Statesman (India) articles from March 2010, page 3

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Dumping duty on Chinese chemical.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: India has imposed anti-dumping duty of up to $213.34 per ton on import of a chemical from China, used in manufacturing glass, bricks and tiles, to protect the domestic industry. After concluding that...

Nokia to buy US mobile browser firm.
March 29, 2010... HELSINKI/NEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: Nokia, the world's leading cellphone maker, will acquire US-based mobile browser firm Novarra for an undisclosed amount in a bid to improve Internet surfing application on its mobile devices.Nokia in a statement...

Chinas Geely buys Volvo unit for $1.8b.
March 29, 2010... GOTHENBURG/BEIJING, 28 MARCH: China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group today acquired US auto giant Ford Motor's ailing Swedish car unit Volvo for nearly $1.8 billion, allowing the Chinese company a major foothold in Europe. The deal was inked by...

Cars set to be dearer from April.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaMUMBAI, 28 MARCH: Come April, cars are set to cost even more as leading automakers have said they would increase prices of vehicles next month to upgrade and make their products Euro IV emission norms compliant.Major...

Delhi has 718 highrises flouting fire safety norms.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNew Delhi, 28 MARCH: As the devastating blaze in Kolkata has raised fresh concerns in all metropolises, Delhi presents a grim picture with more than 700 highrises found to be flouting fire safety norms.Non-installation of...

31% Muslims live below poverty line: Survey.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNew Delhi, 28 MARCH: Nearly one third of Muslims in the nation survive on less than Rs 550 a month, economic think tank NCAER said, amid the ongoing debate on reservations in jobs and educational institutions for those...

NREGA payment shocker.
March 29, 2010... New Delhi, 28 MARCH: Thousands of NREGA workers, who have been waiting for the payment of their outstanding unemployment allowances guaranteed under the Act, may not get them as their entitlements can not be established.A high level government...

Heat wave forces nomadic Gujjars to migrate early.
March 29, 2010... Kavita SuriJAMMU, 28 March: The unusual rise in the temperatures in entire northern states of India including Jammu and Kashmir state has impacted the lives of nomadic Gujjar Bakerwal tribes of J&K who have been forced to advance their...

Left will mobilise support for cut motion on fuel hike: Karat.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNew Delhi, 28 MARCH: The Left parties are planning to mobilise support for their cut motion against the hike in duties on petroleum products in the Lok Sabha and may not be averse to taking BJP's support, but destabilisation...

CPM lashes out at PC over comments.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 28 MARCH : The CPI-Mtoday lashed out at the Union home minister, Mr PChidambaram,for his stinging remarks on Marxist rule in West Bengal predicting that the 2011 Assembly elections in the state would be the...

Maoists attract youths with salary, cut of extortion money.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNew Delhi, 28 March: In an attempt to attract more unemployed youths into their armed fight, the Maoists have started shelling out Rs 3,000 to each of their cadre as salary and a cut of the extortion money. The strategy of...

Army warns of more J&K violence.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaSrinagar, 28 MARCH: With over 300 militants active in the valley and another 400 waiting to cross over from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Army today apprehended a hot summer terrorism-wise through escalation in infiltration...

SC nod for road overlooking China.
March 29, 2010... NEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: The Supreme Court has allowed Indian Army to construct a strategic road near the international border, which will virtually overlook China. A special bench of Chief Justice Mr KG Balakrishnanand Justices Mr SHKapadiaand...

Amar Singh says he misses Jaya.
March 29, 2010... New Delhi, 28 MARCH: Expelled Samajwadi Party MP Mr Amar Singh today said he was not angry with Jaya Bachchan for staying with SP but indicated that he would prefer her to join him as she too was unhappy with the party affairs.Jaya ji says she...

SIT like team should have questioned Rajiv on 84 riots.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: Taking strong exception to the Gujaratchief minister, Mr NarendraModi, being questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing his role in the 2002 Gujaratriots, the BJPtoday said that had a...

Maoists blast two school buildings in Bihar.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of India BHABUA, 29 MARCH: Armed Maoists today blasted two school buildings at a village in Bihar's Kaimur district, police said. Over 200 ultras raided the Duddha village and confined the villagers within their houses in the wee...

Modi comes out in Big B's support, calls his detractors Taliban.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaAHMEDABAD, 29 MARCH: Lashing out at those objecting to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's presence at a government function in Mumbai, Gujarat chief minister Mr Narendra Modi has dubbed them as Talibans of untouchability....

Sonia Gandhi speaks to Rosaiah over Hyderabad situation.
March 29, 2010... Indo-asian News Service HYDERABAD, 29 MARCH: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Union home minister Mr P Chidambaram spoke to Andhra Pradesh chief minister Mr K Rosaiah over phone to inquire about the situation in...

Civil nuclear regulations necessary: France.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 29 MARCH: With government facing stiff opposition on its civil nuclear liability bill, France today dubbed the issue as internal but said the rules were necessary in order to establish a robust, equitable and...

Briefs.
March 29, 2010... Environmentalists detainedKOLKATA,28 MARCH: Fifteen environmentalists, including Mr Subhash Dutta,were detained by police at Jhargramtoday, while on their way to Amlasolein MidnaporeWest to launch an awareness campaign following reports that...

Ransack in college over space row.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA,28 MARCH: Some students of Maharaja ShirishChandraCollege, the evening section of ManindraChandraCollege, in Shyambazar,ransacked the college furniture late last night due to lack of space in the girls common...

Jackals runway menace thwarted.
March 29, 2010... KOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Jackals have made a beeline for the runway at NSC Bose airport on several occasions, interrupting flight take offs and landings. This menace has plagued the Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials, who are deliberating...

Education for all set to be a reality.
March 29, 2010... Arunima GhoshKOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Despite raising questions about certain provisions in the Right to Education Act, the state school education department has completed the groundwork required to be implemented once the Centre notifies the Act in...

Stephen Court fire: Friends file FIR over missing person.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Four days after the fire broke out at Stephen Court, one more missing person complaint was lodged at the Shakespeare Police Station. Some friends of the missing person, Binit Kumar Karan, lodged an FIR...

Death toll rises to 34.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA,28 MARCH: One more charred body was recovered today from debris on the fourth floor of Stephen Court, taking the death toll to 34. The body was sent to SSKMmorgue, police said. The body was recovered late in the...

Briefs.
March 29, 2010... Obama KABUL/WASHINGTON, 28 MARCH: US President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Kabul tonight and met President Hamid Karzai and spoke to US troops, saying difficult days lie ahead in the eight-year-old war. The visit, which came three...

Ive been under trial by media.
March 29, 2010... GANDHINAGAR, 28 MARCH: After being grilled for nearly 10 hours overnight by the Supreme Court-appointed SIT in a Gujarat riots case, chief minister Mr Narendra Modi said for eight years he has been subjected to trial by the media which continues...

Constructing vegans!
March 29, 2010... PERTH, 28 MARCH: Indian-born billionaire Mr Pankaj Oswal and his wife Radhika have told workers building their $70 million mansion in this city that they should not consume meat on the site, stirring a controversy.The mansion, located in the...

Central say hangs fire.
March 29, 2010... Pranesh SarkarKOLKATA,28 MARCH: Amid the initiative to better equip the fire and emergency services following the devastating fire at Stephen Court, it has come to light that a set of recommendations sent by the Standing Fire Advisory Council of...

Kishenji injury excuse for Maoist threat to Naveen.
March 29, 2010... BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Orissa police tightened the ring of security around chief minister Naveen Patnaik, his residence as well as the state secretariat following an e-mail threat purportedly from the Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army...

A huge step forward: SIT.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaGANDHINAGAR, 28 MARCH: A day after grilling chief minister Mr Narendra Modi, the chief of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT going into the Gujarat riots today said Mr Modi's questioning in the Gulbarg Society case was a very...

Moscow Metro bombings kill 37.
March 29, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceMOSCOW, 29 MARCH: At least 37 people were killed when two powerful bombs ripped through two Moscow Metro stations during rush hour today, officials said. The first blast took place at 7.52 a.m. at the Lubyanka station...

17 Indians sentenced to death in UAE.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust fo IndiaDUBAI, 29 MARCH: Seventeen Indians have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah Court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others in a vicious attack last year. Judge Mr Yousuf Al Hamadi sentenced the 17 men to...

Sajjan bail: SC refuses to interfere with HC order.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 29 MARCH: The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with a Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to senior Congress leader Mr Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. We are not inclined to...

Sukna scam: SC judge recuses himself.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 29 MARCH: A Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing a petition filed by retired Lt-General Avadhesh Prakash, who is facing a court martial for his alleged involvement in a land scam in Sukna, north...

Death toll in Stephen Court fire rises to 42.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaKOLKATA, 29 MARCH: Eight more bodies were today recovered during the clearing of debris at the landmark Stephen Court building which had caught fire on March 23, raising the death toll to 42. Two of the bodies were found in...

TN govt rejects Nalini's plea for premature release.
March 29, 2010... ; Press Trust of India CHENNAI, 29 MARCH: Dashing her hopes of life outside prison, the Tamil Nadu government today rejected the plea of Nalini, serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for premature release after an advisory...

Briefs.
March 29, 2010... Gold Cup Air India and Punjab and Sind Bank sailed into the semi-finals of the All-India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup hockey tournament in Bhopal on Sunday. In the first quarter-final, Punjab & Sind defeated ONGC 3-2 Air India routed Steel...

Tendulkars absence a relief: Afridi.
March 29, 2010... ;Press Trust of IndiaKARACHI, 28 MARCH: Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has joined the list of advocates supporting Sachin Tendulkar's inclusion in India's Twenty20 World Cup squad starting on 30 April, saying the batsman's absence...

Mahindra edge past Chirag.
March 29, 2010... KOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Mahindra United kept up the pressure on table- toppers Dempo defeating Chirag United by a solitary goal here today. After a barren first half, which produced some intense contest, Muritala Ali, Mahindra's top marksman, scored...

Federer wins, Murray stumbles.
March 29, 2010... ;Indo-Asian News ServiceMIAMI, 28 MARCH: Roger Federer took control on a court where balls were flying as the top seed opened his bid for a third Miami Masters title winning 6-3, 6-3 over Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti.Only hours after holder Andy...

Gill takes on IPL & BCCI.
March 29, 2010... NEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: Lashing out at the Indian Premier League for using cricket as an instrument of business, union sports minister, Mr MS Gill (in photo), has accused the Board of Control for Cricket in India of changing the rules of the game...

Liuzzi shines as Chandhok makes it.
March 29, 2010... Jenson Button wins Australian GP ; Force India earns six points ; Vitantonio Liuzzi finishes seventh ;AgenciesMELBOURNE, 28 MARCH: Vitantonio Liuzzi kept his cool in a thrilling race to finish seventh and win six invaluable points for Force...

Royals win.
March 29, 2010... ;Indo-Asian News ServiceAHMEDABAD, 28 MARCH: Rajasthan Royals registered their fourth successive win in the Indian Premier League, beating Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here today.Riding on Man of the Match...

Harbhajan shines for Mumbai.
March 29, 2010... MUMBAI, 28 MARCH: Harbhajan Singh cracked a stunning 18-ball unbeaten 49 and then grabbed three wickets as Mumbai Indians crushed Deccan Chargers by 41 runs in an Indian Premier League match here today.Harbhajan turned the game around for Mumbai...

Delhi, KKR charged up.
March 29, 2010... ;Pranjal P BoruahNEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: Having witnessed similar fortunes ~ winning the first two Indian Premier League matches and then succumbing to three consecutive losses before bouncing back with a resounding win in their last outing ~ both...

Briefs.
March 29, 2010... Iraq blastBaghdad, 28 March: An Iraqi police official said several bombs have exploded near the home of a Sunni figure, who ran in this month's elections, killing 5 and wounding 26 others.;PTIBhutto visaIslamabad, 28 March: Fatima Bhutto, the...

People and Places.
March 29, 2010... Schindlers ListLondon, 28 March: The last privately owned Schindler's List, with names of nearly 800 Jewish people to be spared death in Nazi concentration camps, is likely to be sold and may fetch up to GBP1.5 million.;PTIPicasso, the...

Netanyahu warns of retaliation against Hamas.
March 29, 2010... Jerusalem, 28 MARCH: Israeli Premier Mr Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of strong retaliation against Hamas following the death of two soldiers in clashes in Gaza, even as his cabinet colleague threatened to liquidate the Islamic militant faction...

USA still trying to convince Pak Indias not a threat: Pentagon.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaWASHINGTON, 28 MARCH: The Obama Administration is still trying to convince Pakistan that India is not a real threat to it and wants the country to go after terror groups like the Taliban's Haqqani network with which ISI has...

Thai govt-protestor talks yield naught.
March 29, 2010... Agence-France PresseBANGKOK, 28 MARCH: Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva today began landmark talks with anti-government protesters, aimed at ending two weeks of street demonstrations, but failed to arrive at a resolution....

Karzai told of Obama visit one hour before touchdown.
March 29, 2010... Indo-Asian News Service WASHINGTON/KABUL, 29 MARCH: US President Barack Obama's visit to Kabul was shrouded in secrecy and even Afghan President Hamid Karzai was informed about his visit barely an hour before he arrived, a media report said...

USA to deny safe haven to Al Qaida, Taliban: Obama.
March 29, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaWASHINGTON/KABUL, 29 MARCH: Talking tough, US President Barack Obama has vowed to deny a safe haven to Al Qaida and reverse Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, as he asked his counterpart President Hamid Karzai to act...

North Korea warns South on border tension.
March 29, 2010... Agence-France Presse SEOUL, 29 MARCH: North Korea today complained that the South was engaging in psychological warfare along their heavily militarised border and warned of unpredictable results including loss of human lives. A statement issued...

Specialised training for cops to fight Left ultras.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA, 28 MARCH: To intensify anti-Maoist operations, the state government will send seven deputy superintendents of police and a batch of policemen to the training academy of Andhra Pradesh Police's elite...

Congress-Trinamul ties top priority, says Pranab.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA, 28 MARCH: There have been some hindrances in the formation of an alliance between the Congress and the Trinamul Congress in the coming elections for 82 municipalities and KMC. But, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Pradesh...

Briefs.
March 29, 2010... Environmentalists detainedKOLKATA,28 MARCH: Fifteen environmentalists including Mr Subhash Duttawere detained by police at Jhargramtoday when they were going to Amlasolein MidnaporeWest to launch an awareness campaign following reports that...

Ransack over college space row.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA,28 MARCH: Some students of Maharaja ShirishChandraCollege, the evening section of ManindraChandraCollege, in Shyambazarransacked the college furniture late last night due to the lack of space in the girls common...

Jackals runway menace thwarted.
March 29, 2010... KOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Jackals have made a beeline for the runway at NSC Bose airport on several occasions, interrupting flight take offs and landings. This menace has plagued the Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials, who are deliberating...

Education for all set to be a reality.
March 29, 2010... Arunima GhoshKOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Despite raising questions about certain provisions in the Right to Education Act, the state school education department has completed the groundwork required to be implemented once the Centre notifies the Act in...

Stephen Court fire: Friends file FIR over missing person.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA, 28 MARCH: Four days after the fire broke out at Stephen Court, one more missing complaint was lodged at the Shakespeare Police Station. Some friends of the missing person, Binit Kumar Karan, lodged an FIR yesterday...

Death toll rises to 34.
March 29, 2010... Statesman News ServiceKOLKATA,28 MARCH: One more charred body was today recovered from the debris on the fourth floor of the Stephen Court, taking the death toll to 34. The body was sent to SSKMmorgue police said. The body was recovered late in...

Biz Briefs.
March 29, 2010... CIL selloff NEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: The Centre is likely to raise about Rs 10,000 crore from the proposed divestment of its 11 per cent stake in Coal India, a person in the know of the development said. PTI Spectrum NEW DELHI, 28 MARCH: The...

Edits.
March 29, 2010... Prague Spring Cold War in the footnotes A week that unfolded with the watershed Healthcare Bill concluded with another historic breakthrough. Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev have agreed to sign an arms control agreement in Prague on 8 April,...

Obama counters dogma with change.
March 29, 2010... SIR, ~ The US healthcare legislation is more than a Bill. It seeks to break an entrenched mindset. The ghost of neo-liberalism was exorcised by Senator McCarthy in the 1940s. Some in America may be wondering whether the Healthcare Bill marks a...

America on trial.
March 29, 2010... Policy Towards India, Pakistan And China Rajinder PuriPakistan Foreign Minister, Shah MahmoodQureshi,and the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in their joint press conference displayed bonhomie that bordered on an embarrassing display of...

Briefs.
March 29, 2010... Vajpayee taken to AIIMS New Delhi, 28 March: Former Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee was to-day taken to AIIMS for a check-up. Accor-ding to his officer on special duty Mr LR Ahuja, 86-year-old Vajpayee, who is suffering from age-related...

After father row, Abhishek sidelined in earth hour event.
March 29, 2010... AgenciesNew Delhi, 28 MARCH: Even as the row over Amitabh Bachchan's presence at a Mumbai function refuses to die down, the megastar has claimed that his son Abhishek's posters were apparently removed from the venue of WWF's earth hour event in...

Briefs.
March 28, 2010... V-B teachers body foundSURI, 27 MARCH: The body of a drawing teacher of Visva Bharati, Bidhubhusan Chowdhury (56), was recovered from a jungle near Ilambazar in Birbhum this afternoon. He had gone missing since yesterday. Investigations...

KMCs move a futile exercise.
March 28, 2010... tarun goswamiKOLKATA, 27 MARCH: Architects and engineers feel that the decision to put up building floor-plans on the ground floor of buildings above 14.5 metres high is another big hoax and will not serve any purpose during any major fire....

Bus mishap kills 7.
March 28, 2010... RAMPURHAT (Birbhum), 27 March: Seven people were killed and several others injured when the bus in which they were travelling, overturned and fell into a paddy field at Bhulla village off NH 60 early this morning.The accident took place when the...

Iron & steel units facing losses.
March 28, 2010... KOLKATA, 27 MARCH: An order of the Orissa government prohibiting loading of iron ore in goods sheds and sidings under Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway, has left all the steel manufacturing units and sponge iron factories in the...

City enjoys refreshing rains.
March 28, 2010... KOLKATA,27 March: City dwellers breathed a sigh of relief following a smart shower that hit the city and its neighbourhood this evening. The city which experienced scattered rainfall in the afternoon experienced an intermittent shower in the...

Seventeen workers arrested for assault.
March 28, 2010... statesman news serviceKOLKATA, 27 MARCH: A group of contractual workers, belonging to Trinamul Congress affiliated labour union, allegedly ransacked the administrative building of Dankuni Coal Complex (DCC) in Hooghly and assaulted some...

Government faces information muddle.
March 28, 2010... tirthankarmitra KOLKATA,27 MARCH: With the elections drawing near and the state government on a frantic search for information to showcase its achievements, and the Opposition being on a similar quest to criticise the government, both may be...

Mittal richest Asian in Britain.
March 28, 2010... press trust of indiaLONDON, 27 MARCH: NRI steel baron Mr Lakshmi Mittal, owner of the world's largest steel company ArcelorMittal, is the richest Asian in Britain for the year 2010 with an estimated wealth of 17 billion pound. According to the...

New COO for Air India likely in 10 days.
March 28, 2010... press trust of india MUMBAI, 27 MARCH: Air India is likely to get a new chief operating officer in the next 10 days, a senior civil aviation official said here today. Today, we interviewed three candidates for the COO post but nothing is...

Small defaulters cause rise in NPAs.
March 28, 2010... press trust of indiaJAMSHEDPUR/MUMBAI, 27 MARCH: Non-payment of loans by small borrowers has led to an increase in the volume of non-performing assets (NPA) in the banking sector, Bank of Baroda executive director, Mr RK Bakshi said today. Small...

Insurance premiums likely to reach Rs 100,000 cr.
March 28, 2010... statesman news service NEW DELHI, 27 MARCH: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has projected that premium from general insurance will rise to levels close to Rs 1 lakh crore in the next five years since...

Sensex sees seven week rally.
March 28, 2010... press trust of indiaMUMBAI, 27 MARCH: Markets extended their rally for the seventh week in a row on Dalal Street, gaining another 67 points, or 0.38 per cent, on sharp rise in healthcare and banking sectors on the back of sustained capital...

Inflation to drop in 2-3 months: Montek.
March 28, 2010... press trust of indiaCHANDIGARH, 27 MARCH: Planning Commission deputy chairman, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that inflation would come down in the next two to three months because of declining food prices and ruled out that food inflation...

News.
March 28, 2010... Bottled Sunshine! Answer To UKs Winter Woes? JeremyLaurence LONDON, 27 MARCH: It is called bottled sunshine and we should all be taking more of it, doctors said yesterday. More than nine out 10 people in the UK are deficient in vitamin D at...

Edits.
March 28, 2010... THE WAY OUT Protective devices from the CM AS his partys most articulate vote-seeker, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjeeis expected to know what exactly to say and when. Thus, the shrewd politician gets the better of the administrator when he speaks of...

Special Article.
March 28, 2010... Scorched earth policySubvert The Maoist Development Module By Arindam Ghosh-Dastidar With great pride and boundless joy, I wish to announce today at this meeting that we have formed a genuine Communist party ~ the Communist Party of India...