Statesman (India) articles from July 2008, page 4

Statesman (India) archives from July 2008

Nath gets a dollar for his $1 comment!
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India GENEVA, July 27: A subsidy cut of one US dollar was all that India's commerce and industry minister Mr KamalNathwanted for India to come on board a world trade deal and he literally received one dollar bill from his...

Ambuja Realty plans 3 hotels in north Bengal.
July 28, 2008... KOLKATA,July 27: City-based real estate developer AmbujaRealty Development Ltd will build three luxury hotels in north Bengal, including one at Kurseongin Darjeeling, the company's top official has said. Two of the hotels would be in...

Biz Briefs.
July 28, 2008... SAIL plan JAIPUR,July 27: Steel Authority of India Limited will set up a processing unit for steel manufacturing at a cost of Rs250 crore at Guddhain Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, Union fertiliser, chemical and steel minister Mr Ramvilas...

India to become hub for luxury items.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: On the back of growing population of high networth individuals India is poised to become a manufacturing hub for global luxury brands in the next four to five years. In view of the core strengths in...

Bankers expect a benign policy.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India MUMBAI,July 27: With inflation plateauingand global oil prices falling, several bankers and industrialists believe that home and consumer loan borrowers may heave a sigh of relief as the Reserve Bank is likely to announce...

I&B ministry accepts Trairecommendations on IPTV.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, July 27: The government has accepted the recommendations of broadcast tribunal Traion Internet Protocol TV, setting the stage for faster growth of this new television channel distribution platform. A senior...

Grading of hospitals needed: CII.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: Owing to significant changes over the last few years in the healthcare sector, there is a growing demand for quality healthcare services. This calls for a closer look at the delivery systems and the...

JSW Steel likely to buy US coal outfit soon.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India MUMBAI,July 27: JSWSteel today said that it was likely to complete the acquisition of US-based United Coal by next month. We are in discussion and the bidding process is on. We hope to sort of finalising the deal within...

Govt steps to check steel price rise.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, July 27: Amid indications from steel companies that they might increase prices from the second week of August, the government today said it would take steps to ensure that prices of steel did not rise further....

Right steps Iran, US moves to defuse tension welcome.
July 28, 2008... Tehran has been signalling for a while that it is not averse to negotiations over its nuclear programme and that it would not even balk at sitting at the same table as the USA in multilateral talks. It has also welcomed reports that the US is...

Private arms firms A disturbing revelation.
July 28, 2008... The government may feel relieved at being unshackled and liberated of Left baggage, but the defence community would be disconcerted at learning that so-called political compulsions had proved a stumbling block in the way of enhanced private...

Beijing shrouded in smog ahead of Olympics.
July 28, 2008... Associated Press BEIJING, July 27: The Chinese capital was shrouded in a thick, gray haze of pollution today, just 12 days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. One expert warned that drastic measures enacted to cut...

Fight the fire The ministers intriguing silence.
July 28, 2008... The fire service is an emergency public utility that offers no scope for either union irresponsibility or administrative apathy. Both sides ought to realise that the slightest laxity could result in death or devastation or both. More the...

Fallout of Bailout.
July 28, 2008... The Government scored a numerical win but lost on moral grounds. ~ Mr Lal Krishna Advani after the vote on the confidence motion. The defeat has been as numerical as it has been moral for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The blooming lotus has...

Fresh curfew clamped on Jammu.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service JAMMU, July 27: Apprehending further violence and protests in Jammu, a fresh curfew was clamped in Jammu district last night. The entire city is witnessing massive protests against the cancellation of land transfer...

Good news for fish loving tourists.
July 28, 2008... VepaRao SHIMLA,July 27: Bengali and other fish loving tourists now have a reason to cheer. The multi-pronged strategy adopted by the state government for production of high quality fish in its 3,000-km long rivers is finally yielding good...

Believe it or not, she has survived seventy snake-bites!
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service SHIMLA, July, 27: This ones straight out of a Bollywood potboiler, or so it would seem. 56-year-old Satya Devi of Solan district has been bitten by snakes of different kinds at least 70 times in the last three decades...

Bribery case: Advani presses for quick action.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: Invoking the Right to Information (RTI)Act, Opposition leader Mr LKAdvanitoday urged LokSabha Speaker Mr SomnathChatterjeeto make public the tape recording of the cash-for-votes incident and ensure...

Pranabs Teheran visit begins today'.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: In what appears to be a clear signal to opponents at home and to the international community that India pursues an independent foreign policy, external affairs minister Mr PranabMukherjee begins a...

Briefs.
July 28, 2008... President has eye surgery NEW DELHI, July 27: PresidentPratibhaPatilwas today operated for cataract at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)here. Doctors at the premier institute said the President was operated upon her right...

Bahuguna acts to protect the Himalayas from the sickbed.
July 28, 2008... Swati R Sharma DEHRA DUN, July 27: The increasing ecological disturbances in the Himalayan region have forced veteran environmentalist Mr Sunderlal Bahuguna to rise up for the cause once again. Upset by the sorry state of affairs in the...

Left never had it so bad.
July 28, 2008... RC Rajamani The Congress-led UPAgovernments win in the trust motion in the LokSabhalast week was a big snub to the Left, who had triggered the special two-day session by withdrawing its support to Dr ManmohanSinghs council of ministers on the...

Beijings N-deal stand worries UPA.
July 28, 2008... Sri Krishna NEW DELHI, July 27: With China yet to spell out its stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal ahead of the 1 August meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)to be followed by the Nuclear Suppliers...

BJP plumps for Pota, Congress says not necessary.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: The serial blasts in Bangaloreand Ahmedabadon two consecutive days claiming altogether more than 47 human lives have once again brought to the centre stage the debate on the need to revive the...

Bangalore cops intensify probe into blasts.
July 28, 2008... SNS & PTI BANGALORE, July 27: The investigation into the serial blasts in the city has intensified with the police today questioning an unknown number of people as the needle of suspicion still pointed towards banned outfit Simi, with a crack...

PM, home minister in Ahmedabad today.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: Cautious that the situation in communally-sensitive Ahmedabaddoes not go out of hand, while the Centre is keeping a hawks eye on the developments, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and the home...

Umbrella agency cry again.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: Stung by the serial blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad,the Centre has put the National Capital on full alertdeploying 30 additional companies to maintain extra vigilance, while the home ministry...

Survey shows 125% increase in female engineering students.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 27: Breaking the myth that girl students dont prefer engineering courses as they cant pursue careers in the field after marriage, enrolment of girls in engineering institutions has increased by 125 per...

City put on high alert.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 27: The city has been put on high alert following the series of blasts in Bangaloreand Ahmedabad. A high level meeting of senior officers led by state home secretary Mr Ashok MohanCharkrabortyand city...

briefs.
July 28, 2008... Jawan dead A 30-year-old jawanof ChennaiRegiment, BabuPatouri,drowned in the Hooghly river this morning. He had gone to bathe along with two of his friends at the Dakhineswar Ghatnear Belghoria at 11.30 a.m. MM Reddy, who had accompanied Babu...

Branded does not always mean accurate.
July 28, 2008... AparajitChakraborty KOLKATA,July 27: Be it tampering price tags or under-weighing packed grocery items ~ the big retail chains and branded showrooms are found to be competing with the neighbourhood shop inthe city. A drive by the legal...

One-time grant for cash-strapped colleges.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, July 27: The colleges and universities that do not receive any financial assistance from University Grants Commission (UGC) have funding coming their way. The UGC has decided to provide a special one-time grant...

Wrong drug kills two.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 27: Trouble broke out at Arambagin Hooghlywhen two women died allegedly after being administered wrong injections at a nursing home this morning. The victims ~ MoushumiSaha(20) and MantuRaut(22) ~ had...

It is expensive to breathe.
July 28, 2008... I am a senior citizen of this country. I suffer from SLE, Sderoderma, ILD (Pulmmary, Fibrosis) for which I require oxygen throughout the day and night. As a remedial measure I hired one oxygen concentrator from BOC India Ltd on 30 August 2007...

TT league postponed.
July 28, 2008... SILIGURI, July 27: The six matches, including a semi-final of the 1st Bengal Best Club Premier Table Tennis League 2008, which were slated to be held at the Ramkrishna Vyam Siksha Sangha Indoor Hall in Siliguri from today, have been postponed...

A house for Mr Ghisingh.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, July 27: After spending the night at a luxury hotel, the GNLF supremo Mr Subash Ghisingh finally managed an accomodation in Siliguri. Mr Ghisingh, along with his wife Mrs Dhankumari and son Mr Mohan...

One-time grant for cash-strapped colleges.
July 28, 2008... KOLKATA, July 27: The colleges and universities that do not receive any financial assistance from University Grants Commission (UGC) have funding coming their way. The UGC has decided to provide a special one-time grant to these institutes to...

AIGL condemns Hill violence.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service DARJEELING, July 27: The All India Gorkha League condemned the recent attacks in the Hills that killed Pramila Sharma, a GJMM supporter. The attacks allegedly carried out by Mr Dipak Gurung and other GNLF leaders...

Doctor fined for wrong treatment.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ , July 27: A doctor was fined Rs 13 lakh and six thousand as compensation for his alleged negligence in duty for which a patient gave birth to a deformed female baby. District Consumers Disputes & Redressal...

Kurseong salutes brave martyrs.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KURSEONG, July 27: Since last 20 years, on every 27 July a homage programme for Saheed (martyrs) is celebrated in the hills. It is for those who died during the Gorkhaland Agitation in 1986. Following the...

Fresh row after BSF jawans death.
July 28, 2008... MALDA, July 27: Tension prevailed at the Indo-Bangla border in Malda district after the unnatural death of a BSF jawan last night. 25 year old Yeduriyappa, a BSF jawan of 108- Battalion, was found dead at Doulatpur border under Kaliachak- III...

GJMM pays tribute to dead member.
July 28, 2008... DARJEELING, July 27: The Shahid Diwas observed by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha was a sober affair significantly marked by the funeral ceremony of Ms Parmila Sharma, the first martyr of the present Gorkhaland movement spearheaded by the GJMM....

RSP slams CPM over LF convener.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, July 27: The Darjeeling district RSP today raked up again the district Left Front convener issue and demanded the issue to be discussed in the next district Left Front meeting. The Darjeeling district RSP...

Drowned.
July 28, 2008... RAIGANJ , July 27 : Two children drowned in pond water at Hogolbari village under Islampur police station of North Dinajpur district last evening. The deceased were identified as Sanatan Thakur (8) and Raju Mahato (4). It was reported in...

Malda combats erosion.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUTNIDIARA, July 27: The Malda irrigation division today started anti erosion work to save the circuit embankment at Kasharpur on Bhutni Diara, an island on mid Ganga, in Manikchak block. The officials have also...

A gubernatorial gaffe that few Manipuris would buy.
July 28, 2008... OUTGOING Manipur governor SS Siddhu, who has now been shifted to Goa, enlightened the media before leaving the state that insurgency in Manipur is in its last stages and would soon be finished... the beginning of the end has begun. That end,...

Fractured agenda.
July 28, 2008... Patricia Mukhim THE confidence vote for the UPA was riveting. Never before have so many people been glued to their television sets to watch Parliament in session. Lalu Yadavs antics, Omar Abdullahs rhetoric, P Chidambarams cold facts which...

Rich & ready for tourists.
July 28, 2008... Satyabrata Chakraborti WITH the ethnic rebellion showing signs of decline, Tripura has good reason to be optimistic about the prospects of tourism. The Centre recently approved an allocation of Rs 35 crore to improve infrastructure and...

Manipurs missing children.
July 28, 2008... Yumnam Rupachandra SINCE early May, more than 20 children have reportedly disappeared in Manipur and several attempts were made to kidnap others. Recently, the Director-General of Police sounded an alert. The police chief has been asked to...

Villagers lift economic blockade.
July 28, 2008... JAJPUR, July 27: The indefinite economic blockade, launched by people of Tomka village since 23 July was lifted yesterday. Villagers had paralysed transport of minerals following the murder of a trade union activist Rajesh Tanti. The...

PIL filed to expedite river linking projects.
July 28, 2008... BHUBANESWAR, July 27: Several critical river linking projects in the state have been hanging fire since long. Mr Rama Chandra Panda, former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly who had also led the Rushikulya Bachao Manch has filed a PIL seeking...

Council justifies stand.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR,July 27: The chairman of Sambalpurmunicipal council Mr GirishPatel and several councilors justified the construction of a market complex in front of the JPMaternity Centre and shifting of the statue of...

Kidnapped and rescued.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service DHENKANAL, July 27: A 30-year old man, who had been kidnapped from Keonjhar yesterday, was rescued from Saptasarya here yesterday. The victim, was allegedly beaten black and blue by six kidnappers. The goons tied him to...

Jharsuguda bandh to oppose JMM demand.
July 28, 2008... SAMBALPUR,July 27: Following the demand of Mr SibuSorenfor the addition of three districts from Orissain greater Jharkhand,BJP-BJD activistsheld a bandh in Jharsugudatoday to protest such irrational demand of the JMMleader. We will not allow...

Rainfall forecast.
July 28, 2008... BHUBANESWAR,July 27: Rain lashed many parts of the state including Bhubaneswartoday as low-pressure formed over west-central and adjoining north-west Bay of Bengal. While Bhubaneswarreceived 37.3 mm rain today at 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., in...

Govt servants must work hard.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service ANGUL,July 27: Underliningthe role of government servants posted at the cutting edge level in disaster preparedness and management, BJDRajya SabhaMPMr PyarimohanMahapatrasaid they need to work hard to live up to the...

Paradip port locomotives commissioned.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service PARADIP,July 27: The eight locomotives having 1350 HP that belong to Paradipport were commissioned by Union secretary of shipping, road transport and highways Mr APVNSarmahere on Friday. The port already had a fleet of...

Railway is vital for industrialisation.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, July 27: "As Orissa has embarked upon a massive industrialisation drive, it is high time the railway was kept in the policy frame work of any mega industrial project," opined Railway Board chairman Mr...

Court order forgery case investigation to be expedited.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KENDRAPARA, July 27: Role of the district police in the sensational High-Court-order-forgery case' has come under clouds even as a wily history-sheeter who managed to flee from jail since almost a year back continues to...

CM in Aska to heal wounds.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service BERHAMPUR/ ASKA, July 27: Chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for establishment of the first government engineering college in south Orissa and only the fourth in the entire state at Sitalapalli...

BJP leaders slam Congress.
July 28, 2008... BHUBANESWAR, July 27: State unit leaders of the BJP publicly denounced the Congress for having displayed its addiction to power. The trust vote won by the UPA government has proved that the Congress will stoop to any level to cling on to...

briefs.
July 28, 2008... Plantation drive TALCHER,July 27: A massive plantation drive has been initiated here with a total of 32,000 saplings being planted over a 50 acre stretch of RaniPark. The forest department intends to cover a total area of 250 acre in the park...

Food for thought.
July 28, 2008... KOLKATA, July 27: Amidst widespread fears that food security in the state would come under threat owing to the LF government's industrialisation policy, a report prepared by the state land and land reforms department reveals that in fact only...

CPM to bring Somnath back?
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, July 27: The CPI-M general secretary, Mr Prakash Karat, today hinted that his party was not averse to the idea of rehabilitating Lok Sabha Speaker Mr Somnath Chatterjee whom it had expelled 24 hours after the...

Surat shivers, Simi man held.
July 28, 2008... SNS& PTI Surat/Ahmedabad,July 27: After Bangaloreand Ahmedabad,the diamond city of Surattoday came on the terrorist radar with two cars stuffed with explosives being found there, sparking off a security alert. Police also found a live bomb...

Cops seize IM hard disc, Dalal Street on alert.
July 28, 2008... MUMBAI,The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)of MumbaiPolice raided two flats at Sanpadain NaviMumbaiin the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday and seized the hard disc and other computer accessories allegedly used by members of the Indian...

Is Federer fumbling?
July 28, 2008... Agencies BEIJING, July 27: Swiss tennis star Roger Federer will have to battle for his World No.1 ranking in the Cincinnati Masters ahead of his coveted journey to the Beijing Olympics which starts 8 August. World No.2 Rafael Nadal...

Harmison recalled to start comeback.
July 28, 2008... Stephen Brenkley In an act of acute desperation England on Wednesday summoned Stephen Harmison to save the Test series against South Africa. His recall four months and seven matches after being dropped is a sign of frantic hope rather than...

city bits.
July 28, 2008... Jeev wins JeevMilkhaSingh won the Japan Golf Tours NagashimaShegioInvitational SegaSammyCup as a result of his amazing six under 66 in the final round at The North Country Golf Club in Hokkaido on Sunday. This was hissecond win of the year...

Big & best dont matter.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India KARACHI, July 27: With cricketers threatening to boycott the Champions trophy in Pakistan, the Cricket Board today made it clear that the biennial event will not be affected even if the best of players opt out. No...

Coimbatore goes zip-zap-zoom.
July 28, 2008... Sudipto Gupta COIMBATORE, July 27: Who wanted a speed-breaker today at Coimbatore? None as the day belonged to speed. The speedsters, comprising both young and the old, set the Kari Motor Speedway, hosting the JK Tyre National Racing...

Cautious optimism in both camps.
July 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, July 27: When the top two teams in the current edition of the Calcutta Football League standings lock horns tomorrow at the Salt Lake stadium, sparks are sure to fly. Mohun Bagan have collected ten points from...

England ideal place.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India LONDON, July 27: International Cricket Council principal adviser Mr IS Bindra feels England is the ideal place to host the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League next year. My wish and hope is that we have it in England....

Lankans praise referral system.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India COLOMBO, July 27: Having benefited immensely by the umpire referral system in the first Test match, Sri Lankan players have welcomed International Cricket Council's new initiative even as Indian skipper Anil Kumble chose...

Perform for country, not IPL.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India COLOMBO, July 27: Next edition of the Indian Premier League might not feature any Sri Lankan with cricket board chief Mr Arjuna Ranatunga writing to the players, asking them to skip IPL 2009 which coincides with their...

Shooters determined to win.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, July 27: Indian shooters will be out on Beijing ranges, determined to outshine the silver medal winning feat of RajyavardhanSingh Rathoreof Athens Olympic Games four years ago. If the nine-member team, having...

Rag-tag alliance wont provide stable government.
July 28, 2008... The UPA government has won the trust vote. However, the political drama enacted by various parties before the vote left much to be desired. Its questionable if the issue over which the government moved its trust motion had any relevance. ...

Czech scientists must be jailed.
July 28, 2008... The two Czech nationals masquerading as bioscientists who were caught red-handed with rare species of insects from the Singalila National Park in Darjeeling must be awarded the severe and exemplary punishment of rigorous imprisonment and a...

State government has no escape route on pollution.
July 28, 2008... In a recent survey, Kolkata was adjudged the most polluted city in India. Old vehicles and those using substandard fuel, unchecked by the authorities, have contributed principally to this situation. In the past, too, the Calcutta High Court...

100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
July 28, 2008... MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS To The Editor SIR, ~ When the Statesman mounted its rostrum this morning, and opened out to its vast audience of 10,000 subscribers, besides their numerous friends, I was very interested to know what you would have to say...

Probe brings end to N-shipments.
July 28, 2008... Geoffrey Lean LONDON, July 27: Top-secret shipments of weapons-ready plutonium through British waters have been stopped, after their exposure by The Independent today. The department for transport (DfT) said last week that it had taken...

Cylinder blast may be culprit.
July 28, 2008... Associated Press MANILA, July 27: Australian investigators are focusing on the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded mid-flight on a Qantas jumbo jet that made an emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its...

Prachanda rues inability to attend Saarc meet.
July 28, 2008... Press Trust of India KATHMANDU, July 27: Unhappy over the deliberate delay in government formation, Maoist chief Mr Prachanda, who was hoping to represent Nepal in the Saarc summit next week, has accused reactionary forces of hatching a plot...

Anwar eyes return to parliament.
July 28, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR, July 27: Malaysias Opposition figurehead Mr Anwar Ibrahim today said that he aims to return to parliament for the first time in a decade later this year if a court orders a by-election near his home town. A high court in...