PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. back issues from February 2004:
Federal law will reinforce states' plans to curb outsourcing.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Washington, Feb 1 (PTI) The US' spending bill for fiscal 2004, which has a provision barring companies receiving federal contracts from doing all or some of the work overseas, is likely to embolden opponents of ousourcing to introduce similar legislations in states, say experts. ...
India win toss, elect to bat.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Perth, Feb 1 (PTI) Indian skipper Sourav Gangulky won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the triangular one day international series cricket match here Sunday. Teams: India: Sourav Ganguly ...
Arrest should be avoided until very necessary: HC.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Stressing that the liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance, the Delhi High Court has directed the India's Central Bureau of Investigation, police and other investigating agencies to avoid arrest of a person until it was "very necessary" for the purpose of ...
Woman bearing daughter's children raises issues.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The case of a woman in Western Indian city of Ahmedabad acting as a surrogate mother to her grandchildren has stirred a hornet's nest with doctors seeing it as a ray of hope for childless couples but women's activists disapproving it on ethical and moral grounds. ...
European armament majors to take part in Defence Expo.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) European armament major, Swedish Weapons Systems will exhibit a live upgraded 155MM FH BO5 L52 artillery gun during the forthcoming Defence Expo beginning here on February 4. The upgraded gun, which has an extended range of more than 40 kms and capability ...
NASA regroups and readies its fleet for manned missions.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Washington, Feb 1 (PTI) A year after the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated midair, killing all seven astronauts on board, including Kalpana Chawla, NASA regroups and readies its fleet of spacecraft for manned missions with President George W Bush directing the space agency to aim at ...
Infrastructure, agriculture to get boost in interim Budget.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Topping claims of a feel-good factor in economy, India's Finance Minister Jaswant Singh is likely to present on Tuesday a politically appealing interim Budget for the election year, which is expected to step up public investment in agriculture and infrastructure to ...
23 years after fight over Rs 2, SC enhances punishment.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Twenty three years after a petty dispute over Rs two escalated into a full-scale fight resulting in the death of one person, the Supreme Court has enhanced the punishment awarded to those guilty of causing the death. On May 26, 1980, in a remote village of ...
Kashmiri Pandits flay Mufti govt.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) An order of Jammu and Kashmir government directing a number of migrant employees to report to duty in the valley has angered the displaced community, which termed the move as "coercive" citing that the situation there was not yet conducive for their return. ...
Bush agrees to independent probe of intelligence on WMD.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Washington, Feb 1 (PTI) In a shift in stance, US President George W Bush has agreed to an independent inquiry into the pre-war intelligence that deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had amassed Weapons of Mass Destruction, Republican party and Congressional souurces said. Vice ...
Kollam, Feb 1 (PTI) The Amrita-BARC Research Centre, a.
Feb 01, 2004 ... joint research centre for excellence in information security by Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetam and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, will be inaugurated at the Amrita Institute of Computer Technology, Vallikkavu on February 2. BARC, director B Bhattacharjee will inaugurate the centre and ...
Proposal for a non-lapsable defence procurement fund.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) In order to ensure continuity in India's defence procurement process, which generally takes a long time, the Defence Ministry has sent a proposal to the Finance Ministry for creating a non-lapsable fund to allow the carry forward of unspent amount of one fiscal to ...
SC upholds INLD MLA's election to Haryana Assembly.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court of India has upheld the election of an Indian National Lok Dal candidate to Haryana Assembly from Safidon constituency in February 2000 after noticing the double game played by the State Congress leadership to create an election dispute. ...
J and K to hold children's film festival from Feb 7.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Jammu, Feb 1 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government would organise a five-day children's film festival in Jammu, the winter capital of the state, from February seven. "The state government will organise a children's film festival in Jammu from February seven and all children of ...
FIIs net purchases in equities at Rs 31.76 billion in Jan.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Mumbai, Feb 1 (PTI) The Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) began the year 2004 with net purchases of Rs 31.76 billion (US dollar 688.3 million) in equities while netting inflows of Rs 6.92 billion (USD 152.1 mn) in debt market in the month of January. Mutual funds (MFs) were ...
Mulayam wins Gannaur by-election.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Gannaur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 1 (PTI) Northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP) has won the prestigious Gannaur assembly by-election by a record margin, official sources told PTI. Yadav, who contested the seat that became vacant after the ...
High alert sounded, hunt on to trace Mulayam's kin.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Lucknow, Feb 1 (PTI) Police Sunday launched a massive hunt and sounded a high alert to trace the abducted two-year- old kin of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. Shubham, a grandson of CM's cousin Hakam Singh Yadav, went missing Saturday evening from Civil Lines ...
CBI arrests Income Tax Deputy Director.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The India's Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Deputy Director of Income Tax and two others for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a person to show official favour. Deputy Director (Investigation) Uma Shankar Dhyani, an India ...
C'garh to market natural resources, culture to promote tourism.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Jitesh Wadhawan Raipur, Feb 1 (PTI) Central Indian state Chhattisgarh has formulated an ambitious plan to promote tourism by "aggressively" harnessing and marketing the state's unexplored natural resources and rich culture to make it a "role model". "Chhattisgarh is ...
Indians rattled by pace but manage 203.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Perth, Feb 1 (PTI) India survived a stinging pace onslaught by the Australian speedsters to make a respectable 203 before being bowled out in the 49th over in an inconsequential tri-series one-day cricket match here Sunday. Rattled by the bounce of the WACA wicket, India ...
Kumaratunga seeks direct talks with Tigers.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Colombo, Feb 1 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has sought talks with the Tamil Tigers in a bid to revive the Norwegian-led peace process, official sources said on Sunday. Kumaratunga sounded out the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) through her Defence ...
BJP YET TO DECIDE ON CONTINUING ALLIANCE WITH INLD.
Feb 01, 2004 ... CHANDIGARH, FEB 1 (PTI) BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY PRESIDENT M VENKAIAH NAIDU SUNDAY SAID THE ISSUE OF CONTINUING THE ALLIANCE WITH OM PRAKASH CHAUTALA-LED INDIAN NATIONAL LOK DAL (INLD) IN HARYANA WILL BE DECIDED AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE PARTY'S CORE COMMITTEE IN THE STATE. ...
Snowfall in Mussoorie, Dhanaulti.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Dehradun, Feb 1 (PTI) Tourists in Mussoorie and Dhanaulti woke up to a white Sunday after the Northern Indian hill resorts received a thick blanket of snowfall overnight. In the higher reaches of Garhwal and Kumaon, another spell of heavy snowfall coupled with rains hightened ...
J-K GOVT'S NEW REHAB SCHEME FOR ULTRAS, RELIEF FOR MIGRANTS.
Feb 01, 2004 ... JAMMU, FEB 1 (PTI) JAMMU AND KASHMIR GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED A NEW REHABILITATION POLICY TO FACILITATE THE RETURN OF MILITANTS TO MAINSTREAM AND APPROVED A RELIEF PACKAGE FOR REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF HOUSES OF BORDER MIGRANTS OF JAMMU REGION, DAMAGED IN PAKISTANI SHELLING IN THE PAST. ...
Nine persons killed in road mishaps in Karnataka.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Bangalore, Feb 1 (PTI) Nine persons were killed and 14 injured in three road mishaps in Karnataka since Saturday night, police said Sunday. Four persons were killed and three injured in a tanker-car collision near Uppinangadi in Dakshina Kannada district Saturday night. ...
Minor assault case against Bleach to be withdrawn.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Kolkata, Feb 1 (PTI) A minor case of assault on a fellow convict in jail against British national Peter Bleach would be withdrawn to expedite his release as the President of India has already remitted the remaining part of his life sentence in the Purulia armsdrop case, West Bengal Home ...
Mystery shrouds Khan's whereabouts.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Islamabad, Feb 1 (PTI) A day after his sacking from the post of Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister for his alleged involvement in the proliferation of sensitive nuclear technology to Iran and Libya, mystery shrouds the whereabouts of Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. ...
Project to compile history of Malayali migrations.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 1 (PTI) Kerala Council of Historical Research (KCHR) has embarked on an ambitious project to build a resource base on history of Malayali migrations and migrant communities over centuries. The venture proposes to collect, compile and comprehend all ...
Karunakaran says "hotch potch" agreements will not work.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 1 (PTI) A day after the Congress high command worked out a patch-up formula to sort out the crisis in its Kerala unit in southern India, veteran leader K Karunakaran Sunday said "hotch potch" agreements would not (not) work but appeared undecided on his threat to ...
Australia beat India by 5 wickets.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Perth, Feb 1 (PTI) India were handed a five-wicket thrashing by Australia in a tri-series one-day cricket match here Sunday. Brief Scores: ...
Feel-good factor in spirituality too: DPM.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Asserting India is now a "knowledge society", Indian Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani Sunday said the "feel-good" factor was not only prevailing in the economy but also among religious and spiritual spheres in the country. Strongly advocating "swadeshi" ...
CPI offered two seats for LS polls.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Chennai, Feb 1 (PTI) The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Communist Party of India Sunday reached an electoral pact under which two seats were allotted to the latter for the coming Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) polls in the southern Indian state Tamil Nadu thus concluding the seat ...
Pak continued to supply N-technology to Libya after 9/11.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Moscow, Feb 1 (PTI) Describing Pakistan as the "main" proliferating nation in the world, a Russian journal has claimed that Islamabad continued supplying sensitive nuclear technology to Libya even after the September 11 strikes on the US. In its latest issue 'ARMS CONTROL & ...
Musharraf to address nation to explain action against Khan.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Islamabad, Feb 1 (PTI) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would address the nation over television after the Eid holidays next week to explain the need to crackdown against the father of the country's nuclear bomb Abdul Qadeer Khan and other scientists for allegedly proliferating nuclear ...
BJP forms Resource Mobilisation, Publicity panels for LS polls.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) In the run-up to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) elections, Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday announced formation of a Resource Mobilisation committee with its treasurer Ved Prakash Goyal as its convener and appointment of Pramod Mahajan, Arun Jaitley ...
We are spreading web of prosperity: Vajpayee.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Ranchi, Feb 1 (PTI) Taking a swipe at main Opposition Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her accusation that his government was spreading "mayajaal" (illusion), Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sunday countered it saying the National Democratic Alliance coalition was instead ...
STD rates surge by 25-50% as IUC regime starts.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) With implementation of the new Inter-connnect Usage Charges (IUC) regime, mobile operators in India have started hiking tariff rates by upto 50 per cent especially long distance charges. The post-paid cell-to-cell STD rates are set to increase by 50 per ...
M&A deals between Indian, N. American IT cos to rise: Giga.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) There will be increased merger and acquisition activity involving North American and Indian IT services vendors, infotech analyst firm Giga said in a report. "Wipro's acquisition of AMS' utility practice is a harbinger of the things to come. North Amercian ...
US construction firm to set up 100% arm in India.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Government is believed to have permitted US-based Construction Specialities International to enter the Indian market and set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in the country, but on the condition that the company will export at least 50 per cent of its production from ...
Perth, Feb 1 (PTI) Scoreboard in the tri-series one-day.
Feb 01, 2004 ... international cricket match between India and Australia here Sunday. India: V Sehwag c Lee b Gillespie 32 S Tendulkar c Hayden b Lee 5 VVS Laxman c Gilchrist b Lee 1 R Dravid c Hussey b Williams 13 S Ganguly c Gilchrist b Bichel 1 Yuvraj Singh c ...
Gilchrist, Symonds blaze away Australia to big win.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Ashish Shukla Perth, Feb 1 (PTI) Australia made a mockery of a modest Indian total of 203, racing to the target with five wickets and 18 overs to spare in a lop-sided match of the cricket tri-series here Sunday. Adam Gilchrist (75) and Andrew Symonds (73) bludgeoned a ...
'Khan sent furniture to his Timbuktu hotel by Air Force plane'.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Islamabad, Feb 1 (PTI) The architect of Pakistan's nuclear programme Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has been sacked as Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, had amassed properties at home and abroad besides building a "fabulous" hotel in an African nation where he transported furniture by an ...
Final will be a different ball game: Ganguly.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Perth, Feb 1 (PTI) After the humbling defeat at the hands of the World Champions, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly put up a brave front and said Sunday's result would not affect his team's chances in the tri-series final. "The final is going to be a different ball game. Melbourne ...
J-K National Highway reopened.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Jammu, Feb 1 (PTI) The 300-km long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only road link between Kashmir valley and the rest of the country, was reopened for traffic to Srinagar Sunday. The one-way traffic was resumed from Jammu to Srinagar early Sunday and most of Srinagar-bound ...
Police remand of Burail jail suptendent, six others extended.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Chandigarh, Feb 1 (PTI) A local court Sunday extended the police remand of Burail jail superintendent D S Rana and six others in the sensational jail-break, leading to escape of three accused in the assassination of former Chief Minister of the northern Indian state Punjab Beant Singh, ...
Indian Associations in UAE to boycott Air India, IA.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Dubai, Feb 1 (PTI) Around 30 Indian associations in the UAE have decided to boycott India's national carriers, Air India and Indian Airlines, on March three to protest the "exorbitant" air fare in the Gulf structure which they claim harms tourism in India and "fleeces" NRIs here. ...
Comatose Chinese man speaks again after a decade.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Beijing, Feb 1 (PTI) When Xu Youliang babbled "mama" for the first time in a decade, his mother thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world. Xu, a teacher in Lanxi city, eastern Zhejiang province, fell off a cliff in December 1993 while attempting to save a student. But ...
Flather, Hussain honoured by IOC on R Day celebrations.
Feb 01, 2004 ... London, Feb 1 (PTI) Baroness Shreela Flather and veteran diplomat Azim Hussain were honoured with gold medals by the Indian Overseas Congress at the 55th Republic Day celebrations held here Saturday night. Chewang Phunsog, Minister (Economic) High Commission of India, presented ...
Abadi calls for observing Gandhi's anniversary as Peace Day.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Dubai, Feb 1 (PTI) Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Abadi has called for observing Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary as 'World Peace Day'. Addressing a function on the eve of the death anniversary of the Mahatma at the Indian Embassy in Tehran, Abadi said the ...
Two Indians among pilgrims killed in haj stampede in Mena.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Dubai, Feb 1 (PTI) Two Indians were among an unspecified number of people killed Sunday during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, near Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. They were killed during the "stoning of Satan" ritual in the last stage of haj, Indian Consul General in Jeddah, Syed ...
It was not the toss, says Ganguly.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Ashish Shukla Perth, Feb 1 (PTI) Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly Sunday refused to lay the blame of a huge thrashing on his decision to bat first on a bouncy track, saying his team could have reversed its fortunes by bowling well and holding on to the chances during the Australian ...
Anand, Humpy to captain men's and women's teams at Olympiad.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Chennai, Feb 1 (PTI) World number two Viswanathan Anand will captain the Indian men's team and Grandmaster Koneru Humpy will head the women's team in the World Chess Olympiad in Spain from October 14 to 31. Anand's confirmation that he would participate in the world's biggest ...
Kalpana.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Kalpana Chawla fondly remembered on first death anniversary Karnal (Haryana), Feb 1 (PTI) A special memorial ceremony was held at Kalpana Chawla's school here in northern India Sunday on the first anniversary of her tragic death along with six other astronauts when the US space ...
IT Deputy Director arrested on graft charges.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) India's premier probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Deputy Director of Income Tax and two accomplices for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 300,000 from the owner of a company for settling its tax disputes. The three -- Uma Shankar ...
Indian eves begin on winning note.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Abhijeet Kulkarni New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Commonwealth Games champions India overcame some anxious moments to defeat Malaysia 4-2 in their opening league encounter in the 5th Women's Asia Cup hockey tournament at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium here Sunday. The ...
34 former militants released in Jammu and Kashmir.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Srinagar, Feb 1 (PTI) Continuing with its policy of releasing detenues not involved in heinous crimes, state government in the northern Indian state Jammu and Kashmir Sunday released 34 former militants on the eve of Eid-Ul-Azha. The former militants were brought to the central ...
AI, IA not to serve chicken dishes on flights into India.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Mumbai, Feb 1 (PTI) Following an outbreak of 'avian influenza' in some South-East Asian countries, Air-India and Indian Airlines have stopped serving chicken dishes on flights originating from these destinations into India. "Air-India has stopped uplifting chicken dishes for ...
Vizhinjam, Azheekkal under 'Sagar Mala': Rajagopal.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 1 (PTI) The Vizhinjam and Azheekkal ports in the southern Indian state Kerala would be developed under the Federal Government's 'Sagar mala' project, Federal Junior minister for Defence, O Rajagopal, Sunday said. The project, involving a total outlay of ...
BJP rakes up petro-bribe issue against Cong; demands probe.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Despite denial by the Congress that it received any funding from the ousted Saddam Hussein Government in Iraq, Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday urged the Government to help the current regime in Baghdad to probe the issue and if need be institute an inquiry by an ...
244 pilgrims killed in Haj stampede, similar number injured.
Feb 01, 2004 ... K S R Menon Dubai, Feb 1 (PTI) In one of the deadliest tragedies in recent times during Haj, two Indians were among 244 pilgrims trampled to death Sunday in a stampede that occurred when an estimated two million devotees flocked to Mina, near Mecca, in Saudi Arabia to hurl ...
Big scope for Pakistan exports to India: Amarinder.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Islamabad, Feb 1 (PTI) Chief Minister of the northern Indian state Amarinder Singh has expressed desire to import natural gas, gemstone, molasses, marble, fertiliser and fruits from the neigbouring country to further trade relations between India and Pakistan. Addressing members ...
5 killed, one militant arrested, 2 hideouts busted in J&K.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Srinagar, Feb 1 (PTI) Five persons, including three militants, were killed in separate incidents while security forces arrested one ultra and busted two hideouts in the northern Indian state Jammu and Kashmir since Saturday evening, a police spokesman said Sunday. A militant was ...
Dilip Tirkey to lead India against Holland.
Feb 01, 2004 ... New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Ending its experiment with youngsters, the Indian Hockey Federation Sunday announced a near full strength squad for the upcoming three-Test series against Olympic Champions Holland beginning in the south-western Indian city Hyderabad on February 5. The ...
Uzbek's Tahir Vakidov clinches title.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Chennai, Feb 1 (PTI) India's Grandmaster Koneru Humpy pulled off a brilliant final round win over overnight leader Alexandre Fominyh of Russia, but missed out on the title on progressive score to Uzbekistan's IM Tahir Vakidov in the inaugural International Open Chess Tournament here in ...
Muslims in Kerala celebrate Bakrid.
Feb 01, 2004 ... Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 1 (PTI) Muslims in the southern Indian state Kerala Sunday celebrated Id-ul-Azha with traditional fervour across the state. Muslims in large numbers participated in Id namaz in mosques and Id gahs in towns and villages. Imam Hamsa Moulvi ...