Caution over Bengal yatras

The rathyatras, of course, can’t be rejected altogether, but it would have been ideal if religion didn’t obtrude into politics.

Failure to create jobs begins to haunt govt

The government should be even more worried as rural India bore the brunt of this jobless growth, and saw 84 per cent of the total jobs lost.

With the Lok Sabha election just 90-odd days away, the toppling game has only just begun.

The inference is that the “nationalism” the RSS-BJP lay down is beyond challenge.

That interim compensation cheques have been paid already reflects the scale of the disaster.

It is evident that the Congress cannot win too many seats independently, although it had taken 21 in 2009, going it alone.

The plain truth is that there doesn’t appear to be any “Mahagathbandhan” in the offing to take on the government.

The suspicion is that the Supreme Court may not have shared the Justice Patnaik report with the PM-led committee.

The government needs to build on the steps it has taken to boost the ease of doing business.

Criminality among politicians and outright criminals seeking to become politicians is a major issue in our country.