NORTH-Aftermath of Inaction

management of the National Herald, but only for record and without much conviction.
The revelation that M Chalapati Rau, who recently retired as the paper's editor to become the Chairman of its board of editors, was not taken into confidence about the closure decision makes everything intriguing. As for the leaders, they never existed in the closure equation. As late as on LONG accustomed to a tension-free atmosphere Himachal Pradesh now finds Itself in the midst of political .wrangles. Even the seemingly innocuous interstate agreement on the Thein Dam has become a subject of heated controversy. The chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shanta Kumar, who takes pride in his RSS affiliations, provided a major provocation to his political opponents