The opposition-sponsored bandh may have been successful, but where was the aam aadmi in it? He was inconvenienced and many lost a day’s earning. The countrywide bandh against the centre’s decision to hike diesel prices and allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail got a partial response, but that too…

Mamata even after heading the West Bengal government for months is acting like a leader of the opposition, and no different from the previous communist government. Bengal has not experienced any major change. Mamata won’t serve India’s or Bengal’s interest by walking out of UPA. India needs reforms not populism.…

In reality the ban on mining by the  government in Goa is a sham, as the state allows the trade in illegally mined Iron ore. In his order, the state has said, ‘The suspension of mining operation shall not effect trade and transportation of ore already mined and existing in…

Few days ago there were reports that Muthalik, leader of a local right-wing group is keen to spread his wings and introduce his own brand of moral policing in the adjoining state of Goa. The otherwise peaceful Goa was aghast, the Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and the Goans in…