Statesman (India) articles from November 2010, page 6

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Opp holds rally at Khejuri.
November 26, 2010... statesman news serviceKHEJURI, 25 NOV: At a time when violence unleashed by armed CPI-M cadres continues to create tension in the border areas of Khejuri, a Trinamul Congress delegation led by the leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly,...

Bengal pays tribute to 26/11 terror attack victims.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaKOLKATA, 26 NOV: West Bengal today paid tributes to those killed in the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai with Governor MK Narayanan laying a wreath at the police memorial in the maidan here. The Governor led the state in paying...

JMM(Soren) likely to split.
November 26, 2010... nani gopal palPURULIA, 25 NOV: The West Bengal State Committee of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) is on the verge of a split. There was a long-standing controversy between the president of state committee, Mr Ajit Prosad Mahata and the central...

KMC bans fairs in parks.
November 26, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA,25 NOV: The KolkataMunicipal Corporation (KMC)will not allow fairs to be held in its parks, member mayor-in-council (Parks and Garden) Mr Debasish Kumar said today. Mr Kumar said KMChas received a large number of...

Technical snag delays Rajdhani.
November 26, 2010... KOLKATA, 25 NOV: Sealdah-bound Rajdhani Express (2314 Down) was delayed for about one hour near Gangpur station in the busy Howrah-Burdwan chord line after the cow-catcher (metal grille or frame projecting from the front of a locomotive and...

Metro stations to get a new look on Tagore anniversary.
November 26, 2010... KOLKATA, 25 NOV: Finally waking up to the issue of losing grandeur of the Metro stations, the Metro Railway authorities have now decided to refurbish the interiors of two stations ~ Rabindra Sadan and Rabindra Sarovar. The redecoration of these...

Traffic in Kolkata diverted to no avail.
November 26, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 25 NOV: Kolkata traffic police bosses succeeded in easing the traffic logjam at Esplanade despite the Left Front's sit-in at Metro Channel for the second consecutive day today. About 1,000 Left activists of...

Truck set on fire, shops damaged as student dies in mishap.
November 26, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 25 NOV: A mob set a truck on fire and later damaged 20 shops after a 11-year-old schoolstudent was run over by a truck on GhoshparaRoad near Kankinarain Jagaddalin North 24-Parganas this morning. Police said the...

Faculty shortage hits Kalyani medical students.
November 26, 2010... sulagna senguptaKOLKATA, 25 NOV: The College of Medicine at JNM Hospital in Kalyani is facing an acute shortage of teachers with most of the faculty members resigning in protest against gross anomalies in the pay structure at the college. The...

130 firms to take part in Hannover Messe 11.
November 26, 2010... BANGALORE, 25 NOV: Deutsche Messe, organiser of the Hannover Fairs today announced Hannover Messe 2011, the worlds leading industrial technology event that will showcase 13 leading international trade fairs at a single venue in Germany during...

India bags Rs 3.48 lakh cr investments.
November 26, 2010... press trust of india NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: India witnessed investments of around Rs 3.48 lakh crore in the first half of the current financial year, driven mainly by private projects, which accounted for 70 per cent of the total pie, a study said....

Panel to consider FDI in multi-brand retail soon.
November 26, 2010... press trust of indiaNEW DELHI, 25 NOV: A high level inter-ministerial panel is likely to meet some time next week to discuss the feedback received from different stakeholders on a government discussion paper for opening up multi-brand retail to...

SAIL FPO to be appropriately timed.
November 26, 2010... press trust of indiaKOLKATA, 25 NOV: State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has said that the process of its follow-on public offer (FPO) has begun and the issue would be appropriately timed according to market conditions. The issue...

Vedanta deal: Cairn seeks government clearance.
November 26, 2010... NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: After months of dithering, Cairn Energy today finally relented and applied for government nod to transfer control in its three producing assets, including crown jewel Rajasthan fields, to Vedanta Resources, but stood firm on...

Food inflation falls to 10.15%.
November 26, 2010... NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: Continuing its declining trend for the sixth straight week, the countrys annual food inflation fell to 10.15 per cent for the week ending 13 November. The development is being attributed to the softening impact of cheaper...

MNP rollout begins in Haryana.
November 26, 2010... statesman news service NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: Mobile number portability (MNP),enabling mobile phone owners to switch their operators keeping their numbers, finally rolled out in the country with its launched in Rohtak,Haryana today. Speaking at the...

New LICHF head soon: Chandrashekhar acting CEO, says LIC chief.
November 26, 2010... press trust of indiaMUMBAI, 25 NOV: LIC chairman Mr TS Vijayan today said a new CEO for its troubled arm LIC Housing Finance will be in place in the next few days, following the incumbent CEO Mr Ramachandran Nair's arrest in multi-crore loan...

FM asks banks to review system.
November 26, 2010... statesman news service NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: Acting in the wake of the CBIsarrest of eight officials of banks and financial institutions for allegedly taking bribes to give loans, the Union finance minister, Mr PranabMukherjee, today ordered a...

Sebi initiates probes into companies involved in the H-F scam.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaMUMBAI, 26 NOV: Market watchdog Sebi has initiated a probe into possible front-running and insider trading in shares of over two dozen companies, including some blue chips, by entities and persons involved in the...

SC permits Vodafone bank wire transfer, next hearing on 19 July.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 26 NOV: The Supreme Court today allowed the request of British telecom giant Vodafone to deposit Rs 2,500 crore, as directed by it earlier, through banking wire transfer instead of bank draft. The apex court also...

Edits.
November 26, 2010... BRAND VALUEMilking Rajarhat for political gain Considering that there has been no objection to an IT hub at Rajarhat even during Mamata Banerjees campaign in the township, it is curious that the Left should project the long-delayed deal with...

Briefs.
November 26, 2010... Vedanta: Govt may move SCBhubaneswar, 25 NOV: Indicating that the Orissa government might challenge the High Court judgement on Vedanta University in the Supreme Court, chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik today claimed that there was no violation...

Patel warns airlines over predatory pricing.
November 26, 2010... NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: Taking a serious note of predatory pricing by airlines, the government today said the air fares on every sector/route should have a lower and higher price band, which must be pre-notified on the websites of the respective...

USA slaps sanctions against LeT leaders, affiliate.
November 26, 2010... WASHINGTON, 25 NOV: As part of its ongoing crackdown against Pakistan-based terror groups, the USA has slapped sanctions against more key Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba leaders and its affiliate.Senior LeT members to have been designated global terrorists...

Yeddy asks son, daughter to vacate official residence.
November 26, 2010... BANGALORE, 25 NOV: Aiming at deflecting accusations of nepotism after saving his chair, Karnataka chief minister Mr BS Yeddyurappa has asked his son and daughter to move out of his official residence here.The chief minister asked his son BY...

Cong steps up attack on BJP.
November 26, 2010... press trust of indiaNEW DELHI, 25 NOV: With Parliament remaining disrupted for the tenth day over the Opposition demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum, the Congress today stepped up its attack on the BJP on...

Sonia slams BJPs double standards.
November 26, 2010... press trust of indiaAllahabad/LUCKNOW, 25 NOV: Stepping up her attack on BJP, Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi today accused the party of adopting double standards saying it had no courage to act against its leaders facing corruption...

Fog delays flights at Delhi airport.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 26 NOV: Heavy fog at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here disrupted air services this morning, delaying six domestic flights. Domestic flights coming to Delhi from Bangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Mangalore were...

Nithari case: SC seeks CBI's reply on Koli's appeal against death penalty.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 26 NOV: The Supreme Court today sought CBI's reply on an appeal filed by Nithari serial rape and murder convict Surinder Koli against his death sentence imposed by a Ghaziabad court and confirmed by the Allahabad...

Leg injury keeps Rituparno Ghosh away from IFFI.
November 26, 2010... Panaji, 25 Nov: Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, whose three films are being shown at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2010, could not attend the premiere of his upcoming film Nauka Dubi because of a leg injury. He was...

Technical snag delays Rajdhani.
November 26, 2010... KOLKATA, 25 NOV: The Sealdah-bound Rajdhani Express (2314 Down) was delayed by about an hour near Gangpur station in the busy Howrah-Burdwan chord line after the cow-catcher (metal grille or frame projecting from the front of a locomotive and...

KMC bans fairs in parks to save greenery.
November 26, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA,25 NOV: KolkataMunicipal Corporation (KMC)will not allow fairs to be held in its parks, member, mayor-in-council (parks and garden), Mr Debasish Kumar, said today. Mr Kumar said the KMChas received a large number...

Boxer, hurdlers in Indian gold rush.
November 26, 2010... agencies GUANGZHOU, 25 NOV: It was, well, as good as it gets. Here were India winning medals galore in mainstream disciplines. It makes a lot of difference, you know. Hurdlers Joseph Abraham and Ashwini Chidananda provided a huge boost to the...

Amidst township tangle, Rajarhat farmers return to their fields.
November 26, 2010... tarun goswamiKOLKATA, 25 NOV: Farmers of several areas in Rajarhat have resumed farming on the land which had been forcibly taken by the Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) for the proposed township.The farmers had taken...

CBI in SC line of fire.
November 26, 2010... WHY was Raja not questioned: Court legal correspondent NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: The Supreme Court today pulled up the CBI for beating around the bush and not questioning former telecom minister Mr A Raja on his alleged role in the 2Gspectrum scam...

Order returns to Parliament, but briefly.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 26 NOV: Order appeared to have been restored in Parliament after 10 days of pandemonium with both Houses today solemnly remembering the martyrs of 26/11 terror attacks, but the peace was short lived as members...

Pandemonium in Parliament for 11th day.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 26 NOV: The pandemonium in Parliament over corruption issue continued for the 11th day today disrupting functioning, but members gave a break to their agitation to pay homage to the martyrs of Mumbai terror attacks...

S Korea names new defence minister in wake of shelling.
November 26, 2010... Agence France-PresseSEOUL, 26 NOV: South Korea named a Presidential security aide and former career soldier as its new defence minister today after the previous minister quit over North Korea's deadly artillery bombardment. Mr Lee Hee-Won takes...

Russian military opens door for foreigners.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaMOSCOW, 26 NOV: Even as President Dmitry Medvedev announced a three-fold increase in the basic pay of the servicemen, the defence ministry has opened the doors for foreigners to join the Russian Armed Forces. Speaking before...

British school girl arrested for burning Quran.
November 26, 2010... Indo-Asian News ServiceLONDON, 26 NOV: A 15-year-old schoolgirl has been arrested in Britain after a video of her burning the Quran was posted on Facebook, a media report said today.The girl from Sandwell in Birmingham reportedly set fire to an...

British spy agency promoted Taliban imposter: Report.
November 26, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaLONDON, 26 NOV: The imposter Taliban commander, who sat at key Afghan peace talks, was brought into the play unwittingly by the British Intelligence and the UK media has dubbed it as embarrassing setback for the super spy...

N Korea warns of 'shower of fire' over artillery clash.
November 26, 2010... The Korea Herald/ANN & AFPSEOUL, 26 NOV: North Korea staged an artillery firing drill today near the South Korean border and warned that planned US-South Korean naval exercises at the weekend would bring the peninsula closer to war....

Injustice to police will pave way for mutiny, says Mahasweta Devi.
November 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 NOV: While promising to write a series of articles to highlight the plight of the state police personnel in lower ranks, writer Mahasweta Devi warned that injustice to the protectors of law only paves the way for mutiny in the force....

Cabinet adopts compensation package for land acquisition.
November 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 24 NOV: The state Cabinet today decided to adopt a compensation package which would include paying non-registered share-croppers as the model to be followed by the state government for land acquisition for all...

briefs.
November 25, 2010... Abducted promoter back homeKOLKATA, 24 NOV: The 53-year-old promoter Mr Anup Roy, who was kidnapped from near his residence in Jadavpur yesterday, came back home safely early this morning. Police came to know that the abductors released Mr Roy...

Permanent food stalls to be set up for hawkers.
November 25, 2010... statesman news serviceKOLKATA, 24 NOV: The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) will set up permanent food stalls for hawkers in the city in December, the general secretary of the Hawker Sangram Committee (HSC), Mr Saktiman Ghosh, said this...

Custodial deaths: Jail doctors and wardens under scanner.
November 25, 2010... rajib chatterjeeKOLKATA, 24 NOV: A large number of deaths in judicial custody over the past couple of years and a number of inmate suicides inside various correctional homes in the state have led the state correctional services department...

Experts from Holland to examine Tiger Spring.
November 25, 2010... statesman news serviceHALDIA, 24 NOV: An expert team, comprising four members from Holland, will examine the US-registered container ship, Tiger Spring, which was severely damaged after being hit by a Bahamas-registered container ship, Green...

Engg college closed after student unrest.
November 25, 2010... BURDWAN, 24 NOV: The Burdwan University authorities have suspended classes at the engineering college, University Institute of Technology ~ housed on its campus ~ due to student unrest. The authorities have asked students to vacate hostels. The...

Left, Trinamul & hawkers create chaos.
November 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 24 NOV: The ruling Left Front today launched a week-long siege of the city's nerve centre Esplanade in the name of a sit-in-demonstration, thus giving commuters a harrowing time on the streets. The siege will...

Railways may get 25% share in Metro joint venture company.
November 25, 2010... KOLKATA,24 NOV: It seems that the railway minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, will get a chance to stake her claim on the East West Metro Corridor Project since the state government is unlikely to raise any objection to the Centres proposal to hand...

Is HIDCO hiding facts?
November 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 24 NOV: The state government, which has criticised the Centre for keeping people in the dark about its policies, follows a different policy when it comes to practising what it preaches. Hundreds of applications...

Biz Briefs.
November 25, 2010... Budget to look into Cenvat NEW DELHI, 24 NOV: The Union Budget 2011-12 would look into the various problems being faced by companies with their Cenvat credit claims, Mr Vivek Johri, joint secretary, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC),...

BMW to up India investments to Rs 1.8b by 2012 end.
November 25, 2010... CHENNAI, 24 NOV: Global auto major BMW has said that it will increase its investments in India to Rs 1.8 billion by the end of 2012. The company, which commenced its Indian operations by setting up a production plant near Chennai in March 2007,...

Hyderabad to host first global web conference.
November 25, 2010... tyagaraj sharmaBANGALORE, 24 NOV: More than 1,000 delegates including 400 leading overseas experts and researchers will participate in the first ever World Wide Web conference to be held in the country in the last week of March in Hyderabad. The...

State FMs to meet next month to solve GST riddle.
November 25, 2010... NEW DELHI, 24 NOV: State finance ministers are scheduled to meet on 6 December to break their deadlock with the Centre on the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) to reduce multiplicity of taxes. They will hold discussions on the requirement of...

Sebi ban on Subrata Roy & two Sahara Group firms.
November 25, 2010... MUMBAI, 24 NOV: Market regulator Sebi today asked two entities of Sahara Group not to mobilise funds from equity markets or from issuance of any security to the public, while restraining group supremo Mr Subrata Roy from approaching public for...

Industry hails Nitish victory.
November 25, 2010... statesman news service NEW DELHI, 24 NOV: Corporate India today hailed the spectacular poll victory of the Biharchief minister, Mr NitishKumar as a mandate of the people for their growth and development efforts. Ms...

Home loan scam hits bank, realty stocks.
November 25, 2010... sns & ptiMUMBAI, 24 NOV: The BSE benchmark Sensex today slipped 232 points in highly volatile trade, with banking and realty stocks taking a big hit on reports of an alleged housing scam. The news hit Dalal Street around 3 pm and marketmen...

Food inflation dips marginally to 10.15 pc.
November 25, 2010... Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 25 NOV: Food inflation dipped for the sixth straight week and dropped to 10.15 per cent for the week ended 13 November, on cheaper vegetables and pulses. Food inflation in the previous week was 10.3 per cent....

News.
November 25, 2010... New King Of US Fashion, Thanks To Michelle Stephen Foley NEW YORK, 24 NOV: The man whom America calls the merchant prince just became king of a retail empire. Mickey Drexler, who turned Gap into the epitome of Nineties casual and in the...

Edits.
November 25, 2010... BIHAR SPEAKSMight even have shown the wayAS Mr Nitish Kumar leads his JD(U)-BJP alliance to an unprecedented four-fifths majority in the Bihar assembly election, it is important to reflect on some of the factors that in previous weeks were...

Special Article.
November 25, 2010... India and the GulfNeed For Stronger Presence And Enhanced Diplomatic Activity By Salman HaidarON the eve of Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru called for an Asian Relations Conference to be held in New Delhi. It was a historic moment, for Asia...

Pak must address our concerns over cross-border terror: Rao.
November 25, 2010... NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON, 24 NOV: Demanding redressal of its concerns on cross-border terrorism by Pakistan in an effective and transparent manner, India today said it was necessary for a comprehensive, serious and sustained dialogue between the two...

Tension over Trinamul-CPM turf war at Khejuri.
November 25, 2010... KHEJURI, 24 NOV: Hours after the return of CPI-M cadres who were biding their time outside their villages for the past 18 months, a series of clashes between CPI-M and Trinamul Congress workers ensued at Khejuri in Midnapore East triggering...

Focus on job losses at labour meet.
November 25, 2010... NEW DELHI, 24 NOV: The 43rdIndian Labour Conference (ILC)ended today, sparing the organised sector the major burden of job-creation, and calling for strengthening agriculture, the informal sector and the rural job guarantee scheme for the...

Bell Bajao to stop domestic violence: UN chief.
November 25, 2010... press trust of indiaNew York, 24 NOV: UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon today called on people to Bell Bajao (ring the bell) as he joined the initiative to fight against domestic violence and abuse for women in India.A day ahead of...

Parliament stalemate continues.
November 25, 2010... press trust of indiaNew Delhi, 24 Nov: The ninth consecutive working day of Parliament was wasted today as stalemate continued over the 2G spectrum issue with both the government and Opposition refusing to budge from their positions.It was the...

CVC expands probe; 18 more projects under scanner.
November 25, 2010... press trust of indiaNEW DELHI, 24 NOV: Widening its probe into alleged corruption in Commonwealth Games, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has brought 18 new projects related to the event under its scanner.In reply to an RTI query, the...

Royalists offer to join hands with Maoists against India.
November 25, 2010... KATHMANDU, 24 NOV: Charging that India was conspiring to prevent the formation of a new Maoist-led government in Nepal, the ex-royalists today offered to join hands with the former ultras to form a united front.Alleging that New Delhi was...

New caste equation lets Lalu-Paswan duo down.
November 25, 2010... nirendradev NEW DELHI, 24 NOV: It appears to be the end of the road for the two post-Mandalpoliticians of Bihar, Mr LaluPrasadand Mr Ram VilasPaswan.Todays poll verdict has decimated the duo, the self-styled champions of caste and minority...

Yeddys ouster: Why the BJP did not bite the bullet.
November 25, 2010... tyagraj sharmaBangalore, 24 Nov: The BJP high commands reluctance to bite the bullet and axe Karnataka chief minister, Mr BS Yeddyurappa, over charges of corruption while giving him a lease of life, clearly shows the latters stranglehold over...

Panel planning to examine ecological impact of Posco port.
November 25, 2010... New Delhi, 24 Nov: A number of ports located at Jagathsinghpur in Orissa are likely to have a bearing on South Korean steel giant Posco's plan to set up a captive port in the region with a green panel planning to examine their ecological impact...

Nitish, the giant-slayer, renders Lalu irrelevant in Bihar politics.
November 25, 2010... manoj chaurasia Patna, 24 NOV: Todays Assembly elections in Bihar which gave incumbent chief minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, another shot at ruling the state and rejected the appeals of his rival Mr Lalu Prasad, have unintentionally ~ or maybe not so...

Cong not surprised, RJD baffled, Left disappointed.
November 25, 2010... press trust of indiaNew Delhi/Patna, 24 NOV: Describing its poor showing in Bihar as not surprising, the Congress today said it will have to start from the scratch in the state while the RJD said it was baffled by the poll results.Congress...

Canada begins damages talks with Kanishka families.
November 25, 2010... Press Trust of India TORONTO, 24 NOV: Canada has begun talking to the families of the victims of the Kanishka bombing about financial compensation as it tries to bring closure to the 25-year-old bombing case. Canadian public safety minister Mr...

Nation better prepared to tackle 26/11-style attacks: Air chief.
November 25, 2010... Press Trust of IndiaNEW DELHI, 25 NOV: On the eve of the second anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal PV Naik today said the country was now much better prepared to tackle Mumbai-type strikes. The armed forces were...

Yeddyuurappa asks son, daughter to vacate official residence.
November 25, 2010... Press Trust of India BANGALORE, 25 NOV: Aiming at deflecting accusations of nepotism after saving his chair, Karnataka chief minister Mr BS Yeddyurappa has asked his son and daughter to move out of his official residence here. The chief minister...

Mirwaiz & Lone heckled at seminar, 10 held.
November 25, 2010... Press Trust of India CHANDIGARH, 25 NOV: Hurriyat Conference leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mr Bilal Lone were today manhandled allegedly by activists of right-wing Hindu organisations and Kashmiri Pandits at a seminar here after which police...

briefs.
November 25, 2010... Braveheart girl refuses to tie knotDURGAPUR, 24 NOV: Police rescued a minor girl from getting married against her wishes in the Laudoha police station area of Durgapur last night. The 14-year-old girl told police that she was unwilling to get...

Centre to clear dues, but mum on coal royalty.
November 25, 2010... statesman news service KOLKATA, 24 NOV: Though it is yet to be decided whether West Bengal would get its due royalty on coal, the finance minister, Mr Asim Dasgupta, today said the state would get rid of the ongoing financial problem soon as the...

Custodial deaths: Jail doctors and wardens under scanner.
November 25, 2010... rajib chatterjeeKOLKATA, 24 NOV: A large number of deaths in judicial custody over the past couple of years and a number of inmate suicides inside various correctional homes in the state have led the state correctional services department...

Experts from Holland to examine Tiger Spring.
November 25, 2010... statesman news serviceHALDIA, 24 NOV: An expert team, comprising four members from Holland, will examine the US-registered container ship, Tiger Spring, which was severely damaged after being hit by a Bahamas-registered container ship, Green...

CPM booklet against Mamata.
November 25, 2010... KOLKATA, 24 NOV: It's the railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee who is sounding the death knell of the Metro railway and Kolkata's pride is getting humbled. This is how the CPI-M today launched its renewed offensive against its arch rival, the...