News from India: February 2005 Archives

Mohan Roy (An independent News corespondent), Kolkata, 5th February: A symposium was organized at ‘Calcutta International Book Fair’ United Bank of India Auditorium by ‘Matribhasa Suraksa Samiti, Bangabhasa Samskriti and Bamla Bachao Committee’ (‘All Bengal Save Mother Tongue Association’).

The meeting was presided over by Dr. Alok Mukherjii, a noted linguist from Bengal.

National News Service, Kolkata - 25 February 2005: The moral degradation that the average Indian has gone through and continues to go through has reached new heights. The inability of Indians to shine in anything has lead us to celebrate mediocrity.

The latest example being Sania Mirza. We wish and hope that she becomes a great sports person, but to celebrate her rising to the third round of the Australian Open and being ranked 99 th in the WTP rankings is totally out of proportion with her achievements. The achievements of Ramanathan Krishnan, Jaideep Mukherjea, Premjit Lal, Naresh Kumar, Ramesh Krishnan, The Amritraj Brothers, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were much greater than what Sania Mirza has achieved but, the Indian public, and more than the public, the medias' hype has gone beyond control. All the previous players received their dues when they achieved real success after years of toil, and their achievements real, but frankly speaking the press and the public are doing a disservice to Sania Mirza by hyping a non achievement.

National News Service, Kolkata: The Police in Dhaka recently foiled an anti-Indian demonstration plan in front of the Indian High Commission by a Islamic Fundamentalist group Hijbul Taharik. The Police maintained a barricade 10Kms. From the Indian High Commission office in Dhaka recently.

Dilip Chatterjee (National News Service), Kolkata 21st February 2005: The Indian Marxists particularly the CPI(M) and CPI are now determined to infiltrate the UPA Government led Central Administration. The Congress Party which leads the UPA is now dependent on the Marxists, because they have 60 MP's in the Lok Sabha. After the defeat of the BJP led NDA in the general elections the Marxists had major electoral gains from West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura.

Dhaka, Saturday, February 12 (NNS): A bus service between Dhaka and Shiliguri was launched Friday as two private transport companies of Bangladesh and India had been ferrying passengers from the respective destinations through Burimari border.

Dhaka, Monday, February 14 (NNS): The first meeting of techno-commercial working committee on a tri-nation pipeline to take gas from Myanmar to India over Bangladesh will be held in Yangoon February 27-28 next, official sources said.

National News Service (Kolkata, Feb. 16, 2005): The pseudo intellectuals of India have struck again. The bleeding hearts like Medha Patkar and Arundhuti Roy are crying their hearts for S.A.R. Geelani, a Muslim fundamentalist, and so called professor of the University of Delhi. If there was any genuine case of somebody deserving to be locked up in Guantanamo Bay, it is he.

Dhaka, Friday, February 11 (NNS): Bangladesh will import 400,000 tons of diesel in two years from India to meet its growing demand for energy in the irrigation sector, official sources said.

The decision came at a meeting of the cabinet committee on purchase held in Dhaka Thursday with Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman in the chair.

National News Service, Kolkata: At long last we have a leader in South Asia who has the courage of his convictions. The King of Nepal has had the courage to step in and take over the reins of power before his country slid into total chaos. As usual the powers that be start screaming about the murder of democracy.

National News Service, Kolkata (3 February, 2005): All India Forward Bloc has cautioned the Congress led UPA Government at the centre for continuing anti-people policies in the Economic front and diversion from the Common Minimum Program, under the pressure from American Imperialist force.

The Forward Bloc organised a huge public rally at the base of Sahid Minar, Kolkata to oppose American sponsored globilization, economic reforms, and Americal infiltration in Indian cultural field.

Forward Bloc leader, Kamal Guha and others strongly criticized CPI (M)'s big brotherly attitude and sponsoring politics of violence in West Bengal.