Tragedy revisits Doda
Doda continues to keep its date with death. All the chief minister's strategic plans and the union home minister's army reinforcements have failed to provide a modicum of security to this troubled district. Just over a month ago, two weddings here were turned into a mass funeral for 25 people.

Rudderless drift
The lack of a cogent policy continues to bedevil the Congress as is manifest in some recent developments in the party. Leader of the Opposition Sharad Pawar's statement that the party was not prepared to pull down the BJP-led government at this juncture as it would only cause chaos and its repudiation by some senior Congress leaders are pointers to the dismal state of affairs in the party.

Like JD like BJD
At a time when the regional parties are playing major roles at the Centre, the one in Orissa is struggling to come out of the mess it has put itself in. The crisis in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is deepening by the day with Naveen Patnaik and his rival Bijay Mahapatra drifting apart from each other.

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