Statesman (India) articles from August 2010, page 8

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Anil playboy-turned-ascetic, Mukesh high-life socialite: Book.
August 25, 2010... press trust of indiaNEW YORK, 24 AUG: Dubbing Mr Mukesh Ambani as a high-life socialite and perceived playboy Anil as having turned ascetic, the controversial author of 'Polyster Prince' wonders in his new book who carries Dhirubhai's legacy as...

Fresh review of trade policy in December.
August 25, 2010... statesman news service NEW DELHI, 24 AUG:The government will undertake a fresh review of the impact of the incentives (given to certain sectors) on their performance in December, according to the Union commerce and industry minister, Mr Anand...

We will continue to increase stake in EIH: Oberoi.
August 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 AUG: Promoters of EIH, which owns and operates hotels under Oberoi and Trident brands, will continue to increase their stake in the group to ward off any possible takeover bid, its chairman and chief executive, Mr PRS Oberoi said...

Up to 60 new ITC hotels to come up in 3-4 yrs.
August 25, 2010... NEW DELHI, 24 AUG: ITC Ltd today said it expects to have up to 60 new hotel properties operational in the next 3-4 years. The company, which currently has about 40 hotels at various stages of construction, said it will start work on another...

GST may miss deadline.
August 25, 2010... press trust of indiaNEW DELHI, 24 AUG: The Constitution Amendment Bill on GST is unlikely to be tabled in the current monsoon session of Parliament and the new indirect tax regime may miss even the delayed deadline of 1 April 2011, a key finance...

news.
August 25, 2010... A Nano-Vehicle For Chemotherapypress trust of india JERUSALEM, 24 AUG: In what could revolutionise cancer treatment, scientists have developed a new nano-vehicle which they claim will deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into cancerous cells...

news.
August 25, 2010... Bacteria Survived In Space For 553 DaysLONDON, 24 AUG: Bacteria from cliffs on the South Coast of England may soon be developed for use in life-support systems for astronauts travelling outside low-Earth orbit, say scientists, who have found...

letters.
August 25, 2010... Kashmir Valley isnt real estate SIR, ~ The Prime Minister recently iterated that Kashmir is an integral part of India. The statement needs to be critically examined in the context of the raging turmoil in the Valley. When the dispute erupted in...

edits.
August 25, 2010... LAND CORRUPTS And infrastructure corrupts absolutely IT is not necessary that a piece of legislation be declared antediluvian merely because it is old. But disenchantment with the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, especially on the point of...

special article.
August 25, 2010... Living with floodsNeed For More Effective And Less Expensive Control Mechanismbharat dograTHE devastation on account of floods, landslides and waterlogginghas been fairly massive in several parts of India. The damage has been heavier in...

Officials cant say no to court appearance on Saturdays: Court.
August 25, 2010... press trust of india New Delhi, 24 Aug: Saturdays are holiday for government officials but when it comes to appearance in judicial proceedings, they can't say no, a Delhi court has said. Public servants cannot afford the luxury to refuse to...

Afghan minister on India visit.
August 25, 2010... NEW DELHI, 24 AUG:The Afghan foreign minister, Mr ZalmaiRassoul,arrived here today to discuss regional security during which India is likely to convey its concerns about the Talibanand Al-Qaeda re-integration process in Afghanistan. Mr...

Madani involved in 2008 blasts near stadium, says Karnataka minister.
August 25, 2010... Bangalore, 24 Aug: Karnataka home minister Mr V Acharya said today that interrogation of PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani has revealed that he was involved in the twin explosions near the Chinnaswamy Stadium here in 2008. The blasts, a few minutes...

Kashmir Valley calm, curfew lifted.
August 25, 2010... Srinagar, 24 Aug: After days of unrest, the Kashmir Valley was today calm with curfew being lifted from all areas.With the lifting of curfew coinciding with the separatist' decision not to call for a shutdown, shoppers flocked markets and...

Diamonds stolen from jewellery exhibition recovered, four foreigners held in Dubai.
August 25, 2010... Mumbai, 24 Aug: Within 24 hours of receiving a complaint from the India International Jewellery Show 2010, Mumbai polices Crime Branch today cracked a major heist case with the arrest of an on-the-run four-member international gang of thieves at...

Indian arrested at US airport for carrying jihadi materials.
August 25, 2010... Houston, 24 Aug: An Indian documentary film maker has been arrested at the Houston airport for allegedly carrying suspicious Islamic jihad literature, brass knuckles and USD 10,000 in cash. The 40-year-old Vijay Kumar was arrested at George Bush...

Speaker to hold all-party meeting today.
August 25, 2010... press trust of indiaNew Delhi, 24 Aug: As the Lok Sabha enters the last leg of the current monsoon session that has been seen several days of disruptions, Speaker Ms Meira Kumar has convened a meeting of leaders of all parties tomorrow to...

Terror alert for N-E states.
August 25, 2010... statesman news service NEW DELHI, 24 AUG:In the midst of escalated problems in Jammuand Kashmir, the government has asked north-eastern states to take adequate steps for possible terror strikes in the region. Terror strikes in the north-east in...

Shutdown against Yamuna Expressway, train stopped near Mathura.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News Service LUCKNOW, 25 AUG: Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district today stopped a train and disrupted rail routes while joining in the statewide shutdown called by the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti for enhanced compensation for...

Indian national jailed for rape.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaMELBOURNE, 25 AUG: A court in Australia today jailed an Indian national for 13 years, for allegedly raping a young university student in Melbourne last year. 27-year-old Harjot Hundal Singh dragged the woman into his van,...

Bomb hoax in Kolkata IT hub, one held.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceKOLKATA, 25 AUG: A bomb hoax led to the evacuation of 1,500 employees and a massive search at a 14-storey building in the IT hub of Rajarhat on the city outskirts today. The hoax was traced to a youth who had been turned...

Another teenager dies, Kashmir toll rises to 64.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceSRINAGAR, 25 AUG: An 18-year-old, who was allegedly beaten up by security forces here last week, succumbed to his injuries today, taking the toll of civilians killed in the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley to...

SSKM doctors go on strike.
August 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA 24 AUG: Services at the SSKM Hospital were affected after around 550 junior doctors who have been on strike since yesterday evening, refused to join work today. Most of the scheduled surgical operations were...

OBrien urges more parent-teacher interaction.
August 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 AUG: School authorities should have more interactions with guardians of enrolled students, in order to mitigate the latter's grievances against them, Mr Barry O Brien, a nominated Anglo Indian MLA said, today. While addressing the...

briefs.
August 25, 2010... SuicideKOLKATA, 24 AUG: This evening an unidentified man jumped from Vidyasagar Setu in a manner similar to that of a man who jumped from Howrah bridge last night. Neither of the bodies has been found. Fuel receiptsKOLKATA, 24 AUG: The state...

City police opens third cyber crime police station in the country.
August 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 AUG: Infosys Technologies Limited would train officers of the city police in the latest cyber technologies for effective handling of cyber crimes, police commissioner, Mr Goutam Mohan Chakrabarti said at a seminar of the Bengal...

Stephen Court lessee arrested.
August 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 AUG: One of the directors of Stephen Court Ltd., the company which has the lease hold rights of Stephen Court ~ Sanjay Bagaria was arrested from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh by a team of sleuths from the city police's detective...

Little lessons learnt from big mistakes.
August 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 24 AUG: The exercise by senior police, civic body and CESC officials to ensure proper fire safety measures in private markets following the Stephen Court fire that claimed 40 odd lives is dying a natural death as...

White Paper on land scam urged.
August 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 AUG: The Trinamul Congress today demanded publication of a White Paper on the recent ''land scam'' at the Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality. The Statesman today reported how the state-run transport infrastructure development corporation...

Howrah road caves in, throws traffic out of gear.
August 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 AUG: Traffic along Drainage Canal Road near Dumurjala in Howrah was disrupted after a portion of a road caved in early this morning. Police said that the road caved in around 12.30 am. A Mother Dairy truck that was passing through...

Hospital refuses to admit HIV patient, relents later.
August 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 24 AUG: Relatives of a 46-year-old man, detected with HIV, had to scurry between two hospitals for over eight hours ~ School of Tropical Medicine (STM) and Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) today after...

Briefs.
August 25, 2010... Sibal says sorry to AnandNEW DELHI, 24 AUG: HRD minister Mr Kapil Sibal today apologised to chess wizard Vishwanathan Anand in the wake of media reports about his ministry raising questions over Anands nationality in connection with the...

Black-out hits flights.
August 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 24 AUG: Operation of flights at NSG Bose airport, including that of two aircraft which were taxiing for take-off, had to be aborted last night when lights in the entire operational area of the airport, including...

Compulsory licensing for drugs mooted.
August 25, 2010... NEW DELHI, 24 AUG: Reflecting concern that acquisition of Indian pharma companies by MNCs was impacting availability of low-cost medicines, the industry ministry today mooted the idea of giving licenses to domestic firms to produce patented...

S Asia should avoid zero sum mentality.
August 25, 2010... WASHINGTON, 24 AUG: Asking South Asian nations to avoid a zero-sum mentality, the USA has asked Pakistan to engage in a constructive relationship with India and Afghanistan, saying effective and coordinated action was needed to meet the common...

Vedanta project fails environment test.
August 25, 2010... statesman news serviceNEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, 24 AUG:In a major blow to the Vedanta group, the Centre today refused to grant environment clearance to its US$ 1.7 billion bauxite mining project in OrissasNiyamgiriHills, citing serious violations...

New phenomenon of 'saffron terrorism' in India: Chidambaram.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Warning that there has been no let up in attempts to radicalise the youth, home minister Mr P Chidambaram today said a new phenomenon of saffron terrorism involved in many bomb blasts has been uncovered....

Greenpeace activists held for protesting N-Bill near parliament.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News Service NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: Six activists of global environmental group Greenpeace were detained today for protesting the proposed civil Nuclear Liability Bill near Parliament House. The activists, including three women, were...

N-Liability Bill taken up in LS, controversial word dropped.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHi, 25 AUG: Government today dropped a controversial amendment to a contentious clause on the liability of suppliers in case of accident in the civil nuclear damages Bill, virtually adopting an amendment moved by the...

Near unanimous Lok Sabha nod to N-Liability Bill.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceNEW DELHI, 25 AUG: The civil Nuclear Liability Bill got a near unanimous go-ahead from the Lok Sabha today after months of hectic negotiations followed by a compromise between the government and the Opposition over the...

100 years ago today.
August 25, 2010... News ItemTHE KIDDERPORE WITCH TRAGEDY Woman Beaten To Death As A Witch A number of Beel coolies are employed at the Kidderpore Docks and these coolies, numbering several hundreds, live in coolie lines to the north of the Port Commissioners'...

A Dane in space, come September.
August 25, 2010... The Soviet Union gave the world cosmonauts, America followed with astronauts and China eventually added its own Sinonauts. If all goes to plan on a floating platform in the Baltic Sea during the next three weeks, a 63cm-wide rocket hand-built by...

Whats next for Malaysia?
August 25, 2010... karim raslanAll societies need change and countries that dont change or cant change remain ossified and stagnant. A few weeks ago, I hosted a lunch for a Malaysian politician and an Indonesian businessman. The politician and I were struck by the...

State parties hold the key in Kashmir.
August 25, 2010... The more closely you look at it, the more convinced you are that mainstream parties in Kashmir may have lost it. The ruling party, a National Conference-Congress alliance, is trying its bravest best to end the nine-week-old street battles with...

Briefs.
August 25, 2010... Formula OneAustralian authorities have demanded an apology from British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton after he was fined for dangerous driving while in Melbourne for this year's Australian Grand Prix. "Lewis Hamilton set a bad example,"...

Advani, Sethi triumph.
August 25, 2010... PUNE, 24 AUG: Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi started afresh after their loss in the point-format with a win each in the time-format of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Billiards Championships here today.Defending Champion...

Another major CWG pull-out hinted at.
August 25, 2010... LONDON/NEW DELHI, 24 AUG: Unsure of her fitness, British athlete Christine Ohuruogu (in photo) says she cannot promise to defend her 400 metres title at the Commonwealth Games despite being named in England's squad. Christine, a former Olympic...

Legendary Emperor & Bright Blossom fancied.
August 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 AUG: A seven event card framed for tomorrow has a lone cup event ~ the Sea Legend Cup. However, 16 runners accepting for the 1,100m contest has forced a division of this contest of horses in Class IV (Class VB also eligible). Even...

Kashyap shown the door.
August 25, 2010... PARIS, 24 AUG: Parupalli Kashyap blew away a game's lead to crash out in the first round of the World Badminton Championships here. The promising Indian lost 21-14, 14-21, 16-21 to Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in his first match last...

Australia retain Nielsen.
August 25, 2010... SYDNEY, 24 AUG: Australia today reappointed coach Tim Nielsen until the end of the 2013 Ashes series in England, backing him to reverse a recent slump in fortunes. Cricket Australia said Nielsen had been in charge during a "challenging" time...

Younus ignored.
August 25, 2010... LAHORE, 24 AUG: Shoaib Malik was dropped but Mohammad Yousuf was today retained by Pakistan's national selectors in a 16-member squad for a one-day series against England. Younus Khan (in photo) was ignored for the series of two Twenty20 matches...

Trapped in a pressure cooker situation.
August 25, 2010... DAMBULLA, 24 AUG: Beaten in their previous outing, India go into a do-or-die encounter against a gritty New Zealand here tomorrow with concerns about the continuing poor form of their batsmen in the tri-series.Languishing at the bottom of the...

Sibal to Anand: I apologise.
August 25, 2010... NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD, 24 AUG: The Union human resource development minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, today apologised to Vishwanathan Anand over a controversy on conferring an honorary doctorate on him, making it clear his nationality had never been...

Dhoni wins toss, India to bat against NZ.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaDAMBULLA (Sri Lanka), 25 AUG: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in their tri-nation cricket series match here today.India have made two changes to their side with Munaf...

briefs.
August 25, 2010... Pentagon denies role in rape charge against WikiLeaks founderWASHINGTON, 24 AUG: The Pentagon has termed as ridiculous the notion that its officials were involved in recent rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Mr Julian Assange. Recently,...

people and places.
August 25, 2010... German student solves Rubik's Cube mid-airLondon, 24 AUG: A German skydiving student is said to have created history by solving a Rubik's Cube mid-air ~ in a rubber dinghy as it plunged to Earth from 14,000 feet.29-year-old Ludwig Fichte was...

Hitler had Jewish and African roots?
August 25, 2010... press trust of indiaLondon, 24 Aug: Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler may have had Jewish and African ancestors, according to DNA tests.Saliva samples taken from 39 relatives of Hitler show he probably had biological links to the Jewish community and...

Everest-bound aircraft crashes, all 14 on board killed.
August 25, 2010... Kathmandu, 24 AUG: A small private airliner ferrying trekkers to the Everest region crashed in heavy downpour near the Nepalese capital killing all 14 people on board, including four Americans, one Japanese and a British national.There were no...

USA asks Pak to take decisive action against extremists.
August 25, 2010... WASHINGTON, 24 AUG: Concerned over the extremist threat that exists within Pakistan's borders, the USA has asked Islamabad to take decisive action against such elements operating from its soil.We have encouraged Pakistan to take decisive action...

It will take years to repair the flood damage in Pakistan, warns Zardari.
August 25, 2010... Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, said yesterday that his country will need at least three years to recover from the worst floods in its history and warned that Islamist militants could exploit the "disarray".In his first interview since...

USA has more Muslim blood on its hands than Al Qaida.
August 25, 2010... Ground zero mosque Imam's interview resurfaces press trust of indiaNew York, 24 AUG: The proposed mosque near Ground Zero has got embroiled into a fresh controversy with the appearance of an interview of the Imam spearheading the project in...

Al Qaida in Yemen more dangerous than those in Pak: CIA.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaWASHINGTON, 25 AUG: America's CIA believes that the Al Qaida terror network in Yemen poses a more serious threat to the US than those in its traditional stronghold of Afghanistan and Pakistan, a media report said today. A...

Four police officers sacked over bungled hostage rescue.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceMANILA, 25 AUG: Philippine police today sacked four officers who led a bungled hostage rescue operation that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead.The policemen were inspector Mr Santiago Pascual of the special weapons and...

Bodies of 42 passengers killed in China plane crash recovered.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of India BEIJING, 25 AUG: Bodies of 42 passengers killed in China's plane crash were recovered from the wreckage of the Chinese passenger plane, that overshot the runway at an airport in northwest China's Heilongjiang province. Forty...

Ban "outraged" by gang rape in Congo.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaUNHQ, 25 AUG: Expressing distress at the rape and assault of more than 154 women in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon has send a top UN official to investigate the attacks....

43 killed in Iraq bomb blasts.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceBAGHDAD, 25 AUG: Bomb blasts targeting police stations in several Iraqi cities killed at least 43 people, including two children, and injured dozens today.At least 17 policemen were killed and 23 injured in the city of...

US judge orders release of Pak man arrested in Times bomb case.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaBOSTON, 25 AUG: A Pakistani man arrested for immigration violations during investigation into the failed Times Square bombing plot will soon be released after a judge ruled here that there was no reason to keep him behind...

USA, UN slaps sanctions against Osama's son-in-law.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaWASHINGTON, 25 AUG: Directly targeting the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden, the USA today slapped sanctions against his son-in-law Muhammad Abdallah Hasan Abu al-Khayr, who is now considered as the key leader of...

Al Qaida shifting base from tribal belt to urban areas in Pak.
August 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaISLAMABAD, 25 AUG: Al Qaida is gradually shifting its base from the unsafe and spy-infested tribal belt of Pakistan to more secure urban areas of the country like the port city of Karachi that cannot be targeted by US drones,...

61 killed in Iraq attacks.
August 25, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceBAGHDAD, 25 AUG: At least 61 people were killed and more than 180 injured in a series of attacks across Iraq today, mainly bomb blasts targeting police stations.A member of parliament for the Iraqiya List, a party headed...

Briefs.
August 25, 2010... Nicole info rewardKOLKATA/DARJEELING, 24 AUG: The CID today announced a Rs 50,000 award for anyone providing information about Nicole Tamang, who escaped from its custody at Pintail Village near Siliguri on 22 August. Nicole is the prime accused...

Tata still keen on Bengal.
August 24, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 23 AUG: Mr Ratan Tata, Tata Group chairman, today regretted that he was not able to do what he wanted to do for West Bengal.Speaking at the annual general meeting of Tata Global Beverages (TGB), earlier known as...

Tata Global Beverages may enter food business.
August 23, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceKOLKATA, 23 AUG: Tata Global Beverages (TGB), known earlier as Tata Tea, may diversify into food business, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata said here today."Change in name (has been) done to reflect change in business of the...

Briefs.
August 21, 2010... PIL against joint forces KOLKATA, 20 AUG: The personnel of the joint forces had no other option but to carry away the corpses of the Maoists in a hog-tied manner, advocate general, Mr Balai Roy submitted before the Division Bench of Mr JN Patel,...

AIGL warns Centre against GJMM.
August 21, 2010... KOLKATA, 20 AUG: An All India Gorkha League (AIGL) delegation currently camping in Delhi, has urged the Centre against entering into any negotiation with the criminal leaders of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) on the Darjeeling issue. The...

State plans to move HC on CAT directive.
August 21, 2010... KOLKATA, 20 AUG: The state government is considering moving High Court against the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) yesterday cancelling the promotions of four IPS officers which has sent shock waves through the state...

Internal feud in PCC exposed.
August 21, 2010... KOLKATA,20 AUG: Internal feud in Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) was exposed over the issue of celebrating the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi. Rival factions held two seperate programmes on the ocassion. While DrManasBhuniya,PCCchief, today...

No advancing of polls: CEC.
August 21, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 20 Aug.: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Mr SY Quraishi, today yet again ruled out the possibility of advancing the Assembly elections in the state.As per the rules, Assembly elections in the state need to...

briefs.
August 21, 2010... Power supplyKOLKATA, 20 AUG: Power supply will be disrupted in several parts of Howrah on 24 August between 9 a.m to 1 p.m., as CESC will carry out urgent mainatainance work. Areas affected will be: Howrah Maidan, Panchanantala, Tikia para, MC...

Camp to inspire budding scientists held at Visva Bharati.
August 21, 2010... statesman news serviceSANTINIKETAN, 20 AUG: A five-day long summer camp was organised at Visva-Bharati to initiate gifted schoolstudents into the field of research methodology and education in basic science.The youngest unit of the varsity's...

Blood flow dries up at state hospitals.
August 21, 2010... sulagna senguptaKOLKATA 20 AUG : The state-run medical colleges are facing acute shortage of blood due to lack of trained personnel to separate various components of blood at the centres.The separation centres are housed in nine state-run...

5 BJP men held for vandalism.
August 21, 2010... KOLKATA, 20 AUG: Five BJP workers were arrested at Salt Lake this afternoon on charges of damaging the guard room of Bidyut Bhavan near Karunamoyee, while protesting against the recent hike in power tariffs. According to police, a group of...

Trinamul-led KMC board scraps Lefts independent counsels.
August 21, 2010... abhishek law KOLKATA, 20 AUG: What the predeccessing Left Front led board included, the ensuing Trinamul Congress led board disposed of. The Trinamul Congress led board at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has relieved from duty, eight...

PCB slaps fine on two hospitals over faulty waste segregation.
August 21, 2010... statesman news serviceKOLKATA 20 AUG: The state pollution control board (PCB) has asked Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and Uluberia State General Hospital to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 respectively, after it was found...