Equity indices gave up early gains to close in the red for the third session on the trot on Wednesday, weighed by selling in banking and finance counters amid inflationary pressures and persistent foreign fund outflows. A weak rupee and lacklustre global cues also kept buying sentiment in check, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex opened on a firm footing but failed to hold on the momentum, finishing 237.44 points or 0.41 per cent lower at 58,338.93. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty dipped 54.65 points or 0.31 per cent to close at 17,475.65.
'The Constitution of India defeated the BJP.'
'... dividing society not just on religious lines, but also creating rift in families and among brothers and sisters.'
'Always smiling, creative, problem solver, ambitious and a man who walked ahead of an Industry.'
'We are known political activists, so the police put our names in.'
'It is difficult to imagine the BJP becoming the legatee of Ambedkar. Whichever way one looks at it, Ambedkar's thought and Hindu nationalism are not easy to reconcile.'
'Why should Khargeji work against the Gandhis for the sake of proving his independence?'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a grand memorial to Babasaheb Ambedkar at the Indu Mills compound in the heart of Mumbai, a function boycotted by Shiv Sena after its chief Uddhav Thackeray was not invited.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set for his second visit to the United Arab Emirates starting Friday as part of his West Asia trip which will also cover Palestine and Oman. Ahead of his visit to the UAE, the prime minister had an offbeat interview with Gulfnews (external link) during which he divulged details about people who inspire him and about his travels. Here are some key takeaways from the interview.
In the light of the efforts being made to forge electoral unity between scheduled castes and Muslims, Mohammad Sajjad examines what the architect of our Constitution, B R Ambedkar, had to say about the Muslim community.
'We were at war with the BJP in the 1990s. We were burning down each other's offices then. I don't want that to happen again.'
'They fear their caste privilege will be exposed if there is an OBC caste census.'
The child's mom continued to sob and pray. The Vistara staff was valiantly standing by offering as much assistance as they were capable of.
'Who will vote for and against who will be clear once the election results are declared on December 18.'
'It is undemocratic and shows fascist tendencies.'
This step by the Modi government is in the right direction and will go a long way in safeguarding the interests of socially and economically backward communities, asserts Professor T V Kattimani, Vice-Chancellor, Central Tribal University, Andhra Pradesh, Vizianagaram.
'They were very vocal on the defence of the Constitution, reservation, SC/ST Act and democratic rights.'
'The tragedy with Indian Muslims is that they do politics from the heart, not from the head.'
Although there is a lot of talk on social justice, Dalits in Tamil Nadu face atrocities of some kind every other day, Governor R N Ravi has said, apparently targeting the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after a gap of about a month.
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday continued to target late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, saying that he helped the British rulers and wrote a mercy petition to them out of fear.
Wankhede is facing the vigilance probe by NCB after an independent witness in the drugs-on-cruise case, in which Aryan Khan is one of the accused, claimed of overhearing a discussion of a Rs 25 crore pay-off, including Rs 8 crore for Sameer Wankhede.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the ED registered the case based on the high court directive.
'We know these are mind games Ajit dada is playing, but he (Sharad Pawar) doesn't get swayed by such gestures.'
'When I felt that the party is drifting away from Hindutva, I tried to speak to Uddhavji. But nobody was ready to listen.'
'Through this one step, and more steps that follow, log judte jayenge (more people will come together); I'm sure of that.'
Iqbal wrote songs supporting the 'Muslim League' and the 'Pakistan Movement'. He was the first to raise the idea of the partition of India and the establishment of Pakistan, the VS said.
'Those who attacked me, punish them.'
The JNU VC said the "status of shudras given to women in Manusmriti" makes it extraordinarily regressive.
Modi said he saw the election results, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, as the "foundation of the new India".
'Had Muslims been a vote bank, they wouldn't be in the condition they are now,' Asaduddin Owaisi tells Jyoti Punwani.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said scare-mongering was being done by some that there was a danger to minorities, but asserted that this is neither the nature of the Sangh nor of Hindus.
'National unity and acceptance of cultural diversity was never more important than now when the world enters an unstable and dangerous phase.'
...educated people are better decision-makers must be rejected, the CJI said.
'They have realised that class war is not possible in India, so they are trying to bring about a caste war.'
'Modi cannot drag India back into a primitive epoch resembling the religious wars in medieval Europe and at the same time claim to represent the aspirations of modernity among Indians,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'I cannot conceive of any reason than my unsparing criticism of government policies that the government picked me to send a message to many who dare to take it on.'
The president made a special mention of the threat to the environment and asked all citizens to take care of it for future generations.
'If they really wanted to give him competition, the AIADMK should have contested the seat, not its ally the PMK.'
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