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What a shot!
April 16, 2009... A badminton tournament was recently organised by BurdwanDistrict Badminton Association in the AsansolIndoor Stadium. The association's secretary Mr S Mitraand president Mr RathinRoy were present. This tournament had about 60 participants and...

Spell it right.
April 16, 2009... RaghavendraKuppuswamya Class IX student from ITICentral School, Bengaluruis the winner of HDFCStandard Life Spell Bee - India Spells 2009 and LavanyaKrishna, Class VI studentfrom Presidency School, Bengaluruis the runner up. ...

Computers for you: The Q files.
April 16, 2009... Our modern world is dependent on computers, be it the world of education, medicine or aviation. In fact, it would be difficult to function without them. Check out how much you know about them. Questions l.Who invented the ENIAC,the grand...

Saving our most precious resource.
April 16, 2009... The Indian finalists of the Volvo Adventure Competition 2009 for the young people: GovtHigh School, TilakNagar,Raipurhas bagged the first prize this year for their project 'WaterDrop - A Precious Pearl' and will now compete in the global...

Serve VOICES 455: Corporal punishment.
April 16, 2009... Hello girls and boys. A young man educated first here in India, then in the UK and in the USA, has been writing to me recently. He had contributed a piece to the SERVE E-magazine (Child without fear, cfNet) at our request, on corporal...

Read a Book: Bubbles' First Storybooks.
April 16, 2009... Sunayana Roy I'm going to bring the age limit down a little for today's column and write about books for Very Young Readers. As the mother of a two year-old, one of my constant annoyances has been the dearth of funny, attractive and...

Do we have a choice?
April 16, 2009... India, the world's largest democracy, is now facing a situation where true democratic spirit is changing and we are being manipulated by others, says RitiNaik Democracy is often considered the best form of government a country can have. In...

Cowatch: Royal conservationist.
April 16, 2009... By Bittu Sahgal 'We shall have tigers a hundred years from now, but these are likely to be fenced-in populations, like in mega-safariparks, intensively managed for genetic and demographic viability... Driven by a passionate dedication to...

Brewer cant take Courage as ad banned.
April 16, 2009... LONDON, April 15: The beer poster said Take Courage. Three people took offense, and today, Britain's advertising watchdog took action. The Advertising Standards Authority banned posters for Courage beer which used the Take Courage my...

Medvedev gives interview to Kremlin-critical paper.
April 16, 2009... Associated Press MOSCOW, April 15: President Dmitry Medvedev chose one of the country's most Kremlin-critical publications for his first Russian newspaper interview since taking office, a move that could boost his image of being a cautious...

Malaysia to review controversial security law.
April 16, 2009... Press Trust of India KUALA LUMPUR, April 15: In a ray of hope for three ethnic Indians and others detained under a draconian security law, Malaysia's new Premier Mr Najib Tun Razzak has indicated that his government will soon review the Act....

Longer pause in fighting not possible, Lanka tells Britain.
April 16, 2009... Press Trust of India COLOMBO, April 15: Sri Lanka has rejected Britain's plea for a longer pause in the fighting against the LTTE to enable the civilians to escape to safer areas, saying it is not possible due to the attitude of the rebels....

briefs.
April 15, 2009... Brinjal seed A Maharashtra-based private hybrid seed company Mahyco has come up with insect resistant brinjal seeds that will help the farmers produce better quality brinjal. The seed is commonly known as BT brinjal seed. Speaking at a Press...

Besu bats for Internet access through power lines.
April 15, 2009... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, April 14: Teachers of Bengal Engineering and Science University (Besu) have come up with a technology that provides the Internet through electric wires instead of telephone lines. Aside from wireless Internet services,...

briefs.
April 15, 2009... Lalgarh KOLKATA, April 14: Despite not having received any response from Police Santras BirodhiPublic Committee (PSBPC)leader, Mr ChatradharMahatoregarding deployment of Central forces in the affected areas of Lalgarh,the Election Commission...

Marutito position Ritz at upper end.
April 15, 2009... NEW DELHI, April 14: Automaker MarutiSuzukiplans to position its upcoming car 'Ritz'at the upper end of the compact car segment that will be powered with a 1197 cc engine. The Ritz will be yet another compact car to join the company's...

DoTwarning to Bharti.
April 15, 2009... NEW DELHI, April 14: The government has asked mobile operator Bharti Airtelto document properly all its telecom connections, including broadband, after the DoTunearthed an illegal call centre with Airtelconnections in Lucknow. You are advised...

Pantaloon to roll out more stores.
April 15, 2009... Press Trust of India MUMBAI,April 14: Mr KishoreBiyani-promotedFuture Group firm Pantaloon Retail India has witnessed a more than 30 per cent rise in sales from its value, home and lifestyle retailing segments in March 2009 against sales...

CMIE sees 77% PAT growth.
April 15, 2009... Press Trust of India MUMBAI,April 14: India Inc may not have done well in terms of profit after tax (PAT) growth in the previous financial year, but the current financial year might see it clocking a robust growth rate of over 77 per cent in...

Biz Briefs.
April 15, 2009... $1.3b bid for Asarco NEW YORK, April 14: The mining giant GrupoMexico has offered $1.3 billion in cash to outbid London-listed Vedanta Resources for acquiring bankrupt copper mining firm Asarco, says a media report. The $1.3 billion of cash...

Satyam begins to delist ADS.
April 15, 2009... Press Trust of India HYDERABAD,April 14: SatyamComputer today said it would delistits American Depository Shares from NYSE Euronextin Amsterdam due to financial and legal pressures and had started the process for the same. Post delistingfrom...

AllBanklaunches gold coins.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 14: AllahabadBank, on the eve of entering its 145thyear of service, has launched retail selling of gold coins to the public here today.The scheme will be launched in other regions soon. Speaking to...

Merger likely to raise funds.
April 15, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, April 14: In a bid to facilitate raising of funds from the market, the Centre might consider merging banks, wherein holding of government is close to 51 per cent, with entities having high government stake, a...

BT opens APACcentre in India.
April 15, 2009... NEW DELHI, April 14: Communicationssolutions and services provider British Telecommunications' (BT)Indian arm, BTIndia (BTI),today said it will invest GBP375,000 for setting up its Asia Pacific security operations centre (SOC)in the country....

The Leeds way.
April 15, 2009... Leeds Met India, set up in Bhopal, will begin its maiden academic session from September, writes Kamalika Bhattacharya THE joint partnership between Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, and the Jagran Social Welfare Society, Bhopal, will now...

I Think, Therefore...
April 15, 2009... Exploitation and its aftermath ~ child labour in India Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ~ Abraham Lincoln, speech, 17 March 1865 BEFORE I begin my article proper, I would...

special article.
April 15, 2009... If Pakistan breaks Need For A South Asia Modelled On The European Union By Rajinder Puri President Zardarihas signed the bill to make Sharialaw applicable to areas of the North West Frontier Province. Thus one nation will have two different...

edits.
April 15, 2009... Safe is the mine CISF pays with human life The Central Industrial Security Force, never in the limelight as say the CRPF and the BSF, has done a splendid job and in the event sacrificed eleven of its intrepid jawans. In the event again, the...

Campaign ends for phase I of Lok Sabha polls.
April 15, 2009... New Delhi, April 14: Curtains came down today on an acrimonious campaign in 124 constituencies in 17 states for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on 16 April, with electioneering marked by a bitter war of words mainly between Prime...

No Taliban in J&K: Army.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, April 14: Ruling out the presence of Talibanin Jammuand Kashmir, the Chief of Army Staff, General DeepakKapoor (photograph right),today said a three-tier defence system was in place in the valley and the...

Gorkhaland on agenda: Jaswant.
April 15, 2009... Romit Bagchi SILIGURI, April 14: Throwing circumspection to the winds, the BJP veteran and candidate for the Darjeeling constituency in the Lok Sabha polls Mr Jaswant Singh (SNS photo right) today said in Siliguri that if voted to power, his...

Sadhu makes going tough for Lalu.
April 15, 2009... Manoj Chaurasia Barauli,April 14: Biharchief minister Mr NitishKumar leaves after addressing an election rally at the local high school stadium here. The crowd that gathered to hear him are now struggling to get home amidst the traffic chaos...

Campaigning comes to an end in Kerala.
April 15, 2009... Sam Rajappa Two hundred and seventeen candidates competing for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala had a busy day on Tuesday as the campaign came to an end at 5 pm. The day being Vishu, the state's harvest festival, most candidates took time off...

Hassan to witness a Gowda vs Gowda battle.
April 15, 2009... Hassan, April 14: For the over 14 lakh voters of this Lok Sabha constituency, also known as the stronghold of former Prime Minister and JD-S chief, Mr Deve Gowda, the choice appears simple. They have to vote for one of the three Vokkaliggas...

EC bans exit polls by media.
April 15, 2009... New Delhi, April 14: With a day left for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission today banned dissemination of results of opinion and exit polls by the media. The ban came into effect from 3 pm today in the wake of...

Maharashtra wraps up campaign.
April 15, 2009... Nandu R Kulkarni Mumbai, April 14: The first round of polling in the 2009 General Elections will begin on Thursday in which votes will be cast to elect 13 Members of Parliament from Vidarbha and parts of Marathwada regions of Maharashtra. Two...

No ambition to be PM.
April 15, 2009... Radhika Giri Chennai,April 14: Swearing her loyalty to the Left alliance, AIADMKchief Miss JJayalalithatoday ruled out joining hands with the BJPin the post poll scenario. It is not possible to predict the post-poll scenario. But the AIADMKis...

Cong worries for Yashwant in Hazaribagh.
April 15, 2009... HAZARIBAGH/KODERMA (Jharkhand), April 14: Six out of 14 Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand will be going to polls during the first phase of general elections on 16 April. The seats of Hazaribagh, Palamu, Koderma, Chatra, Khunti and Lohardaga are...

45 crorepatis in Karnataka fray.
April 15, 2009... Bangalore, April 14: As many as 45 crorepatis are contesting elections from Karnataka against the national figure of 93 with the percentage having increased from nine in 2004 to 14 in 2009. According to the National Election Watch, a network...

Main threat from LJP candidate: George.
April 15, 2009... NEW DELHI, April 14: Ruling out his withdrawal from the keenly awaited contest in Muzaffarpur,the former defence minister and Independent candidate, Mr George Fernandes,feels that his main rival in his traditional seat is the LJPcandidate, Mr...

Army operation in Loktak kills 11.
April 15, 2009... Yumnam Rupachandra ImphalApril 14: At least 11 insurgent cadres have been killed in a massive counter-insurgency operation mounted by combined security forces in Loktaklake for past three days. The operation, code-named Summer Storm, is being...

Kasabs mother coming to Mumbai: Pranab.
April 15, 2009... New Delhi /BEHRAMPORE, April 14: India today said it has given "enough evidence" to Pakistan regarding the Mumbai attacks and underlined the need for action even as the mother of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured during...

Ash races ahead...
April 15, 2009... KOLKATA, April 14: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is racing ahead of Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Madhuri Dixit, according to a survey conducted by Hansa Research. This is being considered the first-ever extensive research conducted to measure...

Dalit candidate committed suicide: Cops.
April 15, 2009... LUCKNOW, April 14: The alleged murder case of a Dalit candidate for the Lok Sabha election from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh took yet another turn today, when additional deputy general of UP Police, Mr Brij Lal said that the post-mortem report of...

FIR lodged against Sanjay Dutt.
April 15, 2009... Press Trust of India Lucknow, April 14: An FIR was today registered against Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by making communal remarks at an election rally in Mau district, sources said here. ...

Sonia lauds Cong development schemes.
April 15, 2009... Shiv Karan Singh Mandla, April 14: Ask the BJP why not give us our forest rights? clamoured AICC president Mrs Sonia Gandhi while addressing a large tribal gathering this afternoon in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. Speaking to a sizable and...

SFI ousted by AIDSO.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 14: With the AIDSOcapturing the students union at the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), the win may lead the way for a strong student movement in medical colleges across...

Besu bats for Internet without phone & wireless.
April 15, 2009... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, April 14: Teachers of Bengal Engineering and Science University (Besu) have come up with a technology that provides the Internet through electric wires instead of telephone lines. Aside from wireless Internet services,...

BJP-GJMM combine to steal Hill show.
April 15, 2009... Uday Basu DARJEELING, April 14: The GJMM, led by its supremo Mr Bimal Gurung, is manipulating the peoples passion in the Hills in a carefully calibrated manner. It has a clear idea about the ethnic conflict that the creation of a Gorkhaland...

Man poisoned by wife and brother-in-law dies.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 14: A 31-year-old youth, who was allegedly poisoned by his wife and brother-in-law yesterday, died at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital this morning. The victim, DebuGhosh,a resident of Dhantalain...

6 injured in three accidents.
April 15, 2009... KOLKATA, April 14: Six persons were critically injured in three separate accidents that took place at various places in Howrahtoday. Police said Mrs BhabaniBanerjee(73), her daughter Mrs Bandana Sen (53) and the driver of their car Mr...

Engineering student kills self.
April 15, 2009... JALPAIGURI, April 14: A third year student of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, committed suicide in a mess at Arabindanagar. According to the general secretary of the JGEC students union, Mr Mainak Chatterjee, the victim~...

BSP starts poll campaign in Malda.
April 15, 2009... MALDA, April 14: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates have started poll campaigning in North and South Malda parliamentary constituencies. Projecting BSP supremo Ms Mayawati, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, as the next Prime Minister...

Boishak sale draws mixed response.
April 15, 2009... SILIGURI, April 14: It's Poila Baisakh and people are out with their shopping bags to buy goodies for their family.The heat notwithstanding, popular shopping hunts like Sevoke Road, Bidhan Market, Hong Kong Market, Hawkers Corner, Seth Srilal...

CPM leader launches post card campaign.
April 15, 2009... Aparajit Chakraborty KOLKATA,April 14: At a time when his fellow comrades are launching their own websites,using social networking sites and mobile phones as campaign tools, to reach out to the technology-savvy younger generation ahead of the...

Free Hooch for vote.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, April 14: The Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad has claimed that political parties are in the practice of distributing free hooch to tea workers in return for the promise of their vote, and has stated...

Jaswant statehood comment hits a wrong note, CPM upset.
April 15, 2009... SILIGURI, April 14: The CPI-M and the CPI's national level leaders today expressed concern over the BJP's Darjeeling Lok Sabha candidate Mr Jaswant Singh's statement that the BJP would consider the Kamtapur state demand with sympathy, along...

PMs Science Express chugs off.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service MALDA, April 14: The Science Express was flagged off by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to create awareness and develop a scientific temperament among the people, with a particular focus on students. The express...

BJP-GJMM combine to steal Hill show.
April 15, 2009... Uday Basu DARJEELING, April 14: The GJMM, led by its supremo Mr Bimal Gurung, is manipulating the peoples passion in the Hills in a carefully calibrated manner. It has a clear idea about the ethnic conflict that the creation of a Gorkhaland...

Anomalies abundant in voter cards.
April 15, 2009... Abhishek Law KOLKATA,April 14: Around 6,000 voters of the Tamlukand Contai Parlimentaryconstituencies have been issued voter identity cards with identical EPIC numbers. While 3,184 voters of the TamlukParliamentary constituency have the same...

CPM against use of charak actors for poll purposes.
April 15, 2009... RAIGANJ, April 14: The CPI-M in Raiganj has taken strong exception to the Congress' alleged use of charak religious actors in their election campaign. The CPI-M has lodged a complaint with the SDO of Raiganj and additional returning officer...

briefs.
April 15, 2009... Lalgarh KOLKATA, April 14: Despite not having received any response from PSBPC leader, Mr Chatradhar Mahatoregarding deployment of Central forces in the affected areas of Lalgarh,EC will go ahead with the necessary preparation for conducting...

Together at last?
April 15, 2009... MALDA, April 14: The ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury family seemed to be one big happy unit on the Congress patriarch's third death anniversary today. Forgetting differences erupting last month over the candidate issue for the North Malda seat, the...

Where politicians decide ones nationality...
April 15, 2009... BiswabrataGoswami HATKHOLA(India-Bangladesh border), April 14: The international fringe line has divided many houses in Nadia,opposite Chuadangadistrict in Bangladesh. Sexagenarian Mr HabiburRahmanMondolis one such border resident who is...

Unfit, unschooled persons on poll duty.
April 15, 2009... Pritesh Basu KOLKATA, April 14: Supporters of Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Limited Employees Congress (HDPEL, Employees Congress) have written to the Howrah district election officer indicating that more than 50 of their colleagues who...

MPLAD funds remain unutilised.
April 15, 2009... Nani Gopal Pal PURULIA,April 14: A major portion of the money sanctioned under the of Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD)scheme, was not utilised during the two-and-half year tenure of the sitting MPhere ~ Mr NarahariMahato....

Graffiti: CPM protest against wall clearing.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, April 14: In protest against the clearing up of wall graffiti from private walls, CPI-M members of Raiganj today launched an agitation in front of the offices of an additional district magistrate and an...

Staff crunch in poll wing.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service MALDA, April 14: District election officials are facing difficulties in arranging for the required number of polling staff, as a large number of school teachers are affiliated to political parties. Some school...

Baishakh sale draws mixed response.
April 15, 2009... SILIGURI, April 14: It's Poila Baisakh and people are out with their shopping bags to buy goodies for their family.The heat notwithstanding, popular shopping hunts like Sevoke Road, Bidhan Market, Hong Kong Market, Hawkers Corner, Seth Srilal...

briefs.
April 15, 2009... Spat over tax collection continues MALDA, April 14: The Malda Merchants Chamber of Commerce today informed the district magistrate that businessmen in Kaliachak would be compelled to boycott the poll in South Malda parliamentary constituency...

Maoist posters seized.
April 15, 2009... PHULBANI, April 14: Police seized posters put up by Maoists in villages of Bamunigam, Kotagarh, Tumudibandh and Raikia police station areas for the second time in a fortnight. The posters, most of which were printed, warned the people against...

Water becomes a major poll issue in western Orissa.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR, April 14: Politics of subsidised rice has hogged the limelight with parties promising rice at one rupee per Kg. But in western parts of Orissa, it is water, both for irrigation and domestic consumption which...

Red rebels ready to pounce.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service MALKANGIRI, April 14: The Red Rage across Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal and Gajapati districts is the prime concern of security forces, as these regions go to polls in the first phase on 16 April. The...

1 killed, four caught during manhunt.
April 15, 2009... KORAPUT, April 14: The hot pursuit launched by police and paramilitary forces following the Maoist attack on the NALCO mines has resulted today in the death of yet another radical and the detention of four suspects. According to police...

Teach BJD a lesson, says Rajnath Singh.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service KENDRAPARA/BHADRAK, April 14: "The people of Karnataka taught the JD (U) a lesson for having betrayed the BJP, it is time for the people of Orissa to teach the same lesson to the BJD," said BJP president Mr Rajnath...

Orissa govt failed to utilise Central funds: Azad.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service BALASORE, April 14: "The state government could not utilise the Central fund meant for welfare measures. Orissa still remains one of the most backward states in the country," alleged AICC general secretary and...

Elections is the best way to tackle meltdown.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, April 14: Elections are the best way to tackle the global meltdown. The liquidity crunch vanishes into the thin air as cash flows in like water. It also creates employment opportunities. Elections are the...

Jayanarayan hopes to beat odds for the third time.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR, April 14: The BJP MLA of Sambalpur Mr Jayanarayan Mishra is caught in a cleft stick and he is in the path of akla cholo re as most of the leaders of the party have reportedly left him since long. Even the...

Industries in India need to be energy efficient.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, April 14: There is an urgent need to use lower grade iron ore as well as utilisation of slimes by developing and adapting better technology of our own, as the raw materials for iron and steel industry are...

Can Congress win hearts of Gajapati voters?
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, April 14: Can Congress manage to save its bastion in Gajapati is doing rounds in the minds of the common men in general and Congress men in particular these days. The Congress activists are spending days...

Trying new ideas to woo voters.
April 15, 2009... BALANGIR, April 14: Balangir politicians tried their best during to woo voters and the campaigning styles of the heavy-weights looked different this time. MP candidates Mr Narasingha Mishra of the Congress, Ms Sangeeta Singhdeo of BJP...

Cases registered against candidates.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service BARIPADA, April 14: The election observers have registered at least four cases in Baripada and Morada police stations within a week on charges of violation of Model Code of Conduct against candidates belonging to...

PPSS threatens to boycott polls.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, April 14: Protesting the district administrations decision to shift four booths of Dhinkia and Gobindapur villages to Trilochanpur and Nuagaon, the Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti has threatened to...

Tough fight ahead: Karat.
April 15, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,April 14: Conceding that the CPI-M-ledLeft Front faced a tough electoral battle in West Bengal, party general secretary Mr PrakashKarat today cited the Congress-TrinamulCongress alliance as one of the reasons...