Statesman (India) articles from January 2007

Statesman (India) archives from January 2007

Tanker strike continues.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28: Most petrol stations in the city ran dry even as the oil tanker strike entered its fourth day today. Although petrol is still available, diesel, the mainstay of public...

Rally for Brahmaputra waterway may draw 3 lakhs.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service COOCH BEHAR, Jan. 28: Members of Brahmaputra Jalapath Dabi Samity are leaving no stone unturned to make their proposed rally at Jorai More in Baxirhat memorable. Nearly three lakh...

Fog disrupts train & flight schedules.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28: The dense morning fog that enveloped Kolkata and its outskirts disrupted flight operations and railway services today. Passengers may continue to suffer if the weather...

Fake pills fill Nadia counters.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KRISHNAGAR, Jan. 28: Yet again, spurious drugs have flooded the rural markets of Nadia. The district administration and the drug control board, however, have failed to identify these...

Drive to curb poppy cultivation.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Biswabrata Goswami KRISHNAGAR, Jan. 28.: For the last three years, cannabis including poppy cultivation has spread like a cancer to 12 out of the 17 blocks in Nadia along with the surrounding districts of the...

Locals oppose set-up of mixing plant.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KRISHNAGAR, Jan. 28: Residents of Sikarpur, bordering on Bangladesh in Murutia police station area, were enraged at the attempts of a construction company to set up a temporary...

Rent deposit law puts landlords in dire straits.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) It is high time that the procedure of depositing rent for houses to the rent controller during the judicial process is changed for some practical reasons. Depositing rent as per law makes the tenants...

A break can save your sight.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28: Do you take a break for at least 15 seconds after every 20 minutes of working on a computer ? Do you give your eyes rest by blinking while working on a computer? If you...

Hard times for visually challenged announcers.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28: The fate of visually challenged announcers working in Howrah and Sealdah stations has become uncertain with the introduction of the new computerised announcing system....

Fixed deposit schemes lure middle class: Assocham.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan 28: Equity linked insurance and fixed deposit schemes continue to attract businessmen, professionals, salaried personnel and agriculturists for parking their surpluses in...

CSN tipped to scoop Corus.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India LONDON, Jan. 28: Brazilian steel group CSN is tipped to trump rival Tata Steel this week in a quick-fire $6 billion pounds-plus auction for Corus, but industry insiders warned against...

Infrastructure investment requires fiscal boosts: CII.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan 28: For the general status of infrastructure in the country to improve, the government must, in the coming Budget 2007-08 proposals, remove the sector from the purview of...

Trade talk success still uncertain.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press DAVOS, Jan. 28: The United States, Europe and other major powers have made only a vague commitment to liberalise global trade, despite encouragement from leaders attending the World Economic...

Minister to quit for sons entry.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) GARWAH (Jharkhand), Jan. 28: Jharkhand health minister Mr Hemendra Pratap Dehati tonight said he would tender his resignation by 15 February, ostensibly to make way for his MLA-son Mr Bhanu Pratap Sahi in the...

Jaswant dumps resignation report.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Jan. 28: BJP leader Mr Jaswant Singh today described as fictitious a news report that he has resigned as Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha. The contents of the fictitious news are denied,...

Chairmen of NDA regime to be sacked.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India DHANBAD, Jan. 28: Jharkhand deputy chief minister Mr Sudhir Mahto said that chairmen of Boards and Corporations appointed by the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in...

CPM to counter history of India.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Jan. 28: To counter the official version of history, the CPI-M has decided to trace the events from 1857 Sepoy Mutiny to Indias Independence through party organs like Peoples...

Satyagraha centenary ~ from Gandhi to Gandhi over 100 yrs.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan. 28: The commemorative celebration of the centenary of Satyagraha by the Indian National Congress will see a strange journey of 100 years with the movements protagonist...

Thales to showcase Mirage 2000-5 at aero-show.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, JAN 28: - A long time partner of the Indian armed forces, Thales, a leading international electronics and systems group, will showcase its offer of Mirage 2000-5 upgrade as...

Briefs.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Air chief plea GANDHINAGAR, Jan. 28: Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, chief of the Air Staff , has spoken strongly for the need of an aero-space command. He was speaking here at the opening ceremony of the two-day...

OP Nayyar: The death of a legend.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service MUMBAI, Jan. 28: The man who immortalised tracks such as hai dil ke mushkil and ye hai Bombay meri jaan, Omkar Prasad Nayyar, passed away at a hospital in Thane arround 3:30 pm today...

Omar bats for model.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Jan. 28: The issue of detention of Kashmiri model Tariq Ahmad Dar, who was absolved by a court of being linked to alleged terror funding, has been taken up at highest level...

3 hurt in Ulfa shootout.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service GUWAHATI, Jan. 28: At least three persons including a constable of the 2nd Assam Police Battalion were critically injured when suspected Ulfa militants fired upon them at Kakopathar area...

A thought for the disabled.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Jan. 28 : Discrimination against the physically challenged people, is a major hurdle in allowing them to lead a normal life as a part of this society. Mr Kanti Ganguly, state minister for Sunderban...

Metro ride ends in dark walk home.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28: As night descends, the busy stretch of road in front of Tollygunge Metro Station gets plunged into darkness because the streetlights there have been lying defunct for...

A break can save your sight.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28: Do you take a break for at least 15 seconds after every 20 minutes of working on a computer? Do you give your eyes rest by blinking while working on a computer? If you...

Hard times begin for visually-challenged railway announcers.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28: The fate of visually challenged announcers working in Howrah and Sealdah stations has become uncertain with the introduction of the new computerised announcing system....

A verdict that can make or mar.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 28 : The publishers and book sellers are keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the Calcutta High Courts verdict tomorrow deciding the fate of this years Book Fair. The...

Truancy? Yes, says minister.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Jan. 28: The higher education minister today admitted that teachers are spending less time in classrooms and more outside when he was asked to comment on this issue raised by the the Governor, Mr...

Baby death rumour sparks hospital protests.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Jan. 28: Allegation of medical negligence at the Barasat District Hospital sparked off an uproar although hospital authorities dismissed it saying that the incident was triggered off by a rumour....

Arms haul in Banarhat.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Jan. 28: The Jalpaiguri police seized a huge cache of sophisticated ammunitions from Banarhat police station area in Malbazar sub-division early yesterday and arrested two...

Chamling calls for tourism development.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service GANGTOK, Jan. 28: Buoyed by the Centres superiority seal to Sikkim in tourism sector, chief minister Mr Pawan Kumar Chamling has pointed out infrastructure development and people...

Weather ruins Somnath visit.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, Jan. 28: Lok Sabha speaker Mr Somnath Chatterjee, who was supposed to inaugurate the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Balurghat HS School today, failed to reach the venue...

AICC plays dirty politics in Meghalaya.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) By Patricia Mukhim For six months, the Congress in Meghalaya has been in limbo. In June last year, Congress chief minister DD Lapang was ousted in a putsch by his own partymen. They elected JD Rymbai, a...

The exclusionist business of terror.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) By Bijay Sankar Bora Normal business has been forced to the background as the merchants of terror continue to run riot in Assam. The continuing explosions triggered by the banned United Liberation Front of...

A rich experience.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Its been a rich experience for me, both personally and professionally, to write a regular column for this page. I am grateful to the Editor of The Statesman and the news desk. At a time when the concept of a...

Job racket busted, five arrested.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, Jan. 28.: Police busted a racket today which supplied fake appointment letters to local youths in search of a job after collecting a hefty amount from them. Five...

Briefs.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Suicide attempt JAGATSINGHPUR, Jan. 28: A contract labourer of Cargil India tried to commit suicide by immolating himself in front of the factory. He has been admitted to the SCB Medical college hospital...

Call to help India meet its objectives.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Talcher, Jan. 28: Mr Abhiram Sharma, the CMD of MCL, exhorted workers and executives of the company to work hard so that it would grow at still faster pace to help Orissa and India achieve its objectives. He...

Dalits get a glimpse of deity, at last.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KENDRAPARA, Jan. 28: After days of discord and strife that had threatened civil order, the dispute over Dalits rights to have darshan at the Jagannath temple in Keredagada was finally...

MCL employees on strike demanding clearance of dues.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR, Jan. 28.: Employees belonging to three unions, BMS, OCMS and BCMWU of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd are on strike since yesterday for the next 27 days demanding clearance of dues....

School cooks demand salary disbursal.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR, Jan. 28: When the minister of state for panchayati raj Mr Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo was busy with the Republic Day function at VSS stadium here, hundreds of women working as cooks...

Constable dies, four injured in 2 accidents.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service DHENKANAL, Jan. 28: One police constable died and four others seriously injured in two separate road accidents under Sadar police station jurisdiction today. The constable, Aditya Kumar...

Cracks appear in Kalinga Nagar outfit.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service JAJPUR, Jan. 28: Cracks have appeared in the Bisthapan Virodhi Janmanch, the umbrella outfit of the agitating tribals, that has been blocking the Paradeep- Daitary Express Highway since...

Sensitive booths identified.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) DHENKANAL, Jan. 28: District administration has identified 101 booths as sensitive and 19 booths in Parjang block as hypersensitive for the ensuing three-tier panchayat election. According to the district...

Cartridges.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) JALPAIGURI, Jan. 28: Cartridges of AK-47, three grenades and 17 shells of explosive were seized from two people residing in the workers quarters in Karbala tea garden near Binnaguri cantonment today. n PTI

Bomb hoax.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) MUMBAI, Jan. 28: The Mumbai-New Delhi Rajdhani Express was halted at suburban Borivili railway station this evening for more than two hours after an anonymous phone call informed the police about a bomb...

Hurriyat seeks consensus.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Jan. 28: The Hurriyat Conference today said it wanted to build consensus among all separatist groups in Jammu and Kashmir and institutionalise efforts to resolve the Kashmir issue. We have a goal...

40 injured in Singur clashes.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) SNS & PTI SINGUR/KOLKATA, Jan. 28: Over 40 people, including 11 policemen, were injured in clashes between Trinamul Congress activists and police during a TC-led farmers march to prohibitory order-bound...

Close call.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) BHUBANESWAR, Jan. 28: Chief minister Mr Navin Patnaik sustained minor bruises as his vehicle hit the police jeep piloting him to Jatni when it slammed brakes suddenly after an accident with a two-wheeler...

Vengsarkar bats for Sourav as Cup opener.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Jan. 28: Chief cricket selector Mr Dilip Vengsarkar has said Sourav Ganguly should open the innings at the World Cup and that there was no question of Sachin Tendulkar being...

Anand finishes in fifth spot.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India WIJK AAN ZEE (The Netherlands), Jan. 28: Viswanathan Anand drew with David Navara of the Czech Republic to end his campaign with 7.5 points, for a fifth place finish in the Group A of the...

Briefs.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Saina, Chetan triumphs Badminton sensation and top seed Saina Nehwal won the womens title, defeating third seed Aditi Mutatkar on the final day of the 71st senior national badminton championship in Patna on...

Rooney stars in Man U win.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press LONDON, Jan. 28: Wayne Rooney scored twice for Manchester United to beat Portsmouth 2-1 as major Premier League clubs had a good day in the fourth round of Englands FA Cup. Rooney scored on a...

Unprofessional end worries Lara.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India CHENNAI, Jan. 28: Their three-wicket win notwithstanding, the West Indies captain Brian Lara said his team did not show professionalism in closing out the game against India in a...

Narang wins silver.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Jan. 28: Top shooter Gagan Narang won the silver medal in the mens 10m air rifle event on the concluding day of the International Air Gun Competition at Munich, Germany. Narang shot 596 in the...

Australian Open restores Serena aura.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) MELBOURNE, Jan. 28: Serena Williams intimidating aura was restored at this years Australian Open but last years champion Amelie Mauresmo again faces accusations of being a choker. Williams comeback stunned the...

Nestor, Likhovtseva clinch title.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) MELBOURNE, Jan. 28: Daniel Nestor of Canada and Russias Elena Likhovtseva lifted their first Australian Open title today, beating Belarus pair Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka in the mixed doubles final. The...

Fedex, the unstoppable.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press MELBOURNE, Jan. 28: Roger Federer captured his 10th Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set at the Australian Open, beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4 in todays...

Wicket promises run feast.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India VADODARA, Jan. 28: A run feast is in the offing in the fourth and final cricket one-dayer between India and the West Indies here on Wednesday with the wicket at the IPCL ground tailor...

Shoaibs injury not serious.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) KARACHI, Jan. 28: Pakistan cricket teams physiotherapist Mr Grant Compton has said Shoaib Akhtars hamstring injury was not serious, giving credence to the speculation that the fast bowler was recalled from...

England mentally scarred: Vaughan.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) PERTH, Jan 28: England captain Michael Vaughan says his side urgently need to find a way to heal some of the mental scars inflicted during their horrific Australian tour. Vaughan, who is himself sidelined as...

Proteas clinch series.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press CAPE TOWN, Jan. 28: Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis put on a fifth-wicket stand of 117 today for South Africa to win the third Test against Pakistan by five wickets and take the series 2-1....

100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) News Item SHOCKING RIVER ACCIDENT Loss Of Six Lives A dinghy capsize off Chandpal Ghat on Tuesday afternoon causing the death of six Indian passengers. A number of people chartered a dinghy on the Howrah side...

Underbelly of publicity.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Excessive pampering of an actor is unwise. It often happens that the acting talents are ignored. While glamour and looks go a long way in the making of an actor, that alone creates the risk of cheap publicity...

Scent of lucre.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) The mischievous attempts of the Buddhadeb-Nirupam duo, with the patronage of the Left Front chairman, Biman Bose, to make an open-ended commitment of a virtual gift of 650 acres of prime land in Rajarhat New...

Tendency to surrender.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) presidential election kicked off a nasty bickering within the CPI-M as well as in the ruling Left Front. After his initial defiance, the maverick sports and transport...

Say Ahhh! You are at the dentists.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, Jan. 28: Think dentist, think pain, misery and clinical cubicles. If thats how you view a visit to the man who ministers to your molars, its time to brush up that old image....

USA positive on financial talks with North.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India Beijing, Jan. 28: The United States of America today hoped to have productive meetings with sanctions-hit North Korea so as to break the deadlock over Pyongyangs nuclear disarmament talks...

China is not a threat, says Badawi.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 28: Asean regards China as a friend and not a threat, said Mr Abdullah Ahmed Badawi during a plenary discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Badawi said Asean had...

Dengue: West Java on full alert.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) JAKARTA, Jan. 28: West Java province declared that dengue fever has reached alert status on 26 January, after the fever claimed 33 lives this month and caused infections in 24 of its 26 cities and regencies....

Latest snow.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) TOKYO, Jan. 28: This winters extremely mild weather could result in the latest first snow in central Tokyo since 1876, when the Meteorological Agency started keeping records. The latest first snow in the...

Iran wont install 3,000 centrifuges.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press Teheran, Jan. 28: An Iranian nuclear agency official has denied claims made by a top lawmaker that the Islamic Republic had begun installing 3,000 centrifuges at an uranium enrichment plant,...

Asking to be exempted.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Phnom Penh, Jan. 28: The president of Cambodias National Assembly has asked Russia to forgive some US $ 1.5 billion in bilateral debt, a lawmaker said today. Mr Cheam Yeap, who heads the parliamentary finance...

Blair in the cash web.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) London, Jan. 28: Scotland Yard detectives have discovered a hand-written note from Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair among new evidence that has widened significantly the cash-for honours investigation, a leading...

Mortar attack kills 5 in Iraq.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press BAGHDAD, Jan. 28: Mortar shells rained down today on a girls secondary school in a mostly Sunni area of western Baghdad, killing five pupils and wounding 20, witnesses and police said. At...

Unending bloodbath in Gaza.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press GAZA CITY, Jan. 28: Hamas and Fatah gunmen battled each other in the streets of the Gaza Strip today, having sent civilians fleeing from their homes in an increasingly bloody power struggle...

CII to assess cos for TPM award.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Jan 28: The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM), a public corporation under the Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry, has appointed the CII as the assessment agency for its...

Steps to boost pharma exports.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Jan 28: Indias exports of pharmaceuticals could make a significant dent in the Chinese market and help meet overall trade expectations of $30 billion by 2009, provided...

Police Attitudes To Women Abets Rape.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) By Bea Campbell and Sophie Goodchild LONDON, Jan. 28: Rapists escape justice because of police and prosecutors' outdated attitudes to victims. A report out this week will highlight huge differences in how...

Why is Haldia port being allowed to die?
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Sir, ~ Apropos of the report, Poor show by Haldia dock (4 January) and the letter, Save Haldia port to save Bengal (30 November), the ports earning is likely to dip further when the oil pipeline between...

Carnage in Assam-I.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) For the ghastly drama enacted during the last few days in Assam, in which about 70 innocent persons were done to death in cold blood, the United Liberation Front of Asom is squarely responsible. But no less...

Models release.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Models release Makes a fashion statement Kashmiri model Tariq Ahmad Dar and his family would be more than entitled to take the view that alls well that ends well and try to get on with their lives after his...

March is month of reckoning.
January 29, 2007... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA Jan. 28: Come March, a committee set up by the state higher education department will recommend whether or not the states premier institution, the Presidency College, would be...