Statesman (India) articles from January 2002

Statesman (India) archives from January 2002

Bar Council whip on colleges.
January 29, 2002... KOLKATA, Jan. 28. - Law colleges which are violating norms of the Bar Council will be derecognised, Mr DV Subba Rao, chairman, Bar Council of India said yesterday. Mr Rao was speaking at a seminar on improvement of legal education and legal...

Sports around the state.
January 29, 2002... Bengal win Bengal defeated Uttaranchal 3-0 in their KD Singh 'Babu' Hockey Tournament match at Dhyanchand Astro-Turf Stadium, Lucknow, according to information received here on Monday. Abhijit Das struck twice and Abhijit Das, once. Uttar...

Agri-export zones for WB.
January 29, 2002... KOLKATA, Jan. 28. - The Union commerce ministry will create Agriculture Export Zones (AEZs) in cooperation with state governments, Mr Atul Sinha, additional secretary, surface transport ministry, said at a meeting of the Standing Committee On...

Haldia still awaits life-blood funds.
January 29, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28. - Mr Purnendu Chatterjee is yet to disburse the Rs 107 crore which the Chatterjee Group had pledged for the revival of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, corporate sources said. However, company officials...

Party not over govt, says Pranab.
January 29, 2002... KOLKATA, Jan. 28. - Echoing Miss Mamata Banerjee, Mr Pranab Mukherjee today lashed out at the CPI-M leadership for asking cadre to collect information on terrorist activities. The PCC chief charged Alimuddin Street with hijacking the task of...

Opp cries foul on cadre watch.
January 29, 2002... Kicking up an Orwellian din over Big Brother's diktat to cadre to keep an eye out for terrorists, the Opposition has raised a pertinent question: Did the CPM's 'blind spot' over terror strikes against the USA make Bengal a soft spot for...

Teledrama Honours Italian Fascist Who Saved Jews.
January 29, 2002... ROME, Jan. 28. - The story of an Italian Fascist who saved over 5,000 Jews from the Holocaust might sound like a far fetched Hollywood plot, but it really happened and Italy is about to celebrate it in a two-episode television series....

THUS CAPITAL.
January 29, 2002... Sadly, Enron Couldn't Have Happened In India By SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI To most Americans, the proposition that Enron proves the strengths of their economic system will strike as bizarre, if not a sign that the proponent suffers from an...

Kabul seeks military training from Delhi.
January 29, 2002... Srinjoy Chowdhury in New Delhi Jan. 28. - Afghanistan has sought India's help to train its armed forces. "There've been feelers from the new Afghan government for help to its military," a senior official said. The help being sought for...

Return PoK before talks: PM.
January 29, 2002... Press Trust of India RAIPUR, Jan. 28. - Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee today ruled out talks with Pakistan till it returned PoK and said the short-range Agni missile was not directed against any country. "Everyday, I'm reading reports that Gen...

Jaitley examines Ayodhya files.
January 29, 2002... NEW DELHI, Jan. 28. - The Union law minister today began examining the files related to the Ayodhya dispute to find out the basis of the VHP's claim that the land around the 80 feet by 40 feet site that houses the makeshift temple, be handed...

Vajpayee move a boost for Parivar: Opp.
January 29, 2002... Statesman News Service New Delhi, Jan. 28. - The Opposition today critcised the Prime Minister for meeting a VHP delegation and referring the demand for handing over the land for Ram Temple in Ayodhya to the Union law ministry. To protest...

Two Pakistani militants shot in Hazaribagh.
January 29, 2002... Statesman News Service PATNA/NEW DELHI, Jan. 28. - Two Pakistani terrorists, involved in the attack on policemen in front of the American Center in Kolkata last week and suspected to have ISI links, were killed in an encounter with the...

Another bridge across the Hooghly?
January 29, 2002... KOLKATA, Jan. 28. - Japan is willing to fund the construction of a bridge across the Hooghly. If the project works out, this will be the fifth bridge over the river, a suspension bridge like Vidyasagar Setu. The matter was discussed at a...

RSS and govt heading for showdown.
January 29, 2002... Sudesh K Verma in New Delhi Jan. 28. - The RSS and the government are heading for a confrontation unless the former persuades the sants (religious leaders) to give more time to the NDA to resolve the Ayodhya tangle. An alternative is the...

Much more than ritualised occasions.
January 29, 2002... Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit came fairly hard on the heels of his predecessor Li Peng, who is still part of the core leadership of his country. Neither of these leaders, or for that matter any of the steady succession of their peers who...

Waiting for Derby-eve extravaganza.
January 29, 2002... Nina Pillai THE thundering reverberation of hooves, as horses with frenzied jockeys aboard turn into the final lap, is heart-in-mouth excitement! This, coupled with the magnificent display of endurance and grit, could imply a win or loss of...

Arafat urges France, Turkey to mediate.
January 29, 2002... Agencies GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM, Jan. 28. - Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat sent an "urgent" message today to the leaders of France and Turkey, urging them to intervene for an end to Israel's siege of Palestinians towns, the official WAFA...

MUSIC REVIEW.
January 25, 2002... Reviving a legend On 28 December, 2000 passed away Ustad Nisar Aminuddin Dagar, doyen of the Dagar gharana. Ustad Moinuddin and Aminuddin Dagar played a key role in the revival of the dhrupad, the oldest music form prevailing today. Ustad...

DANCE REVIEW.
January 25, 2002... Convincing Kathak Rani Khanam is one of the foremost Kathak exponents of India. She has a mastery over rhythm, grace, and expression. Student of Reba Vidyarthi, she was later trained by Birju Maharaj. She pursues the Lucknow gharana and is a...

CINEMA REVIEW.
January 25, 2002... More killers on the prowl DON'T SAY A WORD Starring Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy Releasing at New Empire Where there's Michael Douglas, there is no relief from crime. In this case he is a psychiatrist running into a strange patient who...

Smuggling cloud on cigarette trade.
January 25, 2002... KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - The fall in sale of cigarettes over the past few years is a matter of grave concern, ITC chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar has said. He said the decline in sales volumes of cigarettes was not a concern for the industry alone, but...

Panel to probe AJC Bose Rd wall collapse.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - The mayor, Mr Subrata Mukherjee, today set up a two-member committee to probe the collapse of a wall inside the KMC stores on AJC Bose yesterday morning, which killed a member of the group D staff....

'Terror trail may end in witch-hunt'.
January 25, 2002... Tapas Ray in Kolkata Jan. 24. - The CPI-M's reaction to the terrorist attack outside the American Center has made the Opposition apprehensive that the Marxists will exploit the situation to justify a political witch-hunt. The party held...

Mayor vents ire on Mamata 'pawns'.
January 25, 2002... Tarun Goswami in Kolkata Jan. 24. - "The Trinamul leadership's intervention in the day-to-day affairs of the KMC is affecting the civic body's functioning," Mr Subrata Mukherjee said yesterday. This comes even before Miss Mamata Banerjee's...

Minister for global telecom partnership.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - The Union minister of state for communications, Mr Tapan Sikdar, has urged other countries to partner India in developing telecom training centres in the country. The minister was speaking at a...

Classes go truant at Beldanga College.
January 25, 2002... Part-time teachers of Beldanga College in Murshidabad have struck work, demanding pay as per UGC regulations, says our reporter from Beldanga Jan. 24. - Most classes at Beldanga SRF College have been suspended since Monday following an...

HC quashes Statesman staff union appeal.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - The writ petition filed by The Statesman Clerical Staff and Workmen's Union challenging the validity of the standing orders of The Statesman Ltd for its workmen was dismissed by Mr Justice DK Seth of...

WRITERS' BRIEFS.
January 25, 2002... CM seeks more arms The chief minister on Thursday asked Mr LK Advani to sanction four additional battalions of Central forces for the state to beef up security at key installations. Plea to Buddha Representatives of Banik Rubber Industries...

Iced Organs Offer Transplant Hope.
January 25, 2002... Agence France-Presse PARIS, Jan. 24. - Scientists in Canada deep-froze the ovaries of laboratory rats and then successfully transplanted them, a landmark achievement that offers hope to countless women and girls facing sterilising...

A Gandhian turn? West Bengal's Marxists only deceitfully pacifist.
January 25, 2002... An interesting sidelight on the attack on Kolkata's American Center has been the response of veteran Marxist leaders in the state. Anil Biswas is of the view that security arrangements at the Center were a success, since policemen gave up...

NUCLEAR STANDOFF-II First Use Is Not Operationally Necessary.
January 25, 2002... By GURMEET KANWAL It is now universally accepted that nuclear weapons are political weapons and not weapons of "warfighting". However, there is undeniably a close link between nuclear weapons and a nation's conventional military...

India briefs.
January 25, 2002... Assam: A top United Peoples Democratic Solidarity leader was shot dead by rival members of the group at his house in Manitila village in Karbianglong district on Wednesday. - UNI Andhra Pradesh: The TDP, BJP and the Congress on Thursday...

Ariana flight lands, Katju named envoy.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 24. - The first international flight of Afghanistan's Ariana Airlines in three years flew in here today even as New Delhi named Mr Vivek Katju as its Ambassador in Kabul, the first in over five years....

CBI case against Johnson & Johnson.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 24. - The CBI has registered a case against the directors of Johnson and Johnson Limited and a Mumbai-based firm for cheating consumers by over-pricing drugs. Agency sleuths, who raided the office...

BJP manifesto stuck over temple issue.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 24. - The BJP's manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is stuck due to the controversy over whether or not the Ram temple issue should figure prominently in the manifesto. While liberals like...

Punjab's water politics a threat to Sonia.
January 25, 2002... CL Manoj in New Delhi Jan. 24. - Mrs Sonia Gandhi is desperately seeking ways to sail through the sudden eruption of water politics in Punjab which has caught her in a tide of conflicting interests - to safeguard her family legacy in the...

No specific leads as yet, says CM.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - The chief minister today said that there were no specific leads in the investigations to identify those who attacked the American Center on Tuesday, while questioning the FBI's right to conduct...

The predicament of being Buddha.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - What was the cause of the "tension" that gripped the chief minister today and for which he apologised before addressing the press in the evening? For, there was a not-so-subtle change in the tenor...

Briefs.
January 25, 2002... Aftab extradition NEW DELHI, Jan. 24. - India will seek to extradite Dubai-based underworld don Aftab Ansari, who claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack in Kolkata, once security agencies are able to establish his role in the attack....

Report slams city police.
January 25, 2002... Sanjay Singh and Bhavatosh Singh in New Delhi Jan. 24. - Suggesting a thorough probe into the attack at the American Center, the special secretary in the Union home ministry, Mr AK Bhandari, has come down hard on the state police. In...

Pak hunts for 14.
January 25, 2002... Agencies ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, Jan. 24. - Pakistan has initiated efforts to locate the 14 Indian nationals who figured in the list of 20 criminals and terrorists wanted by India. "We are locating them and once they are located, they'll be...

Officially, it still isn't terror.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 24. - For the second day today, both India and the USA stopped short of blaming terrorists for the attack on the United States Information Service office in Kolkata on Tuesday morning. The US ambassador...

Hard talk on poll-eve.
January 25, 2002... By CL MANOJ Like smoke warns of a fire, in power politics, parties' well-timed acts of symbolism and their leaders' public posturings are signals of imminent, but calculated, strategic moves. The sudden popping up of a larger-than-life...

Exchange plan.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - Mr Bob Merriman, chairman of the Australian Cricket Board, today urged greater importance for ground umpires than the third one. He endorsed taking advantage of technology but felt the umpires in the...

Bangladesh upset India.
January 25, 2002... Agence France-Presse CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 24. - The ICC U-19 World Cup yielded another surprise today as holders India were defeated by Bangladesh in Auckland. India begun their defence of the World Cup with convincing wins over Canada...

Proteas resent Steve's jibe.
January 25, 2002... ADELAIDE, Jan. 24. - A quip by Australian captain Stephen Waugh on fast bowler Steve Elworthy's brain scan has angered the travelling South African media and forced the Australian Cricket Board to defend him. Elworthy was struck by a...

Ganguly may sit it out.
January 25, 2002... Chandreyee Ghose in Chennai Jan. 24. - India skipper Sourav Ganguly may be compelled to miss the crucial One-Day International here tomorrow. According to the team coach, Mr John Wright, Ganguly pulled the hamstring muscle of his right leg,...

Barreto takes Mohun Bagan home.
January 25, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 24. - That Jose Ramirez Barreto alone can make the difference was once more evident, when Mohun Bagan edged Zee Churchill Brothers 2-1 in their National League encounter at Salt Lake Stadium today. ...

Shoaib Akhtar injured.
January 25, 2002... Agence France-Presse DHAKA, Jan. 24. - Yousuf Youhana smashed a career-best 112 not out to set up Pakistan's 72-run victory over Bangladesh in the second One Day International, marked by crowd trouble in which star Pakistan paceman Shoaib...

Capriati, Hingis in title showdown.
January 25, 2002... Associated Press MELBOURNE, Jan. 24. - Defending champion Jennifer Capriati seized control after a shaky second set and advanced to the Australian Open finals with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 victory today over Kim Clijsters. Thomas Johansson moved...

Salgaocar thrash East Bengal.
January 25, 2002... Press Trust of India MARGAO, Jan. 24. - A brace each by Eugene Gray and Sunday Seah guided Salgaocar to a comprehensive 4-0 win over defending champions East Bengal, in the sixth edition of the National Football League, at the Nehru Stadium...

USA okayed Pak airlift.
January 25, 2002... Press Trust of India NEW YORK, Jan. 24. - Pakistani fighters helping Taliban and Al-Qaida, who were trapped in Kunduz in Afghanistan during the US action, were flown to safety despite denials by Washington, officials said. The Pakistanis...

India knew of rescue.
January 25, 2002... NEW YORK, Jan. 24. - India had prior information about Pakistan's airlifting of its nationals and Taliban fighters after they were cornered in Kunduz during American action in Afghanistan. India, "wary of antagonising the Bush...

Kabul nod for panel to organise Loya Jirja.
January 25, 2002... Agence France-Presse KABUL, Jan. 24. - Afghanistan today took another step towards democracy with the confirmation of a 21-member commission to organise a council of tribal elders to appoint a new government. However, clashes between US...

Warlord killed in car blast.
January 25, 2002... Agencies BEIRUT, Jan. 24. - A former Lebanese Christian warlord held responsible for a massacre of Palestinian refugees 20 years ago that for many symbolises the outrages of Lebanon's civil war was killed on Thursday in a car bombing at his...

Blast near British high commission.
January 25, 2002... Associated Press Islamabad, Jan. 24. - A small crude bomb hidden inside a passenger van exploded in the parking area outside the British high commission today, slightly damaging the vehicle. "A small home made explosive device was placed...

Walker walks in for trial.
January 25, 2002... Agencies ALEXANDRIA (Virginia), - Captured American Al Qaida fighter John Walker Lindh, charged with conspiring to kill US nationals in the Afghanistan war, made a brief first appearance in federal court here today at a preliminary hearing....

Sound affair: The Brit Rockers.
January 25, 2002... You could call Oasis one of the architects of modern British guitarpop. They moulded the thuggish swagger of the Rolling Stones, the rough and tough attitude of The Who, and typically Beatles melodies into a definite signature sound. Add a...

THE FILES: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
January 25, 2002... Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was a great freedom fighter. He was born on 23 January, 1897. On the occasion of his 105th birth anniversary, let us remember him and some of his contributions. Questions 1. Name the parents of Subhas. 2....

Sports Around The State.
January 22, 2002... State badminton Arup Baidya grabbed double honours in the state ranking badminton championship, at Anushilan Samity indoor courts on Monday. Arup lifted the men's singles title defeating Amandeep Sekri 7-2, 7-3, 8-6 and annexed the men's...

ECL, police move to curb illegal mining.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service BURDWAN, Jan. 21. - To curb illegal coal mining activities, the police and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) are trying to eliminate the market for illegally-mined coal. The police and senior ECL officials held a...

Girl molested in city school.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 21. - A class IV student of Nripendranath Girls School at Kudghat in south Kolkata was allegedly molested today by a sweeper of the institution. The girl's condition is stable. The sweeper, Hiralal...

CPM, Trinamul back to a blame game at KMC.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 21. - Kolkata has not seen much development in the past two years since the Trinamul-BJP board came to power at the KMC, Mr Ashoke Bhattacharya, state municipal affairs minister, today alleged. Calling the...

Anil barbs for Trinamul's economic drive.
January 22, 2002... KOLKATA, Jan. 21. Mr Anil Biswas, CPI-M state secretary, today ridiculed Miss Mamata Banerjees demand for imposition of economic emergency in the state for the Left Front governments sordid econ-omic management and cor-ruption. Miss Banerjee...

Bangla diplomat slams BSF 'atrocity'.
January 22, 2002... Manas R Banerjee in Malda Jan. 21. - The Bangladesh deputy high commissioner, Mr Touhid Hossain, has condemned the "shoot-at-sight" policy of the BSF jawans deployed along the Indo-Bangla border. Mr Hossain said: "After shooting Bangla...

Poison of the past.
January 22, 2002... Basu merely points the finger at himself When Jyoti Basu speaks of the culture of corruption having taken a stranglehold on the CPI-M, he wants to appear as a patriarch the party is obliged to respect. The point to bear in mind is that he...

Slow and unsteady.
January 22, 2002... China versus India Debate over whether Indias democracy, compared to Chinas manifest lack of it, is a help or a hindrance to economic reforms and growth is as important as it is inconclusive. But leaders, whether democratic or otherwise, can...

Truly the greatest.
January 22, 2002... In more than one sphere That major international television channels chose to feature the celebration of Muhammad Ali's 60th birthday in their news capsules would confirm that his reputation has far transcended his being the prettiest...

100 Years Ago Today.
January 22, 2002... January 22, 1902 (News Items) Harmstons Circus. The last matinee but one takes place this afternoon when two watches one gold and one silver will be given away among the children visiting the show. Tomorrow night a specially strong...

Security concern forces Advani to shift house.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 21. Post 13 December, security agencies sure seem to have the last word. Even on home turf. Ask Union home minister, Mr LK Advani, who will soon have to move out of his Pandara Road house. Or for...

SC stays UP appointments.
January 22, 2002... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Jan. 21. - In a major embarrassment to the BJP-led government ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Supreme Court today stayed all future appointments of people belonging to 'Most Backward Class' under...

Gen sent his men too close to border.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 21. - Lieutenant-General Kapil Vij, commanding the Army's elite 2 Corps, was "removed" and "sent on leave" last weekend for moving his troops forward to two km from the International Border with...

CPM may try to keep Surjeet and have Karat too.
January 22, 2002... CL Manoj in New Delhi Jan. 21. - A section of the CPI-M has mooted the idea of doing a balancing act between its 84-year-old, never-say-die general secretary, Mr Harkishan Singh Surjeet, and his successor-kept-in-waiting, Mr Prakash Karat,...

Dawood extradition to be taken up with FBI chief.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 21. - The return of the Karachi-based don Dawood Ibrahim, presence of terrorists in Pakistan and the alleged involvement of Pakistanis in the 13 December attack on Parliament, are some of the issues...

Appeal to UN on minorities' cause.
January 22, 2002... BHOPAL, Jan. 21. - The chairman of Madhya Pradesh Minorities Commission, Mr Ibrahim Quereshi today appealed to the UN to monitor activities of various religious fundamentalist groups around the world. Mr Quereshi also asked the UN to urge...

Clinton & Blair in Naidu's campaign plank.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service HYDERABAD, Jan. 21. - Mr Bill Clinton, Mr Tony Blair, Mr Kofi Annan and the Holy Quran have become inextricably linked with Mr N Chandrababu Naidu's campaign for Tuesday's civic election. They have given the Andhra...

Ban on umpire likely.
January 22, 2002... Shyam Sundar Ghosh in Kolkata Jan. 21. Mr SK Sharma, one of the umpires for Saturdays one-dayer at Eden Gardens, is all set to be barred from supervising international matches for two years. The International Cricket Council match...

VHP demands land at 'warning rally'.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service Ayodhya, Jan. 21. - Even as the VHP began the week-long Sant Chetawani Yatra (Saints' warning march) today, the VHP international president, Mr Ashok Singhal, said the Centre had had enough time to ponder over the Ram...

Prompt action if Pak sends list Pervez Pledge yet to materialise: Jaswant.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 21. - India will work "double time" to send back any Pakistani fugitives when and if it receives a list of such persons, Mr Jaswant Singh said today. No matter how the request comes, even if through...

America to help in border management.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 21. - Mr Francis Taylor, leading the US delegation in the fourth meeting of the India-USA joint working group on counter-terrorism, today spoke of American help to improve India's border management. ...

Powell's Been Had!
January 22, 2002... The difference between General Colin Powell and General Musharraf is not limited to Powell having shed his uniform for good while Musharraf retains the right, given to him by himself, to appear in uniform or civilian suits as shifting...

net news.
January 22, 2002... Democracy of pictures Of all the online memorials of 11 September, this ranks among the best. www.hereisnewyork.org calls itself a "Democracy of Pictures". Though the pictures are not attributed, they capture the torture of that day. The site...

Both teams to be fined: referee.
January 22, 2002... Statesman News Service CUTTACK, Jan. 21. - Mr Dennis Lindsay, the International Cricket Council's match referee, said here today that both India and England would be fined for their slow over-rates in the Kolkata match on Saturday. "I'm...