SATURDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

SC has rightfully dismissed Govt plea on p'yat elections

The panchayat elections are vital in public interest.The BJP always in election mode wants to include OBCs now without doing the required homework and challenge the laws to impose its will. The EC says it has no problems. The High Court quashes the government's postponement orders. The government then approaches the Supreme Court and their plea was rightfully dismissed. The opposition like the AAP must not further vitiate the atmosphere by reportedly calling on the OBCs to boycott the elections merely to criticize the BJP!  Why do all citizens in our democracy have to think and worship like the BJP? Mahua Moitra has challenged the BJP which has filed hundreds of FIRs against her, to prove what she said about Goddess Kali is wrong! Unlike Nupur Sharma who spoke about another religion, Mahua is a Hindu, worships Kali and is speaking about her own beliefs! Why can't people express their own views and not the narrow Hindutva views preached by them and live in peace?


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Unfair service charges must be recovered

R FERNANDES, Margao
Published Jul 7, 2022, 7:49 PM IST
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Finally, after decades of looting mostly salaried people, the government has banned restaurants and hotels from charging service charges. What is strange is the manner the same was passed on to the customers for decades. Who was providing the ‘service’ the restaurant owner or the customer? So, how was the same so blatantly passed on to the customer? The question now is: what happens to all the service charges ‘appropriated’ by the owners all these years? The money is not…

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