either the Republic of (or southern) Ireland or Northern Ireland (which is a part of the United Kingdom) in a football...

Ponting disappointed with turn-out.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Agence France-Presse ST JOHNs (Antigua), March 31 Australia captain Ricky Ponting fears the already small crowds at the World Cup will be further reduced if hosts West Indies go out in the second round Super...

Weather shortens match.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Agencies ST JOHNS, March 31. Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to field after the weather forced the Australia versus Bangladesh Super 8 match to be reduced to a 22-overs-a-side affair at Sir Vivian...

Vaughan happy to overcome Ireland.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India GEORGETOWN, March 31 After their not-so-impressive win in their first Super Eight game, England skipper Michael Vaughan was at least happy to not let their World Cup hopes slip on an...

Churchill hold Mahindra United.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India MARGAO, March 31. Custodian Vinay Singhs fine effort under the bar helped Churchill Brothers hold defending champions Mahindra United to a goalless draw in the 11th ONGC National...

New coach will be a Pakistani: PCB.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) LAHORE, March 31. Pakistan Cricket Board today announced that their new cricket coach to replace Bob Woolmer will be a Pakistani, triggering speculation that it could be former player Mudassar Nazar. We have...

Scotland Yard to assist in probe.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India KINGSTON/LONDON, March 31. With no breakthrough in the investigation so far, the Jamaican Police has now sought the help of more detectives from Scotland Yard to nab those who killed...

Phelps continues to sizzle.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press MELBOURNE, March 31. Michael Phelps stayed on track for a record gold-medal haul at the world swimming championships, edging American teammate Ian Crocker by 0.05 seconds to win the 100m...

Jeev, Chopra make the cut.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India HOUSTON, March 31. Jeev Milkha Singh overcame the scare of three bogeys on his second nine to squeeze into the weekend rounds as he made the cut right on the line in the Shell Houston...

Canas, Djokovic set up final clash.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Agence France Presse MIAMI, March 31. Giant-killer Guillermo Canas defeated seventh-seeded Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets here yesterday to reach the final of the $6.9m Sony Ericsson Open. Canas, who defeated...

BCCI Cup report on 6 April.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India MUMBAI, March 31. The much-awaited report card on the pathetic show of the Indian cricket team in the World Cup is still not ready and would be submitted by coach Mr Greg Chappell on 6...

Formation of Nepal interim govt delayed.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India Kathmandu, March 31. The formation of a landmark interim government including the Maoists in Nepal was today delayed by a day due to haggling by political parties over the ranks of...

Sydney blacks out in energy conservation gesture.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press SYDNEY, March 31. Australias largest city dimmed today night as businesses and home owners switched off the lights to draw attention to global warming. The normally gleaming white sails of...

Briefs.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Car bomb kills 11 Baghdad, March 31. Three car bombs killed 11 people and wounded dozens as Iraqs relentless insurgency and sectarian violence continued today, security officials said. Five people were killed...

Sentence proves weakness of Guantanamo Bay case.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press Canberra, March 31: The father of Taliban ally David Hicks today said the leniency of his sons prison sentence imposed by a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay proved the weakness of the...

Ethnic Albanian group to protest UN plan on Kosovo.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press Serbia, March 31. An ethnic Albanian group called a protest today to demand the release of its jailed leader and oppose the UN plan on Kosovos future. The activists from a group calling...

Police detain 22 radical Islamists.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press DHAKA, March 31. Police in Bangladeshs capital detained 22 suspected members of a radical Islamic group and seized documents advocating Islamic rule, a news report said today. Police...

Japanese musicians set new world record.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press TOKYO March 31. Japanese musicians overcame fatigue and a strong earthquake to set the record for the worlds longest concert today, playing nonstop for 184 hours in a program that ranged...

15 British sailors may be tried: Iran.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press Teheran, March 31. Irans Ambassador to Russia has said the 15 British sailors held by Iran could be tried for violating international law, Irans state news agency IRNA reported today. Mr...

Merkel sets out to build bridges in Arab world.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press BERLIN March 31. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has made the Middle East a top priority of her six-month EU presidency, set off today on a visit to the region to add Europes push to...

Party endorses Mugabe as 2008 presidential.
April 1, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press HARARE, March 31. Zimbabwes ruling party endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate in presidential elections next year, papering over internal divisions about the countrys economic...