Statesman (India) articles from October 2008, page 2

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Software engineer held for rape of minor.
October 31, 2008... Statesman News Service BALASORE, Oct.30: A software engineer was arrested and forwarded to court today on charges of kidnapping and sexually harassing a minor girl of Upparadiha village under Berhampur police station of Nilgiri circle. The...

Priests death to be probed.
October 31, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Oct 30: The state government ordered a crime branch probe into the death of Father Bernard Digal, who had sustained injuries after being attacked by a mob in Kandhamal district on 25 August and died at a...

Teens with arms ~ a cause for concern.
October 31, 2008... SAMBALPUR, Oct. 30: The recent death of a minor by a supposedly-accidental firing from a country-made pistol on Diwali has raised suspicions around here. The lack of supervision by law-keeping agencies or deteriorating social values may have...

Briefs.
October 31, 2008... Malegaon NEW DELHI, Oct. 30: A serving lieutenant colonel has come under the scanner for his alleged role in last months Malegaon blasts and the Army has allowed police to question him. The Army in a press release today announced full...

Terror strikes Assam, 66 killed.
October 31, 2008... Agencies & SNS GUWAHATI, Oct. 30: In what is being considered by far the worst attack in Assam, 66 people were killed and about 470 injured in serial blasts in Guwahati and three other districts of the state as suspected...

Congress-BJP blame game sharpens.
October 31, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 30: Close on the heels of the devastating serial blasts across Assam today, the blame game over terrorism took centre-stage as a war of words broke out between the ruling Congress and the principal Opposition, the BJP. On the...

HuJI-Ulfa nexus behind blasts.
October 31, 2008... Chandan Nandy KOLKATA, Oct. 30: In what could change the dynamics and matrix of insurgency in the North-east, the powerful serial blasts in four Assam districts were a joint operation of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) and the...

LF wants Tatas to return land.
October 31, 2008... KOLKATA, Oct. 30 : The Left Front today asked the state government to take steps so that the Tata Motors return the land acquired at Singur since the latter had relocated its small car project to Gujarat and the land is to be used for setting...

Could Obama still lose the election?
October 31, 2008... If McCain wins, imagine how that will transform electioneering. In general elections around the world each candidate will strive to come over as more incompetent and idiotic than the other, says MARK STEEL, tongue only partly in cheek I know...

War is not sport, but are the candidates listening?
October 31, 2008... WORLD VIEW Jonathan Power John McCain,we all know, after being shot out of the sky, was captured by the North Vietnamese, imprisoned and tortured. We know too that few of us would have had the guts or the tenacity to put up for so long with...

Khaleda and Hasina in polls.
October 31, 2008... Former Bangladesh PrimeMinister KhaledaZias enthusiasm and her desire to participate in the forthcoming election, something that she has asserted very definitively to the media the other day, is definitely heartening news. This is a positive...

100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
October 31, 2008... EDITORIAL THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST It may safely be assumed that the average Anerucan citizen will be glad when the turmoil incidental to the Presidential election has come to an end. In any event the close of the battle is now nigh...

city bits.
October 31, 2008... Table tennis North 24 Parganas and south 24 Parganas reached the semifinals in Sub Junior Boys, Junior Boys and Sub Junior Girls team championships in West Bengal State & Inter District Table Tennis Championships 2008 . All the team...

Mohun Baganmeet Dempo.
October 31, 2008... Panaji,Oct 30: KolkataLeague champions, MohunBaganwho are winless so far, would look to collect full points when they take on defending champions Dempoin their ONGCI-League match at Nehrustadium, Margaotomorrow. Baganare placed tenth with...

Maradona rejects criticism.
October 31, 2008... Agencies BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 30: Diego Maradonasaid today that he was looking forward to work as head coach of Argentina and refuted criticism from those who said he lacked experience for the job. "They talk about my lack of experience, but I...

Gold for Sayantan Das.
October 31, 2008... KOLKATA, Oct. 30: Sayantan Das today struck gold in the U-12 World Youth Chess Championship at Vung Tau, Vietnam. 11-year-old Sayantan is a student of Goodricke National Chess Academy, which is run by Alekhine Chess Club. Sayantan is the...

Anand, one of the all-time greats.
October 31, 2008... Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Oct. 30: Widely considered as the greatest Indian sportsman, ViswanathanAnandborn on 11 December, 1969, has been among the game's elite for more than a decade and a half. The latest world title comes an...

Gunners held to 4-4 draw by Spurs.
October 31, 2008... London, Oct 30: The tale of Harry Redknapp'sreign as TottenhamHotspur manager took another twist Wednesday as his side struck two late goals to force a 4-4 draw with Arsenal. Redknappinspired them to their first victory of the season Sunday,...

I am more relieved than happy: Anand.
October 31, 2008... Press Trust of India New Delhi, Oct 30: World chess champion ViswanathanAnandsays he is more relieved than happy after retaining the most coveted title defeating Vlamidir Kramnikof Russia in Bonn, Germany. Anand,who etched his name among the...

Double delight on day two.
October 31, 2008... Pranjal Protim Baruah NEW DELHI, Oct. 30: Cashing in on brilliant double centuries by Gautam Gambhir and VVS Laxman, India today consolidated their position further in the third Test against Australia by piling up 613 for seven in their first...

Take Aussie provocation into account.
October 31, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 30: SunilGavaskartoday said that provocation by Australian players should be taken into account by the match referee while deciding GautamGambhir'scase in the allegations of violation of ICC Code of Conduct. Gambhirhas been...

Laxman going great guns.
October 31, 2008... Associated Press NEW DELHI, Oct 30: India batsman V.V.S Laxman eliminated any doubt over his position in the team Thursday with the second double-century of his 99-test career. At the start of the four-match series there was talk in India...

Briefs.
October 31, 2008... Match delayed Bengal's inaugural Ranji Trophy match against Assam that was scheduled to be held from 3 November in Guwahati, is postponed as a consequence of the terrorist attack that claimed lives of large number of people in that city on...

All the titles.
October 31, 2008... r 2008: Undisputed World Championship title, beating Vladimir Kramnik 6.5-4.5 in Bonn. r 2008: 13th Grenkeleasing Rapid World Chess, Mainz, Germany Champion r 2008: Morelia Linares Champion second time in a row: With this win, Anand has...

Great result for chess.
October 31, 2008... Press Trust of India New Delhi, Oct 30: Former world champion Gary Kasparovof Russia today hailed ViswanathanAnand's (In photo)triumph over Russian Vladimir Kramnikto retain the World Championship title in Bonn, Germany, saying it would not...

Stanford farce forces England board to act.
October 31, 2008... Stephen Brenkley With the destiny of the bounty yet to be decided, the men running English cricket yesterday announced a review into their relationship with the Texan multi-billionaire Sir Allen Stanford. Three days before the $20m winner...

Defying time & space.
October 31, 2008... The ever-popular Doctor Who returns with new adventures for comic book buffs The Doctor, an eccentric alien traveller, continues to travel in an old time machine called the Tardis (Time & Relative Dimensions In Space), fighting injustice. The...

Calling sticky fingers.
October 31, 2008... After Vista say hello to Windows 7. Does this translate into another expensive hardware upgrade exercise? Does the demonstration of pre-beta version of Windows 7 a move away from Vista or a development on the core system, a question that...

AROUND TOWN.
October 31, 2008... Be there l85 Lansdowne presents a week-long exhibition of creative designs for your wardrobe and home. On display: Mens wear by Anamika Khanna, Dev r Nil, Kiran Uttam Ghosh, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Ravi Bajaj (first time in Kolkata), Shantanu...

On the Ramp.
October 31, 2008... Rural touch Jyotee Khaitans new collection has been inspired by all things rural. The designs in white, blue, grey, brown with touches of pink, orange and green, rust and yellow were presented under the title Faux Bauhaus Chic. The theme has...

Follow that dream.
October 31, 2008... It took Esbee almost two decades to see his dream of releasing an album come true. This is just the beginning, promises the singer Watching Rock One! Sital Banerjees life changed. He is not a celebrity nor is he a big businessman. Banerjee...

Pak quake toll reaches 215.
October 31, 2008... Associated Press WAM, Oct.30: The death toll from the earthquake that devastated an impoverished valley in southwestern Pakistan rose to 215 today, as authorities scrambled to help survivors sleeping rough in the frigid mountains. The...

Japanese care for their lissome locks...
October 31, 2008... The Star/ANN KUALA LUMPUR, Oct.30: Bad hair days dont happen in Tokyo, Japan. Rain or shine, it seems the streams of men and women who fill the bustling streets of the metropolis are always perfectly styled, permed and coloured; and we arent...

People & Places.
October 31, 2008... Scariest movie LONDON, Oct.30: The Exorcist, William Friedkin's 1973 iconic movie, has been voted the best horror film ever made, according to a new poll of British filmgoers published today. Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, the 1980 film...

Lanka breaches LTTE defence line.
October 31, 2008... Associated Press COLOMBO, Oct.30: Sri Lankan air force jets pounded a Tamil Tiger suicide fighters' base deep in the country's embattled north today, and ground troops seized a major rebel defence line on the northwestern coast, the military...

Brunettes, not blondes, make better wives.
October 31, 2008... Press Trust of India LONDON, Oct.30: Men prefer blondes as girlfriends but dark-haired women are considered the best long-term option, suggests a study, that found brunettes were perceived as more dependable by males. The research has...

USA opposes resolution on Cuba sanctions.
October 31, 2008... Press Trust of India UNHQ, Oct.30: Foes and friends of the USA joined with full force in the United Nations General Assembly to denounce Washington for continuing to defy the world opinion asking it to lift the 46-year old economic embargo...

Five killed after Taliban storm Afghan ministry.
October 31, 2008... Associated Press KABUL, Oct.30: Taliban militants stormed an Afghan ministry in Kabul today and one of them blew himself up inside, killing five persons and badly damaging the building, officials and witnesses said. The assailants first...

Barack gets a boost from Bill.
October 31, 2008... WASHINGTON, Oct.30: Mr Obama got a major boost six day before the polls as former President Mr Bill Clinton joined forces with him and exhorted Americans to vote for the Illinois Senator who represented America's future. Mr Clinton, said at a...

Obama woos voters with historic TV ad.
October 31, 2008... Press Trust of India WASHINGTON, Oct.30: Flush with cash from record- breaking fund-raising, Mr Barack Obama rolled out a multi-million-dollar advertisement blitz to woo voters, an event dismissed as a gauzy, feel-good commercial by his...

Fire safety drill takes precedence in flood zone.
October 30, 2008... Biswabrata Goswami TAMLUK, Oct. 29: While residents in the coastal regions of Digha, Sankarpur and Mandarmoni have been facing sea water ingress for decades and people in East Midnapore yet to recover from the recent floods, the district...

Goons ransack pandal.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service DURGAPUR, Oct. 29: Goons ransacked a Kali Puja pandal at around midnight yesterday at Pandaveswar in Burdwan, they also allegedly molested 20 women and roughed up members of the organising club. A police picket has been...

Hooliganism continues in Goaltore.
October 30, 2008... MIDNAPORE,Oct. 29: CPI-Mgoons continued their terrorism in Goaltore area today, alleged Mrs KaberiChatterjee,GoaltoreTrinamulleader. She said, yesterday CPI-Mactivists had looted and ransacked houses of Trinamulactivists, destroyed documents...

Briefs.
October 30, 2008... Global crisis KOLKATA,Oct. 29: The state government would review all proposals for steel projects in view of the current global financial crisis. State commerce and industries secretary Mr Sabyasachi Sen said: Our expert committee would call...

Centre soft on CPM terror: Mamata.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct. 29: TrinamulCongress chief, Miss MamataBanerjeetoday accused the Centre of being soft in its handling of atrocities by the CPI-Min West Bengal and wondered whether it has any tacit understanding with the...

Cops shield man with two wives.
October 30, 2008... Rajib Chakraborty KOLKATA, Oct. 29: Some officers of Liluah police station have been accused of shielding a man, who allegedly married a woman without divorcing his first wife. Mrs Jytosna Bag, the man's first wife and a resident of Belgachia...

Aerotropolis project sparks controversy in Andal.
October 30, 2008... KanchanSiddiqui ANDAL,Oct. 29: Going by the ongoing debate over the coal loss issue, 'Aerotropolis'has become a familiar name in the AsansolDurgapurindustrial zone. People are seen discussing the countrys first Aerotropolisproject proposed to...

Bank overcomes odds to make profits worth crores.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BANKURA,Oct 29: Despite all odds The BangiyaGraminVikashBank, has managed making profits worth Rs7.42 crore. With the substantial reduction in Non Performing Assets, this rural bank is showing the way for a real...

Top students dont want to teach maths.
October 30, 2008... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, Oct. 29: Finding mathematics teachers might soon be a tough job for colleges authorities as no candidate has managed to qualify at the State Eligibility Test (SET) for two consecutive years. The West Bengal College...

Dense fog causes flight delays.
October 30, 2008... KOLKATA,Oct. 29: Dense fog caused major disruption of flights at the NSC BoseAirport this morning. The departure of flights from here was delayed between one and a-half to about two and a-half hours. The departure of 18 flights was affected...

Really, There.
October 30, 2008... Steve Connor LONDON, Oct. 29: Love and hate are intimately linked within the human brain, according to a study that has discovered the biological basis for two of the two most intense emotions experienced by both men and women. Scientists...

special article.
October 30, 2008... Asia and Europe India Has Finally Taken Its Place Within The Forum By Salman Haidar The 7thAsia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)has taken place in Beijing under the shadow of the worsening global financial crisis. Indeed, the seemingly unstoppable...

edits.
October 30, 2008... Mortal madness The worst inside the BEST bus When parochialism translates to mortal madness, the epilogue is the sort of tragedy that Mumbai witnessed on Monday. Unfortunate no less is the political ferment that this has caused at the...

Punjab sub-soil water level shows upward trend.
October 30, 2008... Chandigarh, Oct. 29: There is some good news for Punjab. For the first time in the past decade, the sub-soil water level has shown an upward trend. In testing done by a Central agency, results have shown that with excessive monsoon this year,...

Maya calls for inquiry.
October 30, 2008... SNS & Agencies LUCKNOW/MUMBAI,Oct. 29: UttarPradeshchief minister Miss Mayawati has written to the Maharashtrachief minister and the Union home ministry asking for a Central inquiry into last nights lunching of a North Indian youth in...

Mumbai shootout victim cremated.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service PATNA, Oct. 29: Shouts of vengeance followed the body of Rahul Raj, who was shot by Mumbai police, to the local cremation site late on Tuesday night amidst heavy police security. The 23-year-old Patna youth was killed...

Two killed as Punjab govt plane crashes.
October 30, 2008... SNS & PTI Chandigarh,Oct. 29: A six-seater aircraft of the Punjab government today crashed here killing its pilot and co-pilot, who prevented damage on the ground by steering the plane away from a crowded industrial area after it developed a...

CPI to sharpen attack on Centre.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 29: The CPI will sharpen its attack on the government on issues of economic policy and curtailment of Parliamentary sittings at its two-day national executive here from 1 November. The national executive...

Orissa govt in a secular fix over Kandhamal.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 29: The state government is in a fix over providing assistance to religious places damaged in the month-long communal violence that rocked Kandhamal district as it involves a policy shift with greater...

CAG pulls up defence labs.
October 30, 2008... Sri Krishna NEW DELHI, Oct. 29: Even as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)celebrates its golden jubilee this year, one of its key units, the Life Sciences Group (LSG)laboratories has been pulled up for failing to adhere...

Poll dates for MP,Mizoramchanged.
October 30, 2008... New Delhi/SRINAGAR, Oct. 29: The Election Commission today made minor changes in the polling dates for MadhyaPradeshand Mizoram.The ECsaid the change in poll date in MadhyaPradeshwas required to deploy security forces in the state after...

Panel summons Punjab chief secretary.
October 30, 2008... Chandigarh,Oct. 29: A Punjab Assembly panel has summoned the state chief secretary to explain the serious flaws reported by CAGin 2003 in disbursement of funds of by chief minister Mr ParkashSingh Badal (see photograph) under the the...

River-link project assumes urgency after Kosi disaster.
October 30, 2008... RC Rajamani NEW DELHI, Oct. 29: The death and devastation caused by the floods and consequent breach of embankments, leading to deviation of the Kosirivers course has given a keen sense of urgency to the nationwide river link project that has...

Tobacco lobbys stand fails to ruffle Ramadoss.
October 30, 2008... Ajita Singh NEW DELHI, Oct. 29: The smokers lobby, upset with the recent ban, might insist that the prohibitive order against smoking in public places has had little effect on tobacco users, particularly on the upper classes, but the Union...

Briefs.
October 30, 2008... Sarabjit CHANDIGARH, Oct. 29: Amid reports of Sarabjit Singh being shifted from a death row cell to one for political prisoners in a Pakistani jail, noted rights activist Mr Ansar Burney today asserted the Indian national will not be executed...

Plea to sack Goa govt.
October 30, 2008... Panaji,Oct. 29: The BJPand Shiv Sena have asked the Governor to dismiss the Digamber Kamatgovernment alleging that the law and order situation was deteriorating in the state. While Shiv Senahas already placed the demand before Governor Dr S...

Bank overcomes odds to make profits worth crores.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BANKURA,Oct 29: Despite all odds the Bangiya GraminVikashBank, has managed to make a profit worth Rs7.42 crore. With the substantial reduction in Non Performing Assets, this rural bank is showing the way for a real...

Aerotropolis project sparks controversy in Andal.
October 30, 2008... Kanchan Siddiqui ANDAL,Oct. 29: Going by the ongoing debate over the coal loss issue, 'Aerotropolis'has become a familiar name in the Asansol Durgapurindustrial zone. People are seen discussing the countrys first Aerotropolisproject proposed...

Who will kick the butt first?
October 30, 2008... Tarun Goswami KOLKATA,Oct. 29: The chief minister Mr BuddhadebBhattacharjeeis to be blamed for the states failure in imposing Union health ministrys ban on smoking in public places. Mr Bhattacharjee'ssmoking inside his chamber at Writers...

KOLKATA CONNECTION.
October 30, 2008... Taking care of business Popular Kollywood actor Abbas Khan was born in Kolkata and it was only after travelling to Bangalore, he took on modelling. Khan has acted in a number of films alongside Kamal Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Ajith and...

Top students dont want to teach maths.
October 30, 2008... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, Oct. 29: Finding mathematics teachers might soon be a tough job for colleges authorities as no candidate has managed to qualify at the State Eligibility Test (SET) for two consecutive years. The West Bengal College...

Dredging work held up at Haldia.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct. 29: The progress of dredging work in the Hooghlyriver channel in HaldiaDock Complex (HDC)is yet to start due to unavailability of adequate and good quality dredgers. Earlier on 24 October, Mr AK Chanda,the...

Cops shield man with two wives.
October 30, 2008... Rajib Chakraborty KOLKATA, Oct. 29: Some officers of Liluah police station have been accused of shielding a man, who allegedly married a woman without divorcing his first wife. Mrs Jytosna Bag, the man's first wife and a resident of Belgachia...

Low budget railway package tour.
October 30, 2008... KOLKATA, Oct. 29: The eastern regional office of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a railway undertaking, has decided to run a train on the lines of village on wheels on 15 November. This comes following the success in...

Official held for illegal firecracker possession.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct. 29: The administrative officer of South Point High School, Mr Krishna Dimani,was arrested from his residence near Beliaghatalast night on charges of possessing banned firecrackers. Police said around 75...

Dense fog causes flight delays.
October 30, 2008... KOLKATA,Oct. 29: Dense fog caused major disruption of flights at the NSC BoseAirport this morning. The departure of flights from here was delayed between one and a-half to about two and a-half hours. The departure of 18 flights was affected...

FIR against plywood mill management.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ,Oct 29: The RaiganjFire station officials today lodged an FIR at the Kaliyaganjpolice station against the management of a ply wood mill situated at Baghanin Kaliyaganjaround 3 km away from Kaliyaganjtown which...

Bank overcomes odds to make profits.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BANKURA, Oct 29: Despite all odds The Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank, has managed making profits worth Rs 7.42 crore. With the substantial reduction in Non Performing Assets, this rural bank is showing the way for a real...

Campaign to spread bio-diversity awareness.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Oct.29: To generate awareness among the residents of north Bengal about the need to preserve the bio-diversity in the region and prevent species extinction, the Forest Department, Government of West Bengal, in...

Cooch Behar observes Disaster Reduction Day.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service COOCHBEHAR,OCT. 29: National Day for Disaster Reduction was observed at LansdowneHall in CoochBehartoday. District magistrate of CoochBehar, Mr RajeshKumar Sinhainaugurated the programme. Civil Defence volunteers...

Thieves lynched by locals.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service MALDA,Oct 29: Two suspected thieves were lynched by local residents at a village under Sreerampurgram panchayat,close to Indo-Bangladesh border, in Habibpurpolice station last night, police said. They have been...

Small tea growers want more BLFs in north Bengal.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI,Oct. 29: The small tea growers of north Bengal have demanded an immediate annulment ofthe state government's prohibitory order on setting up of new Brought Leaf Factories (BLF)in the region. According to the...

Govt info now a click away.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Oct. 29: Keeping up with the e-governance drive initiated across India, the Siliguri sub-division today got its official website and apparently became the first sub-division in West Bengal to have an official...

ASI house dacoity case cracked.
October 30, 2008... BALURGHAT, Oct. 29: In a startling recovery of stolen property, the police have once again shown their skill in cracking any case if they really want to. Though it may sound incredible, the police took only a few hours to solve a dacoity...