Statesman (India) articles from November 2009

Statesman (India) archives from November 2009

Nandigram hits CPM purses hard.
November 30, 2009... Biswabrata Goswami TAMLUK, 29 NOV: The effects of the Nandigram episode go deeper that what merely meets the eye. Not only has it cost the CPI-M heavy losses in the recently held elections, but it has also hit the partys exchequer. When...

Handling crisis in the right spirit!
November 30, 2009... Statesman News Service BEHRAMPORE,29 NOV: Owners of liquor shops in the state here proclaimed that they are trying hard to wriggle out of the crisis faced by the liquor trade in recent years. The members of the West Bengal Foreign Liquor Off...

Didi alleges fabrication by CPM.
November 30, 2009... KOLKATA,29 NOV : Miss MamataBanerjee,Trinamul Congress chief and railway minister today said it was the CPI-Mand not TrinamulCongress supporters who allegedly ransacked a CPI-Mparty office in Tarkeshwarthis morning. Don't get carried away by...

Mamata lays stone for rly linked cargo centre.
November 30, 2009... KOLKATA, NOV 29: Union railway minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee today laid the foundation stone of a perishable cargo centre near Singur railway station. This would be the first one in India to have a rail-linked facility. Miss Banerjee said...

Trouble at Mangalkote.
November 30, 2009... DURGAPUR,29 NOV: A policeman was injured in Mangalkotearea of Burdwanafter being attacked while were trying to rescue a family .of Congress supporters from rioters. Trouble broke out in Dhanyarukhi~ a trouble-torn area in Mangalkote~ last...

Three die of suspected food poisoning.
November 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 NOV: Three young persons died of suspected food poisoning at two different places in the city this morning. Six other members of their family are still fighting for life in local hospitals. Nausim Shamim...

Doc-pharma co. nexus a threat to patient interest.
November 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 NOV: The Centre is mulling a legislation that would make it illegal for doctors to receive gifts from pharmaceutical companies, said Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad while speaking at a seminar on Health care and Medical...

A fight againt cancer, & a fight for life.
November 30, 2009... Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 29 NOV: A 22-year-old woman, suffering from Osteosarcoma (cancer in the lower limb), got a new lease of life as doctors managed to remove the diseased tumour, without amputating her right leg. The patient, Mrs...

Briefs.
November 30, 2009... Rly hawkers launch ambulance services KOLKATA, 29 NOV: Railway hawkers launched an ambulance service from today, which would be used to shift victims of railway accidents to hospitals. A representative of the hawker union said they had bought...

Belated wisdom.
November 30, 2009... Even if ego-deflating WISE men learn from the mistakes of others, fools from their own. It would be pointless to speculate which category the minister for sport would figure in, but it would be reasonable to assume that the struggle to get...

Reality realised.
November 30, 2009... Omar wants the army to stay SOLEMNITY, it would seem, fosters sanity. Having joined in the heated, competitive-politics-triggered calls for downsizing the army presence in Jammu and Kashmir, and much drumbeating against the Armed Forces...

Dont Drink Vodka, Eat It.
November 30, 2009... MOSCOW, 29 NOV: Good news for Vodka lovers as you can consume your favourite drink just like any other solid food, without the hassle of carrying heavy glass bottles. Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological...

Nature strikes back~II.
November 30, 2009... The Subaltern Wisdom In Natural Resource Conservation Dhrubajyoti Ghosh THE East Kolkata wetland is just one example among many strewn all over the country glowingly demonstrating the knowledge of the farmers, fishermen, craftpersons and...

A failed system.
November 30, 2009... CU must reflect on the new model HAS Calcutta Universitys examination reform programme hit the bump? If the immediate response of the authorities to the generally indifferent performance in the graduate level exam is any indication, the...

Indo-Canada historic N-deal on cards.
November 30, 2009... Indo-Asian News Service Port of Spain, 29 Nov: India and Canada have agreed on a civil nuclear deal that will enable New Delhi to access Canadian nuclear technology and uranium after a gap of 34 years. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said...

Babari, Mumbai attacks, top House proceedings.
November 30, 2009... RC Rajamani NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: The Liberhancommission report leak in the media and the anniversary of Mumbai26/11 terror overshadowed all else in parliament last week. The leak had led to full day adjournments for two days when the winter...

Meira urges Mizoram to elect woman legislator.
November 30, 2009... NirendraDev NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: The LokSabhaSpeaker, Ms MeiraKumar, has urged the northeastern state of Mizoramto ensure election of woman legislators in the state assembly. Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day orientation...

Pak rangers concerned.
November 30, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: Pakistan Rangers deployed along India-Pakistan border are equally worried of the suicide attacks launched by the terrorists operating in their land and have started building defensive bunkers to...

CBI seizes Aarushi autopsy documents.
November 30, 2009... Noida, 29 Nov: Eighteen months after teenager Aarushi Talwar and her domestic help were found murdered in Noida locality, the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted search at a hospital and seized documents including her autopsy reports, an...

TRS chief jailed ahead.
November 30, 2009... SNS & IANS HYDERABAD, 29 Nov: Separatist Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief Mr K Chandrashekar Rao was arrested today as he was leaving for Siddipet, where he was to launch a fast-unto-death to press for separate statehood for the...

Ajit Singh will hold panchayat of.
November 30, 2009... New Delhi, 29 Nov: Even as the Centre decided to withdraw the sugarcane ordinance, RLD chief Mr Ajit Singh today said he will hold a panchayat of cane farmers in Shamli on Monday to discuss the lack of uniformity in prices being offered by sugar...

SC acquits man in murder case.
November 30, 2009... NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: After being awarded life term in a murder case and spending three years in jail, a 50-year-old man has finally been acquitted by the Supreme Court which held that he was falsely charged by the deceased's wife and daughter due...

New Delhi rly station a mess.
November 30, 2009... NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: Behind the newly constructed facadeof the New Delhi Railway station on the AjmeriGate side, lies a stinking ambience: human excreta on tracks, extorting porters, unpunctual trains and helpless passengers. This is the state of...

Security staff peeved with pre-paid mobile service ban.
November 30, 2009... VijayThakur NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: It is not only the political parties who are protesting the banning of prepaid connections in the valley, but also over two lakh security personnel, deployed in Jammuand Kashmir. They have started protesting the...

Pak should be careful with its nuclear weapons.
November 30, 2009... Press Trust of India Pune, 29 Nov: The Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, today said it was important to ensure that the control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons command did not go to wrong hands. Reacting to media reports that the...

No talks between India, Pak at Commonwealth meet.
November 30, 2009... Indo-Asian News Service Port of Spain, 29 Nov: Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers were here to attend the Commonwealth summit, but did not meet for talks as expected as the Indian side felt that Islamabad had done little to address its...

Anti-Naxal operations to be Intelligence-based.
November 30, 2009... NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: The Union home minister, Mr PChidambaram,today said the anti-Naxaloperations being launched soon in several States will have to be intelligence-based, and security forces will have to adopt the tactics implemented by them...

How truthful are half truths?
November 30, 2009... KOLKATA, 29 NOV: The final day of the Editors Conclave on the topic "Manufactured by the media?" organised by the CR Irani Foundation in association with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, centred on the question ~ Can we live with half-truths? Up for...

Senior IAS official shoots self, probe urged.
November 30, 2009... Lucknow, 29 Nov: A senior Uttar Pradesh Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official committed suicide at his residence here today by shooting himself in the head, police said. Family and friends of the deceased say they are clueless as to why...

No binding carbon emission cuts, says Saran.
November 30, 2009... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: India today said there was no question of taking any binding carbon emission cuts, indicating the coordinated approach major emerging economies including Beijing and New Delhi are likely to adopt at the...

Petrol pump dealership for 26/11 victim kins.
November 30, 2009... MUMBAI, 29 NOV: Union petroleum minister Mr Murli Deora said he has fast-tracked the process of awarding petrol pump dealerships to families of six security personnel killed in the 26/11 terror strike. The government expects to overcome...

FBI on way with Headley details.
November 30, 2009... Press Trust of India On Board PMs Special Aircraft, 29 Nov: India is expected to get information about the plans and network of LeT operatives David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana next week when a high-level FBI team visits New Delhi with...

Briefs.
November 30, 2009... Apollo notice New Delhi, 29 Nov: The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Apollo Hospital for allegedly charging money from patients belonging to the economically weaker sections of society. The court took suo moto cognisance on a letter...

Briefs.
November 30, 2009... Rly hawkers launch ambulance services KOLKATA, 29 NOV: Railway hawkers launched an ambulance service from today, which would be used to shift victims of railway accidents to hospitals. A representative of the hawker union said they had bought...

Four die of suspected food poisoning.
November 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 NOV: Four young persons died of suspected food poisoning at two different places in the city this morning. Five other members of the families are still fighting for life in local hospitals. Nausim Shamim...

Doc-pharma cos. nexus a threat to patient interest.
November 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 NOV: The Centre is mulling a legislation that would make it illegal for doctors to receive gifts from pharmaceutical companies, said Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad while speaking at a seminar on Health care and Medical...

Robots that fight bombs may soon arrive in state.
November 30, 2009... Rajib Chatterjee KOLKATA, 29 NOV: Here is a piece of good news for the officers of the state polices Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad who put their lives at risk while performing the risky job of diffusing land mines and other Improvised...

A fight against cancer & a fight for life.
November 30, 2009... Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 29 NOV: A 22-year-old woman, suffering from Osteosarcoma (cancer in the lower limb), got a new lease of life as doctors managed to remove the diseased tumour, without amputating her right leg. The patient, Mrs...

Trouble brews at exam centres.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI/BALURGHAT, 29 NOV: Chaos and dissatisfaction marked the primary teachers recruitment examinations in some centres in North Bengal. Jalpaiguri and South Dinajpur districts primary school councils, conducted...

DM orders probe into crucial road construction project.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service BALURGHAT, 29 NOV: The South Dinajpur district magistrate, Mr Ashoke Banerjee ordered a probe into the alleged government rule violations by the Balurghat BDO, Mr Mrinal Kanti Guin, in respect to the road construction...

Grandmother awaits return of dead grandson.
November 30, 2009... ;Mohan Prasad Kurseong, 29 NOV: She knows that her grandson will never return and yet she doesn't lock the door from the inside. Instead, she places a stool pidha against the door, like earlier times. Her grandson used to return home,...

Rly police in trouble over assault charges.
November 30, 2009... MALDA, 29 NOV.: Government railway police in Malda town station initiated a case against two personnel of Railway Protection Force on charges of allegedly assaulting a man last night. The victim, Mr Hemanta Kumar Mallick, who is also...

Raiganj locals protest against cop inaction.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, 29 NOV: Demanding immediate arrest of the criminals who had allegedly killed a 10-year old girl, Ranjana Barman, by slitting her throat, the residents of Basian village under Raiganj police station, blocked...

Letters go missing on the way.
November 30, 2009... I had sent two letters under registered post, both addressed to Dr Pallab Ghosh, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, on 3 November 2009 and 9 November 2009 bearing Nos RLA2494 and...

Alarming rise in surface water temperature in Sunderbans.
November 30, 2009... ;Press Trust of India New Delhi, 29 NOV: Scientists have noticed an alarming rise in surface water temperatures in the highly eco-sensitive Sunderbans delta over the past three decades, a phenomenon they attribute to climate change. ...

Denial is no solution.
November 30, 2009... Pradip Phanjoubam NOBODY will dispute these are extremely bad times for Manipur. The civil turmoil triggered by Tehelkas exposure that the 23 July BT Road killing of an ex-militant, Ch Sanjit, and a pregnant woman, Th Rabina, as well the...

Has Chidambaram lost the plot, too?
November 30, 2009... Patricia Mukhim UNION home minister P Chidambaram recently took a swipe at the Ulfa. Stating that the government would not talk to any group demanding sovereignty, he made it clear to the peace messengers from Assam the terms on which talks...

Peace talks in the air.
November 30, 2009... Nava Thakuria THE arrest of Ulfa finance secretary Chittaban Hazarika and foreign secretary Sashadhar Choudhury early this month raised fears that this might provoke the banned outfit into unleashing disruptive activities. Ulfa is apparently...

Relevance of regionalism losing ground.
November 30, 2009... THE Asom Gana Parishad is reportedly planning, yet again, to bring all regional parties together. Assam has about a dozen of these and if they ever stand on a common platform they will definitely pose a formidable challenge to the Congress, now...

State to investigate alleged violations by Vedanta.
November 30, 2009... ;Indo-Asian News Service Bhubaneswar, 29 Nov: Orissa will look into charges that metals and mining major Vedanta had starting work on a mining project in the state in violation of a government guideline, a senior official said today. "I...

Anti-Posco groups begin six-day protest march.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, 29 NOV: Sensing that the state government was all set to push through the much delayed Posco steel plant project, leaders heading various anti-displacement struggles across the state joined hands to...

Bootlegger murdered.
November 30, 2009... BHADRAK, 29 NOV: Sanatan Samal, 35, a bootlegger, was allegedly murdered by unidentified criminals yesterday causing resentment amongst local people who alleged that excise officers were involved in the murder. Yesterday, agitated people...

Joint operations to flush out Maoists, 15 arrested.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service KORAPUT, 29 NOV: Security forces have launched joint operations to flush out Maoists and anti-social elements from the trouble ridden Bandhugaon area of Koraput district. In a joint operation by Special Operation...

Counselling for farmers on the edge.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR, 29 NOV: While the number of farmers committing suicide allegedly due to crop failure and inability to repay the debts is increasing in the state, many intellectuals and social scientists have advocated...

Governor praises chartered accountants.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service CUTTACK, 29 NOV: The chartered accountants of our country are one of the most sought-after accounting professionals in India and abroad. Their services are particularly crucial for a state like Orissa where all steps...

Train service disrupted.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service SAMBALPUR, 29 NOV: Some trains have been cancelled, short terminated and diverted for urgent modernisation work like commissioning of doubling between Sambalpur, Sarala and Sason stations in Sambalpur-Jharsuguda...

Tata trains sportswomen for free.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, 29 NOV: Tata Steel has initiated residential intensive advance training of international standards to Namita Kabat of Keonjhar and Dutee Chand of Jajpur in Tata Athletic Academy at Jamshedpur. Kabat and...

State to introduce panchakarma therapy.
November 30, 2009... ;Press Trust of India Berhampur, 29 Nov: Ayurvedic treatments like panchakarma therapy, body massage by special oils and bone treatment will soon be introduced in state. The government would start these ancient types of treatment in...

South Orissa bandh evokes little response.
November 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, 29 NOV: The south Orissa bandh called by some organisations yesterday, protesting against the killing of two tribals in police firing at Narayanpatna evoked limited response from the public in Gajapati...

Ganjam to deal strictly with female foeticides.
November 30, 2009... ;Press Trust of India Berhampur, 29 Nov: Identifying sex detection as a major cause for female foeticides in Orissa, Ganjam district officials has decided to strictly implement the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic (Prohibition) Act. ...

Briefs.
November 30, 2009... IMEI axe NEW ELHI, 29 NOV: Millions of mobile phones without unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers will stop ringing tomorrow, as the deadline by the government to operators to block calls to such devices is expiring...

Sabotage cry on Kaiga leak.
November 30, 2009... tritium viAls dumped in drinking water cooler SNS & PTI MUMBAI, 29 NOV: Radioactive tritium was deliberately put in a water cooler at the high-security Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant, exposing about 50 workers to increased level of...

CAT hit for second day.
November 30, 2009... KOLKATA, 29 NOV: Technical problems marred the second day of the 10-day online Common Admission Test (CAT) as well. The test had to be cancelled in 50 labs throughout the country today to carry-out repair of the labs where technical glitches had...

Karat slams deviations.
November 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA/NEW DELHI,29 NOV: After crying wolf for all these years, the CPI-Mhas finally begun the process of weeding out corruption in the party with a degree of seriousness on the first day of its two-day-long state...

When dad has had enough.
November 30, 2009... Pranesh Sarkar KOLKATA, 29 NOV: The state health department, mered in constant controversy over the years due to callousness of its health staff, has been shaken after the father of a doctor working with a state-run hospital demanded an...

Gambhir regains number one spot.
November 30, 2009... Press Trust of India DUBAI, 29 NOV: Indian opener Gautam Gambhir regained the number one spot but veterans Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman lost ground in the International Cricket Council's Test Rankings, issued today. Gambhir returned to...

Davydenko downs Del Potro.
November 30, 2009... Agence France-Presse LONDON, 29 NOV: Russia's Nikolay Davydenko won the ATP World Tour Finals title Sunday with a straight sets victory over Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro at London's O2 Arena. Last year's beaten finalist Davydenko won...

It will be car-crash TV if Tiger has to face Press.
November 30, 2009... ;James Corrigan Tiger Woods has less than 48 hours to decide if he wants to face the world. If he is to play in this week's Chevron World Challenge in California, he will have little option but to give his traditional press conference, which...

Misbah gets a Test recall.
November 30, 2009... Indo-Asian News Service KARACHI, 29 NOV: Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq (in photo), who left for Wellington to join the team ahead of the second cricket Test against New Zealand, said more than bolstering the batting, the tourists will have...

Ronaldo ready for Barca challenge.
November 30, 2009... ;Pete Jenson CRISTIANO Ronaldo says a season of being public enemy No 1 in England has prepared him for the reception he will receive at the Nou Camp tomorrow night as he returns to Real Madrid's starting line-up to make his clasico debut. It...

Woods discharged from hospital.
November 30, 2009... NEW YORK, 28 NOV: Tiger Woods, admitted to a Florida hospital in a serious condition following a road incident, has been discharged. The incident took place early yesterday outside Woods's manson in the gated community of Isleworth in...

Anderson blows Proteas away.
November 30, 2009... Agence-France Presse PORT ELIZABETH, 29 NOV: Fast bowler James Anderson wrecked South Africa's batting order with a career-best performance as England won the fourth one-day international by seven wickets at St George's Park here today. ...

Murali may call it a day.
November 30, 2009... Press Trust of India COLOMBO, 29 NOV: Frustrated with his failure to provide Sri Lanka the breakthroughs in the ongoing Test series against India, ace off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (in photo) says he is no longer the dreaded bowler he used...

A dull encounter.
November 30, 2009... KOLKATA, 30 NOV: In what was an extremely dull encounter, Mohun Bagan beat Calcutta Customs Club 1-0 to move to the top of the table in a Calcutta Football league match here today. Edeh Chidi (in SNS photo) scored the only goal for Mohun Bagan....

Another academy on the cards?
November 30, 2009... Sayan Mukherjee KOLKATA, 30 NOV: Mohun Bagan may consider a proposal of setting up their third residential football academy in Raigunj, just days after it has launched its second residential football academy in Jalpaiguri on 20 November. ...

Briefs.
November 30, 2009... Tennis Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles lost to Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4 6-4 in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Sunday. This was Bhupathi and Knowles' final match as partners. Bhupathi will team up with Max Mirnyi of...

Drogba double helps Chelsea show title credentialsLONDON, 29 NOV: Chelsea cemented their position on top of the Premier League and delivered a hammer blow to Arsenal's title hopes with an emphatic 3-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Carlo Ancel.
November 30, 2009... LONDON, 29 NOV: Chelsea cemented their position on top of the Premier League and delivered a hammer blow to Arsenal's title hopes with an emphatic 3-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Carlo Ancelotti's side moved five points clear of...

End to a painful saga.
November 30, 2009... A painful saga has come to an end. Justice has been inordinately delayed but not totally denied. The trial had begun only after Sheikh Hasina first became Prime Minister in 1996 and removed the legal barriers enacted by post-Mujib military...

Sachin upheld the Indian ethos.
November 30, 2009... The parochial attitude of the Shiv Sena chief towards Sachin Tendulkar over the latters comment Mumbai for all deserves strong condemnation. If the Shiv Sena chief thinks that his whip will apply to all the citizens of Mumbai, he is living in a...

To hold back India.
November 30, 2009... India was within her rights to sub an uncalled for attempt by the USA and China to involve the latter -- a third party -- in India-Pak issues after a joint statement by Mr Barack Obama and Mr Hu Jintao in Beijing gave the Dragon a greater...

Swiss vote for minaret ban.
November 30, 2009... Press Trust of India LONDON, 29 NOV: A national referendum backing a ban on the construction of minarets in Switzerland today sparked a row, amid fears of a backlash across the Muslim world. The government may have to ban the construction...

PEOPLE AND PLACES.
November 30, 2009... Lawsuit LONDON, 29 NOV: Prince Charles has been named in a 81 million-pound lawsuit filed by a leading British property developer against the Qatari Royal Family over the collapse of its venture to build the country's most expensive...

The curse of Gillette.
November 30, 2009... Susie Mesure This weekend it notched up more victims. Yes, one by one, the quartet of global sports stars who have eschewed facial hair to vaunt the merits of a close shave have, pardon the pun, been cut down by... the curse of Gillette. ...

Briefs.
November 30, 2009... Osama was within US hold WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, 29 NOV: Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was cornered by US forces in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora just months after 9/11 and could have been killed or captured, but the military top brass...