Statesman (India) articles from October 2008, page 5

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ICICI Bank operating profit jumps 42%.
October 28, 2008... SNS& PTI MUMBAI/KOLKATA,Oct. 27: Country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank today posted a 42 per cent rise in operating profit for the second quarter of the current financial year during which the bank suffered rumours casting doubts...

Orissas Santiniketan.
October 28, 2008... The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences peopled by about 7,000 tribal boys and girls is doing exeptionally well to bolster national pride with ventures like Chandrayan I. Uday Basu reports THEIR whole world once revolved round the basic urge...

Paapri Chat: Mumbais unknown legions.
October 28, 2008... Abhiroop Lahiri ONE fine morning, about three days ago, I heard that Mumbai was burning. About 30 buses had blazed already, and there was little more on television than the visages of angry men ravaging every innate object in sight. ...

edits.
October 28, 2008... Indo-Japanese ties Manmohan Singh puts them on fast track The three-day visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan emphasised the growing economic relationship between the two countries but Prime Minister Taro Aso was wary of conceding...

Dog A Hero After Saving Kittens.
October 28, 2008... Kathy Marks LONDON, Oct 27: Forget fighting like cats and dogs, this was more like fire-fighting. Family pooch Leo risked his life to save a litter of newborn kittens from flames engulfing a house and was hailed as a hero by Australian fire...

Edits.
October 28, 2008... Dr Joshi to Mr Singh A common agenda ~ mismanage the IIMs It is almost reminiscent of the Bharatiya Janata Partys Murli Manohar Joshi trying to tighten the screws on the Indian Institutes of Management by interfering in matters pertaining to...

Special Article.
October 28, 2008... Social transformation and development Participation Of Civil Society Is Essential Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy The economist, Joseph Stiglitz,and several other social scientists have promoted the concept of economic development as a process of social...

special article.
October 28, 2008... A frightful mess Why The West Should Withdraw From Afghanistan By Sayeed Hasan Khan and Kurt Jacobsen In 1942 and again in 1946, Mahatma Gandhi advised top British officials, after they failed to forge a settlement between the Muslim League...

NCP becomes first to pay compensation to VHP.
October 28, 2008... Nashik, Oct 27: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has become the first party to pay compensation to Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) under the government ordinance that asks protesting organisations, responsible for any property damage, pay...

No enhanced punishment for the same offence: SC.
October 28, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 27: The Supreme Court has held that an accused cannot be awarded punishment more than what was prescribed in law on the day the offence was committed. That no law can be imposed in retrospect is what the rule of law upholds...

Simlipal to open for tourists from 3 November.
October 28, 2008... Baripada, Oct. 27: Tourism zone of Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR) and the National Park will reopen for tourists from 3 November, official sources said here today. The park was closed on 16 June. In the first phase, visitors would be...

Central varsity teachers may have to wait for hike.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 27: Teachers at Central universities might have to wait for hike in their salaries as the government is likely to consult the Election Commission (EC),in view of the assembly elections in six states,...

Sadhvi to undergo Narco tests.
October 28, 2008... SNS & Agencies NASHIK,Oct. 27: PragyaSingh Thakur,the sadhviarrested in connection with the Malegaonbomb blasts, will undergo polygraph, brain mapping and narcotests, a government lawyer said today. A local court gave the Anti-Terrorist...

Five Hizbul militants killed.
October 28, 2008... Press Trust of India Jammu, Oct. 27: A self-styled militant commander was among five top Hizbul Mujahideen ultras gunned down today in an encounter with the Army in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, dealing a major blow to the...

Courts cannot invoke contempt powers arbitrarily.
October 28, 2008... Press Trust of India New Delhi, Oct. 27: The Supreme Court has ruled that a court cannot exercise the power of contempt in an arbitrary manner as such proceedings should be initiated to ensure its order is complied with and not to necessarily...

PCC mulls seat sharing.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct 27: The executive council of PradeshCongress Committee today held discussions on whetherthey will tie up with TrinamulCongress in the ensuing HowrahMunicipal Corporation and three other municipalities...

Indias share of N-energy 2.4 per cent in 2007-08.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Oct. 27: Giving equal chance to critics and supporters of the Indo-US nuclear deal to defend their respective views, official estimates have revealed that total electricity generation in the country in...

Poll ticket war gets ugly in Jaipur.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service Jaipur, Oct. 27: The ongoing tug of war for poll tickets in the Congress ranks turned ugly today when an angry mob, allegedly affiliated to one of its local level leaders, barged in and ransacked the Pradesh Congress...

IGNOU pulled up by CAG.
October 28, 2008... NEW DELHI, Oct. 27: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)has pulled up the IndiraGandhi National Open University (IGNOU)for not revising its study programmes regularly which, it said, has resulted in decline in enrolment of students as...

LS Speaker rejects plea to bar TRS MP.
October 28, 2008... New Delhi, Oct 27: A disqualification petition against suspended MP Mr A Narendra under the anti-defection law has been rejected by Lok Sabha Speaker Mr Somnath Chatterjee. Sources said the petition by Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS)...

Briefs.
October 28, 2008... Six die, 30 hurt in mishap Mangalore, Oct. 27: Six persons were killed and 30 others injured when a state transport corporation bus turned turtle after ramming into a roadside tree near Bage village, about 147 km from here early this morning,...

V-B official suspended a week before retirement.
October 28, 2008... KOLKATA, Oct. 27: Getting a job in a Central university and working there for more than 40 years without providing any proof of educational qualifications might sound strange, but when this involves Visva-Bharati, there is nothing unusual...

Books donated to help learn Thai in CU.
October 28, 2008... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, Oct. 27: Students pursuing Thai and Burmese studies at Calcutta University (CU) no longer need to worry about the lack of books dealing with their subject of interest. The Royal Thai Consulate General, Kolkata has...

Four drown in Ganga.
October 28, 2008... SHANTIPUR,Oct. 27: Four people drowned in the river Gangawhile two others were saved by the locals at BarabazaarGhatin Shantipuraround 3 p.m.today. The incident occured when six people who were part of a cremation team from Fulia went to...

CBSE attendance norms revised.
October 28, 2008... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, Oct. 27: Going by reports of certain city schools not adhering to the attendance norms, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has finally decided to take measures to rectify this situation. The board has...

Making, praying all in a day!
October 28, 2008... Rajib Chakraborty KOLKATA,Oct. 27: A 65-year-old priest (photograph right )will make an idol of goddess Kaliin three and half hours, and then he will conduct the pujarituals elaborately in an artificial crematorium ground in a mountain area...

Trains jump rails, one killed, two injured.
October 28, 2008... Kolkata/RAMPURHAT, Oct. 27: Down traffic to Howrah was disrupted today after a womens compartment of a local train got derailed at Tikiapara, close to the terminus. A railway spokesman today said that EMU train No P-44 coming from Panskura...

So much for Writers work culture.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA,Oct. 27: In an unprecedented incident, two rival groupsof employees clashed at Writers Buildings, the state secretariat, today, during office hours, leaving two persons injured and the work culture, in tatters....

Fever? Get your blood tested.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Oct. 27: Doctors are taking no chances and pathological laboratories are being swamped with blood samples. Thanks to the spurt in vector-borne diseases in the city and its adjoining areas for the past two...

Briefs.
October 28, 2008... Bribery arrests Four persons who were arrested by the CBIon charges of accepting bribe were remanded in police custody for four days. Mr KKRungta, a city-based businessman and his associate Mr PadmaChandraDugarand two lawyers Mr...

Briefs.
October 28, 2008... Opposition councillors SILIGURI, Oct. 27: The Opposition councillors of the CPI-M run Siliguri Municipal Corporation today joined in the civic body's monthly board meeting after a boycott of nearly five months. The Opposition councilors from...

Show time in Cooch Behar.
October 28, 2008... COOCH BEHAR, Oct. 27: The seven-day long Diwali Utsav, cultural programme along with Cooch Behar district and Dinhata sub-divisional bodybuilding, power-lifting, weightlifting and Yogasana championship will begin at Mahamaya-Pat in Dinhata,...

Tribals branded witches saved by locals.
October 28, 2008... MALDA, Oct 27: Acting on a tip off the English Bazaar police station today rescued three tribal people including a woman from the clutches of a group of local people at Kotwali who had hatched a plan to kill them branding them as witch. ...

Harassed by CPM, Cong supporter commits suicide.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, Oct. 27: A Jalpaiguri district Congress secretariat member, Rajat Jyoti Sharma (55), committed suicide last night after allegedly being insulted by his brothers and other local CPI-M leaders. According to...

Outgoing Malda DM reviews performance.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service MALDA, Oct 27: Before handing over charges to the new district magistrate, Mr Sreedhar Ghosh for Malda, the present DM Mr CR Das reviewed his performance during his tenure. Mr CR Das will tentatively hand over...

Engg students come up with a diwali gift.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, Oct.27: The teachers and the students of the Jalpaiguri Engineering College are offering a special Diwali gift in the form of scented candles. Mr Jyotirmay Jhampati, the Principal of the institution said...

GJMM suspends two rebels.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service DARJEELING, Oct. 27: Two Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha leaders from Takdah-Teesta Valley of Darjeeling have been suspended from the GJMM for anti-party activities and flouting party discipline. The Takdah-Teesta Valley...

Benoy targets Mamata again.
October 28, 2008... Balurghat, Oct. 27: The CPI-M leader Mr Benoy Konar today slammed the Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee for motivatedly besmirching the industrialisation potential of the state. She seems to be representing the satanic forces which...

Brand terror pushes Siliguri Muslims to fight against it.
October 28, 2008... Bappaditya Paul SILIGURI, Oct. 27: The tendency to typify Indian Muslims as agents of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) or some other anti-national outfit has hit the community hard in most parts of the country. Yet, the Muslim...

Stranded princess.
October 28, 2008... KOLKATA, Oct. 27: TheBangkok Paro via Kolkataflight of Druk Air which came to Kolkatafrom Bangkok could not go to Paro because of bad weather today. The flight had 47 passengers including the Bhutan princess, Bechan YangzonWangchuk...

Worshipping ten-headed Kali.
October 28, 2008... MALDA, Oct 27: Members of Byayam Samiti in English Bazaar town traditionally worship a ten-headed Kali idol just a day before Kali puja and the puja is held during the day unlike the traditional puja which takes place at night. The Puja begun...

Dark Dhanteras for Siliguri markets.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Oct.27: A big day like Dhanteras, traditionally the day for festive shopping, failed to bring cheer to the markets in Siliguri on Sunday. Shops and stores across the town not only registered fewer footfalls...

Protest against animal sacrifice at Kali temple.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, Oct 27: Members belonging to the People For Animal a North Dinajpur based animal lovers organisation,have decided to organise a protest against the long standing practice of animal sacrifice in the premises of...

Puja committee members held.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, Oct. 27: Members of both Agradoot Club and Thado Kali Sarbajanin Shyamapuja committees at Tarangapur in Kaliyaganj of North Dinajpur district, who on Saturday night attacked the police and damaged a police car...

Flower 'showdown' in the Hills.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service Kurseong, Oct. 27: The directive of the Janmukti Asthai Karmachari Sangathan might hamper the observation of rituals and the people alike in the hills this festive season. Recently, the JAKS had issued a directive that...

Whos winning, whos losing in Mizoram?
October 28, 2008... Patricia Mukhim MIZORAM is headed for the polls on 29 November this year. It is too early yet to predict which way the results for the 40-member assembly polls will go. That this is set to be a vote for change is, however, palpable from the...

How many wake-up calls does Ibobi need?
October 28, 2008... BY JB LAMA A HAND GRENADE exploded on the road outside Manipur chief minister Ibobi Singhs official residence on 19 October, damaging a car. The police said the assailants motive was to kill the occupant the proprietor of a travel agency on...

For all the wrong reasons.
October 28, 2008... Nava Thakuria ASSAM continues to hog the headlines but mostly for the wrong reasons. The group clashes that broke out in Udalguri and Darrang districts on 3 October, killing over 50 and rendering 100,000 homeless, grabbed media attention from...

Hard work pays off.
October 28, 2008... Sabyasachi Bhattacharjee ARUNACHAL Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu has many feathers in his cap. From donning the mantle of a grassroots peoples chief minister to orchestrating many an administrative reform, he has made one thing loud...

LBW Trust to sponsor students.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, Oct. 27: As part of the Learning for Better World (LBW) trust columnists and radio and TV commentators Mr Peter Reoubek and Mike Cowrd were on a one day visit to the Jagannath Institute of Technology...

NGOs to get greater role in riot rehabilitation.
October 28, 2008... BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 27: The Orissa government has decided to involve reputed NGOs to speed up the rehabilitation of affected people in riot-hit Kandhamal district, official sources said. The decision assumes significance as the NGOs were...

CPM campaign to protest communal violence.
October 28, 2008... BALASORE, Oct. 27: The CPI-M will hold a week long campaign from 30 October to protest against communal violence and terrorism besides highlighting the alleged failures of the Congress-led UPA government at the centre and the coalition...

No foreign missionary active in coastal Orissa.
October 28, 2008... KENDRAPARA, Oct. 27: No foreign missionary is active in coastal pockets of Orissa's Kendrapara district nor has there been any instance of conversion during past seven years, an official report submitted to the state home department said here...

Nalco reaches yet another milestone.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR,Oct. 27: The National AluminiumCompany Ltd. (Nalco) achieved a major milestone by lighting up the boiler of the 120 MW Unit of its Captive Power Plant (CPP)at Angulyesterday signaling commencement of...

Panel backs NTPC, Sahara India projects.
October 28, 2008... BHUBANESWAR,Oct. 27: The single window clearance authority of the government today recommended two power plant projects for consideration of the high powered committee headed by chief minister Mr NaveenPatnaik. The projects recommended by the...

Civic polls on 2 Nov.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR,Oct. 27: The State Election Commission (SEC) issued the notification for the general election to BhubaneswarMunicipal Corporation (BMC).With this, the model code of conduct has been brought into force. The...

CRPF: Govt seeks waiver.
October 28, 2008... Press Trust of India BHUBANESWAR, Oct. 27: Terming Maoist violence as an inter-state problem, the Orissa government today asked the Centre to waive charges towards deployment of para-military forces in the affected districts. The...

Traditional medicine should be promoted.
October 28, 2008... BHAWANIPATNA, Oct. 27: The first district level Vaidya conference organised by the district co-ordination committee of Vaidyas along with Sambandh, an NGO, was held in Dangarmurli village here yesterday. More than 250 vaidyas from different...

Youth, students demand release of Abhaya Sahu.
October 28, 2008... JAGATSINGHPUR,Oct. 27: School children and youth of several villages of the proposed Poscosteel plant site demonstrated at Patanavillage demanding immediate release of AbhayaSahu,president of the PoscoPratirodhSangram Samitiwho was arrested...

House torched in riot-torn Kandhamal.
October 28, 2008... PHULBANI, Oct. 27: Miscreants torched a house belonging to one Mr Luduku Naik in Sujeli Village in Kandhamal district last night. The stray case of violence last night also included an attack on a shop in Kurmingia Village. Receiving...

Gene genie out of the closet.
October 28, 2008... MELBOURNE, Oct. 27: A new study of transsexuals has suggested that genetics play a crucial role in determining peoples sense of gender, a finding that supports a biological basis of how gender identity develops. The study, involving...

Briefs.
October 28, 2008... Another dies of unknown fever KOLKATA, Oct. 27: One Samir Samanta (55)died of unknown fever at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital today. Samir, a resident of Behala,had been suffering from high fever for the past few days. This is the...

Todis arrest ordered.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Oct. 27: Warrants of arrest were today issued against industrialists Mr Ashok Todi, Mr Pradip Todi and Mr Anil Saraogi, all accused along with four others of abetting the suicide of Rizwanur Rehman, by a...

Yo-yo day on Dalal St.
October 28, 2008... Statesman News Service MUMBAI, Oct. 27: The BSE Sensex today dipped below the 8,000 points barrier as bears tightened their grip on the market. However, it partially recovered later, though still in the negative zone. The index today...

Bus shootout kills Bihar boy.
October 28, 2008... MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Oct. 27: A gun-wielding youth from Bihar was killed by the Mumbai police after he fired indiscriminately and threatened passengers on a state transport bus in the Kurla suburbs this morning. The incident quickly assumed...

No major breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian situation.
October 28, 2008... FROM THE UN AnjaliSharma THE head of political affairs, B Lynn Pascoe, told the Security Council of his concern that the situation on the ground was not improving in the way that is required to ensure a durable settlement, despite ongoing...

A Ferrari and a bullock cart.
October 28, 2008... In this senseless debate over competing with China, we in India are losing sight of the real problem. Simran Sodhi elaborates INDIAS signing the security pact with Japan saw the same expected question being raised yet again. Is this pact...

Remembering granduncle.
October 28, 2008... Sourav Sen PARITOSH Sen would always remind me of a pleasant past. The popular and perky painter lived in Indore for some time during the late 40s and early 50s of the last century. He was a neighbour and then a friend to my grandfather, the...

Ashes are all that matter, not Twenty20.
October 28, 2008... Stephen Brenkley It may come as a surprise to Kevin Pietersen that some things are simply impossible. Neither the word nor the concept is familiar to him. But he was being quite ridiculous when he said last week, looking forward to England's...

Sri Lanka Cricket denies IPL approval.
October 28, 2008... Press Trust of India Colombo, Oct 27: Giving a twist to the controversy over the Sri Lankan cricketers' participation in the second edition of the Indian Premier League, cricket authorities here claimed they had granted permission only to...

Ranji squad declared.
October 28, 2008... KOLKATA, Oct. 27: The Senior Bengal Ranji squad for the first two matches was announced today and the final 14 was dominated by youngsters. Laxmi Ratan Shukla, as expected, was named the captain. The rest of the squad is as follows: Rohan...

Waugh praises Indian pacers.
October 28, 2008... Agencies New Delhi, Oct 27: After spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi lent his helping hand to Ricky Ponting and his men in yesterday's practice session, former Australia skipper Steve Waugh (In photo) attended the nets today as the visitors left...

Cairns, Mongia suspended.
October 28, 2008... Press Trust of India New Delhi, Oct 27: Chandigarh Lions captain Chris Cairns and middle order batsman Dinesh Mongia were today suspended by the Executive Board of the Indian Cricket League on disciplinary grounds here. South African...

Kumble may push Mishra off the pitch.
October 28, 2008... Press Trust of India New Delhi, Oct 27: His sensational Mohali debut notwithstanding, Haryana leg-spinner Amit Mishra (In photo) will pave way for fit-again skipper Anil Kumble in the third Test against Australia, India coach Gary Kirsten...

Briefs.
October 28, 2008... Tennis LeanderPaesand Mahesh Bhupathiadvanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the euro2,270,000 Paris Masters after getting a bye in the first round with their respective partners. Bhupathiremains at the seventh position in the world doubles...

City Bits.
October 28, 2008... Football East Bengal club officials formally warned Surkumar Singh for his irresponsible brawl with Baichung Bhutia in Saturday's derby game. Nirmal Chhetri will take his place for the match against MSC, as he got a red card.

Loose comments by Gilly, says Sachin.
October 28, 2008... Press Trust of India New Delhi, Oct 27: Sachin Tendulkar (In photo, AFP) today ticked off Adam Gilchrist for questioning his sportsman spirit and honesty, saying a person who does not know him well enough made such loose statements which left...

Win keeps Kramnik afloat.
October 28, 2008... Indo-Asian News Service Bonn, Oct 27: VladimirKramniksalvaged both his reputation and stayed alive in the match as he struck back in the World Chess Championship final to crack through Viswanathan Anand'sdefence in 29 moves from a NimzoIndian...

Pele lashes out at players.
October 28, 2008... Indo-Asian News Service Mexico City, Oct 27: Soccer's all time great Pele feels sad that players have lost their loyalty to the jersey changing it far too often in quest of fatter pay. "They sign with Mexico's America (club) and kiss the...

Million dollar decision within 24 hours.
October 28, 2008... Agencies Karachi, Oct 27: The fate of Pakistan's proposed two-match Test series against the West Indies in Abu Dhabi will be decided within the next 24 hours, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said today. The official said on condition...

Travel without moving.
October 28, 2008... Without leaving Kolkata, visit the Forbidden City and interact with millions of tourists! Projects like Beyond Space and Time can be implemented in India Virtual reality at its best is not so far away. Even as you read this article, various...

Spinning out of control.
October 28, 2008... DJ Sanj doesnt fail to pump up the volume on his latest album, Bollywood Punk The British R&B act Rouge, comprising, Laura Ismail (Egypt), Legha Joseph (Iran) and Amrita Hunjan (India), in the last few years has made rapid progress towards...

WIDE SCREEN.
October 28, 2008... Its only words Himesh Reshammiya is misunderstood by most and there are millions to crack jokes at his expense. The singer and actor speaks on Zindagi Live on IBN7 next Wednesday. Here are excerpts from an interview with Richa Anirudh. ...

AROUND TOWN.
October 28, 2008... Be there l Padatik Dance Centre presents solo Kathak dance recital by Sucharita Dutta at Padatiks Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, on 31 October at 7 p.m. lKalpanirjhar presents a short fiction film festival at...