Statesman (India) articles from October 2001, page 8

Statesman (India) archives from October 2001

Laughing their way! Clutching at straws to avoid what is necessary.
October 2, 2001... As the United States ponders its response to the unprecedented terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and Muslim nations try to up the ante by calling for a jehad if the Taliban is attacked and Saudi Arabia is intimidated from murmurs...

AMERICAN TRAUMA-II Let Us Proceed With Civilised Humility.
October 2, 2001... By HIREN MUKERJEE I wish to the Devil I had not lived to see this time when wealth accumulates and men decay and things happen that indicate that hopes for the future, once dearly held, are almost doomed. I see around me, even in this...

Prince was in a cheerful mood on last ride.
October 2, 2001... DEVIRUPA MITRA STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Oct 1. The Maharaja of Gwalior had asked his driver to receive him at the airport at five in the evening on 30 September, an instruction that 40-year-old Rajendra Prasad did not have to obey....

Gwalior unites in grief.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE BHOPAL, Oct. 1. The harsh reality is yet to sink in all across the state and especially in Gwalior. Common people and politicians, cutting across party lines, are stunned at the untimely death of the Maharaja. Thousands...

Centre moves in to cover for state lapses.
October 2, 2001... MOHAN SAHAY STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Oct. 1. The district magistrate and SP of Mainpuri visited the site where the plane carrying Madhavrao Scindia and his entourage crashed yesterday, and left without making any arrangements to...

I recall a white Maruti... but not what happened next.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, Oct. 1. Its a pathetic situation at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital here. Thirty-one people, injured in the explosion outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, were shifted to the hospital this afternoon. ...

Gen Joshi set to be first Services chief.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Oct. 1. Lieutenant-general Pankaj Joshi inspected a triservice guard of honour and laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti but could not officially take over as the countrys first chief of integrated staff...

CM wants radicals out of Assam.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE GUWAHATI, Oct. 1. The Assam chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, welcomed the ban on Simi, seeking similar action against all religious fundamentalist organisations to prevent communal flare ups. Talking to reporters...

Gogoi to stand by cops.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE GUWAHATI, Oct.1. The Assam chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, promised to take better care of the state police personnel who had helped restore a semblance of peace, fighting against heavy odds. Speaking at the Assam...

Gogoi to stand by cops.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE GUWAHATI, Oct.1. The Assam chief minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi, promised to take better care of the state police personnel who had helped restore a semblance of peace, fighting against heavy odds. Speaking at the Assam...

Tripura Trinamul leaders demand chiefs ouster.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE AGARTALA, Oct. 1. Tripura Trinamul leaders want the party high command to remove its state chief Mr Sudhir Ranjan Mazumder for his anti-party activities. They also want reconstitution of the party state committee. ...

Fresh Tansi hearing begins.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE CHENNAI, Oct. 1. -- The hearing in the appeals filed by former chief minister, Miss Jayalalitha, against her conviction in the Tansi land cases, began afresh before Mr Justice N Dinakar in the Madras High Court. Mr...

S America envoys meet Omar.
October 2, 2001... NEW DELHI, Oct. 1. The minister of state for external affairs, Mr Omar Abdullah, held talks with envoys of 15 African and Latin American countries here today. He discussed several issues with the delegates and informed them of Indias stand on...

Bhagalpur receives remains of Ranjan Jha.
October 2, 2001... PATNA, Oct. 1. The body of Ranjan Jha, special correspondent of Aaj Tak, was brought here today by Indian Airlines flight IC-809 and taken to his native town Bhagalpur by the Tinsukia Express.His widow and two kids accompanied his body. ...

Keshubhai set for reluctant exit.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE GANDHINAGAR, Oct. 1. The city is rife with rumours about Mr Keshubhai Patels resignation. The BJP general secretary, Mr Narendra Modi, is believed to have been already named as Mr Patels successor. The Gujarat...

Pak air force vacates Quetta base.
October 2, 2001... ISLAMABAD, Oct. 1. Pakistan air force has removed all its aircraft from Quetta airport that has been taken over by the army, the News said. Quetta is likely to be a staging post for a US-led attack on Afghanistan. Pakistan today said any...

Blast in front of J&K House, 26 killed.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE & AGENCIES SRINAGAR, Oct. 1. A suicide squad of militants today blew up an explosive-packed Tata Sumo at the entrance of the J&K Assembly and then entered the building throwing grenades and firing automatic weapons. The...

Bush okays oust-Taliban plan.
October 2, 2001... AGENCIES ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. The Taliban has stepped up its defiance of the US demand to hand over Osama bin Laden, saying theyre holding him at a secret place and ignoring threats of retaliation. The stalemate seems to have...

PM likens Scindia death to vajrapat.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Oct. 1. A lightning has struck, is how the Prime Minister today described Madhavrao Scindias death amid the gloom within and outside 27 Safdarjung Lane. . Scindias body reached his house at noon and was...

How safe are private planes in Indian skies.
October 2, 2001... SANJAY SINGH STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Oct. 1. At least two aircraft to fly almost the same route as the Beech King, carrying Madhavrao Scindia and seven others yesterday, returned to base because of bad weather conditions. But the...

Khaleda leads; five killed in Bangla poll violence.
October 2, 2001... AGENCIES DHAKA, Oct. 1. Riding a strong anti-incumbency wave, Begum Khaleda Zias Bangladesh Nationalist Party tonight appeared set for a resounding victory in the general elections, reports said. Five people were killed and nearly 1,000...

/net.news/.
October 2, 2001... Activism record A GROUP of volunteers is joining the Library of Congress and the Internet Archive in San Francisco to piece together what the Web looked like during and after the events of 11 September. The project will rely on Web pages...

Lets hear about retrogression.
October 2, 2001... By ANINDYA SENGUPTA BUDDHADEV Bhattacharya says he believes in democracy and pluralism. Strong words, but do they matter much when the Assembly is not in session. Lending a ear to the grievances and demands of the Opposition is what one...

Stuff of baroque death.
October 2, 2001... By RANABIR SAMADDAR COUNTED, the murders in the sky on 11 September would be probably somewhere near 6,000, enough to make us immune to murders here, sit up and take notice nowhere deaths at some place else. But seen on the screen, heard,...

Humpy goes online.
October 2, 2001... HYDERABAD, Oct. 1. Junior world champion Koneru Humpy became the first girl from the chess world to go online, with the launching of her official website.The chess prodigy from Andhra Pradesh will now be available to millions of chess-lovers...

Indians begin with victory.
October 2, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA RANDJESFONTEIN, (South Africa), Oct. 1. The Indians started their South African tour on a winning note with two of their star players, who returned after injuries, making a major contribution in the five-wicket win...

Stress on accountability.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Oct.1. The newly elected president of the BCCI, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya said today that he would review the work of the foreign coach and physio. Also the role of the selectors. I dont think there is anything amiss...

East Bengal up against FC Kochin.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Oct. 1. National League champions East Bengal crashed out of the Federation Cup in the very first match of the tournament. But coach Mr Manoranjan Bhattacherjee is at the moment more concerned about tomorrows...

French football hits a new high.
October 2, 2001... ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT OF SPAIN, Oct. 1. Propelled by the record-breaking offensive power of Florent Sinama Pongolle, France shut out mighty Nigeria 3-0 yesterday for their first championship trophy in the Fifa under-17 World Championship. ...

Board may not accept CCI offer.
October 2, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, Oct. 1. Mr Jagmohan Dalmiyas victory in the BCCI presidential elections may queer the pitch for the acceptance of the CCIs offer of leased space for its proposed new headquarters and cricket museum. While...

Leeds & Inter surge to the front.
October 2, 2001... ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON, Oct. 1. Leeds claimed sole possession of first place in England and Inter Milan moved alone atop Serie A in Italy. Spain also has a new league-leader, but its not a familiar name. Sevilles Betis moved ahead of...

Key Osama footsoldier turns enemy star witness.
October 2, 2001... ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK, Oct. 1. Recruited off New York streets in 1986, 23-year-old Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl became a footsoldier for Osama bin Laden. He received training in camps on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and in Sudan and learnt the...

China backs Musharraf.
October 2, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA BEIJING, Oct. 1. In a major diplomatic initiative, Chinese President Jiang Zemin has announced an aid of $1.21 million for Pakistan and fully backed General Pervez Musharrafs efforts to combat terrorism. China fully...

Rebel clash claims 44 in Philippines.
October 2, 2001... AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA, Oct. 1. At least 44 people have been killed in fighting between the military and Muslim separatist guerrillas on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, an army spokesman said today. Lieutenant Colonel...

Win Kabul battle but lose terror war?
October 2, 2001... AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Top US defence chiefs have stressed the array of weapons lined up on their side in the war on terrorism, but revealed their concern about continued US vulnerability to weapons of terror. In talks...

Govt to make rice bran oil.
October 1, 2001... TARUN GOSWAMI STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 30. The government will modernise the traditional rice mills to produce rice bran oil. One thousand private rice mills situated in Burdwan, Birbhum and Midnapore districts will be modernised...

Puja shoppers scurry for cover.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 30. Un-relenting showers throughout the day and heavy downpours in the afternoon and evening caused waterlogging on all major roads and thoroughfares in the city today. Large tracts of Chittaranjan...

Bottled water units told to clean up act.
October 1, 2001... SWATI SENGUPTA STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 30. People have been misled for too long into believing that all packed drinking water is mineral water. Not any more. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation authorities will send notices to...

Mamata no to roads meet.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 30 The Trinamul will boycott tomorrows all-party meeting at Writers Buildings to discuss banning of bandhs and gheraos. The party took this decision as the government had turned down earlier requests to...

MORE DISTRICT TRINAMUL MEN DEFECT.
October 1, 2001... LALGOLA (Murshidabad), Sept. 30 About 1,000 Trinamul members from here joined the Congress today. The Murshidabad Congress president, Mr. Adhir Chowdhury, addressed a meeting attended by dissident Trinamul Congress workers and welcomed their...

Buddha gets tramjatra invitation.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 30. The organisers of the Melbourne-Kolkata Tramjatra plan a Tra-mways Technical Exchange Programme as part of the up-coming Tramjatra festival in Melbourne. They have invited the chief minister, Mr...

AMERICAN TRAUMA-I Time To Recall Words Of Martin Luther King.
October 1, 2001... By HIREN MUKERJEE YEARS ago, in the days, as it were, before the Flood, in the ancien regime before World War II, Rudyard Kipling, then poet-laureate and first British recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature, once found himself in a...

The Statesman 100 YEARS AGO.
October 1, 2001... OCTOBER 1, 1901 (News Items) Murderous Assault Upon A Wife. At the Howrah Criminal Seasons, Mr Chapman, the presiding Judge, disposed of a case in which a Hindu named Baikanto Nath Dass, a carpenter of Shibpur, was charged with making a...

KASHMIR FLASHBACK-I.
October 1, 2001... By MANOHAR MALGONKAR THEY shall grow not old... Lawrence Binyon IT is by definition a frontier country, in that it has had an ongoing war for more than 20 years. Unwieldy volunteer armies equipped with the latest weapons of warfare have been...

New Fossil Finds In Adilabad.
October 1, 2001... STANLEY THEODORE STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE BOLLEPALLI, Sept. 30. A two square kilometre patch of land in Adilabad district, parched by drought and laid desolate by the Naxalites, is probably the only place in the world where one can pick...

PITY WILLIAM Worst of all possible worlds.
October 1, 2001... It boggles the mind. Why should anyone be interested in Prince William leaving his university? He might not find this particularly flattering, but if he cherishes his privacy this is the thought he should be promoting about himself. There is...

NO COLLATERAL BENEFITS Situation in Kashmir remains the same.
October 1, 2001... SO, what about Kashmir? So far, there has been no impact, neither the number of incidents nor the rate of infiltration has come down. Apart from that, the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen figures in the list of organisations whose funding is to be...

TECHNICAL COURSES Visva Bharati must proceed cautiously.
October 1, 2001... Visva Bharati has reason to be delighted with the Supreme Courts ruling that universities do not need the approval of the All India Council of Technical Education to start a new department or course in technical education. This is a clear...

A BAD YEAR FOR THE SCINDIAS.
October 1, 2001... NEW DELHI, Sept. 30. It was almost as though the curse had befallen the Scindias of Gwalior this year. The head of the family, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia, had died after a prolonged illness on 25 January. A former Queen and senior BJP...

Congress loses potential PM.
October 1, 2001... MOHAN SAHAY STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 30. With Mr Madhavrao Scindias death, the Congress has lost yet another "young face" and a potential "Prime Minister". A senior Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Mr Scindia would have been...

Journalists who will never return.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 30. The journalists who died in todays plane crash near Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh while covering their last assignment will be remembered by their close ones for their exemplary dedication to the...

He was a winner all the way.
October 1, 2001... Mr Madhavrao Scindia was one of the most suave and articulate young leaders of the Congress. He was also known to be an able administrator. Scion of the royal family of Gwalior, Mr Scindia carved a niche for himself be it in politics,...

Industry, sports grieve loss.
October 1, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI, Sept. 30. The worlds of Indian industry and sports mourned the sudden demise of the senior Congress leader, across the country. Industry captains expressed their grief and shock at the sudden death of the...

Political fraternity shocked.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 30. The peace and tranquillity at the high security VIP area of New Delhi was shattered as soon as the news of Madhavrao Scindias death spread. A large number of people, including senior politicians...

Madhya Pradesh in mourning.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE BHOPAL, Sept. 30. Mr Madhavrao Scindias death in a plane crash has stunned political circles in Madhya Pradesh. The Congress and the BJP state units reacted with shock. Mr Digvijay Singh, currently in London, said: Im...

Procedure to grant licence to pvt planes may be reviewed.
October 1, 2001... ARUN ANAND STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 30. The civil aviation ministry is likely to review its procedure for granting licence to the private aircrafts and supervising their upkeep and maintenance by the owners in view of todays...

His highness is away.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE LUCKNOW, Sept. 30. Is Scindia Saheb around? The question was put to the lone ADC sitting under a well decorated Chettri (canopy at the entrance) at the Shivpuri Palace, the summer seat of the Scindias. The ADC...

Khaleda no to treaty renewal.
October 1, 2001... DHAKA, Sept. 30. The BNP leader, Begum Khaleda Zia, today said she didnt think it was necessary to renew the Indo-Bangla Friendship Treaty which had expired in 1999. Talking to reporters at the national press club here this afternoon,...

Another tragedy strikes Congress.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI, Sept. 30. It was a tragic end for another Congress leader. Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash; Indira Gandhi was shot by her bodyguards; Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bomb attack and Rajesh...

5 Armymen die in LeT attack.
October 1, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA SRINAGAR, Sept. 30. Lashkar-e-Taiyaba militants today carried out a suicide attack on an Army convoy in Jammu and Kashmirs Baramulla district, officials said. Five soldiers were killed. Elsewhere in the valley, eight...

Its a crucial choice: secularism or fundamentalism.
October 1, 2001... MANASH GHOSH STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 30. Bangladesh goes to the polls tomorrow to elect its eighth Parliament. Never before has the country witnessed such a fiercely fought election; nor for that matter has any election been so...

Osama under our control: Taliban.
October 1, 2001... AGENCIES ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The Taliban has admitted that Osama bin Laden is under its control and said it was willing to negotiate with the USA if the latter could provide proofs of his involvement in the 11 September attacks....

/net.news/.
October 1, 2001... Net and liberty WITH rise in hacktivism and fears that cyberwar could unleash unprecedented terror, civil liberties organisations have raised strong protests against laws that treat hackers as terrorists. The fear of cyber terrorism through...

Emerging realities in the Indian subcontinent.
October 1, 2001... By N D BATRA INDIA should welcome and encourage the US presence in Pakistan because it will eventually lessen terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and also reduce the threat from the Pakistan-China alliance. Pakistan cannot have it all, continue to...

War will solve nothing.
October 1, 2001... By ERIC SILVER IT used to be said that what distinguished Left from Right in Israel was that the Left were optimists, the Right were pessimists. The Left believed it was possible to put history behind them and build a different relationship...

Lost in mortal combat?
October 1, 2001... By BB Nandy BANGLADESH is set to elect its eighth Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament). As enjoined by the constitution, a non-political, caretaker government, in the form of a Council of Advisers headed by the recently retired Chief Justice of the...

When tradition reigns supreme.
October 1, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 30. Almost sure of a victory, the Indian team will take on a Nicky Oppenheimer XI in their tours opening match at the mining families private ground at Randjesfontein tomorrow. This traditional opening...

Gavaskar appointed NCA chairman.
October 1, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA CHENNAI, Sept. 30. Mr Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed chairman of the National Cricket Academy after Mr Raj Singh Dungarpur resigned from the post, in the wake of Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya taking over the reins of Board of...

Itss Mohun Bagans turn to excel.
October 1, 2001... STATESMAN . NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 30. Mohun Bagan and Manaksia Tollygunj Agragami will lock horns for the third time in the season, at Salt Lake Stadium here tomorrow. Previously they had encountered each other in the Super League twice...

UK scribe a spy?
October 1, 2001... ISLAMABAD, Sept. 30. The Taliban are investigating whether a British reporter, arrested near the eastern city of Jalalabad is a spy, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said today. Yvonne Ridley (41) of the Sunday Express was wearing an Afghan...

Shabuddin roots for fair polls.
October 1, 2001... UNITED NEWS OF INDIA DHAKA, Sept. 30. The Bangladeshi President, Justice Shabuddin Ahmed, has directed the chief election commissioner, Mr MA Sayyed, to take adequate steps to ensure free and fair general election tomorrow. He said...

6 killed in poll violence.
October 1, 2001... DHAKA, Sept. 30. At least six people were killed and more than 100 injured in what officials hope was the last wave of pre-poll violence, news reports said. In Bhola, three more deaths were reported overnight following yesterdays attack...

Globalisation rallyists lend voice to peace.
October 1, 2001... DESIKAN THIRUNARAYANAPURAM STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. As America prepares for its new war, thousands of anti-war protesters sporting gas masks converged on central Washington for a peace march yesterday. Most of these...