-Live Mint Dominant caste groups in the state have found their own ways to capture and preserve power Dravidian political parties, which came into existence with the objective of achieving social equality, have been in power for more than four decades in Tamil Nadu, yet caste-based discrimination against the Dalits has remained a fact of life in the southern state. That's in contrast with neighbouring Kerala, which has emerged as a...
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The Political Economy of Shadow Finance in West Bengal-Subhanil Chowdhury
-Economic and Political Weekly The Saradha group's collapse has possibly bankrupted lakhs of small investors robbing them of their life svaings, and has rendered thousands of its agents jobless. The scam highlights the failure of the government and its regulatory agencies to reign in the mushrooming chit fund companies in West Bengal. It also brings under the scanner the Trinamool Congress' proximity with the tainted group. In the wake of the...
More »1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar acquitted in one case
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Five accused have been found gulity on various charges. Three of five accused have been found guilty of murder. District Judge J R Aryan had reserved the judgement on April 16 after the counsel for the CBI and the accused concluded their final arguments in the case. A...
More »'228 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra in April-January FY13'
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said 228 farmers committed suicide in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra because of agrarian distress during the April-January period of 2012-13 fiscal. "The number of farmers in the six identified suicide prone districts of Vidarbha region who committed suicide due to agrarian distress is 228 during the last 10 months till January 31, 2013," Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar said in a written reply...
More »Mamata's nephew a party to Ponzi schemes: CPM
-The Hindustan Times Demanding a CBI inquiry into Saradha Group financial scam, CPI(M) has accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew of being involved in Ponzi schemes. "Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, who is the leader of Trinamool Youth Congress, runs a company which is involved in real estate and micro-finance and has made a huge amount of money in the last two to three years. Its turnover has skyrocketed to 300 crores...
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