February 10, 1968 Governor-cum-Speaker constitutional tangle in Bengal is already being more soberly viewed. Presidential rule, to be followed by mid-term elections, is inevitable if the political...
From Our Correspondent
February 3, 1968 That may be part, but not the whole, of the story. The fact is that the State Congress bosses in charge of the administration are acutely conscious that they cannot afford to incur...
MAHARASHTRA Crop Damage by Order MAHARASHTRA is losing the reputation of being one of the most efficiently administered States. This is not so much because of a sudden fall in the calibre of the...
Indian Economic Conference, held in Madras in the last week of December, was enlivened by the host city's ancient music and dance and by its gracious hospitality. But for this, five long days of...
ASSAM Sharpening of Carving Knives A GOOD harvest has somewhat eased the food situation and rice is now available in the market. The reorganisation issue, however, continues to dominate the State's...
ASSAM Sharpening of Carving Knives A GOOD harvest has somewhat eased the food situation and rice is now available in the market. The reorganisation issue, however, continues to dominate the State's...
January 20, 1968 Desai have drawn apart in the last few months and that Desai cannot now count on Mohite's support against the Chief Minister. It has been suggested that Mohite, who was disappointed...
ostensibly revolved around Vietnam, it in fact centred upon the tactical turn that the CPI(M) leadership was making. And it was on the voting on this amendment that the relative strength of the...
clearly emerging: unless Indira Gandhi begins to assert herself more fully, both in decision-making and in the follow-up, the old bandicoots are hell-bent to reduce her to a totem behind which they...
PARIS Future of Higher Education THE Faculty of Science of the University of Paris planned to accomodate 3,000 students this autumn in the first year of the medical course. When 5.600 candidates...
CALCUTTA DIARY The Long Harm of the Law Flibbertigibbet ITS all over. Or, has it just begun? On November 29 the West Bengal Assembly met
December 16, 1967 position is that the State has no legislature. Which means that everything requiring legislative sanction will have to be regularised by an ordinance from the Governor. This is the...
eyes. It is therefore possible that the French foreign minister may himself make a proposal to this end on December 18. His German colleague at any rate can be expected to urge him to take some such...
over him: they have time on their side. It is often argued that the General's successor will continue his policies, but it is obvious that they cannot be separated from the personality and...
WEST BENGAL The Uneasy Pause AFTER nine days of turmoil between November 22 and 30, West Bengal has entered a phase of all-round stalemate. The unexpected and adverse ruling of the Speaker of the...
