Statesman (India) articles from November 2006

Statesman (India) archives from November 2006

Mamata sows seeds of protest.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India SINGUR, Nov. 26: A day after Tata Motors asserted that it would roll out its Rs one lakh small car as per schedule from Singur, Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee today warned...

SE Railway upgrade to boost Iisco advance.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BURNPUR, Nov. 26: South Eastern Railway (SER) plans to upgrade its infrastructure in Burnpur with the commencement of the modernisation work of the Iisco Steel Plant here. SERs general...

Cong slams police action in Belpahari.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Nov. 26: The Congress is against any violence but at the same time Pradesh Congress Committee today condemned the police high- handedness on tribal women after a blast in a...

Support on compulsion, says Basu.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Nov. 26: Former chief minister and veteran CPI-M leader Mr Jyoti Basu today said that the Left Front had been compelled to extend support to the Congress-led government at the...

BDO transfer despite HC order.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Biswabrata Goswami KRISHNAGAR, Nov. 26: The Chakdah block developm-ent officer, Mr Sanjib Sarkar, who earned the wrath of lo-cal CPI-M leaders during the last Assembly polls for purging the voter list of...

17 hurt as bus turns turtle.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Nov. 26: At least 17 passengers were injured, one of them critically, when the bus they were travelling in turned on its side on VIP Road near Baguihati in the northern fringes...

Hardened by the hard times...
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Rajib Chatterjee KOLKATA, Nov. 26: Even when the temperature is hovering between thirty five and thirty seven degrees, Sunita, Renu, Sabuj and Pintu do not feel the heat. Barely in their teens they have...

Air and sound pollution at Park Circus.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) The place in and around Congress Exhibition Road in Park Circus has become unsafe due to incessant and indiscriminate flow of vehicular traffic. The houses we live in are quite old standing in close proximity...

Banks not ready for Basal II: KPMG.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: As the programmes under the New Accord for banks, popularly known as Basel II, begin to take effect, banks seem to be running on schedule to implement the Reserve...

Rev secretary for widening tax base.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Nov 26: Widening of tax net is necessary to generate resources, revenue secretary, Mr KM Chandrasekhar today said, while ruling out raising of tax rates. We need systemic changes in machinery for...

SC ruling on bank guarantee.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: The Supreme Court has held a company can invoke bank guarantee if there was a breach of contract relating to non-payment of amount within the stipulated time-frame. The verdict was...

Growth in focus at Eco Summit.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: The 22nd India Economic Summit today kicked off with the moot question that it was no longer an issue of Indias growth but whether the country would sustain that...

Apax Partners looks for partners in India.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: Global private equity major, Apax Partners, today announced its India operations, scouting for promising companies to invest in. Apax Partners focuses on five growth...

Anti terror law.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Anti-terror laws Deserve before you desire It is inevitable, though perhaps unfortunate, that many a motive (political and otherwise) will be read between the lines of the chief of the Intelligence Bureau...

Pinochet Assumes Abusive Regime Onus.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press SANTIAGO (CHILE), Nov. 26: General Augusto Pinochet took full responsibility for the first time for the actions of his 1973-90 dictatorship, which carried out thousands of political killings...

A predatory President.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Having taken the co-chairs of donor countries, the USA, Norway, European Union and Japan, who had pledged $ 4.5 billion aid to Sri Lanka, for a ride, President Mahinda Rajapksa is all set to smother Prime...

Rajnath again at BJP helm.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: With crucial Assembly elections in four states approaching, the Bhartiya Janata Party leadership avoided to change the party chief and opted for the re-election of...

Fresh hurdle for womens Bill as CPI plays spoilsport.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: The governments move to table the much-debated Womens Reservation Bill in the current session of Parliament could face a new hurdle due to fresh differences between...

Allot more funds for CMP: Left.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: Left parties have asked government to allocate sufficient funds in the 11th Five Year Plan to fulfil its promises made in the Common Minimum Programme like hiking...

Briefs.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Paswan call for reservation NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: A strong plea has been made by a Union minister for quota in judicial services. There should be reservat-ion in the judiciary also. It is the sole body which...

KBC to be back with SRK.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Nov. 26: The television show that made you forgo dinner is back. Another round of Kaun Banega Crorepati will soon begin and this time Shah Rukh Khan is the host. Sameer Nair, CEO of STAR Entertainment...

Rajapakse pitch for joint patrolling with India.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SNS & PTI DEHRA DUN, Nov. 26: Ahead of his meeting with Indian leaders at New Delhi, Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse today pitched for a joint patrolling of the sea with India to crack down against...

Court asks Pappu to behave.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: Controversial RJD MP Pappu Yadav has faced the ire of a Delhi court which has warned him to maintain decorum and discipline during the trial of a perjury case against him. He (Yadav)...

Electoral politics, acrimony over Afzal mark start of session.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) RC Rajamani NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: Not surprisingly, electoral politics came to the fore in the first week of Parliaments winter session as both Houses saw considerable acrimony and frequent adjournments over...

Siachen weathers 3 yrs of ceasefire.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Kavita Suri SIACHEN BASE CAMP, Nov. 26: Even as the ceasefire between India and Pakistan completes three years today and the guns remain silent on worlds highest, costliest and coldest battleground, the...

Pak waiting eagerly for PM visit: Kasuri.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: Pakistan today said it is eagerly awaiting a visit by Prime Minister Dr Manmo-han Singh that could provide an opportunity for the two countries to work on resolving key issues like...

Paddy fields forever!
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) This should turn out to be one of the best exhibitions of 2006. Visible Work Invisible Women, an exhibition of photographs by P Sainath will be presented by Swayam with The Seagull Foundation for the Arts...

Doc assaults pregnant woman.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Nov. 26: Tension gripped Chittaranjan Seva Sadan this evening after a pregnant woman was allegedly assaulted by a doctor of the hospital. A complaint was lodged by the womans kin with Bhowanipore...

Save water to shun tax: KMC.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Amitava Das KOLKATA, Nov. 26: To dodge the controversy surrounding the politically-sensitive proposition of imposing water tax on the citizens, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is contemplating an...

17 hurt as bus overturns on VIP Road.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Nov. 26: At least 17 passengers were injured, one of them critically, when the bus they were travelling in turned on its side on VIP Road near Baguihati in the northern fringes...

Vibes ends on a buoyant note.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Nov. 26: Unadulterated fun, merriment and oodles of responsibility made Vibes 2006 ~ which came to an end today ~ a truly vibrant experience for the participants. That the...

Pay as you read concept a success.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Nov. 26: Here is a good news for the book lovers of the town. Expensive books are available on installment at a stall in the Uttar Banga Boi Mela being held at the...

Emphasis on healthcare in Sikkim.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service GANGTOK, Nov. 26: Modalities and objectives of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) were discussed on the third day of the Bharat Nirman publicity campaign organised by Press Information...

Seminar.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SILIGURI, Nov. 26: The Institute of Engineers (India), North Bengal Local Centre, organised a day-long technical seminar at the administrative building of West Bengal State Electricity Board at Sevoke Road...

Gangtok rally.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) GANGTOK, Nov. 26: Veterans' Rally 2006, organised by the Black Cat Division and the state Rajya Sainik Board, was held at the Defence Auditorium, Gangtok, for the ex-service men and their wives yesterday. The...

CPWD.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SILIGURI, Nov. 26: The director-general of Central Public Works Department, Mr Amar Nath Chakraborty, attended the Bhoomi Puja organised at the construction site of the official quarters of Shasastra Seema Bal...

Rehab of fire-hit traders demanded.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service COOCH BEHAR, Nov. 26: Shops remained closed in Cooch Behar town yesterday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating fire that rocked the Bhavaniganj market here in 2003. A total...

Vibes 2006 ends on a buoyant note.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Nov. 26: Unadulterated fun, merriment and oodles of responsibility made Vibes 2006 ~ which came to an end today ~ a truly vibrant experience for the participants. That the...

Under-trial hangs self in Siliguri.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Nov. 26: Surya Limbo alias Souden (23), who was brought to the Siliguri Correctional Home yesterday, committed suicide by hanging himself from a window bar inside the jail...

Foreign forces behind blast: DGP.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Nov. 26: Director-general of the state police Mr Anup Kumar Bhora today said more than one militant outfit was responsible for the 20 November train blast at Belakoba. He said...

CPI allegation.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) MALDA, Nov. 26: The CPI leaders of Malda have accused the police of harassing their party workers. Addressing a Press conference here today, Mr Tarun Das, general secretary of the CPIs Malda unit, said the...

Hu: Hands off Arunachal, Dont touch the Tsangpo Gorge.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) The Chinese Presidents visit to India drew headlines of a different kind in the North-east. Media attention has focused on the reported plans by the Chinese to divert the waters of the Yarlung Tsangpo, as the...

Hu: Hands off Arunachal, Dont touch the Tsangpo Gorge.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) The Chinese Presidents visit to India drew headlines of a different kind in the North-east. Media attention has focused on the reported plans by the Chinese to divert the waters of the Yarlung Tsangpo, as the...

Diversion of funds from health, water: CAG.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Continuing our series on the CAG report on Nagalands finances (2005). This week, it looks at the Audit of Transaction, Revenue receipts, commercial and trading activities. Details at...

Assam sees threat from Arunachal dams.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) By Krishna Das The big dam debate has have returned to the North-east with a sharp exchange between protagonists of such projects and its opponents, especially most recently in Manipur where the Tipaimukh dam...

North-east and SE Asia: connecting over chai.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) By M. Rajaretnam The logo of the Asian Dialogue Society comprises a tea leaf and a tea cup. Dialogue over a cup of chai is common to Asian civilizations from the Bosporus Straits in Turkey to the Kamchatka...

Case against MCL officers.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) ANGUL, Nov. 26: Talcher police have registered a case against the general manager of MCLs Lingaraj coalmines, Mr RB Sharma, and other officials after an FIR had been filed by the affected villagers According...

Body of elephant spotted, poachers hand suspected.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service ANGUL, Nov. 26: The officials of Satkosia wild life sanctuary spotted the body of a tuskless elephant, believed to be 30-years-old, on Saturday at Nandini nala near Purunakote range...

Right to privacy paramount.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Nov. 26: The need of the hour is for a concerted effort to cub the digital assault on consumer care and make law enforcement, security agencies as well as telecom service...

Rasta roko by elephants, NH traffic disrupted.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) DHENKANAL, Nov. 26: It is a rasta roko agitation of a totally different kind. A herd of 14 elephants are staging a blockade on the national highway perhaps in protest against indiscriminate mining and...

Is the CM doing enough to stem graft?
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Nov. 26: The high moral ground taken by chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik when he dropped his Cabinet colleagues for having come under a shadow of corruption ~ and in some...

Ponds soiree dazzles capitals music lovers.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Nov. 26: Ponds gave music lovers of Bhubaneswar a mesmerising Saturday evening as Shaan tuned in for the the audience at Janta Maidan and dazzled them with melody and...

Kui Bible released.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service PHULBANI, Nov. 26: The Holy Bible translated to Kui, the dilate spoken by most of the tribals in the state, by the Bible Society of India, Bangalore, was released by Dr Bidyut Pramanik,...

A new face of devotion.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BALASORE, Nov. 26: While some deities like Santoshi Maa, Vaishno devi, Hanuman and others seem to be content with the offerings being given through text messages or postcards, the locals...

Skeletons tumble out of turtle protection cupboard.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KENDRAPARA, Nov 26: Chinks in the armoury of the much-touted turtle conservation programme, lie thoroughly exposed with the latest mid-sea shoot-out, bringing to sharp focus what...

Cops turn temple into fortress.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KENDRAPARA, Nov. 26: With the deployment of armed police, near curfew like situation prevailed in and around Keredagada even as there was little outdoor activity by the visibly...

Stir of displaced on 2 Jan.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BERHAMPUR, Nov. 26: The All India Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (AIKMS) has taken the Kalinga Nagar issue seriously and has called for the mobilisation of farmers throughout the country to exert...

Nawarangpur college struggle for survival.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service Nawarangpur, Nov. 26: Plagued by funds crunch, staff shortage and lack of infrastructure, the 12-year-old Nawarangpur Womens college, the only institution of its kind in this...

Forest dept seeks more forces.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KENDRAPARA, Nov. 26: The forest officers here have sought more armed forces to ensure the safe breeding of Olive Ridley sea turtles in the wake of Fridays mid-sea gun battle between its patrol team and armed...

Shia women can now seek divorce.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) MUMBAI, Nov. 26: The All India Shia Personal Law Board today unanimously approved a model nikahnama (marriage contract) that gives women the same rights as men in the matter of divorce. Our model nikahnama,...

Mind your own business, Bedi tells MPs.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: Veteran leg-spinner Bishen Singh Bedi today defended the Indian cricket team saying nothing was wrong with it and described the countrys politicians newly-found fixation with it as nothing...

Missiles test put off, today.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) BALASORE, Nov. 26: India today put off for a day the test-firing of two Prithvi-II missiles ~ that were to be tested against each other for effectiveness ~ from a military base in Orissa as scientists...

Things are bullish for Lalu.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service PATNA, Nov. 26: Times change, so do loyalties. So when Mr Lalu Prasad ceased to have his say in Bihar, Lord Krishna, the deity he would swear by, lost some of his charm for the...

China fine with N-deal: Pranab.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: China endorsed the Indo-US civil nuclear deal during the just-concluded visit of President Hu Jintao here, external affairs minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee said. He was...

Col one.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SC on term NEW DELHI, Nov. 26: The Supreme Court has held that if a person was convicted in one trial of two or more offences, the aggregate of the consecutive sentences cannot exceed more than 14 years. A...

Sport Briefs.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Arrest Vikas Dahiya, a former junior Indian cricketer and his accomplice who allegedly planned the contract murder of a gangster during his appearance in a Gurgaon court, were arrested in New Delhi on...

Star Perfection wins.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Nov. 26: In the end it really didnt matter that just four runners were contesting the first classic of the season ~ the Calcutta 1000 Guineas here this afternoon. The contest that Star Perfection and...

India victorious.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India HYDERABAD, Nov. 26: Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna powered electrifying wins to blank Chinese Taipei 3-0 and lift the inaugural Asian Hopman Cup. Sania Mirza set the tone of the tie...

Jeev triumphs.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOCHI (Japan), Nov. 26: In-form Jeev Milkha Singh braved rain and tough conditions here today to win the Casio World Open golf tournament and end his six-year title drought in Japan. Displaying his best iron...

Convincing win for Andhra.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) ROHTAK (Haryana), Nov. 26: D Kalyankrishna and KS Shahbuddin came out with fine bowling performances to help Andhra Pradesh post a convincing 114-run win over hosts Haryana in their Super League Ranji Trophy...

Scoreboard: Australia v England.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Australia 1st Innings: 602/9 (decl) England 1st Innings: 157 Australia, 2nd Innings: (overnight 181/1) J Langer not out 100 R Ponting not out 60 Extras: (lb-4, nb-1) 5 Total: (for 1 wkt, decl in 45.1 ovrs)...

England frustrate Aussies.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) BRISBANE, Nov. 26: Shane Warne took a belting but struck back with two crucial England wickets to have Australia on the road to victory in the first Ashes cricket Test at the Gabba here today. The master...

Milestones beckon.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India KARACHI, Nov. 26: West Indian skipper Brian Lara and Pakistani batsman Mohammed Yousuf will chase personal milestones in the third and final cricket Test between the two countries here...

Shah supports team.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India MUMBAI, Nov. 26: The beleaguered Indian cricket team got a much-needed word of encouragement in Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Mr Niranjan Shahs motivating e-mail to lift...

Scoreboard: India v South Africa.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) South Africa R B 4 6 G Smith b Khan 0 2 0 0 L Bosman c Tendulkar b Khan 6 26 1 0 J Kallis c Tendulkar b Khan 0 2 0 0 H Gibbs c Kaif b Pathan 35 40 7 0 AB de Villiers c Dhoni b Agarkar 29 30 5 0 M Boucher run...

Proteas make merry.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India CAPE TOWN, Nov. 26: South Africas fast bowlers dismissed India for 168 today to win the third One-Day International by 106 runs. The victory marked a remarkable turnaround for South...

Whats up neighbour?
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Why does Nukkad, Hum Panchi Ek Chawl Ke or Wagle Ki Duniya still bring a smile to your face? Simply because these were serials that told tales of everyday men and women ~ another you and me ~ and were set in...

Around Town.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Mystic hues An exhibition of paintings Kushal, Peace-Scape, is on at the Academy of Fine Arts, west gallery, till 30 November, 3 p.m. through 8 p.m. each day. Spotlight Shohan presents Helmet, a play...

100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) News Item INDIAN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION The enormous works in connection with the ensuing Indian Industrial Exhibition, such as the various buildings, the gorgeous gates, roads, avenues and Alpine Railway, etc...

At the crossroads.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Today, the CPI-M as a political party is at the crossroads. It is increasingly finding itself out of tune with the events that are shaping upon the world scene. The Soviet Union has disintegrated. China with...

Impediment to progress.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) The menace of dependency syndrome has really become a major impediment to progress because of too much of politics on the basis of caste and religion and President APJ Abdul Kalam has not flayed this a...

Awesome ascendency.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Chinas ascendancy on the economic front and all-round development are awesome when compared to that of India. While China grew at an average rate of 10.3 per cent per year during 1980-1990, India grew at 5.7...

Lanka on red alert as rebels mourn martyrs.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Colombo, Nov. 26: Sri Lankan police and security forces were on red alert today as Tamil Tiger rebels remember thousands of comrades killed in their decade-long fighting with government forces. Some of the...

Minister.
November 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India Kathmandu, Nov. 26: Notwithstanding the agreement between the Nepal government and Maoists to decide the fate of monarchy through constituent assembly polls, a senior Nepalese minister...