Madhya Pradesh appear to be ready to surrender to President's rule. Assam is bogged down in a mess that no one knows how to resolve. If the Kerala pattern repeats, an interesting series of...
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again. While imports from that country rose from Rs 57 crores in 1962 to Rs 95 crores last year, exports during the same period increased from Rs 36 crores to Rs 135 crores (in pre-devalua- tion...
that between the Mallas and Madigas who also practice untouchability among themselves. And precisely because conditions of life have changed the least for them as well as due to the persistence of...
BOMBAY Film Crisis Unresolved LOCAL cinema houses, closed since the 5th of this month, will, it appears at the time of writing, reopen on Wednesday. This follows an agreement between film producers...
ous points and the stability of the industry depends on the fulfilment of the vastly inflated profit expectations of all these interests. But the cost structure of the industry is actually such that...
in much better shape. The American decision to withdraw from Vietnam, therefore, may not necessitate any change in the present Thai policy and attitude. Nor should it lead to any adverse effect on...
the cohesion of the DMK. This natural stuffing of politics is discounted, because the man-in-the-street just doesn't see the difference between the various players. It is an extremely unhealthy...
LUCKNOW Thakur against Bania UP has been under President's rule since February 23 with the Assembly suspended but not dissolved. The Governor has now initiated a series of talks with political...
ASSAM Non Progress on All Fronts THE deadlock over reorganisation of the State is not yet resolved. The all- party talks have ended inconclusively, and the political situation remains indeterminate...
alignment policies and made the categorical statement that India would not sign the so-called non-proliferation treaty whatever the repercussions on aid. She was, in fact, warning both the super...
April 6, 1968 It is against this background that one can better understand the strains that are developing within the DMK itself. The evidence of these strains came to the fore in the recent...
which commanded the allegiance of the Maharashtrian working and middle classes. The emergence of Shiv Sena as the aggressive champion of the rights of Maharashtrians filled this vacuum. Shiv Sena...
pulate selection committees to ensure jobs for those who have to be obliged politically, the intrigues on the trade union front, and the lobbies that get to work among MPs to terrorise managers who...
ANDHRA Breakthrough on Power Front ANDHRA PRADESH, which only four years ago was experiencing a serious shortfall in its power needs, has very nearly recorded a breakthrough on the power front. The...
MANIPUR is passing through a political crisis. The local political parties arc agitating for full statehood. Their argument is that there is no reason why Manipur, which has a long history of...