'There is a view that there is a Pakistan angle to this.' 'Pakistan has a large presence in Qatar and would want India to be blacklisted.'
'BJP and Modi are confident they will win the 2024 election.'
'When the Executive can do whatever they want, why bother having an election?'
'It will remain hostile to Indian interests owing to its close proximity to China.'
'Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bengal can be the game changers of 2024.'
The circular asked MPHWs to get at least one man sterilised in the current financial year, which ends on March 31 or else their salaries would be withheld and they would be given compulsory retirement.
'I told my commander that they were not militants, but full-fledged soldiers with machine guns.'
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'It has been doing yeoman service for the people of the North East.'
'There is something in our desh ki mitti that has held us together.'
'So many conquerors, colonisers, cultures came and went, but we withstood them and rose up again.'
'The economic crisis hit us from nowhere. No one saw it coming.'
Hriiyio was only 6 months old when his father, a soldier in the 1 Naga Battalion met a warrior's death in Drass.
'We failed as a country because those who should have been there to say goodbye did not show up.'
'BJP's ultimate ambition is to control Bihar independently.'
'There was not a moment when the guns were out of action.'
'The fact that he hasn't resigned so far shows that he is going to do everything to hold onto power.'
'Looking back, there is every chance that I would not have opted for Kota.'' 'The biggest flaw is that your personality gets blocked.' 'It took me two years to get back to 'being human' again.'
'It is commendable that India is able to persuade all sides.' 'It shows that India counts and finally, we are reaching a position where we can find a place in the sun at the global level.'
Major Sheena Nayyar describes what it means for an Indian soldier to be part of the Republic Day parade.
'The most important expenditure in the Budget that indicates employment generation is infrastructure.'
'You can attack and conspire to weaken us, but you cannot destroy the Congress permanently.'
'The Khalistanis get bulk of the money from abroad.' 'Where did Amritpal's Mercedes come from, which costs well over Rs 60 lakhs?' 'Where does his fleet of vehicles come from?' 'Local Punjabis can certainly not contribute this kind of money.'
'They try and extend the hostage situation as long as they can to remain in the national headlines.'
'China doesn't want to settle the boundary dispute because that gives them a reason to pick a fight with India.'
'US officials must grapple with the possibility that one of its closest partners attempted an extrajudicial killing on its soil.' 'This is not something that friends typically do to friends.'
'The world is watching carefully. The choices India makes today have consequences beyond its borders.'
'He not only immerses himself into the character, but he wears it.' 'He does not let even a fragment of himself show while he's playing the part.'
'These are people whom very few give importance and they were doing a mammoth job for the nation.'
'Modi wants to go down in history not necessarily as India's first overtly Hindu RSS pracharak prime minister, but as a world statesman who built the idea of India as a great nation.'
'Unlike on the western and eastern borders where there is an enemy at the gate, here there is an invisible enemy which is building its own capability and can come into play at a time and place of his choosing.'
'The mandir-masjid issue led to a lot of blood, pain and anguish on both sides. It scarred this nation.' 'It is time to educate ourselves and move on.'
One of the three Film and Television Institute of India students on indefinite hunger strike has been hospitalised after his blood sugar levels dropped.
'Parades and ceremonials are a part of our training and inculcated in us since the beginning of our career. It was very exciting.'
'The politics that is now being played in Punjab doesn't contribute towards peace and tranquillity.'
'She was not just a fan; she knew the game and could differentiate between a good cricketer and a great cricketer.'
After five months of a rigorous training, the Agniveervayus passed out of the Airmen Training School, impressing the audience with the skills they had acquired in just 22 weeks of training at the IAF base.
'Unfortunately, there is no movement towards peace in Manipur.'
'Ambedkar's ideas have their own teeth -- if you don't have an appetite for them, you can't swallow them.'
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
'Seven hundred farmers lost their lives.' 'The protesting farmers were demonised and called names like andolanjiwi, Khalistani, anti-national.'
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