"There should be a complete shutdown on April 2 to protest the proposed visit of Modi. All rhetoric about development or construction of tunnels and roads are futile and will not succeed in luring us," chairmen of the rival factions of the Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik said in a joint statement.
Showering praise on Marathi and Maharashtra, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday said he was indebted to the state which shaped his destiny and gave him name and fame.
'Let every person remember that the 'holy book' is the Constitution, and it is with this book in hand that the citizens of India march together as a nation, so that they may move forward in all spheres of human endeavour to achieve the great goals set out by this 'Magna Carta' or Great Charter of India'
Presenting an excerpt from The Immortals of Meluha, a mythological work on the Hindu god Shiva by Amish Tripathi.
'He has a splendid opportunity to capitalise on the CPEC and turn the economy around decisively, putting Pakistan firmly on a higher growth trajectory.' 'Indeed, under the Imran-Bajwa dispensation, there has been a noticeable whittling down of support to militant groups,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'I'm tempted to say that he's in a better place now, but I'm quite sure he's not.' 'There was no better place for him than the basketball court, and now he'll never set foot on one again. Because he's gone,' says Dhruv Munjal.
Sonia claimed that the Congress was the only one party that followed the path shown by him and carried on his legacy.
'Unless you capture territory and plant your flag, the war is never won.'
Igor Kunitsyn and Mikhail Youzhny gave Russia a 2-0 lead after victories over Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna respectively in the Davis Cup World Group first round tie in Moscow on Friday.
The series is a follow-up to the classic horror film The Omen.
Upset Hindus have asked for the immediate recall of the toy 'Hanuman plush doll', calling it "inappropriate, upsetting, and denigrating". Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said that inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees' feelings.
'The terrorists will allow only those who practice their tenets to live in Kashmir,' argues Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
A 16-year-old Delhi school boy on Saturday had a brief tryst with destiny, equaling the world record of being the youngest to step atop the world's highest peak, only to have his feat overturned hours later by a 13-year-old American. Arjun Bajpayee, became the youngest Indian to climb the 8,848 metre Mount Everest early today morning via the traditional South Col route in Nepal. He equaled the record of Nepalese boy, Sherpa Temba Tsheri, who also climbed the peak.
'The biggest danger is that majoritarianism is getting normalised, insidiously and overtly... We are bringing the worst, not the best in us... We are looking for new enemies - Muslims, urban Naxals, tukde tukde gang, some enemy or the other which keeps this majoritarian wheel turning,' says journalist Rajdeep Sardesai.
'As we reach 2022 we are creating a very new, different India where the Citizenship Amendment Act will be passed, NRC will be pushed through, Article 370 scrapped...'
'We will be voting keeping in mind the brunt we bore because of demonetisation and high GST rate'
'Xi's emphasis on enhancing conventional military deterrence capabilities, joint operations and power projection are likely to increase friction points with India as with other nations,' points out China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
Paying tributes on the eve of the 60th anniversary of India's Republic Day, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said Britain will not be the same 'without our strong bond with India and the enormous part played by the Indian community.'
Navratri and Onam saw flat sales, but industry hopes to turn the corner with a cracker of a Diwali.
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