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The BJP is trying to justify attacks on the press and protect an essentially fascist agenda
It risks going from being perceived as a respected national party to becoming a Shiv Sena clone that thrives on communal hatred.
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Such is the predictability of current events that reporters can sit at home and write stories
When events have this kind of tiresome predictability, I sometimes wonder why we bother to go out and report them.
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Any summit that does not attempt to obtain answers is a waste of time and money (NEW)
We now find ourselves in a situation where the success of a summit is considered more important than the battle against Pakistani-inspired terrorism.
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It was the Pakistanis who deviated from the summit’s agenda
Why should they suddenly change their minds about the summit’s agenda, so painstakingly worked out by their own officials?
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The Shiv Sena-isation of the BJP (NEW)
Why is the BJP, which was once a respectable political party, engineering its own degradation? What has gone so wrong?
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We need a 'Do Call' register not a 'Do Not Call' one to tackle nuisance calls and texts
TRAI does not really have the power to act against telemarketers. All it can do is to ask the phone companies to fine them.
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