Statesman (India) articles from March 2011

Statesman (India) archives from March 2011

Angels for young entrepreneurs...
March 31, 2011... statesman news serviceKOLKATA, 30 MARCH: A third-year student of IIT-Kharagpur, along with two alumni members of the institute, has come up with East Angels, a platform where start-ups and companies, which are in their early state, can interact...

Intuc pledges support ahead of Mamata rally.
March 31, 2011... statesman news serviceKOLKATA, 30 MARCH: Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee will begin her third padayatra tomorrow from Rajabazar and it will end at Ballygunge Phari. The procession will pass through Rajabazar, APC Roy Road, AJC Bose...

Theft at Barasat.
March 31, 2011... BARASAT, 30 MARCH: Cash worth Rs 10,000 and ornament of nearly Rs 1 lakh were stolen from a house in Barasat last night. Police said a gang of thieves entered the house of Mr Shantanu Paine, a resident of Kalikapur. He and his wife were at the...

Biman fears violence at Junglemahal will continue.
March 31, 2011... statesman news service KOLKATA, 30 MARCH: CPI-M state secretary and Left Front chairman Mr Biman Bose today said violence in Junglemahal would continue till the alliance between the Trinamul Congress and the Maoists thrives in the area. Mr Bose...

Medical Council poll stalled due to funds crunch.
March 31, 2011... KOLKATA 30 March: The election to the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has been stalled due to lack of funds. According to the schedule, elections for WBMC were to be held on December, 2010. A budget of around Rs 22 lakh was submitted to the...

EC revises decision.
March 31, 2011... CM allowed one attendant KOLKATA, 30 March: Reconsidering its earlier decision, the Election Commission will allow only one attendant from the personal staff of the chief minister to accompany him during poll campaign, but the person should not...

Briefs.
March 31, 2011... Youths carrying Rs 30.98 lakh held from trainDURGAPUR,30 MARCH: Two youths carrying cash worth Rs30.98 lakh were arrested from Down PadatikExpress by the RPFthis afternoon. The youths ~ LakshmiSonar and PremChandGupta of Bihar ~ have failed to...

Snippets.
March 31, 2011... EC ban on using school buildingsKOLKATA, 30 MARCH: The election commission has imposed restrictions on using school buildings for political campaigns as it may affect the studies of students. However, playgrounds of a school could be used for...

Comrades turn Net-savvy, set up portal for election.
March 31, 2011... dipankar bose KOLKATA, 30 MARCH: The comrades in the state's Red Brigade had banished the use of Computers in the 90s. But, ground realities compel many to change stance. Today's comrades are desperately clinging on to computers and the Internet...

24x7 sector has never stopped since it started.
March 31, 2011... Professor-turned-politician, Mr Debesh Das, had been nurturing the chief minister's sunshine sector ~ IT ~ for the last five years with reasonable elan till the Vedic Village scam threatened to rub the shine off his success. Mr Das, after having...

Rebels within trouble Congress and Trinamul.
March 31, 2011... debashis bhaumikCOOCH BEHAR, 30 March: Official district unit leadership of both the Congress and the Trinamul Congress are on the same boat. They are facing a similar problem and that is rebellion inside their organisations. The aggrieved...

Ultimatum issued to ECIL head.
March 31, 2011... bappaditya paulKOLKATA, 30 MARCH: The election commission issued an ultimatum to the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) for the delivery of 1-lakh pieces of battery packs meant for use in electronic voting machines (EVM) during the...

Congressmen missing Priya in North Dinajpur.
March 31, 2011... RAIGANJ, 30 MARCH: The absence of the senior Congress leader, Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, on the electoral stage of North Dinajpur seems to be casting a shadow on the Congress camp.The Congress rank and file remains demoralised with the party...

Campaigning takes a back seat for Mohali.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaKolkata, 30 March: Most candidates in the fray for the coming Assembly elections chose to give campaign a miss this evening as a frenzied Kolkata and the rest of West Bengal stayed glued to television sets watching the...

If music be the food of vote, play on...
March 31, 2011... santanu ghoshBALURGHAT, 30 MARCH: To smoothen the ruffled feathers in the Adivasi camp, the Marxists have been banking heavily on the Adivasi folk music and dance at the Kumargram constituency in south Dinajpur district.The constituency has...

Extortion: Court orders probe against police officers.
March 31, 2011... KOLKATA, 30 MARCH: The chief judicial magistrate of Alipore Court today issued an order to the deputy commissioner (South and South Suburban Division) of police to undertake an inquiry against the officer-in-charge of Bhowanipore police station,...

Beware ATM users! Cyber criminals on the prowl.
March 31, 2011... statesman news serviceKOLKATA,30 MARCH: The cyber criminals, who are expert in taking money out of automated teller machines (ATMs)without using any ATM card, have now extended their base to the metropolitan cities. Following arrest of seven...

Heathrow trails Kolkata airport.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaLondon, 30 March: Kolkata airport surpasses London's Heathrow airport which languishes in 99th place in a confidential international table that informs the aviation industry about passenger opinions, a media report said...

HC allows CESC to replace cables beneath B Garden.
March 31, 2011... statesman news service KOLKATA, 30 March: The Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Shukla Kabir Sinha of Calcutta High Court today allowed the CESC to replace the cables lying beneath the Shibpur Botanic Garden. The court...

KMCs plan to acquire Niveditas house in limbo.
March 31, 2011... statesman news service KOLKATA,30 March: The KolkataMunicipal Corporations plan to acquire the house where Sister Niveditalived in north Kolkatais dying a natural death with the civic authorities keeping mum on the issue. The KMC has expressed...

ONGCs consent necessary for Cairn-Vedanta deal'.
March 31, 2011... press trust of india NEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: In a blow to Cairn Energy, the government's law officers have held that the Edinburgh-based firm needs state-owned ONGC's consent to sell its majority stake in Cairn India to Vedanta Resources. More than...

Engineering exports exceed $50b.
March 31, 2011... NEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: Indias engineering exports grew by over 80 per cent to touch $52.7 billion in the April-February period of the current fiscal which is expected to end with $57 billion. The impressive performance has been made possible by a...

Biz Briefs.
March 31, 2011... Ruia Group plans listing on German bourse DUSSELDORF, 30 MARCH: With a view to firm up its presence in Europe as an auto-ancillary major, the $1 billion Ruia Group is contemplating listing of its overseas companies on the German Stock Exchange....

HC orders MSatyam to deposit '350 cr with I-T dept.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaHYDERABAD, 30 MARCH: Andhra Pradesh High Court today directed I-T company Mahindra Satyam to deposit Rs 350 crore with the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and also issue it bank guarantee of Rs 267 crore in its ongoing...

Dr Reddys buys GSKs US penicillin facility.
March 31, 2011... NEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: Dr Reddy's Laboratories today said it has acquired GlaxoSmithKline's US penicillin manufacturing facility and the rights to the Augmentin and Amoxil brands in the United States for an undisclosed sum. GSK will retain the...

New Havells India European HQ in London.
March 31, 2011... LONDON, 30 MARCH: Noida-based Havells India, a company specialised in the manufacture and sale of electrical and power distribution equipment with an annual global turnover of $1.2 billion, opened its new European headquarters in London today...

EPF board no to extension of corpus managers.
March 31, 2011... statesman news service NEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: The Central Board of Trustees, Employees Provident Fund (EPF)today declined to extend the tenure of EPFscorpus managers, three of which are leading private sector firms. The tenure of the fund managing...

Govt may roll back excise duty on garments.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaNEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: The government is considering to roll back 10 per cent excise duty on branded garments, due to large-scale protest by industry bodies in many parts of the country, including West Bengal, which goes to...

Food inflation back in single-digit bracket at 9.5%.
March 31, 2011... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 31 MARCH: Food inflation fell to a single digit at 9.5 per cent for the week ended 19 March amid easing pulses prices, even as fruits and protein-based items remained costly. Food inflation based on the wholesale...

News.
March 31, 2011... Asterix CreatorEmbroiled InFamily Feud John LichfieldPARIS, 30 MARCH: One of the funniest and most popular Asterix comic books tells how money and a few carefully chosen words can tear relatives and friends apart.Albert Uderzo, 83, co-creator...

Edits.
March 31, 2011... OVER-SHADOWED!Atmospherics devalue progressIT is so typical of the subcontinents puerile obsession with the theatrics of governance (tamasha?) that public attention was more focused on the atmospherics of the dinner-date in Mohali than...

Special Article.
March 31, 2011... Direly in Debt~IQuest For Ways And Means To Avert A Disaster By Bibekananda RayWEST Bengals outstanding debt of Rs 200738 crore, as on 21 March, and the negative balance in the exchequer during February and March has no precedent. A little...

Son-in-law of Yeddy moves HC for quashing court order.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaBangalore, 30 March: Sohan Kumar, son-in-law of Karnataka chief minister Mr BS Yeddyurappa, today moved the Karnataka High Court seeking quashment of a lower court order of taking cognisance of the offences made out against...

Radia film: Producer asked to respond.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaNew Delhi, 30 March: The Delhi High Court today asked the producer of Monica-the Politics of Murder to reply to the plea of corporate lobbyist Miss Niira Radia that the film depicted her private life in a scandalous...

Abhishek Kasliwal acquitted in 2006 rape case.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaMumbai, 30 March: Five years after he was arrested for allegedly raping a woman twice his age, Abhishek Kasliwal, son of the owner of Shriram Mills here, was today acquitted by the sessions court, holding that the prosecution...

Students from Cgarh, Lahore talk of peace at Mohali.
March 31, 2011... Mohali, 30 March: "We all want love and brotherhood, not hatred", is the message youths from Chandigarh and Lahore were giving to people outside the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Wednesday while the high-voltage India-Pakistan...

Briefs.
March 31, 2011... 2 get life term for killing motherMainpuri, 30 March: A fast track court today convicted two brothers for murdering their mother and sent them to life imprisonment. Convicting Bhagwan Das and Bankey Lal for murdering their mother Shiela Devi in...

Samjhauta Express blasts inquiry still on: Govt.
March 31, 2011... statesman news serviceNEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: The Centre today said the probe into the Samjhauta Express train bomb blasts, in which 43 Pakistani nationals were killed, was still on to find out the identities of all perpetrators of the crime.A day...

HC nod allowing Kerala to provide rice at Rs 2 a kg stayed.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaNew Delhi, 30 March: The Supreme Court today stayed the Kerala High Court order allowing the state government to provide rice at Rs 2 per kg to all ration card holders.A Bench comprising Justices Mr Altamas Kabir and Cyriac...

Andhra ministers resignation rejected.
March 31, 2011... indo-asian news serviceHyderabad, 30 March: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy today rejected the resignation of his cabinet colleague Mr YS Vivekananda Reddy, who attacked Opposition legislators in the Assembly two days ago.A...

CAG lie to Kumbh success claims.
March 31, 2011... statesman news serviceDEHRA DUN, 30 MARCH: The self-praise of the Uttarakhand government for organising successfully Mahakumbh 2010 in Hardwar received a major jolt when CAG in its report highlighted serious irregularities and lack of...

15 file nominations for J&K Legislative Council poll.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaJammu, 30 MARCH: With four leaders each of coalition partners NC and Congress filing their nomination, 15 candidates today filed their papers for the upcoming Legislative Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir. They filed...

Indian journalist wins AFP prize for work in Kashmir.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaHong Kong, 30 MARCH: Dilnaz Boga, an Indian reporter and photographer, received the Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse today for her courageous investigative work in Indian-administered Kashmir.Boga, 33, spent a year...

Balwa, Agarwal in remand till 1 April.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaNEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: Mr Asif Balwa, a cousin of 2G spectrum case accused Mr Shahid Balwa, and Mr Rajeev B Agarwal, arrested for their alleged role in the scam, were today remanded in CBI custody till 1 April by a Delhi...

I am ready for the challenges: new Censor Board chief.
March 31, 2011... Press Trust of India KOLKATA, 31 MARCH: Renowned Bharatanatyam danseuse Leela Samson, whose appointment as new Censor Board chief has raised eyebrows in the film fraternity, says she is ready for the challenges posed by various lobbies at work.I...

Comrades turn Net-savvy, set up portal for election.
March 31, 2011... dipankar bose KOLKATA, 30 MARCH: The comrades in the state's Red Brigade had banished the use of computers in the 90s. But, ground realities compel many to change stance. Todays comrades are desperately clinging on to computers and the Internet...

24x7 sector has never stopped since it started.
March 31, 2011... Professor-turned-politician, Mr Debesh Das, had been nurturing the chief minister's sunshine sector ~ IT ~ for the last five years with reasonable elan till the Vedic Village scam threatened to rub the shine off his success. Mr Das, after having...

Rebels within trouble Congress and Trinamul.
March 31, 2011... debashis bhaumikCOOCH BEHAR, 30 March: Official district unit leadership of both the Congress and the Trinamul Congress are on the same boat. They are facing a similar problem and that is rebellion inside their organisations. The aggrieved...

Ultimatum issued to ECIL head.
March 31, 2011... supply of evm batteries delayedbappaditya paulKOLKATA, 30 MARCH: The Election Commission issued an ultimatum to the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) for the delivery of one lakh pieces of battery packs meant for use in electronic...

They miss him more as Deepa fights shy of it.
March 31, 2011... RAIGANJ, 30 MARCH: The absence of the senior Congress leader, Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, on the electoral stage of North Dinajpur seems to be casting a shadow on the Congress camp.The Congress rank and file remains demoralised with the party...

All roads lead to Mohali, cricket fever grips city.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaKolkata, 30 March: Most candidates in the fray for the coming Assembly election chose to give campaign a miss this evening as a frenzied Kolkata and the rest of West Bengal stayed glued to television sets watching the...

If music be the food of vote, play on...
March 31, 2011... santanu ghoshBALURGHAT, 30 MARCH: To smoothen the ruffled feathers in the Adivasi camp, the Marxists have been banking heavily on the Adivasi folk music and dance at the Kumargram constituency in South Dinajpur district.The constituency has a...

Extortion: Court orders probe against police officers.
March 31, 2011... KOLKATA, 30 MARCH: The chief judicial magistrate of Alipore court today issued an order to the deputy commissioner (South and South Suburban Division) of police to undertake an inquiry against the officer-in-charge of Bhowanipore police station,...

Beware ATM users! Cyber criminals on the prowl.
March 31, 2011... statesman news serviceKOLKATA,30 MARCH: The cyber criminals, who are experts in taking money out of automated teller machines (ATMs)without using any ATM card, have now extended their base to the metropolitan cities. Following arrests of seven...

Heathrow trails Kolkata airport.
March 31, 2011... press trust of indiaLondon, 30 March: Kolkata airport surpasses London's Heathrow airport, which languishes in the 99th place, in a confidential international table that informs the aviation industry about passenger opinions, a media report said...

HC allows CESC to replace cables beneath B Garden.
March 31, 2011... statesman news service KOLKATA, 30 March: The Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Shukla Kabir Sinha of Calcutta High Court today allowed the CESC to replace the cables lying beneath the Shibpur Botanic Garden. The court...

KMC is silent on acquiring Sister Niveditas house.
March 31, 2011... RS 1.16 crore toO HIGH a demand to be met statesman news service KOLKATA,30 March: KolkataMunicipal Corporations plan to acquire the house where Sister Niveditalived in north Kolkatais dying a natural death with the civic authorities keeping mum...

Briefs.
March 31, 2011... Mistry shortlistedNEW DELHI, 30 MARCH: Rohinton Mistry, the Indian Canadian author of three acclaimed books ~ Such a Long Journey, A Fine Balance and Family Matters ~ is among 13 authors shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2011,...

Water woes remain for New Town.
March 31, 2011... statesman news service KOLKATA,30 MARCH: The state housing minister and chairman of the Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco)Mr GautamDeb may still be confident of the Left Front winning the Assembly election, for what would...

Sourav lands on sticky wicket.
March 31, 2011... KOLKATA, 30 MARCH: Former India cricket captain Saurav Ganguly appears to have landed on a sticky wicket, with the Trinamul Congress urging the West Bengal chief electoral official (CEO) not to make him its brand ambassador.A senior official of...

Seven years RI for Shiney Ahuja.
March 31, 2011... press trust of india MUMBAI, 30 MARCH: Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was today sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by a fast track sessions court here for raping his maid, despite the victim turning hostile during the trial.While...

Gujarat bans Gandhi book.
March 31, 2011... GANDHINAGAR, 30 MARCH: The Gujarat government today banned the controversial book Great Soul; Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India by Pulitzer-winning author Joseph Lelyveld in the state.The announcement was made by chief minister Mr...

Push for genuine normalisation of Indo-Pak ties.
March 31, 2011... GILANI INVITES PM TO PAKMOHALI, 30 MARCH: With the high-voltage cricket World Cup semi-final providing the backdrop, India and Pakistan today sought to give a push for genuine normalisation of their ties with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and...

Govt liberalises FDI policy to boost inflows.
March 31, 2011... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 31 MARCH: Relaxing the rules for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, the government today decided to permit the issuance of equity to overseas firms against imported capital goods and machinery....

India's population 1.21 billion ~ 17.5% of world.
March 31, 2011... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 31 MARCH: India's population rose to 1.21 billion people over the last 10 years ~ an increase by 181 million, according to the new census released today, but significantly the growth is slower for the first time...

Gandhi book ban shameful, says author.
March 31, 2011... Press Trust of India LONDON, 31 MARCH: Pulitzer prize-winning author Joseph Lelyveld has opposed a ban on his controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi, describing the move as shameful. In a country (India) that calls itself a democracy, it is...

Govt liberalises FDI policy to boost inflows.
March 31, 2011... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 31 MARCH: In a major policy reform, the government today announced flexibility for Indian companies to raise overseas capital but plugged the loopholes for back door FDI entry breaching sectoral caps. Under the...

100 years ago today.
March 31, 2011... Editorial NoteAs was expected, the Bengal Government has yielded to the demand of the landlords for the postponement of the Calcutta Improvement Bill to the July session of the Legislative Council. Everyone will agree that a measure of such...

Judges on right track!
March 31, 2011... rajinder puri There is light at the end of the tunnel! If the Supreme Court continues pursuing its present line of inquiry, there is every chance that the Hasan Ali case will be cracked, illegal black money in foreign accounts will be unearthed,...

Bollywood ~ a love story.
March 31, 2011... Now and Again tanya guptaAs a little girl, I loved the larger-than-life world that Bollywood movies depicted. My life, painted in white and gray, was in stark contrast to the technicolour character of Bollywood movies whose protagonists, with...

The man who smiles.
March 31, 2011... Dissidence against Karnataka chief minister Mr BS Yeddyurappa is peaking again. But the head of the first BJP government in south India knows he has nothing to worry about, what with the partys central leadership unwilling to rock the boat ahead...

Briefs.
March 31, 2011... India v UAEIndia will face United Arab Emirates in the second round of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in July going by the draw, which was announced at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.India will travel to UAE for an away game...

Wembley semi-final will be chaotic.
March 31, 2011... SIR Alex Ferguson (in an AFP photo) has criticised the staging of both FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley, and predicted "absolute chaos" over the semi-final weekend next month. All four remaining teams are from the north-west of England: Ferguson's...

Mohun Bagan aim to bag seasons first trophy.
March 31, 2011... KOLKATA, 30 MARCH: Mohun Bagan will be high on motivation when they look to avenge their previous edition's defeat at the same stage as they face Churchill Brothers in the 115th IFA Shield summit clash tomorrow. That their predecessors made...

Madrid court bars La Liga strike.
March 31, 2011... MADRID, 30 MARCH: Spain's league programme will go ahead as planned this weekend after a Madrid court upheld a challenge by six clubs against a proposed strike.The country's professional league had called for a walk-out in protest over a rule...

Dutch win thriller, Spain keep winning streak.
March 31, 2011... BERLIN, 30 MARCH: World Cup finalists Spain and the Netherlands Tuesday moved closer toward the Euro 2012 finals with victories in their qualifiers. The Dutch beat Hungary 5-3 in a thriller, while defending champions and World Cup holders Spain...

Nadal, Djokovic & Federer advance.
March 31, 2011... Paes-Bhupathi in quarter-finals MIAMI, 30 MARCH: Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi edged past Spanish pair of Marc Lopez and David Marrero in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open here.The Indian...

QUICK SINGLES+.
March 31, 2011... Cricket SA in jersey rowCAPE TOWN, 30 MARCH: The SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (Sactwu) has called for an "urgent meeting" with Cricket SA to explain why so few local manufacturers were used for the Proteas' gear at the World Cup. "For...

World Cup gives Kashmir bat industry shot in the arm.
March 31, 2011... AWANTIPORA (Kashmir), 30 MARCH: Along the tree-lined road that passes through here, it is impossible to miss the factories that earn this town its keep. Building after building is buzzing with the sound of machines and clouded by plumes of...

Clarke succeeds Ponting as captain.
March 31, 2011... MELBOURNE, 30 MARCH: Michael Clarke was today appointed as Australia's Test and ODI captain, a day after his mentor Ricky Ponting stepped down from the post following their shocking World Cup exit. According to a Cricket Australia statement,...

Vettori quits T20 cricket.
March 31, 2011... WELLINGTON, 30 MARCH: Daniel Vettoti has called it a day from Twenty20 cricket after New Zealand's ouster from the semifinals of the ongoing World Cup but said he is yet to make up his mind on his ODI future. After New Zealand's five-wicket...

Sri Lankas secret to success.
March 31, 2011... MUMBAI, 30 MARCH: Sri Lanka stand one match away from reaping the benefits of their decision to devote more than two years to prepare for the World Cup. After the disappointment of losing to Australia in the rain-affected 2007 final, the 1996...

Fans blur battle lines between rival nations.
March 31, 2011... MOHALI, 30 MARCH: Everyone at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium had a whale of a time during the World Cup semifinal here today and in that euphoria, the battle lines between India and Pakistan got blurred. There was bonhomie all round, as...

Milestones for Sehwag & Dhoni.
March 31, 2011... MOHALI, 30 MARCH: Indian opener Virender Sehwag and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today completed their 1,000 runs against Pakistan in One-day Internationals during the high-octane second semi-final of the World Cup here. Sehwag hit the third...