Statesman (India) articles from July 2008

Statesman (India) archives from July 2008

Briefs.
July 31, 2008... Hearing NEW DELHI, July 29: The Chief Justice of India, Mr Justice KG Balakrishnan,has distanced himself from a bench hearing the Rs7-crore GhaziabadGPFfund scandal in which 36 judges, including a sitting Supreme Court judge, are facing...

Logistics park planned for Haldia.
July 30, 2008... HALDIA, July 29: In a joint venture with Apeejay Infra-Logistics Pvt Ltd (AILPL), UK-based Eredene Group, which has a 50 per cent stake, is ready to develop an integrated logistics park in Haldia. In this regard, the Haldia Development...

Malls find it difficult to procure security gadgets.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: Non-availability of modern security gadgets might jeopardise KolkataPolice's plan to strengthen security arrangements in the shopping malls of the city. Owners of cityshopping malls said the security...

Low shell supply affects artisans.
July 30, 2008... Biswabrata Goswami DIGHA, July 29: The conch shell artisans residing in the villages around the coastal resort are struggling as the supply of shark shells, the raw material for making conch shells, has virtually dried up. This has come...

State plans erosion control.
July 30, 2008... KOLKATA,July 29: The state government has chalked out a scheme to control erosion in the Sunderbans,state irrigation and waterways minister Mr SubhasNaskarsaid in the Assembly today. He said to control erosion in Shankarpura scheme has been...

Briefs.
July 30, 2008... Killer mom On Tuesday the Division Bench of Mr Justice AmitTalukdarand Mr Justice PS Banerjee of Calcutta High Court granted bail to SeemaSain after she was accused of drowning her two daughters ~ two-and-a-half-year old Riaand 8-month-old...

Contaminated drinking water pose threat at hospitals.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: If you feel thirsty after doing the rounds of the different departments at one of the government hospitals or the city police headquarters it is better not to drink the water from the tap which is so...

JU students allege sexual harassment.
July 30, 2008... KOLKATA, July 29: Two weeks after the father of a first-year architecture student of Jadavpur University (JU) alleged his ward was ragged by seniors, some arts students have complained they were sexually harassed by engineering students. The...

RG Kar internal security not foolproof.
July 30, 2008... KOLKATA,July 29: After the state government decided to step up the security arrangements at all important institutions includingthe medical colleges of the city following the serial blasts in Bangaloreand Ahmadabad, the authorities of the...

Zee gets Technician Studios.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: The state Cabinet today agreed to hand over more than 200 cottahof land comprising of Technician Studios I&II, adjoining vacant land on Prince AnwarShah Road and existing building of SangeetKala Academy...

Interest rate rise to hit engineering exports.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: Engineering Export Promotion Council is of the view that growth of engineering exports will be lower compared to the growth achieved by the sector in the previous financial year as the interest rate is...

Ranbaxy profit after tax rises marginally.
July 30, 2008... NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,July 29: Pharmamajor Ranbaxytoday reported a consolidated profit after tax of Rs160.8 crore for its second quarter ended 30 June, with consolidated sales at Rs1,829.6 crore. Ranbaxyalso said that it is confident that the...

Biz Briefs.
July 30, 2008... WTO talks fail GENEVA, July 29: The nine-day laborious WTO talks to salvage the Doha trade round collapsed today after the USA got into a deadlock with India and China over import rules for farm products. WTOchief Mr Pascal Lamy said the core...

ABB India bags order from Vedanta.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BANGALORE,July 29: The power and automation technology group, ABB India, today bagged a Rs455-crore order from Vedanta Aluminum Limited to provide automation and power products systems and solutions for expansion of...

Private fund managers for EPF.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 29: Disregarding voices of dissent from the Left unions and SanghParivarsBharatiyaMazdoorSangh(BMS),the EPFtrustees board today decided to have three private fund managers, in addition to the State Bank...

Inflation dampens Burrabazar business.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: Even though the Reserve Bank of India has been raising the CRRand reporates from time to time to control prices, inflation continues to plague not only the consumers but also businessmen at large....

ICICIPrudential, IIM-C pact.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATAJuly 29: Aninnovation in vocational training in the service sector was announced today at a joint event held by ICICIPrudential and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. The new one-year Executive Program...

Industry upset with RBI move.
July 30, 2008... SNS& PTI NEW DELHI, July 29: Indian industry today warned that hawkish monetary measures announced by the RBI will stymie business confidence and dampen growth leading to deferment of investment decisions. Apex industry chambers regretted...

Scrips crash as rates rise.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service MUMBAI,July 29: The Reserve Bank of Indias tough monetary measures today pulled the stocks down. Stocks across bank, realty, consumer goods, power, auto and others had to borne the brunt in the bear hammering which...

Chennai airport plan cleared.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 29: The development plan of ChennaiAirport was today cleared by the Public Investment Board. It will now have to be approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)before its approval. The...

'Ranking doesn't matter'.
July 30, 2008... But performance does. And the Indian Institute of Planning and Management has proved why this is true, writes Kamalika Bhattacharya India is riding high on growth. More and more organisations are setting up bases in India and those already...

From The USEFI Desk.
July 30, 2008... I am a student of the Humanities and would like to pursue a postgraduate degree/diploma in films/television (or communication/journalism) in an institute in California. What are the preliminary examinations I need to appear? Please inform...

Out of the box.
July 30, 2008... More often than not quality education is sacrificed at the alter of heedless expansion. Ardhendu Chatterjee on what should be done to put things straight The other day a relative confided his disappointment with his son's career prospects. A...

Ancient wisdom in a modern garb.
July 30, 2008... Get to know more about the virtues of Vedic mathematics from Promila Roychoudhury If you want to calculate complex problems of arithmetic like dividing 798 by 9 or multiplying 998 by 995 in just five seconds, without using a calculator or...

Statins Halve The Risk Of Dementia.
July 30, 2008... Jeremy Laurance LONDON, July 29: Statins, which have saved millions of people from heart disease, may have an additional role in protecting the brain from dementia, researchers say. The so-called wonder drugs, taken by more than four...

Party being demolished by two comrades.
July 30, 2008... Sir, ~ As the Lok Sabha reposed confidence in the UPA government, the bravado of LK Advani and Prakash Karat ended not with a bang but a whimper; Sonia Gandhi pricked the balloon of their maverick politics. Still licking his wounds, Mr Karat...

edits.
July 30, 2008... Cash-for-vote probe Too routine to deliver Extraordinary situations demand an extraordinary response: who can deny that wads of high-denomination currency notes being displayed and dumped in the Lok Sabha last week was, mercifully, a rare...

special article.
July 30, 2008... Capital and the Region A Strategy For The Development Of Delhi And Its Environs Gopal Bhargava In recent times, Delhi has witnessed an exponential increase in population. It is now more than one crore. The crisis has been aggravated by the...

Actors entry heightens inner turmoil in TDP.
July 30, 2008... HYDERABAD,29 July: The TDPis in serious trouble and is heading towards a crisis with severe disillusionment within the party, a stream of leaders quitting the party and several others looking forward to the political entry of film star...

Farmland crisis bothers CPM.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, July 29: Mr Narendranath Dey, state agriculture minister and his colleagues in the Treasury benches were in for a surprise when they came in for sharp criticism from the Opposition as well as from their own...

CPI for reopening of Kachchativu pact.
July 30, 2008... NEW DELHI, July 29: The Communist Party of India (CPI) today said India should seek with the Sri Lankangovernment the re-opening of the Kachchativuagreement during the 2-3rd August Saarc Summit, as Indian fishermen continue to be killed at...

Sushmas conspiracy theory shocks BJP, RSS.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 29: Senior BJP leader, Mrs Sushma Swarajs remark yesterday that the blasts in Ahmedabad and Bangalore were aimed at diverting attention from the cash for vote scandal have not gone down well in the BJP...

Briefs.
July 30, 2008... Vote scam NEW DELHI, July 29: The Parliamentary probe into the alleged 'cash-for-vote' scam would begin tomorrow but it would not be able to seek evidence from members of the Rajya Sabha who have been named in the comp-laint. The Enquiry...

Declare 2 Oct World No Alcohol Day.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, July 29: Pointing out the harmful health impact of alcohol, the Union health minister, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, today called for setting up a Framework Convention on Alcohol Control similar to that on tobacco...

India pitches for pact against terror.
July 30, 2008... Press Trust of India Teheran, July 29: Describing terrorism as one of the most serious threats to global peace, India today made a strong pitch for early adoption of a convention mooted by it over a decade ago to tackle the menace, days after...

Sethu: DMK quotes Ramayana.
July 30, 2008... N Ravikumar Chennai, July 29: Rushing to the defence of the Centre's stand in the Supreme Court that Lord Ram himself had destroyed Ram Sethu after crossing over to the home territory, the DMK has come out with exact quotes from Kambaramayana...

Security beefed up at Tata small car project.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: The security along Tata'ssmall car project at Singurwas beefed up following a threat that Maoists may attack the small car unit. It was decided in a high level meeting at Writers Buildings today in the...

Briefs.
July 30, 2008... One dead A 30-year-old man was killed and three others injured in two accidents on NH-6 near Jorakaltala in Howrah on Tuesday morning. Police said a truck lost control and rammed into a vacant house near the road. The unidentified driver...

State plans erosion control.
July 30, 2008... KOLKATA, July 29: The state government has chalked out a scheme to control erosion in the Sunderbans, state irrigation and waterways minister Mr Subhas Naskar said in the Assembly today. He said to control erosion in Shankarpur a scheme has...

Five-day yajna for ailing coal mines.
July 30, 2008... RANIGANJ, July 29: A five-day yajna has been organised to pray for the recovery of ailing coal mines under the Eastern Coalfields Limited here. The yajna has triggered controversy with the list of participants as the Forward Bloc leader and...

Stern action to stop clashes.
July 30, 2008... Pranesh Sarkar KOLKATA, July 29: The authorities of Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) today decided to initiate measures to stop frequent student clashes that have tarnished the premier institute's image....

RG Kar internal security not foolproof.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: After the state government decided to step up the security arrangements at all important institutions includingthe medical colleges of the city following the serial blasts in Bangaloreand Ahmadabad, the...

Fire dept ADG disregards finance ministers diktat.
July 30, 2008... Anjan Chakraborty KOLKATA, July 29: The state finance minister, Mr Asim Dasgupta's 'diktat' to government officials to stop misuse of government vehicles (Memo No. 454 FB. Dated, 11/06/08) in the wake of the hike in fuel prices last month...

Contaminated drinking water pose threat at hospitals.
July 30, 2008... KOLKATA, July 25 : If you feel thirsty after doing the rounds of the different departments at one of the government hospitals or the city police headquarters it is better not to drink the water from the tap which is so conveniently placed...

Malls find it difficult to procure security gadgets.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, July 29: Non-availability of modern security gadgets might jeopardise Kolkata Police's plan to strengthen security arrangements in the shopping malls of the city. Owners of city shopping malls said the security...

Zee gets Technician Studios.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: The state Cabinet today agreed to hand over more than 200 cottahof land comprising of Technician Studios I&II, adjoining vacant land on Prince AnwarShah Road and existing building of SangeetKala Academy...

Police grills owner over roadside gun recovery.
July 30, 2008... BALURGHAT, July 29: Speculation is rife following the recovery of a single barrel shotgun from the roadside this morning at Karamjabari, under Harirampur police station in South Dinajpur district. Local farmers spotted the gun, lying...

Elephant found dead, poisoning suspected.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, July 29: A wild elephant was found dead at the Fashkhoa tea estate under the Buxa Tiger Reserve (east) area in the Dooars this morning. The adult pachyderm is suspected to have died of poisoning and its...

For a healthy living...
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, July 29: A two-day programme started today at the North Bengal Science Centre, Matigara in Siliguri to observe the UN sponsored International Year of Sanitation. Mrs Moni Thapa, sabhadhipati, Siliguri Mahakuma...

Ganga crosses danger level.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service MALDA, July 29: The irrigation officials in Malda are worried about the water level of Ganga which is still flowing above the extreme danger level (EDL - 25.29 metres) since 21 July. The water level was recorded as...

Stamp paper crisis hits Raiganj court.
July 30, 2008... RAIGANJ, July 29: A stamp paper crisis has hit the Raiganj court inconveniencing the common people who are visiting the court everyday for affidavits, agreements and different deeds but failing to have their work done due to non-availability...

GJMM takes over Ghisinghs house.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service DARJEELING, July 29: In the ongoing series of events that followed the violence on 25 July in Darjeeling, GJMM supporters today occupied fallen GNLF leader Mr Subash Ghisingh's luxurious residence at Manju Tea Estate...

8 cartridges recovered from Gurungs house.
July 30, 2008... DARJEELING, July 29: The police have recovered eight empty cartridges from the third floor of GNLF leader Mr Deepak Gurung's residence following investigations after the firing that killed GJMM supporter Ms Pramila Sharma on 25 July. ...

Minister slams GJMM for resorting to violence.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, July 29: The state urban development minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya has asked the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha to exercise restraint in the Darjeeling Hills and reiterated the state government's resolve to go ahead...

Briefs.
July 30, 2008... Contraband load RAIGANJ, July 29: Officials of the Islampur customs today intercepted a Guwahati- Mujaffarpur bound private bus on NH~31 near Ghoshpukur in Darjeeling district and recovered 8 pieces of tusks packed in an abandoned suitcase. n...

Raiganj district hospital to get a cardiac unit.
July 30, 2008... RAIGANJ, July 29: Directorate of health service authorities have decided to set up a 6 bedded Intensive Care Unit in the premises of Raiganj District hospital very soon. This is what the DHS wrote to the North Dinajpur health officials today....

Sports museum languishes in neglect.
July 30, 2008... SILIGURI, July 29: It was once touted as one of the biggest attractions for tourists in north Bengal. But it is now one of the least visited places in the region. Krira Dipti, the first-of-its kind sports museum in north Bengal, which was...

Power cut yes, but not without notification.
July 30, 2008... MALDA, July 29: The Malda merchants chamber of commerce has protested against rampant power cut problem in last three weeks in Malda district without notification'. The traders body MMCC has planned to take out a protest rally and...

State plans erosion control.
July 30, 2008... KOLKATA,July 29: The state government has chalked out a scheme to control erosion in the Sunderbans,state irrigation and waterways minister Mr SubhasNaskarsaid in the Assembly today. He said to control erosion in Shankarpura scheme has been...

Clash between BSF, smugglers injures 2.
July 30, 2008... MALDA, July 29: Cattle smugglers clashed with some BSF personnel injuring a sub-inspector and an assistant commandant near the Mahedipur border out post, Bangladesh border in Malda district this morning. Mr Narayan Singh (SI) and Mr...

Postal dept employee arrested for embezzlement.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR,July 29: A postal department employee was arrested by Biridipolice yesterday for misappropriating money from unemployed youths by promising them jobs in the postal department. The accused...

Fertiliser agitation betrays dissention within BJD camp.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPURJuly 29: The much hyped BijuJanataDalagitation in front of IFFCOand PPLplant to protest against fertiliser scarcity turned out to be yet another display of bitter rivalry within the ruling party camp here....

OERC wants disconnection drive against defaulting govt depts.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, July 29: The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) directed private electricity distribution company Southco to launch a disconnection drive against government agencies and local self government...

Coal crisis cripples Nalco.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, July 29: The navaratna PSU Nalco is in the grip of yet another coal shortage crisis with coal stocks dipping below critical levels at its Damanjodi alumina refinery and the threat of a shut down looming...

Teachers need to be more caring: Dey.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, July 29: The speedy growth of private coaching centres and other such highly profitable educational units does, in many ways, reflect upon the failure of teachers in government, autonomous and private...

MIS to be implemented in hospitals from 1 Aug.
July 30, 2008... BHUBANESWAR, July 29: The state will implement Management Information System (MIS) in hospitals across the state, from 1 August. Under this scheme, various data on hospitals and their management would be available on computers through special...

BJP holds pre-poll meet.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR,July 29: The district unit of BJPorganised a whole day meeting today with office bearers from all parts mostly to chalk out action plans for the coming election starting from NAC,municipality to Assembly and...

Stir against shifting of statue.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR,July 29: The KholaManchorganised by the citizens on the issue of the statue of Dr JanardanPujariinside JPmaternity hospital has expressed sharp reaction over shifting of the statue by Sambalpur municipality....

Green Keonjhar takes off...
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KEONJHAR,July 29: The climate we enjoyed during our childhood days has already a thing of the past. In Keonjharthe salubrious climate has drastically changed from bad to worse obviously due to rapid deforestation and...

Martyr Week passes peacefully.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, July 29: No untoward incidents have been reported so far as the CPI-M (Maoists) observed their Martyr Week programme, police sources said. The programme that started yesterday has been organised by the...

NCP points out farmers sorrows.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR,July 29: Amid the declaration of farmers package and new agricultural policy by the government, several poor farmers of the state are suffering untold miseries mainly due to scarcity and black-marketing of...

NGO training camp concludes.
July 30, 2008... Statesman Nes Service PARALAKHEMUNDI,July 29: A 32-day capacity building training camp organised in two phases by an NGO,Centerfor Community Development (CCD),came to an end here today. In the valedictory session of the camp, chief guest...

Lawyers boycott court.
July 30, 2008... SAMBALPUR, July 29: As per their earlier decision, advocates in different parts of western Orissa are boycotting courts for three days with effect from today. "At Sambalpur advocates have been sitting in dharna since last 28 days and...

RBI takes on inflation.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service MUMBAI, July 29: The Reserve Bank of India today announced a steep increase of 50 basis points in the repo rate with immediate effect taking it to nine per cent and a hike of 25 basis points in the cash reserve ratio...

India asks Pak to respect truce.
July 30, 2008... SNS & PTI SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI, July 29: A 16-hour exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Kashmir which killed a jawan came to a halt today, but New Delhi asked Islamabad to abide by a five-year-old...

Speaker wants to quit politics.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,July 29: LokSabhaSpeaker Mr SomnathChatterjee,who was expelled by the CPI-Mfor refusing to quit his post despite a party directive, has expressed his desire to quit politics and take up charitable work, former...

18 bombs defused in Surat.
July 30, 2008... Statesman News Service Gandhninagar,July 29: Gujaratcontinued to remain on full alert as 18 bombs were spotted and defused in the Diamond City of Surattoday. The bombs were found in the most unusual of places, which included tree tops, back...

Setu not a national monument.
July 30, 2008... NEW DELHI, July 29: The Centre today told the Supreme Court that Ram Setu,also called Adams Bridge, cannot be declared a monument of national heritage. Senior counsel Mr FaliS Nariman,appearing for the Centre, contended before a Bench...

briefs.
July 30, 2008... WTO talks fail GENEVA, July 29: The nine-day laborious WTO talks to salvage the Doha trade round collapsed today after the USA got into a deadlock with India and China over import rules for farm products. WTO chief Mr Pascal Lamy said the...

How business can be media smart.
July 30, 2008... I am invariably asked how a company should deal with rabid journalists for whom If it bleeds, it leads makes a good story. The news media have begun to play a very significant role in the conduct of both national and international business,...

Illicit trafficking in small arms, light weapons must stop.
July 30, 2008... AS delegates gathered to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action on the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risks and Resilience was launched in New York. The book is the eighth annual...

Brown is down, but not out.
July 30, 2008... British Cabinet ministers and Labour MPsare doomed to have restless holidays. Multi-layered calculations whirl around their fragile minds as they agonise over what to do when their anguished breaks come to an end. Having spoken to a range of...

100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
July 30, 2008... (News Item) It has been arranged to publish quarterly in the Calcutta Gazette, commencing from October next, a report on the results of the experiments being made for the development of the sea-fishing industry in the Bay of Bengal, as well...

Communication is the problem in China.
July 30, 2008... Scientists, not government, should lead efforts to explain the benefits and risks of modern technology, says Li Daguang China was the first state to issue a law for science popularisation (in 2002), but it is a long way from achieving its...