'Dharavi will be completely slum free by 2040'
'Had these three farm laws existed it would have become a huge election issue.'
'The message they want to send to the country is that they can do anything by hook or crook'
'The cases have not reduced because the prosecution has found some other way to stop people from using their right to free speech.'
Rohith Vemula's suicide exposes all of us as a nation, argues Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Narendra Modi's agenda is to build a Ram mandir, Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com
'The Congress can exist without (someone from) the Nehru-Gandhi family being its president.'
'When the Babri Masjid was demolished, we didn't take permission from anyone.'
Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf and Hitesh Harisinghani speak to millennials to find out if the ease of ride-sharing apps like Ola and Uber was a reason for them not buying a car.
'That would be very bad for them and suicidal for both the Gandhis and the Congress party.'
'Government must take into consideration the human cost of the NRC exercise'
Onkar Singh, a valuable member of the Rediff.com team over the years, breathed his last on January 13. Syed Firdaus Ashraf, who knew him intimately, remembers the ultimate newsman.
'It could take at least a couple of years for his case to go through the entire run of the British judiciary.'
Why Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Manjinder S Sirsa is furious with the director and actor of Sacred Games 2.
Dr Rajendra Bharud has done what no other district collector in India could do as the pandemic ravaged the nation. He not only made Nandurbar district oxygen surplus, but ensured that the supply of life-saving oxygen remained uninterrupted for patients -- something even Delhi and Mumbai hospitals have not achieved yet.
'Narendra Modi knows that the Congress without the Gandhis is a more formidable and more dangerous adversary.'
'Even if the BJP does not come to power, the system has changed.'
'The Naxals started firing indiscriminately.' 'The whole jungle echoed with the sound of bullets.' 'The only thing I heard from that side was 'Chhodna kisi ko nahi (don't let anyone escape)'.'
'Kejriwal tries to project that his party is not Hindu virodhi.'
'These atheist people wanted to finish the progress of Sabrimala temple devotees and now they are using this (the Supreme Court verdict) as a weapon to destroy the believers.'
'They are calling me an accused without even an inquiry.' 'The video was fabricated and doctored. Now the truth is coming out.'
'Shraddha tries hard to rescue the film, but the script totters so badly in the second half that any salvage seems impossible,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Dr Kafeel is being framed by the Yogi government because he talks about the BRD hospital all the time.'
'When there is so much anxiety, the Government of India should assure people on the vaccine issue and help the states demanding more supply that they will be provided the required quantities.' 'Any Centre-state conflict at this point of time is counter-productive and enhances people's anxieties that should be avoided.'
'If it is not possible for the Indian Railways to have separate non-vegetarian and vegetarian compartments, then what is the harm in railways serving only vegetarian food?'
'If a politician asks the policeman to do something which is not correct, then why blame the politician?' 'If you do it, then you are equally liable.'
'Bommai's predicament is pathetic right now because deep inside he is not like this, but to remain in power he has to talk and speak against his own conscience.'
'Our only request to the Indian government is that they should act fast and send a plane to evacuate us as people around us are dying'
'Goa is a tiny state, but in terms of its Business of Politics, several powerful lobbies of India are involved in it, be it the mining lobby, hoteliers' lobby, casino lobby, hawala lobby, drugs lobby etc.'
An unemployed migrant becomes a much sought after Baba right before Syed Firdaus Ashraf's eyes.
Amitabh Bachchan was preparing to pack up his bags and return to Allahabad if Zanjeer failed.
'There are other prisoners too who are behaving in a good manner, but they are not being released sooner.'
'Sachin Pilot had every legitimate right to demand to become CM.'
From July 27, 2017, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, my daughter will have to learn that there are only two most important things in life: Power and money.
'Nehru wanted to strengthen industries by exploiting agriculture and that policy was continued by successive governments.'
'They are ABVP-phobic people. Tomorrow, they will say the US attack on Iran is because of the ABVP.'
'If Modi-Shah had not changed the leadership, one section would have parted ways with the BJP for sure.'
'One reason given for the failure of the Congress in Assam was due to the alliance with the AIUDF.'
'He felt that he had no place in the BJP and he was wrong.'
