Seema Pant, Syed Firdaus Ashraf

Stories by Seema Pant, Syed Firdaus Ashraf

'New UP order will target Dalits, Muslims, Opposition'

'New UP order will target Dalits, Muslims, Opposition'

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2020

'This is against the Constitution and we will oppose it tooth and nail.'

'Let govt ensure MSP is a legal right just like MRP'

'Let govt ensure MSP is a legal right just like MRP'

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2020

'Government is saying that I will not be responsible for ensuring you get MSP but traders and large corporate will be responsible. 'India now is the only country that is saying such things'

'The Modi government has given farmers freedom'

'The Modi government has given farmers freedom'

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2020

'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari'

'Sonia has administered a bitter pill to Rahul'

'Sonia has administered a bitter pill to Rahul'

Rediff.com   16 Sep 2020

'Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal are the two people who have been marked and punished'

'Sonia is one of the finest students of the university of life'

'Sonia is one of the finest students of the university of life'

Rediff.com   16 Sep 2020

'This is a fascinating side to Sonia Gandhi, the way she disarms her opponents.'

The Hindu who will curate the Babri mosque museum

The Hindu who will curate the Babri mosque museum

Rediff.com   9 Sep 2020

From the kind of food to the art which will be displayed at the museum, historian Pushpesh Pant shares his vision.

What happens next to Rhea Chakraborty

What happens next to Rhea Chakraborty

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2020

'In low-profile cases, if there's a small quantity (of drugs involved), you get bail on the first day.' 'In high-profile cases, it depends on the judge.'

'Selective bloodlust was unleashed on Rhea'

'Selective bloodlust was unleashed on Rhea'

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2020

'When she left on June 8 after some kind of fight or break-up she did not think Sushant would die.' 'She did not think his family after his death would level such horrible accusations against her.' 'She did not think three agencies would be tasked to prove her to a bad woman.'

'Supreme Court has not given clean chit to PM-CARES'

'Supreme Court has not given clean chit to PM-CARES'

Rediff.com   3 Sep 2020

'PM-CARES money is for the relief of citizens, so what is the secrecy then?' 'Why will it harm anyone if it is revealed where the money came from and where it is going?' 'What is there to hide?'

'To get back to 6-7% GDP growth will take a couple of years'

'To get back to 6-7% GDP growth will take a couple of years'

Rediff.com   3 Sep 2020

'The current economic contraction is certainly due to the lockdowns as a response to the pandemic, which is an act of God.' 'Nobody has seen such a thing in the last 100 years.' 'Saying that this was an act of mismanagement is largely incorrect'

'Modi wants to do away with permanent government jobs'

'Modi wants to do away with permanent government jobs'

Rediff.com   1 Sep 2020

The new government order to review the service record of employees who have completed 30 years in the job to identify inefficient or corrupt staff and retire them prematurely has invited the ire of labour unions, who believe that this is a step towards privatisation.

'There's an attempt to break the Congress'

'There's an attempt to break the Congress'

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2020

'There is a group who want to internally damage the Congress and they may be hand in glove with the BJP.'

'CBI has still not nabbed mastermind behind my father's murder'

'CBI has still not nabbed mastermind behind my father's murder'

Rediff.com   20 Aug 2020

'If timely action was taken by the CBI, the other three murders could have been prevented.'

Why this Shaheen Bagh protestor joined the BJP

Why this Shaheen Bagh protestor joined the BJP

Rediff.com   20 Aug 2020

Shahzad Ali, a sales and marketing manager at a mobile phone company, was among the group of Muslims from Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on August 16, 2020.

'Time for Congress to become a tiger on the prowl'

'Time for Congress to become a tiger on the prowl'

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2020

'If the Congress party wants to take on the BJP it cannot do it in this fuddy-duddy, grand old party, style.'

'MPs' letter was given to Congress leadership 10 days ago'

'MPs' letter was given to Congress leadership 10 days ago'

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2020

'This letter assumes significance as it is for the first time that a letter has been documented and collectively agreed upon.'

'Rahat Indori will always be with us, thanks to Internet'

'Rahat Indori will always be with us, thanks to Internet'

Rediff.com   18 Aug 2020

'He was such a diverse poet that he wrote the song M bole toh Master of Munnabhai MBBS and also Yeh Rishta kya kehlata hai of Meenaxi.'

'TV news debates are very poisonous'

'TV news debates are very poisonous'

Rediff.com   14 Aug 2020

'I challenge BJP spokespersons that they have no idea what their party's ideology is because they believe it is only Modi's party now.'

'Modi had no contribution for Ram temple'

'Modi had no contribution for Ram temple'

Rediff.com   5 Aug 2020

'He was a nobody then.' 'And whatever little his contribution was there, it was restricted to Gujarat.'

'They are making Ayodhya like Vatican or Mecca'

'They are making Ayodhya like Vatican or Mecca'

Rediff.com   5 Aug 2020

'This is about reviving this country as a centre of Hindutva at Ayodhya.'