SATURDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

Bengal polls: What are we to believe?

The fifth Bengal election phase shows that the EC and the administration are not in control. There is reported violence, bombs being hurled, resultant deaths, allegations of booth capturing, central forces and gangs stopping people from voting, kidnapping etc.

TMC and BJP are accusing each other of playing dirty. We see much of it on television while EC and central forces keep denying the allegations.

There are road shows and mega rallies featuring PM, FM and senior cabinet ministers as Covid protocol are thrown to the winds.

Prevention is better than cure. Why is all this permitted with no preventative action? 

Super spreaders are being created in our nation, hospital are overcrowded, shortage of beds, ventilators, oxygen and vaccines and medics overworked and in terrible plight.

People in India are behaving like sheep and dying like flies. Who is responsible and accountable?


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Covid dampener on events again this year

ASHLEY NORONHA, Fatorda
Published Apr 19, 2021, 11:36 PM IST
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Goa has finally blinked banning gatherings above 50. But the government has not controlled the source from where the virus enters -- the borders. A thorough check should be done like mandatory tests and nasal analysis and a Covid negative certificate for all those entering the State.However, banning public gatherings and capping the crowds upto 50 is too little too late. Some people have either waited for over a year or postponed weddings to finally end up in these severe…

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