Statesman (India) articles from April 2009, page 36

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Meltdown leaves 10 mn more children hungry.
April 1, 2009... RC Rajamani NEW DELHI, March 31: Ten million more children have been left malnourished since the beginning of the global economic meltdown that has led to rise in food prices the world over, according to Save the Children, the international...

Taiwan welcomes Indian students.
April 1, 2009... Jose Kalathil NEW DELHI, March 31: The Republic of China or Taiwan as it is known will soon become an education destination for Indian students. Taiwan will welcome those students who have passed Class XII for the academic session beginning...

Talibanisation of Pak a cause for concern.
April 1, 2009... Simran Sodhi NEW DELHI, March 31: The brazen attack on the police training school at Manawanoff Lahore, barely 12 km from the Wagahborder, is a chilling reminder of the growing Talibanisationof the region. It should be a cause of great worry...

Security to top charts at G-20.
April 1, 2009... Press Trust of India New Delhi/London/ Washington, March 31: Prime Minister Dr ManmohanSingh has said he is looking forward to his first meeting with US President Barack Obama at the upcoming G20summit in London. They would be discussing a...

BJP complaint against Pawar.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service MUMBAI, March 31: Taking strong exception to the Nationalist Congress Party president Mr Sharad Pawars statement on Malegaon blast of September 2008, the state BJP yesterday wrote to the Chief Election Officer...

Gowda & son JD-S contestants.
April 1, 2009... Tyagaraj Sharma Bangalore, March 31: In line with expectations, former Prime Minister and JDS leader Mr Deve Gowda has nominated his son, Mr H D Kumarawswamy, as the party's candidate for the Bangalore Rural constituency while he himself will...

Varun NSA: PIL filed in Allahabad HC.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service LUCKNOW, March 31: A local lawyer today filed a PIL before the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court against the Uttar Pradesh government invoking provisions of the National Secuirty Act against Bharatiya Janata Party...

Cong will always take care of aam admi: Rahul.
April 1, 2009... Wardha, March 31: Criticising the previous NDA regime for inept handling of terrorism during its rule, Congress general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi today asserted that the party would always take care of aam admi and the poor in the country....

Spending on education and health less than that in Burundi, says CPM.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31: Raising issues for the LokSabhapolls, the CPI-Mtoday said Indias spending on education and health was less than even Burundi and Occupied Palestine territories. A party Central Committee member, Mr...

Hurt by Lalu gesture.
April 1, 2009... New Delhi, March 31: The Congress today said that it was hurt by RJD chief Lalu Prasad who has allocated it only three seats for the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar and that the party was expecting at least three more. ... I do not find any...

Grand alliance survives Naidus fast one...
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service HYDERABAD, March 31: The Grand Alliance (Mahakootami) of the TDP, separatist Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the Left parties, survived a day after nominations closed for the first phase despite TDP president Mr N...

Briefs.
April 1, 2009... Docs to visit Madagascar A team of nine doctors including ENT, ophthalmology experts would visit Madagascar in the first week of April to provide medical aid to more than 1,000 patients in one of the poorest African nations. A majority of the...

Intermittent power cuts irk students.
April 1, 2009... KOLKATA,March 31: Higher secondary students preparing for philosophy and environmental studies examination scheduled to be held tomorrow faced a tough time as there was intermittent power cuts throughout the day. Even the chief minister's...

Dhantala: Expelled cadres peoples favourite.
April 1, 2009... Biswabrata Goswami RANAGHAT, March. 30: The acquittal of prominent CPI-M leaders who were accused in the Dhantala loot, rape and murder case, might be a cause for concern for the party. The two leaders ~ Mr Subol Bagchi and Mr Saidul Karigar...

Mamata needs her head checked.
April 1, 2009... KOLKATA,March 31 : The TrinamulCongress chief Miss MamataBanerjee needs to medically examine her brains for predicting that the Left Front would get a drubbing in the LokSabhapolls and that the LF-governmentwould be dislodged a few months...

Kolkata Connection.
April 1, 2009... All about knee care Kolkata-born Najmuddin Gunja specialises in cartilage regeneration for the knee. After growing up in Dubai he moved to the USA to pursue higher studies. He completed a degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester...

Autos sans papers abound.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Mach 31: In a new twist to recent controversies surrounding the phasing out of two-stroke autorickshawsin order to bring down the pollution levels, the public vehicles department (PVD)has found out that 17,000...

2 held for Manicktala robbery.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, March 31 Kolkata police have arrested two men suspected of looting cash, jewellery and a mobile phone from a flat in Manicktala early this morning. Two other members of the gang are still at large. The...

SRFTI students agitate for improved infrastructure.
April 1, 2009... KOLKATA, March 31: Students of SatyajitRay Film and Television Institute (SRFTI)today gheraoedthe authorities till late in the evening demanding better infrastructure. Students demanded resignation of the director, dean, administrative...

CU placement cell lies defunct.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,March 31: The placement cell of Calcutta University (CU) has been almost defunct for the past year, with no full-time placement officer. This comes at a time when the current global meltdown has severely...

RI for killer dad, mom wants more.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,March 31: Alipore Court judge, Mr PradipBarman held today that DipakBhattacharyawho was convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder yesterday is to serve a Rigorous Imprisonment of seven years for...

Six convicted of Birbhum murders.
April 1, 2009... SURI,March 31: Six more party cadres have been convicted in connection with a murder case in Birbhum'sIllambazar. Today, the additional district and sessions judge, Suri,Mr Sidhartha Chatterjeeconvicted six CPI-Mcadres of the murder of two...

46 CPM men get life for Muluk murders.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service SURI, March 31: The district judge of Birbhum, Mr Dipak Saha Ray, today awarded life terms to 46 CPI-M cadres for their involvement in the Muluk murder case. In 1987, four CPI (ML) activists were hacked to death at...

Goenka states first college offering MBA.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,March 31: Students can now pursue their MBA (Master of Business Administration) course at a considerably cheaper rate from a government college in Kolkata. The GoenkaCollege of Commerce and Business...

PC sends dos & donts for VVIPs.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,March 31: A letter from Union home minister, Mr PChidambaram advising the chief minister, Mr BuddhadebBhattacharjeeon VVIPsecurity during the Lok Sabha poll has raised the eyebrows in the state secretariat. The...

Sec 144 CrPC a problem.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, March 31: Residents of areas along the Bangladesh border in Jalpaiguri district say they want prohibitory orders ~ enforced because of the Lok Sabha elections ~ to be withdrawn. Mr Garendranath Roy, a...

Clash in Raiganj hospital after patients death.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, March 31: The premises of Raiganj district hospital resembled a battlefield after a patient died this afternoon. Scuffles between doctors and members of the patient's party ensued, while a section of doctors...

GJMM keeps poll stance options open.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service KURSEONG, March 31: Yet to decide its poll stand, the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) is keeping its options open. While one section of its leadership is engaged in hectic lobbying in New Delhi and sounding out the BJP,...

Subrata threatens withdrawal.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service BANKURA,March 31: Congress candidate for the BankuraLokSabhaseat Mr SubrataMukherjeehas threatened to withdraw his nomination to protest against the terror allegedly unleashed by Marxist cadres across the district....

Uncle-niece contest hots up as confusion reigns.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service MALDA, March 31: Confusion reigns supreme for the Congress in the North Malda constituency. While the party's district vice president Mr Masidur Rahman today said that the nominated candidate Miss Mausam Noor today had...

Agitation brings culling to a halt.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, March 31: Culling in bird-flu affected Daspara and Ghinnigaon, under Chopra police station, North Dinajpur district, was delayed for hours yesterday due to an agitation by villagers demanding spot payment...

BJP slams SDF for reservation failure.
April 1, 2009... Gangtok, March 31: The BJP today rapped the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government for failing to ensure Assembly seat reservations for Limboo and Tamang community members. The ruling party did not protest against the delimitation of...

GJMM trying to rig polls: CPM.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, March 31: The CPI-M Darjeeling district committee today sent a complaint to the state election commission alerting it to an alleged Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) plot to rig the Lok Sabha poll in Darjeeling....

Missing boy mystery takes on political hue.
April 1, 2009... SILIGURI, March 31: The mystery surrounding a class XI student who went missing in 24 March from his residence in Siliguri turned political today as the Trinamul Congress threatened to launch an agitation if the Siliguri police failed to...

Chopper hired for Buddha returned.
April 1, 2009... KOLKATA,March 31: A helicopter hired by the state government for Rs50 lakhwas returned after the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjeerefused to travel in it. The helicopter which was hired from PawanHans after a blast in the chief...

Smuggled cattle returned to BSF.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service MALDA, March 31: This is the first time the Bangladesh Rifles have seized smuggled cattle in their villages and handed them over to the Border Security Force, said Mr GC Nayek, the commanding officer of 123-Battalion...

Trinamul flag pulled down, tensions rise.
April 1, 2009... JALPAIGURI, March 31: The Trinamul candidate for the Alipurduar constituency Mr Paban Lakra today lodged an FIR in Madarihat police station against the RSP alleging the latter had pulled down a Trinamul flag and an election hoarding of his...

A man of letters.
April 1, 2009... RAIGANJ, March 31: There is no end to the inventiveness of methods adopted by candidates to reach out to voters. The CPI-M candidate for the Raiganj constituency Mr Bireswar Lahiri has hit upon a novel idea: writing letters to the electorate....

Poll Snapshots.
April 1, 2009... Youths join the action COOCH BEHAR, March 31: Taking a cue from their seniors, the Congress and Trinamul youth and student wings today announced that they would intensify their campaign for the alliance candidate in Cooch Behar constituency....

Briefs.
April 1, 2009... Demand for wages, rations JALPAIGURI, March 31: Bharnobari Tea Estate workers today gheraoed the Kalchini BDO office and the Hasimara police outpost demanding the immediate payment of pending wages and distribution of rations. n SNS Varsity...

Left resolute on campaign issue.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, March 31: Despite resistance from the GJMM, the Left Front is resolute in its determination to campaign in the Darjeeling Hills and hold a series of public meetings and rallies in support of its candidate for...

Sun temple among 7 wonders of India.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, March 31: Culmination of Orissan temple architecture, the Sun Temple, Konark was voted as one of the seven wonders of India as part of NDTV's The Seven Wonders of India campaign, in association with the...

NGO from Koraput bags national award.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, March 31: Pragati, an NGO from Koraput has been awarded in the small NGO category in the recently-hosted India NGO Awards ceremony here. The awards, which were instituted by The Resource Alliance and The...

BJD-BJP split turns a boon for Cong.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, March 31: The recent split of the 11-year-old BJD-BJP alliance will have a positive impact for Congress feel activists here. The good public relations maintained by the Congress leaders especially by the...

Advani promises good governance.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service CUTTACK/SAMBALPUR, March 31: BJP leader Mr LK Advani kicked off his election campaign here promising good governance, security and recovery of the black money stashed in Swiss banks. While most of the other speakers...

National theatre festival concluded.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, March 31: The Sixth National Theatre Festival came to an end at Paradip yesterday. Renowned personalities associated with the theatre thronged the port town for the annual event. Prof. Devendra Raj Ankur,...

Nomination papers filed in style.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, March 31: On the last day of the filing of nominations to the first phase of the elections 2009, ten candidates filed their nominations from various political parties and as independents candidates here...

Maoist posters seized.
April 1, 2009... BARIPADA, March 31: Mayurbhanj district police have seized posters on the walls of the three forest beat houses in Simlipal after armed Maoists blew them up and destroyed the staff quarters and wireless control rooms recently. The posters,...

Parties yet to announce candidates.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, March 31 While the BJD, BJP and CPI are yet to announce their candidates for the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha and four Assembly seats here, the Congress has taken the lead with the candidates holding workers'...

Sahoos dreams shattered.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, March 31: The dream of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS) leader Mr Abhay Sahoo and his supporters that the former will contest in the coming elections got shattered as Kujanga police slapped two more...

BJP ticket to Agarwal raises eyebrows.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service ROURKELA, March 31: The BJP ticket given to Mr Ramesh Agarwal for Rourkela Assembly seat has raised eyebrows in political circles here. Though the sitting BJD MLA Mr Sarada Nayak is said to be comfortably placed,...

Sahu joins BJD.
April 1, 2009... BHUBANESWAR, March 31: The Congress suffered yet another blow today when its sitting MLA Dr Nrusingha Sahu quit the party and joined the BJD. He had been given the Pallahara Assembly seat by the Congress but he turned it down saying he had...

Filing of nominations keeps leaders busy.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR/RAYAGADA, March 31: It was a hectic day for all the political parties yesterday. candidates and also for the district administrations due to because of the last-moment-filing of nominations. At Sambalpur, Mr...

Briefs.
April 1, 2009... Man shot dead ROURKELA, March 31: A contractor was killed as suspected Naxals opened fire on him at Kutra, about 60 km from here today. Though police did not confirm the involvement of the ultras, it is said that the firing took pace over...

Mehsud warns USA of amazing attack, Singh for 26/11 probe results.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, March 31: On a day Pakistani Talibanchief Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for the audacious terrorist attack on the police training centre in Lahore and warned that his group was planning to carry out...

SC: Sanjay cant contest poll.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW,March 31: Film actor SanjayDuttwill not be able to make his poll debut during the LokSabhaelections. In a landmark ruling aimed at preventing further criminalisationof politics, the Supreme Court today...

Indian techie kills 5 kin, self in USA.
April 1, 2009... SILICON VALLEY, March 31: An Indian engineer working with Yahoo killed two of his children and three other relatives, including a toddler, before turning the gun on himself in a horrific shooting rampage in a Silicon Valley neighbourhood. My...

Briefs.
April 1, 2009... Blast off Pranab rally, one killed Guwahati, March 31: At least one person was killed and 16 were injured when a bomb planted by suspected ULFA militants exploded near a hotel in Lalganesh area here, minutes before external affairs minister...

Politics? It runs in the blood.
April 1, 2009... Stanley Theodore HYDERABAD,March 31: The Assembly and LokSabhapollsin Andhra Pradeshwould stand out for 18 families who are working hard to be the first past the post. Among them, Dr YSRajashekarReddysfamily hogs the limelight for the simple...

School detains 49 girls for 24 hrs after exam paper leak.
April 1, 2009... JAIPUR,March 31: Forty-nine girl students were illegally detained for more than 24 hours by authorities of a government school atShivsinghpuravillage in Sikardistrict from yesterday morning to this afternoon after invigilators inadvertently...

Jaswant row.
April 1, 2009... JAIPUR/NEWDELHI, March 31: BJPleader Mr JaswantSingh has been caught on tape allegedly trying to bribe voters along with his son and LS candidate Mr ManvendraSingh in Barmer. The video footage allegedly recorded during a meeting in...

CM fumes at EC notice.
April 1, 2009... KOLKATA,March 31: A latest directive of the Election Commission banning putting up of pictures and calendars of political functionaries, including the Prime Minister, chief ministers and other ministers in government offices till the...

The deep wound that is Kashmir.
April 1, 2009... AmitKushari I had worked as a bureaucrat in Jammuand Kashmir for long 36 years and during this period I came in contact with a large number of common Kashmiris.I came to know about their different aspirations ~ political as well as cultural ~...

100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
April 1, 2009... NEWS ITEM STRANGE STORY OF A DEED OF GIFT By A Sick Woman A strange case of fraud came up for hearing on Monday last, before an Honorary Magistrate of Sealdah,in which a man, named SridharKhetriwas charged at the instance of a Bengaleewoman,...

When the economy is down, call the adman.
April 1, 2009... CYBER AGE - ND Batra In spite of the fact that unemployment has been rising, more than 90 percent Americans still have their jobs. But people are not spending liberally as they used to do. In this season of recession here and depression...

Pakistan in the crossfire.
April 1, 2009... Rajinder Puri THE latest terrorist attack outside Lahore suggests that Pakistan at last will be compelled to confront the stark choice before it. The timing of the attack is significant. It came days after President Obama bluntly warned...

Pietersen nearing his endgame.
April 1, 2009... Stephen Brenkley ST LUCIA, March 31: England reached their final destination of the winter yesterday. Speculation mounted that it might also be the terminus of Kevin Pietersen (in photo)'s international career. If this was largely idle...

Briefs.
April 1, 2009... NBA move Following a tie-up with the Basketball Federation of India, the National Basketball Association of the USA is to undertake the refurbishment of the Nagpada Neighbourhood House basketball court in Mumbai. Apology The Australian...

The rise and rise of Gautam Gambhir.
April 1, 2009... Press Trust of India WELLINGTON, March 31: Five years ago, Gautam Gambhir was a nondescript 24-year-old, quite jittery on the eve of his Test debut against Ricky Ponting's Australia at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai in November. Now he has...

Injury-affected Lee likely to suffer pay cut.
April 1, 2009... Press Trust of India MELBOURNE, March 31: In-form pacer Mitchell Johnson is all set to become the second highest paid player on a 25-man contracts list of Cricket Australia, which may hand out pay cuts to injury-ravaged bowling spearhead...

Laxman & Ishant move up.
April 1, 2009... Press Trust of India DUBAI, March 31: After his match-saving hundred against New Zealand in the second Test, VVS Laxman today returned to the top 20 of the International Cricket Council rankings, up six places to 15th on the latest list....

Captaincy: Final decision in South Africa, says SRK.
April 1, 2009... Agencies Mumbai, March 31: In the midst of a rift, Kolkata Knight Riders top brass met owner Shah Rukh Khan here today but decided to take a final decision on the captaincy issue at a later stage. Team coach Mr John Buchanan and Sourav...

City bits.
April 1, 2009... Table tennis The All Bengal inter university table tennis championships will be organised by the West Bengal Table Tennis Association at the Muslim University from 7 to 9 April. Any university ~ private, medical, engineering or law ~ are...

Chirags bid to avoid relegation.
April 1, 2009... MUMBAI/KOLKATA, March 31: Given the sort of players Chirag United roped in for themselves, they should never have found themselves in the relegation zone. They face Mumbai FC in an I-League encounter here tomorrow. Mumbai FC placed sixth in...

Why Capello doesnt need Owen.
April 1, 2009... Associated Press WATFORD, March 31: Before Fabio Capello took over as England coach, Frank Lampard (in photo) was so confident of a spot in the national team that he often didn't bother to check if he'd been selected. Under the Italian...

Cricketers union to meet Windies board ahead of decisive match.
April 1, 2009... Associated Press BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), March 31: The West Indies Cricket Board and the region's players' union will hold crisis talks on Thursday to try and break an impasse that threatens to lead to a boycott of the fifth One-Day...

Youre talking about...
April 1, 2009... Spotted Opera Software and Skyhook Wireless today announced their partnership to bring geolocation to the Web. Users can now simply choose to share their location with any web site and get a range of information about related products and...

India on the move.
April 1, 2009... By Nicola Seth-Smith Sanjeev Sanyals The Indian Renaissance charts the decline of India over the past ten centuries, and suggests that India now faces the opportunity to reclaim its status as both a cultural and economic superpower. The...

Spotify declares war on iTunes.
April 1, 2009... Tim Walker LONDON, March 31: It's the free music service that's attracting thousands of new users every day, and now Spotify is taking on the daddy of Online music, iTunes. The on-demand streaming service has signed a deal to sell MP3...

Khmer Rouge leader faces trial, apologises.
April 1, 2009... Nguon Serath Phnom Penh, March 31: Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch admitted responsibility for his crimes at his UN-backed trial today and asked the families of the regime's victims for forgiveness. May I be permitted to apologise to the...

Taliban claim Lahore police attack onus.
April 1, 2009... Press Trust of India LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, March 31: Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud today claimed responsibility for the audacious terrorist attack on the police training centre in Lahore and warned that his group was planning to carry...

Chavez seeks Arab help for petro-currency.
April 1, 2009... Associated Press DOHA, March 31: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought Arab support today for his idea of a new oil-backed currency to challenge the US dollar at a twin-region summit whose agenda focuses on trade issue but also touches on...

People & Places.
April 1, 2009... Difficult daughter LONDON, March 31: US vice president Mr Joe Biden's daughter has been allegedly shown on a video snorting cocaine at a house party.The video purports to show Ashley Biden, 27, snorting lines of white powder at a party in her...

46 CPM men get life for murders.
April 1, 2009... Statesman News Service SURI, March 31: The district judge of Birbhum, Mr Dipak Saha Ray, today awarded life terms to 46 CPI-M cadres for their involvement in the Muluk murder case. In 1987, four CPI (ML) activists were hacked to death at...