In a composed and clear presentation, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi announced that nine terrorist facilities had been destroyed in the tri-services operation.
'If the NDA returns with the BJP substantially ahead of the JD-U, a BJP CM bid becomes plausible; if the gap is narrow or JD-U holds pivotal seats, continuity with Nitish is the lower-risk option.'
'The question for the TMC is not whether it can hold its bastions, but whether it can expand effectively into regions where the BJP already possesses a good ecosystem.'
The glorious singer is simply sensational at 77 and we just love her!
'This was textbook emergency response under stress.'
'This revolution has sparked an awakening. Gen Z realises the power it holds.'
'Pakistan is economically very weak and will not be able to sustain a war for long.'
'College-going Gen Z students are devastated by the killings and destruction.' 'These are not the kind of people who would burn somebody's home or beat up political leaders or set fire to people and snatch guns from the policemen.' 'So obviously a huge infiltration has happened.'
Briti Chatterjee sings Bangla folk songs on her handmade Dotara. This Durga Pujo, she is booked for 17 shows in pandals across Kolkata.
'The Pakistani government's growing fear of Dr Mahrang's rising popularity is evident.' 'Her defiance is inspiring.'
'With the US having entered the war, raising the risks of a wider conflict, those impacts could be even more damaging.'
'If the BJP had its way, it would sideline him in favour of someone else. But that's not feasible. There is no vote catcher in Bihar for the BJP.'
'Militants are taking over the administration. Fundamentalists have been released from jail.'
'Looking at how quickly the hostilities were escalating, the nuclear threshold did not seem that far.'
'The Pakistanis knew there was only one route up and they could take direct aim at us as we climbed up.' 'They knew they could kill us.'
'What we are witnessing is not a freak incidence or a freak occurrence, but a new climate reality where warming oceans, monsoon variability and local geography are combining to produce extreme events.'
Nitish thought that his stakes as chief minister were far greater than his stakes in protecting one of his party MLAs. He could not allow his rule-of-law train to be derailed by a small rock on the track. On the contrary, if he removed it to keep the train moving at a steady speed he would gain strong public admiration and sympathy that would help him take the masses along in carrying out other tasks. A fascinating excerpt from Arun Sinha's Nitish Kumar And The Rise Of Bihar.
'They mean business, but business as usual is unacceptable to them'
'They are totally disconnected with farm activities which their families have been involved in for years.'
'Saudi-Pak defence pact is to anchor the defence and security of Saudi Arabia and not Pakistan, per se, with Islamabad being the junior partner.'
The mini utensils made of mud crafted by local potters and the gharaunda [miniature house] are unique to Diwali in Bihar.
Chandrasekhar -- former minister of state for Electronics and IT -- disagreed with Musk's opinion about EVMs, and argued that the latter's statement was a "huge sweeping generalisation".
To see the happiness on their faces that only a travel experience can bring is priceless.
'When we get justice we will stop the protest.'
The first national flag in Independent India was hoisted at Fort St George in Madras, not at Delhi's Red Fort.
'Humanly impossible for the switches to turn from on to off at rapid succession within one second'
'What's currently underway is not a 'reset'.' 'What needs to be arrived at is a new balance.'
'But this Budget alone will not fix what ails the Indian economy.'
Major Padmapani Acharya was awarded the Mahavir Chakra for his courage in the Kargil War.
'The Pakistani State has to realise that the pigeons have come home to roost.'
'Munir is clearly insecure and hence he needs the prop of a field marshal.'
'Unlike the surgical strikes and the Balakot air strikes across the LoC, we have gone further inside Pakistan and raised the bar of escalation.'
'New Delhi is not naive about its foreign policy choices.'
An illuminating conversation with Chandu Borde, 90, one of India's finest cricketers in the 1960s.
'The government's priority is not farmers.'
'Surgical strikes or air strikes, or both, are likely on the table.'
'...without massive amounts of force.'
'5465 was over 17,000 feet -- our eyes were out of the sockets by the time we got to the top.' 'We had not eaten in 2-3 days and climbed in extremely difficult terrain.' 'I was there for 5-6 days, but had to be evacuated because I started vomiting blood.'
'We are now in a situation where our country is not yet free.' 'China is still very strong and militarily powerful.' 'In such a situation, we need the Dalai Lama to bring about a resolution to the cause of Tibet.' 'That's one of the main reasons that at age 90, he has accepted that there should be a 15th Dalai Lama after him.'
'Something very drastic must have happened.'
