"I think that their backbone was broken, they would have been unable to sustain their struggle," said D. P. Kumar, editor of The Statesman newspaper here.

Raghu Rai took up photography in 1965, and the following year joined "The Statesman" newspaper as its chief photographer.

The Statesman newspaper called it "the first major public-interest litigation in the city."

The Calcutta-based Statesman newspaper said that Mr. Dhamija, whose wife, niece and nephew died in the fire, admitted the shelter was built without proper permits.

While in Calcutta, Winter regularly contributed to The Statesman newspaper.

He started out on local newspapers but by 1934 was assistant editor of The Statesman newspaper in Calcutta.

Born in Bowmanville, Ontario, he was a publisher of the Canadian Statesman newspaper by career.

He was described by the Statesman newspaper as "arguably India's most-published cartoonist".

"He is a shattered man," said M. L. Kotru, a friend of the Minister and an editor of The Statesman newspaper.

Statesman newspaper begins publication.