Letters To BS

The marks-centred examination system takes into account only rudimentary understanding of the subjects and doesn't produce questioning minds

Certainly import-competing domestic production is not bad. And labour-intensive products stand no chance in the highly competitive export market

Senior citizens cannot spread their investments in different banks as monitoring the same and filing their annual IT returns can be cumbersome

The outright purchase of land involves heavy expenditure by the NHAI when land is purchased at substantial cost especially in urban areas

The monthly Rs20 fee for a hostel room is something that really needed to be changed -- by how much is something that could have been discussed with the stakeholders

If the evidence is not quite clear cut, the principle that the judge has to follow in civil cases is the preponderance of probability

As a lawmaker he raised the Harshad Mehta scandal in Parliament and exposed several irregularities, but the 2G scam brought the best out of the lawmaker.

The founders must quickly provide the reassurance unlike earlier

I doubt that festival sales this year will really perk up despite the big discounts most auto manufacturers are bound to announce

The reason is just one - nature is reclaiming the space we have taken away from it

We all know too well how long, arduous and frustrating the extradition process can be

The substantial cost of labour due to shortage in supply over demand raises costs

According to the TV and video reports, the BJP foot soldiers forced their way into Vidyasagar College, smashed the bust of Vidyasagar

The motive behind the EC's timing of the ban order is suspect

The CEA cannot attribute the high unemployment figures to a sampling methodology

A mere technicality that the panel did not pass the "transparency" test is a stretch and questions the integrity of the judges

The procedure followed was substantially against the principles of natural justice

Here are a few suggestions

For no fault of theirs, the people of West Bengal were deprived of the much-needed financial and other assistance similar to what the PM announced in Odisha

The independent body should appoint the auditors of all listed and unlisted companies with a threshold turnover