Statesman (India) articles from October 2008, page 3

Statesman (India) archives from October 2008

Institute awaits sanctioned development funds.
October 30, 2008... MALDA, Oct. 29: Though the minority development minister Mr Abdus Sattar told reporters here that his department had sanctioned Rs 40 lakh for the University of Gour Banga to use for vocational studies for minority development, the sanction...

CM to lay foundation for new university in Malda.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service MALDA, Oct. 29: The chief minister, Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will lay the foundation stone for the University of Gour Banga in English Bazaar town on 16 November. The registrar of UGB, Mr Tapas Chatterjee announced...

Dengue concerns authorities.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ,Oct. 29: The North Dinajpurhealthauthorities have expressed concern after they learnt that the 31 nurses of a Kolkatahospital, who were tested dengue positive have returned to their native villages in different...

Briefs.
October 30, 2008... Six day protest SILIGURI,Oct. 29: The candlelight protest and signature campaign at HashmiChowkin Siliguridemanding a judicial probe into the mysterious death of the acquitted ISIsuspect trader MdShamsulZamanaalias Gulab entered into the...

Literacy centres face crisis.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service COOCHBEHAR,Oct. 29: The Continuing Education Centres (CEC)in Cooch Behardistrict have been encountering various problems for a long time. Nearly half the centres have no building of their own. There are 1,008 CECsin...

Orind employees finally get their dues.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service ROURKELA, Oct. 29: As part of its revival and revamping process the management of Orissa Industries (Orind) is paying back all the dues to its workers continuing with the unit as well as those who have retired, resigned...

Rice procurement strategy to target farmers interests.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHAWANIPATNA, Oct. 29: With paddy fields expected to be ready for harvest in one weeks time, a procurement strategy has been drawn up by the district administration to meet the procurement requirement target and to...

OMC for fresh bid to sell iron ore.
October 30, 2008... Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar,Oct. 29: With the steel price sliding in the international market, state owned OrissaMining Corporation (OMC)today decided to invite a fresh bid for auctioning iron ore, official sources said. The BODof the...

PXE celebrates Lab Raising Day.
October 30, 2008... BALASORE, Oct. 29: The Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE), Chandipur is all set to celebrate its 114th Lab Raising Day with fanfare and gaiety on 7 November. The week-long Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) golden...

Activists gherao police station.
October 30, 2008... TALCHER, Oct. 29: Intensifying its stir, the Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati Sradhanjali Samiti gheraoed the local police station here for hours. Hundreds of Samiti members led by MLA Mr Mahesh Sahu gheraoed the police station in the morning,...

Sarpanch awarded for development work.
October 30, 2008... JAGATSINGHPUR, Oct. 29: President Mrs Pratibha Patil felicitated the sarpanch of Krishnanandapur panchayat under Tirtol block, Md Abdul Wahid at a function held in Guwahati, Assam recently, for his leadership in making the panchayat a "nirmal...

Women: Walking on a double-edged sword....
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR,Oct. 29: Women, in general, irrespective of the ethnic groups are the most marginalisedsection among the displaced people in development projects in Orissa,claimed the study Development Induced Displacement...

Promises remain unfulfilled.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR,Oct. 29: Even as the state government goes hi-tech in developing disaster preparedness, ground zero at Erasamawhich was worst hit in the 1999 cyclone does have several tales of unfulfilled promises...

Posco gets close to hit jackpot.
October 30, 2008... Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar,Oct. 29: South Korean steel major Poscowas probably only two signatures away from getting the prospective licence (PL)of Khandadhariron ore reserve in Orissa'sSundergarhdistrict, official sources said today....

Policy shift in church rebuilding.
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...

Transport union threatens strike.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BALSORE, Oct. 29: The motor transport union of the district has threatened to stop service from 21 November as a protest against the non-repair and non-restoration of the national highway stretch from Naharpatna to...

Online aid for people during calamities.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Oct 29: Chief Minister Mr Naveen Patnaik today launched a mobile-based technology for generation of geospatial data which will facilitate online decision support system during calamities. The first of...

Malaria & unknown fever kill 2.
October 30, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Oct. 29: Malaria and unknown fever continued to wreck havoc and claim lives across the city today. While 60-year-old Jhunuri Sahani is suspected to have died of malignant malaria, 26-year-old Jharna Mondol died...

BSF cellphones go missing.
October 30, 2008... Chandan Nandy KOLKATA, Oct. 29: There have been instances in the past of hostile border-dwellers snatching away the INSAS (Indian National Small Arms Systems) rifles of Border Security Force (BSF) troops on the Bangladesh border. Now come...

Lalu threatens to stop trains.
October 30, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 29: The Congress, in power both at the Centre and in Maharashtra,has come under fire, even from key allies, over the attacks on north Indians in the state after the latest incident in which a migrant worker from UP was...

CBI gets Todis passports suspended.
October 30, 2008... NEW DELHI/KOLKATA,Oct. 29: The CBIhas secured suspension of passports of Mr Ashok Todiand his brother for their alleged role in Rizwanur Rehmanssuicide last year, a month after his marriage to the industrialists daughter. CBIsources said the...

Chandrayaan halfway there.
October 30, 2008... BANGALORE,Oct. 29: The fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre of Indias first lunar spacecraft was carried out successfully this morning, taking the spacecraft into an orbit that extends more than halfway to the moon. Chandrayaan-Is440 Newton liquid...

Anand reigns.
October 30, 2008... BONN, Oct. 29: Viswanathan Anand retained the world title with a 24-move draw against Russian Vladimir Kramnik in the penultimate game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final here today. The Indian, playing with white pieces, took...

Do you really want this job?
October 30, 2008... Global stability requires the next US President to confront a host of problems and restore confidence quickly, writes DAVID DAPICE Help needed: Americans, including newly unemployed in New York, expect the next US President to solve a range...

100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
October 30, 2008... OCCASIONAL NOTES A Memorial has been submitted to the Chairman of the Calcutta Corporation by a number of the Hindu and Jain residents of BaraBazaar and Harrison Road in regard to the proposed extension of the Slaughter House in the vicinity...

Of names and naming.
October 30, 2008... By SomdattaMandal Whats in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet ~ these immortal lines of Shakespeare have been repeated ad nauseumby all and sundry whenever it comes to the incongruity of names and naming. In Bengali,...

Hypocritical immigration debate.
October 30, 2008... By Deborah Orr The Confederation of British Industry has long been a supporter of the Governments policies on immigration. During the boom, businesses wanted to be free to recruit whoever they wanted, from anywhere in the world. Sometimes, it...

WAGs in awkward spot despite Stanfords apology.
October 30, 2008... Stephen Brenkley ST JOHN'S (Antigua), Oct. 29: The heat was taken out of the billionaire groping story yesterday. Privately (very privately) England's players might have been seething about the manner in which Sir Allen Stanford (In Photo)...

Briefs.
October 30, 2008... Tiwary row Manoj Tiwary has written to the Cricket Association of Bengal apologising for having questioned selectorial decisions regarding the States Ranji Trophy team. Kanpur ODI Determined to host an India-England one-dayer next month,...

Hamilton gets his second shot at Formula One title.
October 30, 2008... Associated Press SAO PAULO, Oct. 29: For the second-year in a row, Lewis Hamilton heads to the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix heavily favoured to win the Formula One title, and this time he plans to return home with the trophy. Hamilton...

Nadal is left knackered.
October 30, 2008... Agencies PARIS, Oct. 29: World number one Rafael Nadaladmitted that he is at the limit of his strength as he approaches the end of the tennis season, in which he is still to face the challenge of winning his first-ever Masters Cup and the...

India wrest initiative as Gambhir hits century.
October 30, 2008... Pranjal Protim Boruah NEW DELHI, Oct. 29: Nobody," it has been said, "trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. Opener Gautam...

ICC president wants Oval result altered.
October 30, 2008... Associated Press SYDNEY, Oct. 29: International Cricket Council president David Morgan (In photo)has backed calls to overturn a decision which revoked the first ever test match forfeit, saying the controversial result of the 2006...

Surrey planning to jettison ICLs Saqlain.
October 30, 2008... Agencies LONDON, Oct. 29: Players linked to the Indian Cricket League continue to be ostracised all over with Surrey planning to oust Saqlain Mushtaq (In photo) for representing the Lahore Badshahs in the rebel Twenty20 event. We are not...

Team spirit is important.
October 30, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 29: While his century put India in a strong position on the opening day, Gautam Gambhirsaid it was the team spirit that was important especially after losing two quick wickets. Team spirit is important. After being 27 for 2 it...

Bangladesh.
October 30, 2008... DHAKA, Oct. 29: Bangladesh fought hard to stave off an embarrassing defeat against some quality New Zealand bowling as the second Test finally ended in a draw on the fifth and final day here today. New Zealand clinched the two-match series...

city bits.
October 30, 2008... Table tennis North 24 Pgnsbeat Howrahand West KolkataalongwithDakshin Kolkatabeat South 24 Pgnsand North Kolkatain West Bengal State and Inter District Table Tennis Championships that started in Kolkataon Wednesday.

I just did it : Anand.
October 30, 2008... Agencies BONN, Oct. 29: I just did it, was the cryptic reaction from world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand ( in photo with the trophy after winning the Chess World Championships on Wednesday in Bonn, AFP) soon after retaining the title in...

AROUND TOWN.
October 30, 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...

Event Update.
October 30, 2008... On display Two interesting exhibitions will be held this week, one hosted by the Seagull Foundation for the Arts and the other by Weavers Studio. Sudhir Patwardhan speaking about Suranjan Basus works said: Large woodcuts were Suranjan...

All cracked up.
October 30, 2008... Renowned stand-up comic Russell Peters visits Kolkata, where his mother and brother were born. He speaks about his early career, the elections in America and future projects In North America a growing number of stand-up comics of Indian...

Phantom that delights.
October 30, 2008... Imagine an environment where there is no need to install sophisticated applications to prepare presentations, work on photographs... Are you ready for G.ho.st? A netbook with 3G Internet access, 3 GB Ram, large screen, etc While the computer...

Trick or treat?
October 30, 2008... On Halloween, children go out at night dressed in spooky outfits and collect treats from door to door. Coordinators tell us more The day: Halloween or 'All-hallow-evening' is the eve of 'All Hallows' Day', which is now also known as 'All...

Dear brother...
October 30, 2008... Today is Bhaiphonta. Voices looks at the unique ceremony that celebrates the wonderful bond between brothers and sisters 'Bhaiphonta'is a festival which adds special essence to our life and every sister waits eagerly for it, which comes soon...

Vibes 2008: It's time to put your talent to test again'.
October 30, 2008... Nazrul Manch, 22 & 23November Day One SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER Registration: (for all events): 9.00 ~ 10.00 a.m. Drama: All the World's a Stage A seven-minute-skit in English/ Hindi/ Bengali. Please deposit scripts at the Reception Desk,...

Poets' Corner.
October 30, 2008... The Drops of Life Life has drops which fall, But we do not realize the use of all. O water, we waste you, drop by drop, We do not realize one day you may stop. O tree, you leave Mother Earth so green, not brown, With the blows of an...

Carrier of life.
October 30, 2008... SarthakRoy tells us about the importance of water and its significance for our survival Moving water has fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and association. It has a thousand colours and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so...

Short Story: The Weed.
October 30, 2008... Maya was only eight years old. She was dark and also very thin. Through the numerous holes, her torn and tattered frock revealed scar marks all over her body. When she was five years old, her father had sold her to the Basufamily, and since...

How to make a Jack-0'-Lantern.
October 30, 2008... 1. Get a nice pumkin(a size to your requirements) and mark out 1/5th of the pumpkin from the top and cut it out, which will be the lid. Make a hole exactly in the middle of it. 2. Peel out the insides to make it nice and clean while deciding...

in school:.
October 30, 2008... Future scientists Like every year, Don BoscoSchool, Siliguri,hosted a Science Project Exhibition on 20 October. The themes this year were: (1) Welfare of man through Technology for classes VI-VII, (2) Scope for development in the field of...

Serve VOICES 435: Revenge is proper.
October 30, 2008... Hello girls and boys, I heard a man remark the other day that Indians simply don't forgive, that we consider it a weakness when offended to let the matter drift away. Revenge is proper. Thus, said this man, we behave. As for 'Forgive and...

Registration form: VIBES 2008.
October 30, 2008... Nazrul Manch, 22 & 23November School Address Name of Principal Principal's signature Telephone Fax no Email Rules for entry: Participants do not need passes for entry but must be in school uniform for all events excepting Drama and Dance....

Attention Coordinators!
October 30, 2008... We will be meeting this Sunday, 2 November at 11am sharp. Auditions for Vibes 2008 will be held. Volunteers must attend. Ex-Coordinators are also invited. See you all! UNHCR- WEBFUNA& The Statesman Voices Debate A debate on 'Anyone crossing a...

People & Places.
October 30, 2008... Fatwa on Yoga KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 29: Yoga may soon be outlawed in Malaysia, for the National Fatwa Council is going to impose a fatwa on Yoga after a lecturer yesterday advised Muslims to stop practising it fearing that it could deviate their...

When one wife is not enough...
October 30, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 29: A 57-year-old Malaysian man assaulted his wife and threatened to shoot her after she failed to secure him a young second wife, news reports said today. Mohamad Haris Daud, a local police chief in Kuantan in central...

Maldives ushers in new era.
October 30, 2008... Press Trust of India MALE, Oct. 29: After a record 30 years as the undisputed ruler of the Maldives, Mr Maumoon Abdul Gayoom today lost power to a former political prisoner in the first-ever democratic presidential polls in the island nation....

Good samaritan comes to the rescue...
October 29, 2008... Statesman News Service HALDIA,Oct. 28: Trafficking has brought the world closer, borders cease to exist. Bangladeshi children are found in Saudi Arabia, Nepaligirls in Mumbaisbrothels and adolescents from AndhraPradeshin Delhi's red light...

LG to hike prices from 1 Nov.
October 29, 2008... KOLKATA,Oct. 28: Consumer durablesmajor LGElectronics India has decided to hike prices of its products in almost all categories from 1 November to offset the sharp depreciation of rupee against the dollar. We have decided to increase prices...

Crisis sours Diwali in Silicon City.
October 29, 2008... Press Trust of India BANGALORE,Oct. 28: The global economic slump has muted the celebration of the 'festivalof lights' for most export driven software companies in the Silicon City this year. By and large, the economic downturn has resulted...

Gold glitters on Muhurat day.
October 29, 2008... SNS & PTI MUMBAI,Oct. 28: Gold prices shone smartly to end higher by Rs245 on the very first day of Samvatyear 2065 today followingfresh demand from investors in the festive season of Diwaliamid positive global cues. The popular Muhurat...

Oil prices rally after OPECs warning.
October 29, 2008... AgenceFrance Presse LONDON, Oct. 28: Worldoil prices rallied from 17-month lows today, after the OPEC crude exporters' cartel warned it could slash production further and as the US dollar retreated against the euro. Crude prices had tumbled...

GMR Infra net dips six per cent.
October 29, 2008... MUMBAI/CHENNAI,Oct. 28: GMRInfrastructure today said that its consolidated net profit after tax & minority interest for the second quarter ended 30 September fell marginally by six per cent to Rs46.58 crore over the corresponding period of...

JD(U) cautions govt against high deficit.
October 29, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: Reacting to the finance minister, Mr PChidambarams admission in Parliament last week that the fiscal and revenue deficit targets may not be met in 2008-2009, the JanataDal(U) has cautioned the...

Vietnam Might Ban Small-Chested From Driving.
October 29, 2008... Associated Press HANOI, Oct. 28: Vietnam is considering banning small-chested drivers from its roads ~ a proposal that has provoked widespread disbelief in this nation of slight people. The Ministry of Health recently recommended that people...

Edits.
October 29, 2008... Cry justice Orissa nun emulates Mukhtaran Mai Exactly two months after the outrage, the nun from Orissas Kandhmal district has bared her angst. With her face covered up to the eyes, she addressed the national media in Delhi to present a...

Special Article.
October 29, 2008... Nano & The Right To Property A Constitutional Entitlement That Was Ignored In Singur By Bishwajit Bhattacharyya The striking feature of Mamata Banerjeesagitation in Singur, leading to the eventual withdrawal of the Tatas,is that she managed...

Flash floods in Assam.
October 29, 2008... RANGIA,Oct. 28: Flash floods in lower Assam'sKamrup(Rural) district caused by incessant rains breached an embankment submerging over 70 villages and snapped surface communication between the state and the rest of the country. Official sources...

Bid to check drunk driving on Rlys.
October 29, 2008... Dipankar Chakraborty NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: In what appears to be a move aimed at ensuring that no train driver is drunk while on running duty, the ministry of railways (Railway Board) has set up a three-member committee to examine various...

Pak violates ceasefire.
October 29, 2008... Press Trust of India JAMMU, Oct. 28: Less than a fortnight after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing, its troops today shelled Indian posts, again violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and...

PDP to contest J&K polls.
October 29, 2008... Press Trust of India Srinagar, Oct. 28: After remaining silent for over a week on its participation in Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, the People's Democratic Party today said it would take part in the elections but refrained from...

CPM gears up to fight against Raje govt.
October 29, 2008... Statesman News Service JAIPUR, Oct. 28: The Rajasthan unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is gearing up for the approaching state Assembly elections and has decided to target the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government with multiple...

Sadhvi victim of race for credit within police: Sena.
October 29, 2008... Mumbai, Oct. 28: The Shiv Sena today said Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, arrested in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, was a victim of the race for credit amongst the police force. Police never get their hands on the real...

Naga talks: Govt taking closer look at accords.
October 29, 2008... NirendraDev NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: Wary about disturbing the 11-year-old Nagapeace process and wanting the parleys with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland(NSCN-IM)to continue, the government is working overtime studying various pros and...

CAG indicts Rlys on safety preparedness.
October 29, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: What if the Spart(Self Propelled Accident Relief Train) does not start when it is urgently required to rush to a site of a major train accident 100 km away? What if the train finally arrives at the...

Probe into shootout ordered.
October 29, 2008... Statesman News Service MUMBAI, Oct. 28: Maharashtra chief minister Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh today asked state chief secretary Mr Johnny Joseph to form a committee to investigate and file a report on Rahul Raj Kundanprasad Singhs death in a police...

Teachers doubling up as cooks.
October 29, 2008... Ranjeet S Jamwal NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: Is procuring rations and cooking food for schoolchildren part of a teachers duty? A government audit has revealed that in many states government school teachers spend up to 30 hours and 41 per cent of...

Technology to combat climate change should be selective.
October 29, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: Recognising Indias current economic growth trajectory and the need to develop, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the country must carefully adopt selected technology paradigms for its developmental needs while...

Panel moots better civil marriage laws.
October 29, 2008... Ajita Singh NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: To resolve certain conflicts arising out of inter-religious marriages that have become common due to the change in the social fabric of India, the Law Commission has taken an initiative to modify laws relating...

He lives on after death...
October 29, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 28: In death he has brought life to several others. Naval sailor Virat Sharmas family decided to donate his organs after his death on 24 October following a road accident on 18 October when he sustained severe head injuries....

Lawless dispensers of the law in Bihar.
October 29, 2008... Manoj Chaurasia PATNA, Oct. 28: The renowned Munshi Premchand, in his masterpiece Panch Parmeshwar, had described the panch (local jury) as the parmeshwar (God). That, however, may no longer be the case in the badlands of Bihar. Local...

Briefs.
October 29, 2008... Deadly fire DEHRADUN, Oct. 28: A major fire broke out in Rudrapur of district Uddham Singh Nagar today, damaging 140 shops, many of which were selling crackers. At least one person died while over one dozen people were injured in the fire....

Life returns to normal in Kashmir.
October 29, 2008... SRINAGAR, Oct. 28: Normal life resumed today in the Kashmir Valley barring Baramulla and Sopore towns after being paralysed for the past two days due to imposition of strict restrictions by authorities to foil rallies by separatists. ...

Briefs.
October 29, 2008... Arrest An employee of a nationalised bank was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly duping a customer of Rs42 lakh.Police said that a complaint was lodged on 22 October by Mr NisithDineshTakkar,a resident of Lowland Road alleging that Rs42...

Centre plans border check posts to stop illegal immigration.
October 29, 2008... Rajib Chatterjee KOLKATA, Oct. 28: In order to stop illegal immigration along the countrys international borders, the Centre has decided to set up 13 new Integrated Check Posts (ICP) along the Indo-Bangladesh border, including one in...