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DFID: State delay may be costly.
September 30, 2009... Anindita Chowdhury KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: The state is likely to lose out on funds from the UK based Department For International Development (DFID) for initiating administrative reforms due to an inordinate delay in implementing the project. ...
PSU pays up more than it could chew.
September 30, 2009... KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Making rounds at a public sector firm's office by a creditor did not make the former pay up its dues. But the apprehension of earning the wrath of the Calcutta High Court by holding it in contempt made the firm cough up more...
SDOs to monitor development works.
September 30, 2009... Pranesh Sarkar KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: To expedite development schemes meant for the backward class, the state government has engaged sub-divisional officers (SDO) to monitor and supervise the development works executed by the backward class...
Chhatradhar has Maoist links, says home secy.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA/MIDNAPORE/BANKURA, 29 SEPT: The Police Santrash Birodhi Public Committee (PSBPC) leader, Chhatradhar Mahato, was arrested only after his links with Maoists were confirmed. State home secretary, Mr Ardhendu...
Big cats will have to wait.
September 30, 2009... SabyasachiRoy KOLKATA,29 SEPT: Setting up of tiger conservation foundations in the state may get delayed as the state government have raised a query regarding the guidelines proposed by the centre. Recently, the Union ministry of...
Navy, KoPT fight over.
September 30, 2009... Biswabrata Goswami HALDIA, 29 SEPT: The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) authorities have been locking horns with the defence authorities over land at Haldia Dock Complex for the past few months. The disagreement may hamper the construction of two...
Briefs.
September 30, 2009... Fishy affair KOLKATA, 29 Sept: A few hundred fish were found dead at a private pond near Chiriamore in Dum Dum today. Locals suspect that the water may have been poisoned, leading to the death of the fish. SNS Girl falls off bus, dies ...
GJMM holds up Darjeeling development.
September 30, 2009... Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: A project to develop circuit tourism in some areas of Darjeeling has been stalled following the ongoing agitation called by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha (GJMM). This circuit destination development...
None ready to give up on flouters spot!
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: The guidelines set down by the state environment department regarding idol immersion have gone for a toss with pandal organisers, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Kolkata Police flouting...
Twelve hurt in immersion row.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Twelve persons including three women were injured in a clash that broke out between members of two clubs over immersion at Saileshnagar near Madhyamgram last night. Local people put up a blockade on...
Police trying to pass off murder as mishap.
September 30, 2009... ;Rajib Chakraborty KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Some officers of Khardahpolice station in North 24-Parganashave been accused of trying to pass off a case of murder as an accident. Six years have passed since the mysterious death of MousumiDas,a...
Colleges they set up then...
September 30, 2009... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, 29 Sept: The state higher education department has come up with an innovative way to encourage private firms to set up institutes for a social cause. The education department is preparing a publication on the details...
No plan to raise borrowing target.
September 30, 2009... NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: The government does not propose to increase the borrowing target for fiscal 2009-10, now fixed at Rs4.51 lakhcrore, according to the finance secretary, Mr AshokChawla. There is no intention to increase that number, Mr...
Home loan rates slashed.
September 30, 2009... Press Trust of India MUMBAI,29 SEPT: The housing finance outfit of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC)would offer home loans at a concessional rate of 7.95 per cent for a period of six months, under a special scheme for the festival...
India, Russia to boost economic ties.
September 30, 2009... Press Trust of India MOSCOW, 29 SEPT: Indiaand Russia, two of the famous four 'BRIC' economies, today vowed to add muscle to their bilateral relations by forging partnership in nuclear energy, bio-technology, nano-technologyand core...
Govt threatens to cancel allotted blocks.
September 30, 2009... NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: Thegovernment has threatened to cancel the coal block allottedjointly to ArcelorMittaland GVKPower in Jharkhandfor the inordinate delay in developing the property. The coal ministry has served notice on 23 September to...
RBI undecided on monetary policy.
September 30, 2009... Press Trust of India COLOMBO, 29 SEPT: TheReserve Bank of India hassaid rising inflation and 'stilltentative' recovery in economic growth is making it difficult for the central bank to decide whether to exit from monetary easing measures. ...
Abolish to create.
September 30, 2009... Over and above discussing policy priorities, a recent session on Indian higher education, writes Payal Shah, dwelt on contrasting methodologies and the debates that still elude solution THE emergence of a global economy as a result of...
Flights of ministerial fancy.
September 30, 2009... Contrary to Kapil Sibals proposal, the board examination ~ a necessary evil ~ should stay. Otherwise we should be prepared to compromise on quality and kill competitive urge and confidence, argues Ardhendu Chatterjee FROM 2011...
Straddling vital space.
September 30, 2009... Explore new horizons and test preparation techniques with IMS Learning Resources Private Limited MILESTONE Religare Investment Advisors Private Limited, a joint venture between Religare Enterprises and the Milestone Group, recently announced...
Colour your imagination.
September 30, 2009... Global Art India can help you pursue your artistic ambition HAVING established itself in 57 centres across eight states, Global Art India, a unit of the Sip Academy, is all set to launch three new centres in Juhu, Powai and Worli. Dinesh...
Nestle Milk Mugabe The Farmer.
September 30, 2009... Daniel Howden HARARE, 29 SEPT: The furore over this weeks revelation that Nestle is doing business with Mrs Grace Mugabereveals more about the danger of re-engaging with Zimbabwe than the iniquity of the Swiss dairy giant. Nestles...
Air-India again!
September 30, 2009... The national carrier needs ministering THE Prime Minister would do well to inquire just how it transpired that the Air-India management first decided to suspend operations for 15 days beginning today, and then found the civil aviation...
Learning the facts of life.
September 30, 2009... Anupriyo Mallick CONCERNS over health arise at the stage of puberty. These are related to the adolescents sexual and reproductive development and their behaviour. This is the stage of life when they should be taught to be responsible,...
PM stresses on universal nuclear disarmament.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: The Prime Minister, Dr ManmohanSingh (in AFP photograph), today asserted the countrys commitment to universal nuclear disarmament, while bringing out the deficiencies in the global non-proliferation...
Betrayal of nation: BJP.
September 30, 2009... NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: The Congress-led UPAgovernment today drew fire from the Opposition within moments of its declaration in the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw all prosecution against the key Boforsscam accused, the fugitive...
Black money: More time to Centre.
September 30, 2009... ;Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: The Supreme Court today granted six more weeks to the Union government to file a fresh status report giving details of the steps taken along with the outcome of the effort to bring back black money...
Life convict tops exam.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service Thiruvananthapuram, 29 SEPT: Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself, Leo Tolstoy once wrote, but a 27-year-old life convict did just that ~ changed himself ~ by securing the first...
Delhi school stampede: Principal loses job.
September 30, 2009... Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, 29 SEPT: The Delhi government today said it has terminated the services of the principal and transferred six teachers of the school in northeast Delhi where five girls were killed and over 30 were injured in...
Air India stalemate on:.
September 30, 2009... (Continued from page 1) despite the airlines claim of having deputed additional staff across various airports to ensure the passengers are shifted to other airlines flights and refunding tickets. Fourteen international flights out of 29...
Brave Ruksanabecomes a star.
September 30, 2009... ShahdharaSharief(Rajouri),29 SEPT: Her immensely brave act has turned young RuksanaKausarinto a heroine and people now see her as a fighter against the zulmor atrocities of militants. She had taken on a group of Lashkar-e-Taiyyabaterrorists who...
Listen to Indias voice, says ElBaradei.
September 30, 2009... Press Trust of India New Delhi, 29 SEPT: IAEA chief Mohammad ElBaradei today hailed India as a leading advocate for nuclear disarmament and asked the world to listen to its voice on elimination of all nuclear weapons. India called for the...
Rebels do parties in before Maha polls.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service Mumbai,29 SEPT: On the last day for withdrawal of nomination papers, the picture emerging in most part of Maharashtrais not encouraging for any political party since almost all of them will gointo the 13 October...
Lata Mangeshkar turns 80.
September 30, 2009... Mumbai, 29 Sept: Bursting into the music scene with the soul-stirring Aayega Aanewala six decades back and following it up with romantic hits like Pyar kiya to darna kya in Mughal-e-Azam, there has been no looking back for melody queen Lata...
Colleges they set up then...
September 30, 2009... Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, 29 Sept: The state higher education department has come up with an innovative way to encourage private firms to set up institutes for a social cause. The education department is preparing a publication on details of...
Woman falls off bus, dies.
September 30, 2009... KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Angry people set four private buses on fire at Serampore in Hooghly this morning after a 32-year-old woman was killed in an accident on Delhi road. Police said trouble broke out when a Serampore-bound private bus on route...
Briefs.
September 30, 2009... Fishy affair KOLKATA, 29 Sept: A few hundred fish were found dead at a private pond near Chiriamore in Dum Dum today. Locals suspect that the water may have been poisoned, leading to the death of the fish. ;SNS PTTI meeting KOLKATA, 29...
Alliances success only half way through.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, 29 SEPT: Though the Congress-Trinamul alliance successfully ousted the Left Front from the Siliguri Municipal Corporation after around 28 years in the civic poll held on 13 September, the alliance leadership...
GJMM holds up Darjeeling development.
September 30, 2009... Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: A project to develop circuit tourism in some areas of Darjeeling has been stalled following the ongoing agitation called by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha (GJMM). This circuit destination development...
None ready to give up on flouters spot!
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: The guidelines set down by the state environment department regarding idol immersion have gone for a toss with pandal organisers, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the Kolkata Police flouting...
Twelve hurt in immersion row.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Twelve persons including three women were injured in a clash that broke out between members of two clubs over immersion at Saileshnagar near Madhyamgram last night. Local people put up a blockade on...
Navy, KoPT fight over land for jetties.
September 30, 2009... ;Biswabrata Goswami HALDIA, 29 SEPT: The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) authorities have been locking horns with the defence authorities over land at Haldia Dock Complex for the past few months. The disagreement may hamper the construction of two...
Police trying to pass off murder as mishap.
September 30, 2009... Rajib Chakraborty KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Some officers of Khardahpolice station in North 24-Parganashave been accused of trying to pass off a case of murder as an accident. Six years have passed since the mysterious death of MousumiDas,a...
CPM-Opp clashes continue, police fail to control situation.
September 30, 2009... MALDA, 29 SEPT: Bordering Bangladesh, the Majampur village under Kaliachak police station in Malda district has been a victim of hostilities between Congress and CPI-M supporters for the past one month. The violence has increased in the past few...
Jail authorities to grow paddy in compound.
September 30, 2009... BALURGHAT, 29 SEPT: After cultivating mango, banana and fish, the Balurghat jail authority would harvest paddy in the jail compound this year. The effort is unique and no jail campus in West Bengal has ever witnessed such efforts, claimed the...
Whats pulling down on Hill tourism?
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, 29 SEPT: The sombre shadows of political uncertainty keep hanging over the Darjeeling Hills as is evident from the much less tourist inflow this Puja than expected in what is universally acknowledged as the...
Briefs.
September 30, 2009... Father held on charges of raping daughter MALDA, 29 SEPT: Police arrested a father on charges of allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter and produced him to the court today in Malda. Police officials said the accused, Dilip Chakraborty, a...
76 pandals accused of power theft.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service MALDA, 29 SEPT: A total of 76 puja committees have been blacklisted in Malda district by the West Bengal Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBEDCL) for malpractice over power connection. The divisional manager of...
Villagers to fast in their struggle for power.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, 29 SEPT.: With a demand for immediate power connection to the villages, over 500 villagers of Kachhnabari and Malibari mouzas under Bhatol gram panchayat of Raiganj police station, North Dinajpur district, have...
PHE-run roadside taps run dry, locals go without water.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service RAIGANJ, 29 SEPT.: The residents of different Wards under Raiganj municipality have been facing acute scarcity of drinking water because most of the public health engineering (PHE)-run roadside taps in Ward no 2,3, 5,...
Bus owners threaten strike in Dooars.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service JALPAIGURI, 29 SEPT: The Dooars Mini Bus Owners Association (DMBOA) leadership of Jalpaiguri today threatened to launch a bus strike soon concerning the dismal condition of roads in the Dooars area. According to the...
Fire.
September 30, 2009... KALIMPONG, 29 SEPT: A fire broke out at a wooden building in 10 Mile area around 7 p.m. here today, where a family of 10 members used to reside. The Kalimpong fire brigade was informed immediately but they failed to bring the situation under...
A long wait to watch weight.
September 30, 2009... Romit Bagchi SILIGURI, 29 SEPT: In an age known for its obsession with health consciousness, a man feels almost an irresistible urge whenever he comes across a weighing machine to check whether he has gained or lost weight. At the New...
GJMM holds up Darjeeling development.
September 30, 2009... Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: A project to develop circuit tourism in some areas of Darjeeling has been stalled following the ongoing agitation called by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha (GJMM). This circuit destination development...
Allies divided over mayor post.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service SILIGURI, 29 SEPT: Though the Congress-Trinamul alliance successfully ousted the Left Front from the Siliguri Municipal Corporation after around 28 years in the civic poll held on 13 September, the alliance leadership...
Boy drowns in Teesta during Durga immersion.
September 30, 2009... JALPAIGURI, 29 SEPT: A youth Parash Roy of Sukanta Nagar, Jalpaiguri drowned in the Teeta River during immersion last night. According to witnesses, the boy was in an inebriated condition. Parash used to work in a hotel at Udaypur, Rajasthan and...
Saviours of storks.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KENDRAPARA, 29 SEPT: Disconcerted by the indiscriminate killing of stork species, a group of enthusiastic youths here have come forward to protect the winged species ensconced atop a couple of banyan trees along the...
Phulbani blast victim identified.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service PHULBANI, 29 SEPT: The police have finally succeeded in establishing the identity of the person who was killed in a blast at a rehabilitation colony for riot victims at Nandagiri village three days ago. The victim of...
Rain dampens Dussehra spirit.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, 29 SEPT: The Vijaya Dashami, arguably the most important part of the Dussehra festival, was totally dampened with persistent rains active over the entire district yesterday. The final day of the ten-day...
Bullocks pray to Goddess Durga.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service BHADRAK, 29 SEPT: Devotion is not restricted to human beings only, domestic animals can also participate in the celebrations. In Arnapal, a panchayat under Bhadrak, a 300-year-old tradition is still maintained. Here,...
Funds from NRHM not utilised properly.
September 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service PARALAKHEMUNDI, 29 SEPT: The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has facilitated flow of funds to the rural areas but a check on its implementation reveals several bottlenecks which are yet to be addressed. In the...
Contractors may go on strike.
September 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service TALCHER, 29 SEPT: MCL Mining Contractors Association has served an ultimatum to coal authorities that they will withdraw their service from 1 October to press for redressal of their grievances. These contractors are...
Air India stalemate on.
September 30, 2009... ;Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: With the strike by executive pilots forcing Air India to suspend bookings and the national carriers other employees' unions expressing support for the agitation, the Central government today swung...
Goddess resting place is river of contention.
September 30, 2009... Abhishek Law & Sabyasachi Roy KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: A clean Ganga after Dashami ~ now that Durga idols from far and near have been immersed in the visarjan ritual ~ may remain a distant dream this year with confusion prevailing over cleaning...
Mamata for LF govt ouster.
September 30, 2009... KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Trinamul Congress chief and railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee said that she would appeal to the Centre to topple the CPI-M-led Left Front government following the killing of seven members of her party during Durga Puja. ...
BRIEFS.
September 30, 2009... Militant attack SRINAGAR, 29 SEPT: In a daylight gun attack, militants killed three CRPF personnel and wounded a woman bystander at a busy bus terminal in Sopore town in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir today. The attackers fired at...
Places of worship: SC bans fresh construction.
September 30, 2009... Our Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: Taking serious note of rampant encroachment on public land in the name of religion, the Supreme Court today imposed a blanket ban on all new and future constructions of unauthorised religious...
case against Q dropped.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: In what could turn out to be the endgame in the over 22-year-old Boforsgun kickbacks scam, the ManmohanSingh government today told the Supreme Court that it has decided to close prosecution against...
Passengers, officials share flight ordeal.
September 30, 2009... Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: The pilots non-cooperation has not only caused inconvenience to Air India passengers from Kolkata to Port Blair but has also caused difficulties to AI officials who wanted to transport the Port Blair...
Are Indians racist? ~A plural, multi-racial and multi-ethnic society often experiences such.
September 30, 2009... We, as a nation, have been very sensitive to the issue of racismfor a long time and continue to be so. The recent times have seen a lot many issues relating to race and racism hogging media attention. The recent attacks against Indians in...
FROM THE UN ~New era of US engagement.
September 30, 2009... US President BarackObamaechoed a new era of US engagement, as he told world leaders that only by acting together mankind can overcome pressing global challenges. "We have reached a pivotal moment. The United States stands ready to begin a new...
Desk-top X-Ray cannon.
September 30, 2009... A lab size source of the hardest X-Rays is set to make a difference, says S Ananthanarayanan THE way Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X-Rays was that he saw they could pass through his hand, but not his bones, to cast a shadow on a...
Angstrom Unit.
September 30, 2009... A NANOMETER is a thousandth of a millionth of a metre, or the millionth of a millimetre. Visible light has a wavelength of 400-700 nm. The everyday CD reader uses pits on the CD surface which are about 100 nm deep and 500 nm wide. Visible light...
Electronics Nanofolding.
September 30, 2009... Origani provides inspiration for nanofabrication, writes Saswato R Das FRIEDRICH Froebel, the German educator who created the kindergarten in the 1830s, encouraged paper folding among young children as a way of improving their motor skills....
Developments in the maternal milieu.
September 30, 2009... Tapan Kumar Maitra explains cytoplasmic and non-chromosomal inheritance to demonstrate the basis of non-Mendelian processes THE phenotype can be controlled by chromosomal genes behaving according to Mendelian rules and the environment. In...
Briefs.
September 30, 2009... Lens implant India's hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh, who is being treated in the USA for a career-threatening eye injury, will undergo a lens implant on Thursday before doctors decide when to free him for returning home. Baljit said he was...
Strauss in the clear over runner decision.
September 30, 2009... ;The Independent & Agencies JOHANNESBURG, 29 SEPT: Those seeking to knock Andrew Strauss (in an AFP photo) from the perch he occupies as the most magnanimous captain in world cricket suffered a severe setback yesterday. The...
Australia aim at semi-final berth.
September 30, 2009... ;Press Trust of India CENTURION, 29 SEPT: A semi-final berth well within their grasp despite last night's wash-out against India, defending champions Australia take on Pakistan, who may rest some key players, in their final group A match of...
Kiwis thrash England to reach top four.
September 30, 2009... JOHANNESBURG, 29 SEPT: New Zealand cruised into the ICC Champions Trophy semifinals with a commanding victory over England in the deciding Group B encounter here tonight. England were bowled out for 146 runs after they lost the toss and were...
India trapped in complex calculations.
September 30, 2009... ;Press Trust of India JOHANNESBURG, 29 SEPT: Their survival hinging on a favourable result elsewhere, the Indian team (in an AFP photo) take on the West Indies in a must-win match here tomorrow, hoping Pakistan do them a favour by beating...
Sangoma poised for hat-trick.
September 30, 2009... KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: Sangoma who has struck good form scoring twice during the current season, is well weighted in the Class lll Annihilator Handicap over 1800 metres. He continues to be in good form and a hat-trick of wins is well within his...
Gunners seek second group win.
September 30, 2009... ;Agencies LONDON, 29 SEPT: Bacary Sagna insists Arsenal will not be caught cold again in Europe this season. The Gunners suffered a terrible opening to their Champions League Group H campaign when going 2-0 down at Standard Liege inside...
Vijender is world number one.
September 30, 2009... ;Press Trust of India NEW DELHI, 29 SEPT: Olympic and World Championship bronze medallist Vijender Singh (in photo) has achieved yet another first for Indian boxing by becoming the world's top-ranked pugilist in the middleweight (75kg)...
Mourinho breaks his silence.
September 30, 2009... ;Pete Jenson ITS not quite the Siberia some of Jose Mourinho's (in an AFP photo) adversaries back in Italy would like to send him to but Tuesday night's trip to Kazam, in deepest Russia, will provide a stern test for the Special One's walking...
