Irked over the refusal of a daily wager to contribute Rs 10 as donation for Navratra celebrations,' a group of men beat him to death in Mangalpura crossing of Jhalawar town on Monday morning. The deceased, Tej Karan, was a native of Anta town of Baran district and was working as a labourer in Mangalpura area of Jhalawar. According to the police, Tej Karan was going to work along with his younger...
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India opposing Endosulfan ban at Stockholm Convention by Roy Mathew
Governments here and abroad are watching India's stand on Endosulfan at the sixth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants' Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention that began in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. While most of the governments represented at the Stockholm Convention are taking stands in favour of a global ban on Endosulfan, India is opposing it. The Kerala government has demanded a ban on the pesticide with Chief Minister...
More »RBI for timely payment of rural job scheme workers by KA Gupta
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is to consider a proposal for opening of weekly branches in unbanked panchayats in the state. Gumla is one among the 16 districts, which have been classified as under-banked districts in the state. Delay in disbursing wages under MGNREGA and executing other welfare schemes will now be sorted out by reaching banking services to hitherto unbanked areas and new measures have also been initiated. Before the...
More »Cash, liquor flow free in UP panchayat polls by Virendra Nath Bhatt
This time in Uttar Pradesh, panchayat elections — the first phase starts Monday — are being fought with an intensity never seen before. Eight persons have already died in poll-related violence over the past 15 days. All the trappings of a typical poll are there — hoardings; free flow of liquor, money and clothes for voters; and candidates moving about in SUVs. “So much money and violence was seen neither in the...
More »Buddhaism:Invest in Bengal but run slow; turn to agri
Want to invest in West Bengal? Try agriculture—that was the message from chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to captains of industry at a CII National Council meeting here on Wednesday. At a roundtable with industry heads, including ITC chairman YC Deveshwar, Godrej Group chairman Adi Godrej and Pepsico India chairman Sanjeev Chadha, the Bengal chief minister shed his aggressive stance on industry, visible in the run-up to Singur, and said corporates...
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