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Street vendors demand a fair deal

The National Association of Street Vendors of India held a demonstration at Town Hall here on Tuesday demanding street vending licences and implementation of the national policy for urban street vendors. The demonstration marked the conclusion of the Association's gherao campaign titled “World Class Cities for All” which began in the Capital on May 10. Similar demonstrations were held in other parts of the city as part of a campaign to protest...

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Sugar supplies in the bag as panic ends by Robert Plummer

Not so long ago, the prospect of a global sugar shortage gave food manufacturers a panic attack. Poor weather conditions hitting crops in the world's two biggest sugar-producing nations, Brazil and India, sent the price of the sweet stuff soaring on international markets. In August last year, US firms such as Kraft Food, General Mills and chocolate-maker Hershey were so worried that they wrote a joint letter to the country's...

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Youngsters in certain parts of India today cannot choose their partners. If they still do and the choice violates arbitrary, extra-legal norms set down by caste panchayats, the consequence can be death. Isn't it time we built a popular movement against the medieval practice of honour killings, asks AMMU JOSEPH. A newly-wed bride and her mother-in-law were killed and the groom seriously injured by the girl's relatives in the Tarn...

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