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Because of recent political agitation in India's Bihar state, a force of at least 1,000 security men was present last week when the Indian Minister for Railways, Lalit Narayan Mishra, 51, formally opened a new 36-mile-long rail line from Samastipur to Muzaffarpur. Mishra had just finished his remarks and was stepping down from the dais when a time bomb exploded, ripping the dais to pieces and wounding Mishra as well as 24 bystanders (four of whom later died). Mishra himself died the following day during emergency surgery...
...possibility of such drastic repercussions has hardly made the striking railwaymen popular. Nonetheless, many Indians were outraged when Railway Minister Lalit Narayan Mishra, 51, precipitately arrested George Fernandes, 43, a Socialist from Goa who is president of the All India Railwaymen's Federation, and other union leaders while they were in the midst of negotiations. One of the unionists died in jail of a heart attack. Mishra claimed authority for his harsh action under India's Maintenance of Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention. Opposition forces in Parliament, including the pro-Moscow Communists who usually support Indira...
...aloof from her administration. He now stands as an alternative to her policies, since he would undoubtedly crack down on violence, actively encourage foreign investment, and cut back on government controls of business. Other possibilities for Prime Minister: Y. B. Chavan, 53, the able Home Minister, and D. P. Mishra, 65, chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, who led the party to a big victory in his state...
...Mishra claimed that an application of Raja Yoga can cure all forms of physical illnesses, both psychosomatic and organic. "Since the body is nothing but a manifestation of the mind, all physical diseases must have their origins in the mind...
...Mishra concluded his lecture on a further metaphysical implication of Raja Yoga. He affirmed that it can lead to a complete unity of body, mind and universe. Consequently, "if you can know yourself, you can know everything in the universe through an identity...