For Yogi Adityanath the successful management of the fair is a crucial part of building...
'India is using Hasina to warn the Yunus government because there is a ground support...
'The government is saying 88 Hindus have been killed, but it could be much more.''Their...
There is and will be plenty written about Shirish's achievements, his awards, his...
'Women and children were crying desperately for help.' 'We had to save them first.'
'When there was a match, he would be up all night watching it on his laptop with...
He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius...
'We pressurised him (to accept the deputy chief ministership).' 'Being out of power...
'JD-U wants to emerge as the single largest party in Bihar after the next assembly...
'They refuse to be transparent. They refuse to be accountable.'
'Whenever the hike in voting percentage is more, the NDA gains more, and when the hike...
'December 26, 2004 was the day when we were all reborn'
The eulogies will pour for Ustad Zakir Hussain. There will be those who recount his...
'It's almost like the tissue of the lung has a cancer spreading to it, which is causing...
'Israel would make Iran and its proxies pay. They, along with Qatar, fund terror all...
The BJP may be in the Opposition in many states, but nowhere is it as divided as it is...
Almost five years later, the three services have still not fully understood that...
Sections of our media and elites take Western reports/judgements at face value and are...
'...to think apna time aa gaya after the 2024 election.'
What India needs more than one simultaneous election is better governance both at the...
I learnt that Yogi was deeply unhappy with the BJP's choice of Lok Sabha candidates.He...
Images that should keep you grinning for days on end.
'Senior Vatican officials were pleasantly surprised at the number of Indians who had...
Do not underestimate the ingenuity of the Deep State in America to have its way.Keeping...
'Our Constitution as well as the Right to Education Act do not make any distinction...
'This is the first case in which we saw use of Starlink by smugglers.'
'Look at the post mortem reports. Every body (of the 10 Kuki-Zo youth who were killed)...
'It is the first technology in history which is not just a tool, it is an agent.'Yuval...
'BJP has shown that it can win even when Mr Modi is not the main figure on the ticket...
... and there is no stopping its pan-Islamic agenda, cautions Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Even a whiff of an incident like the violent 1989 shirt-ripping attack on...
We no longer have the ambition to rival China save through words.We are happy to be...
Can ordinary citizens counter this backward march?Can peace activists ensure that the...
...'hum decide karenge kaun banega mukhyamantri. This decision is not to be taken in...
A freebie once granted can hardly be discontinued. All that can happen is to substitute...
India and China held talks in New Delhi to discuss the lessons learned from the eastern...
'There is a difference between a politician and leader.''A politician will have his...
'Maharashtra is virtually in a debt trap.'
'What is the harm in having more polling booths?'
As the race for Maharashtra chief minister enters the last lap, Hemant Waje looks at...
Squadron Leader Kanwal Deep Mehra's daredevilry during the 1971 War brought down a...
'Ajit Pawar is trying to sideline us; he is trying to be in the BJP's good books at our...
He could have blazed a trail that few Indian judges had. It was a missed opportunity of...
'Slogans like 'Ek hai toh safe hai' and 'Batenge toh katenge' resonated with voters.'
Our visa operations in Bangladesh constitute the largest visa operations India conducts...
'People's expectations were very high.''We felt both sides had understood each...
'What would it be like if one had the power to transcend the universe like the...
Everybody talks of China as the real threat, but we aren't even building a decisive...
'To attribute motives to the individual election commissioner or the Election...
At 13, Naseer Khan left Bihar to work in a saw-mill in Bhutan. He learnt the craft of...
'We accept EVMs cannot be hacked because it is not connected, but can they be...
The meeting in New Delhi etc is just the BJP being nice to the man who helped it...
'If machines (EVMs) are so reliable, if our electoral system is so reliable, then why...
'Money power was deployed like an army in a war.''None of the MVA parties had that kind...
'Young people say they know all this emphasis on Hindu-Muslim differences is...
'Our politicians solely depend on bureaucrats who are unaccountable and follow their...
'This is leading to anarchy.'
'If you stay out of power for long, you become irrelevant, your party members become...
'Jairam Mahto's new party dented the NDA because he pulled a lot of the OBC vote.'
'As far as skilled immigration is concerned, the US needs Indian skills and Indian...
'How can the voting percentage be higher than the actual polled votes?'
Mahendra Singh, whose death has convulsed the Mewar royal family's succession issues,...
The specter of how the Munambam issue was exploited during the November by-elections is...
It was a competition and each camel performed to the best of their ability, delighting...
Sidhu stated that his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu had been declared cancer-free, emphasizing...
'For politicians, winning the next election has become more important than economic...
'There are 7,000 guns which are in the hands of the armed militia of the Kuki and...
A new kind of history has been created in Maharashtra. Accept it. We need to give...
The sky outside was a perfect blue with fair winds on that hot day in July, but inside...
No great achievement or discovery or invention has been achieved without hard...
'Party workers sit outside polling booths and they know everything that is...
In doing so, it further cemented the community's determination to support the...
'If you want to win you need to perform.''Governments have found a way to buck...
'Undeniably, Modi's position has stabilised and he has staged a comeback of sorts from...
'More than 9.5% new voters have been added to the electoral voters' list compared to...
'Pro-incumbency worked big time for the ruling party.''It has never happened in the...
'Maharashtra election result is a chamatkar of EVM.''There has been a sudden one...
The purpose for which AI should be used cannot be left to AI developers, asserts Vice...
'The visit of the honourable PM with the workable strategy towards conflict resolution...
Queenie Hallegua, who passed away at 89 in August, was almost the last of the Sephardi...
'Russia is aiming at demoralising Ukraine as a nation.''They want to bomb the...
'It has changed the political character of India by ejecting socialism as an ideology...
It is that one day in our life as citizens that truly brings us together, regardless of...
'When honest, wealthy people come forward to serve India, people should feel proud and...
'We are happy that the money has come to us immediately after it was announced.''For...
Will Hindus not vote for a Muslim candidate? Is that why such few Muslims are given...
Voters, it is said, get the government they deserve. We will soon see what voters in...
'If there is Sabka Saath, then why are you only talking about Hindu-Muslim?'
Movie star-Minister Suresh Gopi visited Thane over the weekend to campaign for the...
'One of our MLA's homes has already been attacked by the mob. This legislator was...
'The Kerala BJP leadership is doing the job of clerical staff. What the boss orders,...
'They are attacking my wife; they are attacking our 13-month-old daughter. They are...
Clean air needs action all year round; and that it will work only if we act jointly and...
'If someone fiddles us on our religion then we will pay back five times more to that...
This would give BJP the chance to explore Constitutional options for government...
Boycotting the Champions Trophy will not tackle the issue we have with Pakistan, points...
'BJP and RSS may have differences over minor issues but their hearts long for one...
'In this assembly election, Muslims here will vote for one who works, but also one who...
'The reason I am not anxious about the opponent facing me in the front (Ajit Pawar) is...
The fundamental responsibility for preventing such crimes and for bringing the...
'We have given riot-free Maharashtra in our 18-month rule.'
'BJP's last resort to win the election is to divide people into caste, religion, creed....
'I want to tell everybody there is nothing in the world that you can't do.''If you...
'Crores of rupees have been spent on paper but nothing has actually happened on the...
'Trump's disregard for norms and institutions could prove very costly for America's...
A poignant political play, needed for today's times, is being staged in Mumbai.
Our politicians need to take a leaf out of Mr Trump's personalised merchandise sale: It...
'A rigid or overly broad interpretation could lead to a chilling effect on investments...
'That was my mistake.''Gautam Adani was not involved in forming the Maharashtra...
'When I see people's faces I can see that there is a certain sadness in their eyes...
'The border deal offers a hedge for India against Trump's unpredictability when it...
When the landslide hit, Sruthi's house was washed away, along with its inhabitants.She...
There is a definite attempt to put the landslides on the backburner because news of...
'Trump will absolutely back New Delhi on its position that Pakistan must do more to...
'When the bombing happened in the Taj Mahal hotel in 2008, that was a very sad moment,...
'I love to meet people.''I love that personal connect when they express their genuine,...
The government needs to answer the critical question of whether it has accepted any...
There is nothing to be worried about as bilateral ties are robust with solid...
'If you can have Rampur flown magically to Pakistan's borders, I might ask the nawab to...
The Biden administration's failure in stopping two major wars and several minor ones...
'Her grandfather left the village more than 70 years ago. None of her family is here....
'Everything about farming is enjoyable and relaxing.'
'While my generation carries with it the memory of the Chinese perfidy of 1962, this...
'The ruling does not automatically mean that your house can be taken away, but suppose...
Whenever tenures of army chiefs were extended in the recent past, prime ministers were...
'Given China's past behaviour and their territorial claims, should we be sceptical...
'There are ominous portents of an isolationist administration not only building a...
Like Grover Cleveland, Donald Trump won election as president, lost the next election...
'He is the only president, the only American politician, who had the guts to stand with...
'This victory would mean a huge inspiration for the next generation who can say that...
'The relationship between India and the US, when Donald Trump was president, had been...
'To everyone voting for Trump, I have only this simple question: Would you let him have...
'If you want to have fair elections you should have an officer, who is appointed as per...
It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the...
'There are 725,000 Indians here without proper papers. They are subject to deportation...
'If Trump wins the election, there's not going to be much turmoil.''But if he loses, he...
Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time...
Kamala has finessed bubblegum conversation about whether she is Black or Indian.Her...
When it comes to the Congress and Wayanad, the only way the scepticism in the minds of...
'This isn't political. This fight is for justice. This is the fight to give justice to...
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a...
'The greatness of India can be experienced by meeting Indians on the frontiers of...
'One of the big findings is that younger men seem to have shifted towards the...
'Accusations would be flung about his votes being stolen. He'll say dead people were...
Did Jeff Bezos decide against endorsing Harris because it would hurt his business...
Pressure is mounting for a resolution to be moved in the assembly when it meets next...
Showing total disregard for the US constitution, Trump has said that this could be the...
As a consequence of prominence given to the brutality during those few days, a very...
And why he wants to meet the real Rahul Gandhi.
'If you look at the average age of all our candidates, you will notice that their...
'There are differences over certain issues between the JD-U and BJP but we are in...
China does not have to give up what it took in 2020, it will never give up its claim to...
The statements the separatists make, the abominable tableaux at their parades, the...
If the BJP has to work as a junior partner of Vijay's TVK, then either the party will...
There were certainly qualities adhering to the Tata Group, which emanated from the...
As we brace for unprecedented rates of urbanisation, it is crucial to ensure that...
'Healthcare is not an industry.''The government is only encouraging insurance as they...
'China did not expect India to show such strategic resolve in defending its territorial...
The way the Bahraich riot has played out should worry the BJP.The party has emboldened...
There was a memorable meeting with a 'tall, elegant, beautiful girl', who had recently...
The ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra is heavily banking upon a six to 10 per...
'He was a practical person who ensured that he thought about the common man, animals,...
'Politicians can do symbolism by changing the names of places and museums.''Judges need...
What are the reasons why a girl's education falls by the wayside?Why was Safeena a...
It seems that the West is sending a signal to India that it can return to old...
'Tensions and dialogue are likely to go hand-in-hand with China.''The goal should be to...
'Disengagement is merely the first step in a lengthy process of arriving at a new...
'Whoever is doing it (threats to airlines), they are actually carrying out a...
As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him...
Mr Pradhan's understanding of realpolitik and organisational dynamics makes him the...
'In the end, officials in India will be thrown to the wolves, quietly released a couple...
The long term trends on violence in Kashmir are positive and India must secure these...
'As the trial gets closer for Nikhil Gupta, they're going to want to make sure that he...
On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took...
The high court said disclosing such information will not only compromise the...
'...and I was a great admirer of his leadership of Tata Sons.'
'The political situation in the country will depend on the electoral outcome in...
'Are we to believe that coordinated moves by the Canadian and US authorities are no...
India and Canada have mutually beneficial political and economic linkages. The two...
'He is convinced that this will help him in the next election.''But as we know, the...
'Leave aside the negative fallouts of phraseology like 'urban Naxals' and 'terrorists',...
BIf you know this BJP, it will now go forward to Jharkhand and Maharashtra as if June...
Haryana has done well in terms of economic growth over the last couple of decades.For...
'Canada doesn't want to de-escalate and neither does India. There is war when one party...
'I want to ask the Congress only one question: What is more important than election...
'There is some deep rot that has set in the Congress party. This requires an...
'Unlike in the sporting arena, where sports federations moved from partisan to...
'We don't have to go abroad for anything.''Anyone who thinks we have a lot to learn...
'People don't know about the immense pressures that come with this position -- every...
To govern effectively, to legislate successfully, Modi must reach out to the...
'Ratan had the quality that JRD and Russi Mody had -- they could walk with kings and...
Will Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who gets his orders from New Delhi, call the...
'Alongside economic growth and the Asian century, stress has become an Asian...
Just as the atom and the byte needed careful societal control to prevent damage to...
'I gave enough evidence and proof to punish corrupt officials.''But my own government...
Arun Maira who worked for 25 years with the Tata Group, remembers his early years with...
'I get enormous pleasure from seeing the uplift of an underprivileged or poor...
Convert the Haryana result into a blessing in disguise; make the calamity into an...
'Every report I filed for Rediff.com on the professor's incarceration, would leave me...
This is how the residents of Jamnagar danced the Garba.
Passengers of the Darbhanga Bagmati express that met with an accident at Kavaraipettai...
To me he always symbolised the sincere, confident, face of a Bharat whose rise is...
This was a man who like Buddha transformed himself into achieving the impossible and...
Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has reacted to Andhra Pradesh...
'He had a lovely, lovely, sense of humour, very subdued and very, very subtle, but it...
Two important Corps Commands at Multan and Bahawalpur, as also the posts of Adjutant...
'Every Haryana assembly seat has its own unique problems to earn victory for a...
'Samsung declared they would not allow the presence of any trade union.''This is...
Have You met Mr Tata, interacted with him? If you have, we would love to hear from...
There is a limit to ignoring genuine aspirations of the people and suppressing their...
Instead of harvesting the wrath against the BJP and using it to their advantage by...
'Congress leaders are ready to lose the election and not form the government, but are...
Haryana is now in the same bracket as Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh where the BJP is the...
'...or go to jail.''The government is getting them silenced.'
'It would be reasonable to assume that Modi 3.0 would be more focused on projects and...
There is no shortage of books on the Microsoft founder, but this latest one is...
Here is the Brahma Mantra for mankind. So long as the world has leaders with judgement...
At a time when none in Kerala's Left politics questioned the chief minister's...
After both grandfathers, father and uncle, Lieutenant Tanishka Damodaran is the first...
The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning...
Shigeru Ishiba is expected to prioritise strengthening Japan's military capabilities...
'Israel is counting on the United States to enter the fray on their behalf and perform...
Vimla Patil always stressed the importance of proving wrong the perception that women...
Gandhiji asked me if I had sufficient warm clothes in view of the coming cold season. I...
PM Modi went to New York this time not to engage in polemics, but to find solutions to...
Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A will remain at sea for 8 months. They will...
'Ladakh has become a hollow UT.''Bureaucrats from Delhi rule Ladakh and there is no...
'If she manages to throw out people, go for surgical operations, clean up her image,...
Determined not to be arm-twisted into delaying the execution, he decided to hold a late...
Udhayanidhi's 'untimely' elevation as deputy CM may be used against the party, for...
'Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I would write a book one day.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com comes across a Ganesh temple in Kashmir's summer capital...