'Russia is aiming at demoralising Ukraine as a nation.''They want to bomb the...
Queenie Hallegua, who passed away at 89 in August, was almost the last of the Sephardi...
'It has changed the political character of India by ejecting socialism as an ideology...
'There are 7,000 guns which are in the hands of the armed militia of the Kuki and...
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...
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...
This would give BJP the chance to explore Constitutional options for government...
'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...
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,...
'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...
'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...
'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...
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...
'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...
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...
'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...
'If Trump wins the election, there's not going to be much turmoil.''But if he loses, he...
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...
The ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra is heavily banking upon a six to 10 per...
There was a memorable meeting with a 'tall, elegant, beautiful girl', who had recently...
'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...
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...
'Whoever is doing it (threats to airlines), they are actually carrying out a...
'Disengagement is merely the first step in a lengthy process of arriving at a new...
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...
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...
The high court said disclosing such information will not only compromise the...
'...and I was a great admirer of his leadership of Tata Sons.'
'In the end, officials in India will be thrown to the wolves, quietly released a couple...
'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...
On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took...
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...
'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...
What are the reasons why a girl's education falls by the wayside?Why was Safeena a...
'There is some deep rot that has set in the Congress party. This requires an...
'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...
'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...
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a...
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...
Arun Maira who worked for 25 years with the Tata Group, remembers his early years with...
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...
'The core group from Pune, which bought arms, trained people, carried out intelligence...
'He has remained the leader of our course all through 40 years, not allowing his energy...
'If there is a push towards a Marxist oriented government it will be dangerous.''We...
'These are just to deflect from the leaked audio tapes of the chief minister which...
Biman Basu, the senior-most Marxist leader in the country, pays homage to a comrade he...
Was Ram Rahim's release on parole for the 10th time since his conviction in 2017 timed...
'Thirty per cent of the world's deaths in young people, due to heart disease, are...
'The Abdullah family is the problem and facilitator of the instability that we are...
'She could have sat down with the students and taken a list of their grievances...
On Bhagat Singh's 117th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra recounts fascinating...
'Will President Dissanayake calibrate his foreign policy taking into account India's...
As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these...
A land-owning class, the Jats are a powerful community and account for 28 per cent of...
A massive sinkhole appeared on a road near Samadhan Chowk, Pune, and nearly swallowed a...
'The other panelists (Praniti Shinde and Priyanka Chaturvedi) were misbehaving with...
'My primary point was where is the Mamata Banerjee who jumps and reaches out, starts...
In underlining the role of border villages as custodians of India's frontiers, New...
They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and...
'My son was not killed because he was a Hindu.'
In days of smart, networked technology and no shame over collateral damage, what will...
'I had told Fadnavisji that I will be with the party till the Lok Sabha election and I...
'Article 370 is now dug 70 feet deep in the ground. It cannot come out.'
'His hopes and dreams for India reach higher and higher and are unstoppable, and his...
'INDIA will easily cross 50 seats out of 90 in Jammu and Kashmir.'
Asim Malik's shift to the important DG, ISI post comes as something of a surprise now,...
Today even those who support Prime Minister Modi feel there is a certain sense of...
'Kamala likes south Indian food.''She likes a special rasam which her husband also...
'We have to keep a watch because India-Sri Lanka has a history that whenever there has...
For India to view the new Sri Lankan leadership only through the prism of the past or...
'I went to jail and met my father to convince him to join politics and believe in the...
The TIME 100 AI list is an interesting assortment of titans.Indians make up about 20...
Lokmanya Tilak lived a life replete with contradictions, although he modified many of...
There are few leaders in the Opposition line up who can claim a path to party...
The major advantages of such plants are no need of land to build the reactors,...
India should encourage the second coming of SAARC with climate change as an urgent...
Nitish Kumar wants to assure the BJP leadership that he will continue to be a part of...
Delhi's appeasement strategy may now translate as more mega arms deals with the US,...
'The Indian government is better prepared this time and has reached out to all...
Saturday's Quad meeting in Delaware is taking place against the backdrop of China's...
'Abhaya Di was one of the best seniors we could have.''She secured a seat in chest...
'Afzal Guru became a victim of Pakistan's conspiracy. He was used as a means, just like...
The recent 'revelation' by TN fishers freed by Sri Lanka after they had paid up Lankan...
Over the years, India has enjoyed bipartisan support in the US and this asset must be...
'In Parliament, he was the one person who stood for democracy and secularism even when...
'When we get justice we will stop the protest.'
'I would think that India faces less damage from opinions voiced overseas compared to...
A sneak peek of some extraordinary entries for the 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of...
Air Marshal Denzil Keelor was an Indian Air Force legend.His nephew Basil Keelor, son...
'We want to ensure that no government in J&K will be formed without our support.'
'The world cannot remain a mute spectator. We could have televisions blowing up in our...
With Atishi at the helm it will not be easy for the BJP to continue using the LG's...
Her husband, Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh, died in a helicopter crash in the Nilgiris...
'If the country felt very strongly about the BJP, then why did the country not put...
'The whole Kashmiri population is seemed to be a suspect community. This status is not...
The nature of war and its purpose remains unchanged.The change is in the character of...
The Delhi battlefield may not be a cakewalk for the Rhodes Scholar.
From the time he first rose to prominence during the movement against the then UPA...
Tral, the former hotbed of terrorism, rocks to the music of democracy.
'The wave of terrorism is over in Kashmir. Local people do not support it.'
By proposing the addition of six permanent members this year, it may appear that it was...
'Who are Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti to issue certificates?'
Times have changed, situations have changed, but the basic nature of superpower...
In 2022 Nanaji Dembi pulled down the Hurriyat office board in Srinagar, an act of...
'They only bring pieces. Dialogue is the only way forward.''We should get people who...
Questions that the state had come to recognise over time but consistently delayed...
'We called him Sher-e-Kashmir but we realised he was no lion but a pussycat who...
It's intriguing that the prime minister now wants his American partner to help protect...
'Modi knows the people here are opposed to this project, but he is using the might of...
'Everyone is unhappy with the lieutenant governor's administration, which is ignorant,...
'Right now, Kamala Harris seems to have an edge, but we still have two months to go,...
At Srinagar's famed Lal Chowk, Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf meets a computer...
The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way.It showed for the entire...
'There cannot be anyone like Air Marshal Keelor -- he was so difficult to emulate.'Air...
Every trick in the trade is being tried unabashedly. In simple arithmetical terms every...
'The consensus was that the debate was between looking backward and looking...
'I don't want what happened to me should happen to anyone else,' says Shagun Parihar,...
Why did the political system in the country react to these two decisions of the Modi...
'Don't be surprised if the Census forms come with a caste box.''I will be surprised if...
'Initially, I didn't think much of him. But when I walked alongside him, I realized he...
The anger and the anguish are on the rise. News of a botched-up post mortem, tampering...
Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from...
Vijay has a lot of young and middle-aged women fans, but as voters, they are possibly...
'Everybody is excited about the New York event. Everybody wants to see him.''Imagine...
'It has been 14 years since I began living in exile and it's shocking that the...
'The RJD is a family centric party and its top leadership's main concern is only to...
Since it was formed 58 years ago, Haryana has had Jat chief ministers for 33 of those.
West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major...
'Ajit Doval said, "They are threatening us now".'
In the event of the BJP's poor performance in the assembly polls this year and in early...
'The intellectual A G Noorani and A G Noorani the family man sound like a contradiction...
This is what happens.
Why is the Big Apple welcoming our pachyderms? And how is India teaching the world...
De-centralised execution should drive the operational concept and support military...
'A campaign that goes beyond caste, creed and religion.''This is a campaign that aims...
'My mother feels it will be tough and emotional for her to enter an assembly which has...
'The struggle of insurgents and pro-independence political activists is fuelled by a...
'We put the seed of BJP's ideology in Jammu, watered it, nurtured it for four decades...
'While some women allow themselves to be exploited so that they can climb up the...
'Violence is the human abuse of power and rape is one of its worst...
I am happy I didn't knock anyone down, driving recklessly or trying to show...
'We are not secessionists, we want to coexist with our countrymen but not on the terms...
Shobhaa De pays tribute to another legend who passed into the ages on August 23,...
'If the government sincerely addressed the issue of missing persons, it would alleviate...
The PDP looks a distant third in the race, observes Mohammed Sayeed Malik, the...
With the fight now having been taken to the seizure of nuclear plants, it is one more...