Statesman (India) articles from October 2008, page 10

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Blackmailed by lover, minor girl commits suicide.
October 24, 2008... KENDRAPARA, Oct 23: Shattered by jilted lovers blackmailing tactics, a 16-year-old girl set herself on fire at Dahalapur village, 35 km from here. The victim ~ Kabita Mahali, doused kerosene all over her body and burnt herself. She later...

PPSS funded by international NGO, rival company.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, Oct 23: The police continue to believe that the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), a peoples resistance movement successfully led by Mr Abhaya Sahu for over three years, did benefit from an...

Fast track court for riot cases may come up.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Oct 23: The state government will formally request the High Court to accord permission for setting up of a fast track court to deal with all riot related cases in Kandhamal district. The government...

Malyabanta Mahotsav starts at Bonda hills.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service MALKANGIRI, Oct. 23: The traditional Malyabanta Mahotsav has kicked off at the Bonda hills of Mudulipada here amidst much fanfare and celebration. As part of the tradition here the district collector, chairman of...

Government to hold talks with CCRAS.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 23: The state government will hold talks with the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS) authorities regarding affiliation and student intake of the private Ayurvedic colleges of...

Goddess of wealth is here...
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service ANGUL, Oct. 23: The brightly decorated pandals, attractive lighting and colourful gates, all drew people in large number to the Lakshmi puja celebrations in the district this year. Since the weather remained pleasant...

Workshop held to protect women against violence.
October 24, 2008... RAYAGADA, Oct. 23: In an attempt to minimise the incidence of violence against women in the district, social organisation ~ Swadhikar, in collaboration with the Universal Service Organisation (USO), Rayagada organised a two day capacity...

Zoo inmates to have new parents.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 23: The Nandankanan Zoological Park is all set to launch the Adopt-an-Animal programme tomorrow through which animal lovers can adopt any number of species from the captive animals, birds or reptiles...

Lab Rat members protest against GM crops.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 23: Members of the Lab Rat campaign who were on a petition signing drive against the genetically modified food, concluded their road show yesterday. During the week long campaign ~ I am no lab rat...

Son kills father, stepmother.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service DHENKANAL,Oct. 23: SaratDehurykilled his father NarayanDehury(60) and stepmother SabiDehury(40) at Ganjaravillage under Rasolpolice station limits today. Local police have arrested the culprit. Neighbours said there...

Governor visits Paradeep.
October 24, 2008... JAGATSINGHPUR, Oct. 23: Governor MC Bhandare visited flood-affected areas of Paradeep today and discussed ways to handle the situation with senior officials in Jagatsinghpur district. District collector Mr Pramod Kumar Meherda explained to...

Sensex gets another bear hug.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service MUMBAI, Oct. 23: Thursday was yet another day of total disaster on global markets. At home both the stock market and the bullion market were affected. The Nifty-50 of the NSE closed below 3,000 at 2,943.15 points, down...

Bihar in flames, Maharashtra calm.
October 24, 2008... PATNA, Oct. 23: Violence continued unabated in Bihar for a third day, with angry students setting ablaze a railway station, attacking police vehicles and disrupting rail traffic. A bandh was also observed in Nalanda district protesting...

Chandrayaan-I goes higher.
October 24, 2008... Statesman News Service BANGALORE, Oct. 23: The first orbit-raising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-I spacecraft was performed this morning after its 440 Newton Liquid Engine was fired for about 18 minutes. According to an ISRO statement, with...

Briefs.
October 24, 2008... Kid tortured LUCKNOW, Oct. 23: A five-year-old child was tied with ropes and dragged for nearly 50 metres by authorities in Uttar Pradesh for not attending school regularly, an official said today. Apart from being tied and dragged, the boy...

Chirag outshine rivals in barren encounter.
October 24, 2008... Chirag United SC~ 0 JCT Mills ~ 0 Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Oct. 23: Missed chances and botched up play can very well sum up today's ONGC I-League match at Salt Lake stadium. Though at the end of 90 minutes the electronic scoreboard...

Rehabilitation of a match-fixer.
October 24, 2008... Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Oct. 23: Former Pakistan Test captain Salim Malik (in photo) is free to resume his involvement in cricket after a Pakistan court lifted a life ban today. I have served cricket for 19 years and today I feel...

Swing of fortune influences Oz planning.
October 24, 2008... Indo-Asian News Service SYDNEY, Oct. 23: The dominance of Indian pacer bowlers has forced the Australian think tank to redraw their reverse swing strategy for the remaining two cricket Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Ishant Sharma and...

Benauds baggy green up for sale.
October 24, 2008... SYDNEY, Oct. 23: Former Australian captain Richie Benaud's baggy green cap will be auctioned in Melbourne on 5 November and is expected to fetch up to $16,640. Benaud (in photo), a Test cricket all-rounder, has become a highly regarded...

Briefs.
October 24, 2008... IPL blow Months ago, the smart ones laughed all the way to the bank, leaving the Cricket Association of Bengal to calculate its Indian Premier League related losses. Or, so say some people. The state association spent a lot of cash - and...

Two points, too many problems.
October 24, 2008... KOLKATA,Oct. 23: After a brilliant show in the Calcutta Football League, Mohammedan Sporting have been looking completely off-colour in the ONGCI league. They have lost twice out of their four outings and drawn the other two. With 2 points in...

City Bits.
October 24, 2008... Badminton Veteran badminton player, Gajanan Shivshanker Hemmady, died at the age of 81 in Kolkata on 19 October. He represented India in many international events. He reached a career high world ranking of 4.

Messi strike sets up Barca win.
October 24, 2008... Indo-Asian News Service HAMBURG, Oct. 23: Barcelona showed why they are one of the favourites to lift the Champions League title this season with a resounding 5-0 victory against Baselin a Group Cmatch played in Switzerland. There were also...

Anand getting closer.
October 24, 2008... Press Trust of India Bonn, Oct 23: Viswanathan Anand inched closer to the world chess championship title after playing out a draw in the seventh game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia at the Art and exhibition hall here today. Having...

Tendulkars honesty questioned.
October 24, 2008... Press Trust of India MELBOURNE, Oct. 23: While efforts are being made by both Indian and Australian players to keep emotions under control in the current Test series, former stumper Adam Gilchrist (In photo) questioning Sachin Tendulkar's...

Looking for all-rounders.
October 24, 2008... Agencies DUBAI, Oct. 23: Indian selectors will be on the lookout for all-rounders in the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy tournament. "The Challenger Trophy matches are starting today and the focus is on finding all-rounders," Mr Krishnamachari...

People & Places.
October 24, 2008... Voodoo child PARIS, Oct. 23: French President Nicolas Sarkozy is going to court to force a French publisher to take off the market a voodoo doll in his image, French media reported today. The doll, 20,000 of which went on sale on 9 October,...

Streaking past at 1,000 mph...
October 24, 2008... Steve Connor LONDON, Oct. 23: Eat your heart out, Jeremy Clarkson. A team of British engineers will announce a plan today to build a car that can reach 1,000mph. The ambitious engineering project comes from the team that holds the worlds...

Gyanendras unpaid power bills: Rs 4.8 crore.
October 24, 2008... KATHMANDU, Oct. 23: Months after losing his crown, Nepals deposed King Gyanendra may face lights-out over unpaid electricity bills to the Maoist-led government, who were instrumental in the abolition of the 240-year-old monarchy. The...

Obama ahead in 3 key states.
October 24, 2008... Agence France-Presse LEESBURG, Oct. 23: US presidential hopeful Mr Barack Obama played up his foreign policy credentials while Mr John McCain highlighted national security, as a poll today showed the Democrat hanging onto his lead in three...

CBI arrests two more in bribe case.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct. 22: The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI)today arrested two more persons in connection with one of the biggest ever bribe cases being trapped by the central agency in...

Diseases unabated in districts.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct. 22:While outbreak of various vector-borne diseases continued unabated in South 24-Parganas,the KolkataMunicipal Corporation (KMC) today served a notice to another premiere state-run hospital, Calcutta...

Citu calls off strike after daylong rampage.
October 23, 2008... SILIGURI, Oct. 22: The Citu affiliated Darjeeling District Taxi and Private Car Drivers Union withdrew its 72-hour transport strike between Siliguri and the Darjeeling Hills this afternoon but not before its cadres had finished their share of...

Family seeks help for obese four-year-old.
October 23, 2008... SnehamoyChakraborty VIMGARH,Oct. 22: Four-year-old SumanKhatun (photograph left),a resident of Birbhums Metialavillage currently weighs 65 kilograms and her daily diet is pushing her family to the brink of starvation. Her father Mr JalalKhan,...

Blood donation for boy with leukaemia.
October 23, 2008... BISHNUPUR, Oct 22: Members of a local club in a remote village in Bankura have come forward to donate blood to a student of class VII who is suffering from leukemia. Pritam Halder, the boy, requires to undergo at least two units of blood...

Left party members switch to Trinamul.
October 23, 2008... Kanchan Siddiqui BURDWAN, Oct. 22: In the red bastion of Burdwan there has been a sudden spree to migrate from the Left parties to the Trinamul Congress. The opposition claims the figure of switch-overs has crossed over 10 thousand in only...

New York braces for 35,000 job cuts.
October 23, 2008... Press Trust of India LONDON, Oct. 21: Thousandsof employees of battered financial services firm Merrill Lynch will lose their jobs after the firm is taken over by Bank of America, media report says. The Financial Times quoted Merrill Lynch...

Sensex gains 460 points.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service MUMBAI,Oct. 21: For second successive trading session on DalalStreet frontline shares comprising the SensitiveIndex of the BombayStock Exchange and Nifty 50of the NationalStock Exchange advanced further justifying to an...

China, India to keep Asia afloat.
October 23, 2008... YasminArpon/ANN BEIJING, Oct. 22: China and India will help keep Asia afloat as the rest of the world reels from the effects of the US financial crisis, business and economic leaders said yesterday. European businessmen attending the...

ECB norms eased further.
October 23, 2008... Press Trust of India MUMBAI,Oct. 22: The Reserve Bank of India today further relaxed the external commercial borrowing guidelines and allowed companies to bring in funds up to $500 million for rupee expenditure under the automatic route. The...

Bears back on bourses.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service MUMBAI,Oct. 22: After two days of surge, share prices once again nose-dived today on discouraging signals from the US, European and Asian markets. Reports from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan were dismal as markets...

Airlines to remain under pressure.
October 23, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 21: With weakening demand and yield, employment levels within the airline industry will continue to come under pressure as airlines would require further efficiencies to ensure profitability, the industry association,...

Govt gives relief to airlines.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: Bowing to the pressure created by domestic airlines with their retrenchment plans, the Union government today provided some relief to the aviation industry by agreeing to payment of their outstanding...

Wipro net up 19%.
October 23, 2008... BANGALORE,Oct. 22: IT major WiproLimited today reported a 36 per cent jump in revenue at Rs6,507 crore and a 19 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 978 crore for the second quarter of the current financial year. Its IT services revenue in...

House panel for awarding Chiria to SAIL.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: A Parliamentary panel today voiced its concern over the delay in handing over of the Chiriamines by the Jharkhandgovernment to the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and asked the steel...

Centre may miss deficit targets.
October 23, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: For the first time, the Centre today admitted that it may miss the Budget targets for fiscal and revenue deficits for 2008-09 as global financial crisis is exerting pressure. Thanks to the global financial crisis, which is...

Edits.
October 23, 2008... Mamatas bluster Civil society must call the bluff Mamata Banerjee has asked Kolkatas Police Commissioner to resign and contest the elections on a CPI-M ticket. This is as libellous as Benoy Konars loudmouthed piffle against the West Bengal...

Special Article.
October 23, 2008... The global blight~I Subramanian Swamy Financial crises in the market economies of democratic countries are not unusual. It is not unusual that these economies make policy corrections, and then come out of the crises. During this first decade...

special article.
October 23, 2008... The global blight~II India Requires A New Government With A New Mandate Subramanian Swamy For the present, I suggest that ordinary household investors in the stock to tighten their belts and sit out this crisis. It will not last more than six...

edits.
October 23, 2008... Nothing to boast about Zardaris bilateral visit to China Pakistan was expecting much from President Asif Ali Zardaris four-day visit to China but it turned out to be a damp squib. Foremost among its expectations was an agreement on civilian...

Talking On Mobile Can Damage Your Sperm.
October 23, 2008... Melbourne, Oct 21: Men, beware! Talking for hours on the mobile can jeopardise your chance of fathering a child, for a new study has revealed that cell phone radiation damages sperm in males. An international team, led by researchers at...

Evidence That Hitler Did Spark Munich Riots...
October 23, 2008... London, Oct 22: Not long after becoming the German dictator, Adolf Hitler orchestrated the Kristallnachtriots in Munich by leading his followers onto the streets of the Bavarian capital to perpetrate atrocities against Jews. Newly deciphered...

Kangleipak claims responsibility for blast.
October 23, 2008... IMPHAL/NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: The banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council) claimed responsibility for the bomb blast in Imphal that left 17 dead and nearly 30 injured yesterday. A press release said the target of the bomb were...

Released railway officials demand transfer.
October 23, 2008... Dipankar Bose RANCHI,Oct. 22: Repeated attacks by Maoists on police and paramilitary forces seem to be a common feature for Jharkhand.But, now Maoists have turned their focus on railway officials serving in the state. Following the abduction...

Indo-Pak talks over Chenab today.
October 23, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: Pakistan, which has accused India of blocking the Chenabs flow, is expected to seek compensation for it when officials of the two countries meet here tomorrow to discuss the issue. Indus Water Commissioner Mr G...

Mukherjee can clarify humanitarian stand.
October 23, 2008... Colombo, Oct 21: Sri Lanka has said that it has invited Indian external affairs minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee to the island nation to clarify for himself the humanitarian position in the country. Stating this foreign minister Mr Rohitha...

Nostalgic Sharma hails moon.
October 23, 2008... Sriharikota, Oct 22: Nostalgia overcame India's first astronaut Rakesh Sharma as he described the success of Chandrayaan-1 as an emotional experience all over again for himself. It was an emotional experience all over again and it gave me...

TN: Human chain deferred.
October 23, 2008... Chennai, Oct.21: The human chain protest demanding the Centre to stop military aid to Sri Lanka and provide medicine and food to the Tamil population in the island nation through the International Red Cross has been postponed to 24 October...

Influx puts Manipur on a sticky wicket.
October 23, 2008... Nirendra Dev NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: Even as the foreigners influx issue has resurfaced in Assam following recent clashes in Bodo strongholds, yet another northeastern state, Manipur, has been complaining about illegal migration of outsiders,...

Pirates seize Indian vessel with 13 crew members.
October 23, 2008... Kuala Lumpur, Oct 21: An Indian cargo ship with 13 sailors on board heading towards Africa was hijacked by armed pirates off the northern coast of Somalia, even as suspense persisted over the fate of Indian crew members of the Hong Kong...

Govt seeks info on Indian account-holders in Germany.
October 23, 2008... New Delhi, Oct 21: Government has sought details from German authorities on Indians who have parked their unaccounted money in tax haven Liechtenstein, a small landlocked country between Austria and Switzerland. The matter has been taken...

Raj rage spills onto Patna.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service PATNA, Oct. 21: Their patience has finally run out. Gone are the smiles they wore on their weary faces, while they handed out roses to commuters boarding Mumbai-bound trains, even after the repeated attacks on them by...

Left, BSP walk out of LS.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 21: The LokSabhatoday passed the supplementary demands for grants (general) 2008-09 amid a protest walkout by the Left. The finance minister, Mr PChidambaram,justified additional spending on account of...

No terror charges on Godhra accused: SC.
October 23, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 21: The Supreme Court today dropped POTAcharges against all the 134 accused in the 2002 Godhratrain burning incident in Gujaratin which 59 KarSevakswere burnt alive, while holding that a trial under POTAcannot proceed if the...

Orissa tops communal violence chart.
October 23, 2008... PTI & SNS New Delhi, Oct 21: Orissa has recorded the highest number of communal violence incidents this year, resulting in the death 41 people, the Lok Sabha was informed today. A total of 695 cases of communal violence were reported from...

India, Japan ink security pact.
October 23, 2008... Press Trust of India Tokyo, Oct 22: India and Japan today inked a landmark security pact and pledged to bolster economic cooperation with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh wooing Japanese investors saying sky is the limit. Tokyo gave its...

Over the moon.
October 23, 2008... Washington, Oct 22: The USA and Europe today led the world in hailing the successful launch of India's maiden unmanned mission to Moon saying New Delhi has demonstrated its technological prowess and was emerging as an ever stronger space...

Briefs.
October 23, 2008... Health portal NEW DELHI, Oct. 21: An Online portal for the management of health-related information was today started by the ministry of health and family welfare. The web-based Health Management Information System (HMIS)portal...

Briefs.
October 23, 2008... Appeal dismissed NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal petition of Vikas Yadav,who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment in the NitishKataramurder case. The son of UttarPradesh politician Mr DPYadavhad sought...

No impact of resignations from DRDO, says Antony.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 22: The resignation of 1,794 scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in the last ten years (July 1998-June 2008), has not had any substantial impact on the completion of...

Citu calls off strike after daylong rampage.
October 23, 2008... SILIGURI, Oct. 22: The Citu affiliated Darjeeling District Taxi and Private Car Drivers Union withdrew its 72-hour transport strike between Siliguri and the Darjeeling Hills this afternoon but not before its cadres had finished their share of...

Diseases unabated in districts.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Oct. 22: While the outbreak of various vector-borne diseases continued unabated in South 24-Parganas, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today served a notice to another premiere state-run hospital,...

Help sought for obese 4-year-old.
October 23, 2008... VIMGARH, Oct. 22: Four-year-old Suman Khatun, a resident of Birbhum's Metiala village currently weighs 65 kilograms and her daily diet is pushing her family to the brink of starvation. Her father Mr Jalal Khan, a daily wage earner, is now...

CBI arrests two more in bribery case.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct. 22: The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI)today arrested two more persons in connection with one of the biggest ever bribe cases being trapped by the central agency in...

No end to Besus troubles.
October 23, 2008... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, Oct. 22: A day after Bengal Engineering and Science University (Besu) students boycotted the mid-semester examinations, callousness and lack of far-sightedness on the part of the institution authorities appear to have...

Paritosh Sen passes away.
October 23, 2008... KOLKATA, Oct. 22: Veteran painter Paritosh Sen passed away at a private city hospital this evening. He was 90. Sen was admitted to the critical care unit (CCU) of the hospital on 5 September after he complained of chest pain. Sen was born on...

Tax holiday extended till 2010 for IT companies.
October 23, 2008... Pritesh Basu KOLKATA, Oct. 22: At least 45 new IT companies were expected to start operating in the state soon with the Centre deciding to extend the tax exemption or tax holiday available to companies under the Software Technology Parks of...

Briefs.
October 23, 2008... Discussion Students of La Martiniere for Boys organised a panel discussion on Is India a Failed Democracy? at the school premises today. An interactive session on this subject was held, where students from La Martiniere for Girls, Loreto...

Juvenile court opens in Malda.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service MALDA, Oct 22: The Malda district administration today opened a juvenile court in its headquarters following the Supreme Court order. With the setting up of the court a long-standing demand of the district has been...

GJMM relaxes Gorkhaland diktats till talks.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service DARJEELING, Oct. 22: At the request of the Governor, Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi, and to maintain a congenial atmosphere for the forthcoming tripartite talks, the GJMM today suspended its twin programme to use of GL...

DIB officer suspended in Zamana death case.
October 23, 2008... SILIGURI, Oct. 22: The assistant sub-inspector of the District Intelligence Branch, Siliguri, Mr Biman Chandra Poddar has been suspended in connection with the "mysterious death" of the acquitted ISI suspect trader Muhammad Shamsul Zamana...

Memorandum against BSF.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service MALDA, Oct. 22: The Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR), Malda branch, has submitted a memorandum to the district administration today demanding immediate steps to stop the killing of innocent...

Parties back primary teachers agitation.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI,Oct. 22: For the past few months, members and top leaders of the Darjeeling district wing of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP),which is a major Left Front partner in West Bengal, have been openly...

Arrested man escapes from police custody.
October 23, 2008... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, Oct. 22: North Dinajpur police are on the alert after Alim Sheikh (21), an arrested person, escaped from the police cell of Raiganj district hospital late night yesterday. Police have started a massive raid in...