Statesman (India) articles from September 2006

Statesman (India) archives from September 2006

Rivers relent, only just.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 29: With barrages and dams across the state releasing lesser quantity of water, flood situation has improved. Nabadwip, Kaligunj, Nakashipara, Chakdah Ranaghat in Nadia...

Nirupam: No multi-crop land for Tatas.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Sept. 29: State commerce and industries minister Mr Nirupam Sen today iterated that the Tatas would not be allotted any land that produced two or three crops a year for their proposed small car...

As Bosoya likes it.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) RAMPURHAT, Sept. 29: A puja without a Brahmin priest might rile conservatives but villagers in Bosoya, Magram, have long done without one whilst seasonally celebrating Durgas homecoming. A small puja in the...

Corporate call for veterans.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept 29 : The Indian Army is looking for avenues to employ the large number of Army men who retire every year, and to do this it is scouting for private corporate houses. There...

Family matters in festive time.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BIRBHUM, Sept. 29: At a time when the community Pujas or sarbojanin dugrotsavs are experimenting with various themes and concepts to attract pandal-hoppers, the traditional family Pujas...

weather.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Mainly clear sky Yesterdays readings: Max temp up to 5.30 p.m. was 37.3 (+3) Min temp up to 8.30 a.m. was 24.9 (+3) Relative Humidity: Max 90%; Min 70% Relative humidity at 8.30 a.m.: 69% (-2) and at 5.30...

Mukut magic and more.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 29: Pristine blue skies and the fragrance of sheuli flowers beckoned to pandal-hoppers on Mahashashti. Judges of The Statesman and Dainik Statesman Mukut Sarad Mahasamman...

Tale of a bygone era.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Sabyasachi Roy RAMPURHAT, Sept. 29: The glitz is absent. So are the fancy lights. But for those who know about it, the Puja of Brojo Murmu and Durga Murmu at Sulunga village in Birbhum is not to be missed,...

Oil thieves darken the festival in Asansol.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) DURGAPUR, Sept. 29: Some thieves are robbing Puja pandals in Asansol of their festive lustre. They are stealing oil from transformers leading to hours of power shedding, especially in Asansol command zone of...

FDI issues in telecom unresolved.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Sept. 29: The Cabinet today approved an extension of three months' time to sort out the implementation issues regarding foreign direct investment (FDI) in the telecom sector. This extended the...

New law for SMEs from Oct.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Sept. 29: A new law that will give a fillip to micro and small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will come into force on 2 October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who wanted these units to be...

CCEA approves slew of schemes.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, Sept. 29: Reiterating the government's intention to adhere to the fiscal deficit and revenue deficit targets, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today advised all...

GDP up at 8.9% in Q1.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SNS & PTI NEW DELHI, Sept. 29: Marking the mid-point of the UPA government's financial period, the country's economy showed a robust growth of 8.9 per cent in the first quarter this fiscal compared to 8.5 per...

special article.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Vulnerable EVMs The Danger To Elections Is Real Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy Deployment of paramilitary forces and close monitoring and supervision by the Election Commission ensured a reasonably rig-free election to...

Review Resents Singapore Ban.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE, Sept. 29: Singapore's ban on the Far Eastern Economic Review further restricts 'the already narrow scope' of free expression in the city-state, the magazine said today. The ban...

Edits.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) After Musharraf, who? The limitations of PR strategies Incidentally, there was no 'Pakistan' in the Stone Age Pervez Musharraf has become adept at the show-biz aspect of modern international politics ~ at...

Rain cant dampen festive spirit.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 29: The sun played hide-n-seek with clouds as the dawn of Mahasaptami broke over the city. As the day progressed, it seemed as if an unending fashion parade had taken to...

One hurt in gang feud.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Sept 29 :One person was injured after being shot at by a criminal, following a clash between two groups of rowdies in Tangra area late last evening. Three people were arrested in connection with the...

Pent up during the Pujas.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Kajari Bhattacharya KOLKATA, Sept. 29: Durga Puja is not simply a time for dhak dhol, prasad, reunion of family members, dhunuchi naach and odd-hour outings with friends. For some, who have chosen professions...

French lamps to light up city streets.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 29: Come December, important city streets will be decked with French-made solar lights. A French company, De Viris has proposed to the state government to set up...

Priya for Article 371 in NB.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, Sept. 29: Accusing the Left Front government of failing to improve the overall condition of the six districts of north Bengal, the Union I&B and parliamentary affairs minister,...

Centre to promote tea tourism.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Sudipta Chanda SILIGURI, Sept. 29: It is time now for the Centre to realise the potential tea tourism has to offer and the good news is that it has. The indication that the Centre is eager to promote the...

Bomb scare in Siliguri.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SILIGURI, Sept. 29: Panic gripped the residents of the town who were out in large numbers to visit puja pandals, when an unclaimed briefcase was found near the Sikkim Nationalised State Transport Corporation...

Bid to eliminate HIV fright.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SILIGURI, Sept. 29: The ignorant recoil from them, but they are not outcasts and this Puja, a club is showing the way. Utilising the most important festival of the state as a...

Fulpati blurs calamity pain.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service DARJEELING, Sept. 29: As life returns to normal in Darjeeling after the relentless downpour and loss of lives in the landslide a few days ago, people are gearing up for the festive...

Nowhere men get a glimpse of Puja pandals.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman news Service SILIGURI, Sept. 29: Many social organisations of the town came forward to give a tinge of happiness to the socially secluded people of the town such as leprosy patients,...

Villager killed in drunken brawl.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service GANGTOK, Sept. 29: After a heated discussion over a petty issue, an irate villager, Purna Gadahal, allegedly killed Vishnu Pradhan (25), a temporary PWD supervisor, at Singtam in East...

Cooch Behar remembers Bhagat Singh.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service COOCH BEHAR, Sept. 29: Cooch Behar district committee of All India Youth League observed the birth centenary of great patriot Bhagat Singh at different places in the district yesterday....

East Sikkim athletic champions.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service GANGTOK, Sept. 29: East Sikkim became the overall champions of the state level Inter-District Athletic Meet-2006 which was organised at Chakung, West Sikkim. In the three-day meet,...

A celebration for 116 years.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service COOCH BEHAR, Sept. 29: The celebration of Durga Puja by Mahamaya-pat in Dinhata has entered 116th year. It is one of the oldest Pujas in Cooch Behar district after the Baro Devi Puja of...

MZP lambasts state govn.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service MALDA, Sept. 29: Malda Zilla Parishad Sabhadhipati Mr Goutam Chakraborty has blamed the state agriculture department for the non-distribution of seeds for the Rabi crop cultivation to...

Measures suggested for religious amity.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Sept 29: The Indian Peoples Tribunal today warned of growth of communal forces in Orissa and demanded immediate intervention of the government to prevent a similar kind of...

Cyclone fear grips Ganjam.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BERHAMPUR, Sept. 29: Rainfall has resumed due to a depression over the Bay of Bengal on the Saptami day of Durga Puja. The people of the Ganjam district are now praying that it does not...

Total sanitation in rural areas by 2009.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service NAWARANGPUR, Sept. 29: A workshop on Total Sanitation Campaign was organised at the Mission Shakti Hall by the district water and sanitation mission in collaboration with Unicef....

BSNL to set up 300 mobile towers by March 2007.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 29: Unveiling special schemes for Puja and the massive expansion plans in mobile, landline and WLL sectors, the CGMT of Orissa Telecom Circle, BSNL, Mr UN Mahalick...

Two die in accident, villagers block road.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service JAGATSINGHPUR, Sept. 29: Irate people of Kaijanga village blocked the road for over five hours following an accident in which two persons were killed today. The deceased were Hemant...

Doctors start probe into eyesight loss.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Sept 29: A team of doctors from VSS Medical College and Hospital, Burla today started their inquiry into the case of cataract patients losing their eyesight after undergoing...

Briefs.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Death probe JAGATSINGHPUR, Sept. 29: Police from Chhattisgarh and Jagatsinghpur districts are jointly investigating the mysterious death of an unidentified foreign national whose body was recovered from a coal...

Problems plague Nesco.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BALASORE, Sept. 29: There seems to be no respite from the problems for Nesco. While the consumers are not satisfied with the frequently interrupted supply of power, the employees are on...

New chief for Balasore cooperative bank.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) BALASORE, Sept 29: Mr Jeeban Pradip Dash, the former BJP MLA from Balasore, took charge as the president at the Balasore Bhadrak Central co-operative bank. On the occasion, besides speaking about the status of...

CM for IIT off-campus in Orissa.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service BHUBANESWAR, Sept 29: An off-campus of IIT Kharagpur in Orissa and an IIIT were two issues raised by chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik during his meeting with Union minister for human...

Patnagarh lawyers call off strike.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) PATNAGARH, Sept. 29: The prolonged strike by lawyers was called off yesterday following assurances from the law minister, Mr BB Harichandan, finance minister Mr PC Ghadei and others, including two other...

Tharoor still trails Ban.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Korea Herald/ANN & PTI UNHQ, Sept. 29: Indian nominee for the post of United Nations secretary-general Mr Shashi Tharoor remained in second place in the third informal straw poll conducted by the 15-member...

Azad for Afzal clemency.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI, Sept 29: Mainstream politicians of J&K, including chief minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad and PDP chief Ms Mehbooba Mufti, today lent support to the demand for a pardon for Mohammad Afzal...

Pak complicity confirmed by court as five more convicted for 93 blasts.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service MUMBAI, Sept. 29: The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) Court today confirmed Pakistans complicity in the 12 March, 1993, serial blasts which had devastated Mumbai,...

column1.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Reactor import PANAJI, Sept. 29: Planning Commission principal advisor Mr Surya P Sethi said today that up to eight light water nuclear reactors are intended to be imported under the Indo-US nuclear deal. Mr...

Monica gets 5 years in jail.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) HYDERABAD, Sept. 29: Former film actress and underworld don Abu Salems companion Monica Bedi was today convicted for five years for securing a passport by using a fictitious name. Retired assistant...

Koubek stuns Ancic.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Mario Rodrigues MUMBAI, Sept. 29: Unseeded Stefan Koubek of Austria caused the biggest upset of the tournament when he came from behind to oust second seed and popularity polls leader Mario Ancic 3-6, 6-4, 6-3...

Hair was only guessing.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India LONDON, Sept. 29: Umpire Mr Darrell Hair was only guessing when he decided to penalise Pakistan for ball tampering, according to television analyst Simon Hughes, one of the three experts...

Walter Hadlee passes away.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Agence France Presse WELLINGTON, Sept. 29: Former New Zealand cricket captain Walter Hadlee, the father of bowling great Sir Richard Hadlee, died on Friday aged 91. Hadlee, who passed away in Christchurch...

BCCI clarifies stand.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) MUMBAI, Sept. 29: The Board of Control for Cricket in India today clarified that it had not in any way implied that it was not in a position to address safety and security concerns, according to media...

Sport briefs.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Cricket in Tokyo Kapil Dev, England bowler Devon Malcolm and South Africas Clive Rice will be among the celebrities taking part in the fundraiser, which includes a cricket match, golf tournament and sports...

Eves go down.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) MADRID, Sept. 29: Mamta Kharabs sterling performance went in vain as India went down to Germany 2-3 in a Pool A match of the womens field hockey World Cup here today. The Indian eves put up a spirited...

Prasanna honoured.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service MUMBAI, Sept. 29: The talent of India under-19 captain and leg spinner Piyush Chawla, who led the country to comprehensive 4-0 One-Day International and 2-0 Test victories in Pakistan...

Sourav needs to perform.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) SNS & Agencies KOLKATA, Sept. 29: Newly appointed chairman of national selectors Mr Dilip Vengsarkar today said Sourav Ganguly could surely make a comeback on the basis of his performance. Speaking to the...

Sania out of Korea Open.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India SEOUL, Sept. 29: Was Sania Mirzas victory against World No. 8 Martina Hingis yesterday a flash in the pan? Her critics may say so as the Indian teenager failed to carry on with the good...

Bhajji supports Chappell.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) NEW DELHI, Sept. 29: Although Indian coach Mr Greg Chappells experimentation with the team failed to bring any desired results, off spinner Harbhajan Singh not only supported the policy, but also expressed...

Zero gravity, courtesy Virgin.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) By Stephen Foley NEW YORK, Sept. 29: Passengers on Sir Richard Bransons forthcoming commercial flights into space will have six minutes to somersault freely in zero gravity and contemplate the fragility of...

Scarlett to play the Queen.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Andrew Gumbel LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29: Scarlett Johansson has already proved she can inhabit the 17th century ~ thanks to her highly praised turn as Vermeers Girl With A Pearl Earring. Now the accomplished...

Space tourist returns.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press ARKALYK (Kazakhstan), Sept. 29: Ms Anousheh Ansari, the worlds first female paying space tourist, returned to Earth today after an 11-day sojourn in space capped by the bone-jarring journey...

Bangladesh govt offers to talk to Opposition.
September 30, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Associated Press DHAKA, Sept 29: The government today offered to hold talks with the Opposition to discuss election reforms ahead of next years general election, an Opposition leader and the government said....

Cabinet core body redundant.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Anindita Chowdhury KOLKATA, Sept. 28: The seventh Left Front government has completed six months in power but the Cabinet core committee is yet to meet. The Cabinet core committee has become redundant. We...

Briefs.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Gastro cases KOLKATA, Sept. 28: With little or no rainfall recorded in the state as well as in the catchment areas of different barrages and dams, the flood situation has started improving. Mr Asim Dasgupta,...

States sincerity on RIA questioned.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Sept. 28: West Bengal is one of the slowest states to implement the Right to Information Act. Its failure to post details of the Singur land acquisition process on the government website shows its...

Lathi-charge victim dies.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service SINGUR, Sept. 28: Rajkumar Vul (24) of Singurs Gopalnagar Mad-hyapara village, who was allegedly injured in Monday nights lathi-charge at the block office, was found dead in a paddy...

Silver Jubilee celebration at Vidyasagar University.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Shyam Sundar Roy MIDNAPORE, Sept. 28: The two-day silver jubilee celebration of Vidyasagar University which began with a blood donation camp on Monday followed by a colourful procession amid the beating of...

Court blow for 2 women.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 28: The bail plea of a mother-in-law and sister-in-law of a murdered woman was rejected by the Division Bench of Mr Justice Amit Talukdar and Mr Justice Dipankar Dutta...

Dowry takes another life.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Sept 28: Torture for dowry allegedly led a 22-year-old housewife to take her life by hanging herself at her marital home at Bally, Howrah, late last night. Five of her in-laws were arrested today....

Former DC found dead on rail tracks.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 28: The body of a retired deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police was found near the railway tracks of Konnagar station in Hooghly district, late last evening. Police said...

Mukut vetting begins.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Sept. 28: The heavy downpour preceding Durga Puja this year failed to dampen the spirits of Puja organisers. Now it is time for The Statesman and Dainik Statesman Mukut Sarad...

Pandals flout fire safety norms.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Anjan Chakraborty KOLKATA, Sept. 28: Durga has descended on her earthly abode and its time to give vent to our festive spirit. But the goddess and her children are not safe in all the Puja pandals in the...

Full alert in Purulia.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Nani Gopal Pal PURULIA, Sept. 28: A full alert was sounded in Purulia district last week in the aftermath of the murder of three policemen and a CPI-M leader in two consecutive days at Lalgarh in Midnapore...

Mock parliament held at Nistarini College.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service PURULIA, Sept. 28.: A youth Parliament competition was organised jointly by the Economics and the Political Science departments of Nistarini College, as a part of its year-long golden...

2 killed in road mishaps.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Sept. 28: Two people, including a three-and-half-year-old boy, were killed in separate road accidents in the city today. For the three-and-half-year-old boy Santosh Das, pandal-hopping on Sashthi...

Ban on animal slaughter urged.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service MIDNAPORE, Sept. 28: The Humanists Association committee of Midnapore district have demanded ban on the slaughter of animals in temples, during Durga puja and Kali puja in view of...

Bad Water Remains.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) GENEVA, Sept. 28: The world has made strides in improving access to clean water in developing countries, but lack of safe drinking sources and decent sanitation still claims the lives of 1.5 million...

Edits.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Stop the charade Terror must be fought alone The continuing war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad ~ even if diplomats prefer to describe the sniping as 'clarifications' ~ over the scope and role of the...

special article.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) A righteous struggle Hundred Years Of The Satyagraha By Mohit Chakrabarti Mahatma Gandhi made a pioneering contribution to the advancement and excellence of man through his thoughts and experiments in...

Jain woman dies of santhara.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service JAIPUR, Sept. 28: A 61-year-old Jain woman who had been on fast unto death for the past 15 days, as part of a customary practice of santhara with a sect of the community, died this...

Gogoi wants peace ~ whatever it takes.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service GUWAHATI, Sept. 28: Assam chief minister Mr Tarun Gogoi today called upon civil society to mount pressure on the Ulfa for talks with the Centre and termed the pull out by the...

Buddha for another NIT in state.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) KOLKATA, Sept. 28: The state government has taken initiative to set up a modern technical institute to train techno-savvy professionals for meeting the growing needs of IT and IT-Enabled Service companies in...

SC reserves cash-for-query verdict.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: More than 10 months after the expulsion of MPs in the cash-for-query scam, the Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on the powers of Parliament to take such an...

Atal powers Rajnath.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Dipankar Chakraborty NEW DELHI, Sept. 28: Seemingly emboldened by the top BJP leader and former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayees recent words of praise for his leadership, the party president Mr...

AIADMK alliance falls apart.
September 29, 2006... (From The Statesman (India)) Statesman News Service CHENNAI, Sept. 28: Coalition divorces have become easy in Tamil Nadu. It just takes three hours to decide to walk out of one alliance partner and get into the welcoming arms of another....