-The Hindustan Times A magistrate court in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, directed the information and broadcasting ministry to stop telecast of the godman Nirmal Baba’s programme ‘Nirmal Darbar’ till further orders. The court also issued an arrest warrant against Nirmal Baba on Saturday. If legal action is not taken against such persons, common people would be asking us – does law exist only for weak or the Poor? It is duty of...
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Water purifier industry to reach Rs 7,000 cr by 2015
-PTI A whopping 70% of maladies in India are waterborne owing to Poor water quality: study Water purifier market in India is likely to touch Rs 7,000 crore by 2015 from the current level of about Rs 3,200 crore, an Assocham study has said. Water purifier segment in India is growing at a compounded annual growth rate of about 25% and is largely driven by rising sales of low-cost variants triggered by...
More »Ranvir Sena chief murder poses challenge to Nitish Kumar-Smita Gupta
Friday's murder of Brahmeshwar Singh, chief of the outlawed Ranvir Sena (a private army owing allegiance to the powerful upper caste Bhumihars) in Bhojpur, 71 km from Patna, could become a major test for the seven-year-old Nitish Kumar government's continued ability to maintain social harmony in Bihar. Within hours of the killing in the early hours, Singh's supporters went on the rampage, upsetting the delicate caste equilibrium in south Bihar,...
More »Guar: Farmers mint money from common man's food-Nitin Sethi
It used to be a dry and arid land legume grown by Poor farmers in Rajasthan, Haryana , Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Till a few years back, it sold for as low as Rs 1,000 a quintal. Eaten either at home by farmers (some may remember it as guar ki phalli) or sold off for export to be used as a binding and thickening agent in edible products like ice creams,...
More »'Predicting poll results in India is tough'-Allan J Lichtman
-The Economic Times Allan J Lichtman's answers are brief and to the point. But by force of habit, he seems to love questions - he answers them animatedly, like professors who are used to keen listeners. This energetic American University professor of history is the one who has predicted correctly the results of all US presidential polls since 1984. "I have always been anxious," says he of the mood in the run-up...
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