Statesman (India) articles from April 2009, page 10

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BJD waging a grim battle.
April 22, 2009... KENDRAPARA,April 21: The BJDis waging a grim battle to score over the rival parties in the newly-carved out MahakalpadaAssembly constituency. In this comparatively backward region, the prestige of the ruling party is much at stake with...

Parties tussle to capture Korei.
April 22, 2009... Statesman News Service JAJPUR, April 21: A triangular fight between the Biju Janata Dal, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party is in the offing in the Korei Assembly constituency in Jajpur. Sitting BJP MLA Mrs Sanchita Mohanty, who is seeking a...

BJD miles ahead of others in pomp & grandeur.
April 22, 2009... Statesman News Service Jajpur, April 21: If eye catching hoardings, digital posters, colourful flexi banners, party flags, motorcycle rallies, election offices in every nook and corner, party cap and banyan wearing supporters, propaganda...

Ex-defence personnel decide not to vote BJD candidate.
April 22, 2009... BALASORE,April 21: The north Orissawing of the Indian Ex-services League (IEL),a body of retired defence personnel from Balasore,Bhadrak, Mayurbhanjand Keonjhardistricts, has decided to not to vote for Mr RaghunathMohanty,the BJDnominee for...

Campaigning for last phase comes to an end.
April 22, 2009... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR,April 21: Campaigning for 11 LokSabhaand 77 Assembly segments, which will go for polling on Thursday in the second and last phase of election in the state, came to end today. Electoral prospects of prominent...

First phase candidates wait with fingers crossed.
April 22, 2009... Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, April 21: With the first phase of polls over in this area, it is now time for the assessment of the votes cast, polling patterns and developments regarding polls. With ample time at their disposal,...

Lanka army gains ground as deadline expires.
April 22, 2009... COLOMBO/CHENNAI, April 21: As the LTTEignored the 24-hour government deadline to surrender, Sri Lankanforces today virtually sliced the small 17 sq-kmstrip of land held by the Tigers into two and as the number of people fleeing the war zone...

Column 1.
April 22, 2009... Cadres killed Midnapore,April 21: Three CPI-M workers were killed by 25 unidentified goons at Nadarianear Salboniin West Midnapore today. Another party worker has gone missing. n SNS Black money NEW DELHI, April 21: The SC will tomorrow hear...

RBI cuts rates, prods banks.
April 22, 2009... MUMBAI, April 21: Sending a clear and proper signal to commercial banks to fall in line, the Reserve Bank of India today announced cuts in both its short-term lending and borrowing rates by identical 25 basis points. The quarter percentage...

Inbreeding that ruined a dynasty.
April 22, 2009... A study finds that the Hapsburgs ~ who dominated Europe for more than 500 years ~ were undone by incest. Steve Connor reports THE Hapsburg dynasty was one of the most important and influential royal families in Europe dating back more than...

Raspberries and rum.
April 22, 2009... The hunt for chemicals in deep space that could seed life on other planets has yielded a large, fruity molecule ASTRONOMERS searching for the building blocks of life in a giant dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way have come to the...

Cell regulator.
April 22, 2009... The imbalance of calcium causes strokes and heart disorders, writes Archita Bhatta THE element that is a major constituent of blackboard chalk, teeth and bones is also the one that regulates almost every function a cell performs. Scientists...

Seeing 'first light'.
April 22, 2009... Astronomers at the Jodrell Bank site in Cheshire process signals from two of the telescopes in the brand new seven-telescope network A powerful new radio telescope network that will allow astronomers to carry out three years' worth of...

Rain washes away Mumbai-Rajasthan tie.
April 22, 2009... Agencies DURBAN, April 21: Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians split points after their Indian Premier League match was called off due to persistent rain at Kingsmead ground here today. Not even a single ball could be played due to steady...

City Bits.
April 22, 2009... Junior cricket ShristiCA (Madhyamgram)beat C4by 8 wickets in the Under-17 N.C. Kolay(M)Junior Cricket Tournament today at Kalighat.BarishaCCCbeat SithiCorusby 127 runs. SavctoriaCA clinched a 81-run win over MM Milan SamityCCC.PSen...

Kiwis ask Pak board to finalise.
April 22, 2009... Press Trust of India KARACHI, April 21: The Pakistan Cricket Board has been asked by its New Zealand counterpart to take a final call on rescheduling its forthcoming home series against the Black Caps. The Tests and the One-Day Internationals...

Strained relations with ICC behind loss of Cup rights.
April 22, 2009... Press Trust of India KARACHI, April 21: Describing the International Cricket Council's decision to shift the 2011 World Cup matches from Pakistan as hasty, former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan (in photo) said strained...

Hughes soars on wings of Ashes aspirations.
April 22, 2009... Agence France-Presse LONDON, April 21: Australia batsman Phillip Hughes (in photo) says it will be the realisation of a childhood dream if he plays against England in the Ashes this year. The 20-year-old left-hander is in possession of one of...

Attacks could prompt premature retirements.
April 22, 2009... Associated Press SYDNEY, April 21: The Sri Lanka coach, Mr Trevor Bayliss (in photo), thinks some cricketers could shorten their international careers rather than tour potential trouble spots in the wake of the terror attacks on his team in...

Why Morkel was obliged to put his feet up.
April 22, 2009... Agencies JOHANNESBURG, April 21: The secret of why South African Albie Morkel (in photo) failed to appear on the field for Chennai Super Kings at the inaugural match of the Indian Premier League against Mumbai Indians in Cape Town on Saturday...

Royal Challengers will try to bounce back.
April 22, 2009... CAPE TOWN, April 21: Shrugging off a defeat will be high on the agenda of the Royal Challengers, Bangalore, while the Deccan Chargers will strive to keep their redemption journey on when the two teams meet each other here tomorrow. The...

Electoral warning issued to IPL by South African authorities.
April 22, 2009... Indo-Asian News Service JOHANNESBURG, April 21: Go where the Indian Premier League will, it's always dogged by elections. As the general and provincial elections start here on Wednesday, South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission has...

No ground is big enough for Gayle: McCullum.
April 22, 2009... Press Trust of India DURBAN, April 21: Heaving a sigh of relief after his team had tasted their first victory in the second Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Brendon McCullum today said no ground was big enough for Chris...

Riders gallop to victory.
April 22, 2009... Press Trust of India DURBAN, April 21: Man-of-the-Mtach Chris Gayle's blitzkrieg fashioned the Kolkata Knight Riders' 11-run win against Kings XI Punjab under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rained-marred Indian Premier League match here...

Netizens blast Blairs on Facebook.
April 22, 2009... LONDON, April 21: Former British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair's profile on a popular social networking site has been hacked by netizens who have hurled Online abuses at him and his wife Cherie. In fact, users have launched personal...

Cyber spies ferret out US jet data.
April 22, 2009... Press Trust of India WASHINGTON, April 21: Pentagon's costliest US$ 300 billion weapons programme has been breached by computer spies, suspected to be originating from China. The intruders have been able to copy and siphon off several...

China to showcase new subs, says no threat to region.
April 22, 2009... Associated Press QINGDAO, April 21: China plans to show off its nuclear submarines at a major international naval gathering this week, state media reported today, the first known public appearance of some its most potent seaborne weaponry....

TCS to pay 70 per cent dividend.
April 22, 2009... MUMBAI,April 21: Itseems TataConsultancyServices is out to please all its shareholders with the software major today announcing a 70 per cent dividend for its 'preferred'shareholders, on top of a Rs5 per share for its 'ordinary' shareholders....

CPM fights Barkat da's shadow.
April 20, 2009... Soma Mookherjee MALDA SOUTH, April 19: Former railway minister and Congress' patriarch in Malda ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury died about three years ago but he still casts a spell on voters in this constituency that he nursed so carefully for...

IPL fever grips jail, prisoners go on hunger-strike.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 19: More than 500 inmates of AliporeCentral Correctional Home ~ who had demanded installation of cable television network inside the prison premises to watch Indian Premier League (IPL)matches ~ started a...

Students gherao principal, teachers.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 19: Some first-year students of City College gheraoedthe principal and teachers today demanding that students who have been barred from appearing in part-I undergraduate examination should be allowed to...

Name, address on EPIC wrong.
April 20, 2009... In 2006, before the state Assembly election, the SDO,Kalyaniissued EPICsto me and my wife, after I visited the ECIoffice in New Delhi and complained about refusal to enrol us in the voters' list in 2001. The EPIC had my name misspelt and the...

2 injured in landmine blast.
April 20, 2009... PURULIA,April 19: Two persons ~ Mr ArjunMondaland his son, Mr SenapatiMondal~ sustained critical injuries after a land mine, planted at their liquorshop allegedly by Maoists, exploded at Keruavillage near Balarampurin Puruliathis morning....

3 kids hurt after unused detonator explodes.
April 20, 2009... RAMPURHATApril 19: Three children of a family were injured after an unused detonator they were playing with exploded at KaluhaVillage near Margrampolice station area this morning. The injured children were admitted to RampurhatSD Hospital...

Briefs.
April 20, 2009... Minor raped BEHRAMPORE,April 19: A four-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her cousin, ToufikMondal,at Ishannagar village in Murshidabadyesterday. According to the victim's elder brother, RuhulAmin, Toufik took her to a mango orchard and...

Pranab, Mamata slam Left.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service COOCH BEHAR, April 19: Trinamul Congress supremo Miss Mamata Banerjee today came down heavily on the CPI-M led Left Front while campaigning for Mr Arghya Roy Pradhan, in Cooch Behar today. While addressing a rally...

Who cares for the dos & donts.
April 20, 2009... BiswabrataGoswami TAMLUK,April 19: Rules are meant to be broken", and all major political parties in MidnaporeEast district swear by the adage. In a bid to enforce the Election Commission's guidelines regarding the violation of Model...

Criminal held on eve of Pranab meet.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service TAMLUK,April 19: A day before, external affairs minister Mr Pranab Mukherjeesmeeting at Mahisadal,the MidnaporeEast district police today arrested a suspected hardcorecriminal at SridharMore on NH-41 in Nandakumar and...

BSNL sets up unit for overseas foray.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, April 19: Moving aggressively on its overseas expansion plans, state-run BSNLhas set up a separate international business division to explore telecom opportunities abroad. "We have created an international...

RBI likely to retain key rates.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, April 19: The Reserve Bank is likely to retain key policy rates in its annual monetary policy to be unveiled on Tuesday and it may also ask banks to step up lending and pass on the benefit of earlier rate cuts...

Sensex at 100,000 points in 15 years?
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, April 19: It may sound utopian in the backdrop of months long downslide on bourses,but a US-based equity research group sees India's benchmark index Sensexscaling a milestone of 100,000 points within next 15...

Demand surge in steel not sustainable.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, April 19: The reprieve for domestic steel majors such as SAIL, TataSteel and Jindalsmay be short lived as analysts predict the demand growth seen in last three months will not sustain for the whole financial...

Biz Briefs.
April 20, 2009... FIPB move NEW DELHI, April 19: After deferring it earlier, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)will again take up Japanese two-wheeler major Yamaha's proposal to transfer its Indian sales business to a new entity ~India YahamaMotor...

Board meet today.
April 20, 2009... NEW DELHI, April 19: Afteracquiring majority stake in SatyamComputer, Tech Mahindrawill have its first official interaction with the board members of this troubled IT company in Hyderabadtomorrow. The meeting will be attended by all the...

Govt mulls special audit of Satyam.
April 20, 2009... NEW DELHI, April 19: The tax department is considering a special audit of the accounts of the scam-ridden Satyamto ascertain tax liability of the IT firm. We are considering a special audit of the books of Satyam.An order for special audit of...

India gets 43% FDIthrough Mauritius.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, April 19: Mauritius, considered a tax haven for Global Inc., accounted for 43 per cent of cumulative foreign fund inflow into India, even as money parked overseas for tax avoidance has become an issue in the...

Industry for reduction in interest rates.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, April 19: With the inflation touching a near zero level, time was ripe for the Reserve Bank of India to slash interest rates and induce banks to increase lending to specific sectors like textiles, gems and...

Mahindramay buy up to 70%.
April 20, 2009... NEW DELHI, April 19: Tech Mahindra,the successful bidder for 31 per cent equity in SatyamComputer, can acquire up to 70 per cent stake in the scam-hit IT company through an open offer but cannot take the firm private. The 'sharesubscription...

More comes Advanis way.
April 20, 2009... Jaipur, April 19: Maintaining the steady pace of the ongoing mudslinging between Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mr LK Advani, Congress spokesperson Mr Abhishek Manu Singhvi today lampooned Mr Advani by labeling him as Maum Purush (wax...

BJD open to post-poll tie-up with Pawar, Left.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India New Delhi, April 19: Ruling out support to a BJP-led or a Congress-led government at the Centre, Orissa chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik said he was open to an alliance led by Mr Sharad Pawar or CPI-M. Asked if he...

Prabhakaran no terrorist: Karuna.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India Chennai/NEW DELHI, April 19: DMK president Mr M Karunanidhi today said he did not see LTTE chief V Prabhakaran as a terrorist and would be saddened if he is killed in the ongoing fighting in Sri Lanka. Prabhakaran is...

Female terrorist killed in Doda.
April 20, 2009... JAMMU, April 19: Close on the heels of the revelations made by the Army chief General Deepak Kapoor recently that women terrorists were being given training on the other side of the Line-of-Control in Kashmir to infiltrate into India for...

Growing fears about diesel adulteration.
April 20, 2009... Sri Krishna NEW DELHI, April 19: With the marker system for checking adulteration of diesel being put on hold by the government, there is growing apprehension among dealers, oil companies and the poorer sections of the society about the...

SC directive.
April 20, 2009... New Delhi, April 19: The Supreme Court has ruled that custody of a minor can be given even to a maternal grandmother if the father, who is a natural guardian, is incapable of taking adequate care of the child. The Supreme Court said...

Who wants the angry tribal vote?
April 20, 2009... Shiv Karan Singh Bicchiya, April 19: Jadu-dekho, jadu-dekho rang the call in Mandla districts Bhanpur kheda, a village in interior southeastern Madhya Pradesh bordering Kanha National Park. A jeep canvassing for four-time Mandla MP and BJP...

Congress coy on post-poll ties with Left.
April 20, 2009... SNS & PTI NEW DELHI, April 19: The Congress party was today non-committal on whether it would again seek the Left support to come to power at the Centre after the latter decided to jettison the UPAgovernment in July 2008 over its differences...

Sonia safe, for now.
April 20, 2009... SNS & PTI New Delhi, April 19: The Election Commission by a majority opinion has rejected the demand for disqualification of Mrs Sonia Gandhi as a Member of Parliament for receiving a foreign award. By a 2-1 vote, the Election...

Close fight in south Bangalore.
April 20, 2009... Tyagaraj Sharma Bangalore, April 19: The Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency is perhaps one of the few segments in Karnataka the result of which could have a a major impact on the contending parties ,particularly the BJP and Congress, and...

Recession fails to deter Independents.
April 20, 2009... Vijay Thakur NEW DELHI, April 19: The economic meltdown has not discouraged independents from trying their luck at the hustings.On the contrary, a 40 per cent increase in candidates aspiring to enter the LokSabha has been witnessed in this...

No regret over remarks: PM.
April 20, 2009... Press Trust of India New Delhi, April 19: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said he does not regret having hit back at Mr LK Advani, accusing the BJP leader of indulging in mudslinging for the last five years and maintained that he replied...

Sharp decline in voter turnout shows disillusionment: Mufti.
April 20, 2009... JAMMU, Aoril 19: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said the reduction of troops and revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) are the fundamental ingredients of the peace process and these...

All eyes on Bhatinda.
April 20, 2009... Tanveer Thakur Chandigarh, April 19: Punjab, where political power has remained in the hands of few families, most of whom are interrelated, is a virtual oligarchy. As the electioneering is gaining momentum in the state, two major political...

SHORT TAKES.
April 20, 2009... Happy meal to happy poll On the lines of Pappu Mat Baniye, vote dijiye (cast your vote) campaign, the chief electoral office of Delhi will now rope in global food service retailer McDonald's to encourage young voters to exercise their...

CSIR to bring NET in public domain.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, April 19: To improve the overall processes of administering and undertaking of exams in the country, the Central Information Commission (CIC)has directed the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research...

MP strikes a positive note in Behrampore.
April 20, 2009... Asim Pramanik BEHRAMPORE, April 19: The performance report of Mr Adhir Chowdhury, the Congress MP for Behrampore seat in Murshidabad, is quite satisfactory as during his 10-year tenure, all funds under the MPLAD scheme have been utilised....

SHORT TAKES.
April 20, 2009... Maoists warn of violence MIDNAPORE, April 19: In a Press release issued today, Maoists asked people not to be misled by the campaign undertaken by the Ganatantra Suraksha Samity (GSS) against the Police Santrash Birodhi Public Committee...

CPM fights Barkat das shadow.
April 20, 2009... Soma Mookherjee MALDA SOUTH, April 19: Former railway minister and Congress' patriarch in Malda ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury died about three years ago but he still casts a spell on voters in this constituency that he nursed so carefully for...

A ray of hope!
April 20, 2009... KOLKATA, April 19: An Indian artificial knee manufacturing company has collaborated with Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI)to provide artificial limbs to patients at an affordable price. While the cost of the knee replacement in a...

Students gherao principal, teachers.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 19: Some first-year students of City College gheraoedthe principal and teachers today demanding that students who have been barred from appearing in part-I undergraduate examination should be allowed to...

Rukbanur sees threat to his life.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 19: Mr RukbanurRehman~ elder brother of Rizwanur Rehman~ lodged a complaint with police last night alleging that a conspiracy was being hatched to kill him. The complaint was lodged at Beniapukurpolice...

Adivasi body to go ahead with boycott call.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI,April 19: The Terai-DooarsCoordination Committee leadership of AkhilBhartiyaAdivasiVikashParishadhas decided to continue with their poll boycott call, defying their state leadership's decision. The regional...

CPI-MLs first rally goes off well.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service Kurseong, April 19: The CPI-ML's first election rally in Darjeeling was held peacefully today. The CPI-ML organised an election meeting at the Kurseong Motor Stand, where the speakers mainly slammed the CPM and the...

Criminal held on eve of Pranab meet.
April 20, 2009... TAMLUK, April 19:A day before external affairs minister Mr Pranab Mukherjees meeting at Mahisadal, the Midnapore East district police today arrested a suspected hardcore criminal at Sridhar More on NH-41 in Nandakumar and seized a huge cache...

CPM trying to cash in on Congress family feud.
April 20, 2009... Soma Mookherjee MALDA, April 19: Nowhere in the state do family ties play a more decisive role in determining the electoral fortune of a candidate than in Malda (North) constituency where a niece of ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury is contesting....

Special EPIC drive in Malda.
April 20, 2009... MALDA, April 19: The district election officials will launch special drive to provide EPIC (electoral photo identity card) to the non-EPIC voters from 20 April. The drive will continue till 23 April. According to the district magistrate in...

Buddha calls BJP dangerous.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service COOCH BEHAR, April 19: Chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee termed the BJP a communal party during his election speeches at Tufanganj and Dinhata in Cooch Behar district today. "It is a dangerous party. They...

BJP seeks VHP aid to retain Malda vote bank.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service MALDA, April 19: To check the trend whereby former BJP supporters and voters are thinking of casting their votes either for the Congress or the CPI-M candidate in North Malda parliamentary seat, the district BJP leaders...

Chamling slams Opposition parties.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service GANGTOK, April 19: The Sikkim Democratic Front Party, has slammed the Opposition parties in the state for lulling the unemployed youths in Sikkim, by giving them hoax assurances of mass employment during their campaigns...

Briefs.
April 20, 2009... Bombs found MALDA,April 19: Police recovered huge crude bombs and improvised fire arms from two different places under Kaliachakpolice station since yesterday. Dozens of crude bombs and six muskets were found in the house of one Akhtar Ali at...

Saving Loktak is truly saving our life.
April 20, 2009... JB LAMA A LITTLE known organisation calling itself the Tamna Sanggai stirred every Manipuris imagination early this month when it organised a roadshow music campaign at Imphal, the theme being Save Loktak, our life. It claimed 60 young men on...

Congress a spent force in Tripura.
April 20, 2009... Satyabrata Chakraborty THE Left Front has reason to be optimistic about smooth sailing in the 23 April elections for Tripuras two Lok Sabha seats as the opposition Congress is yet to get into gear. Though the BJP and Trinamul Congress are...

The price of courting controversy.
April 20, 2009... Nava Thakuria HimantaBiswaSarma,Assamshealth minister and also state government spokesperson, is intelligent, intrepid and efficient, but at times he talks irresponsibly. From a student leader to a minister, he has come a long way. Having...

After the election carnival, what?
April 20, 2009... Patricia Mukhim An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry George Eliot SONIA Gandhi came, saw but whether she succeeded in conquering hearts will only be...

Patnaik slams Cong, BJP.
April 20, 2009... Statesman News Service KENDRAPARA, April 19: Training his gun against the national parties, chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik, on a whirlwind campaign trail of this politically sensitive coastal district, said that both Congress and BJP are...