"We can fire Agni missiles from Balasore, but can’t build a kilometre-long bridge." Even before Naveen Patnaik, his predecessor CM J.B. Patnaik had laid the foundation stone for the bridge.

BY Fakir Mohan Pradhan 11 June 2012

The apparent flip flop on policy, compounded by the outcome of the Vineel Kumar abduction, can only underline India’s continuing inability to deal firmly with hostage crises.

BY Deepak Kumar Nayak 10 March 2011