With Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stoking a controversy by saying that the Hindu population was falling while minorities are flourishing, Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf studied the 2001 and 2011 census data to track the demographic changes in the northeast.
'This is a fascinating side to Sonia Gandhi, the way she disarms her opponents.'
'When the Congress tied up with Chandrababu Naidu, they helped trigger Telangana pride.'
'This government will end after five years, but farmers will not end after five years.' 'This is the source of our confidence.'
From the kind of food to the art which will be displayed at the museum, historian Pushpesh Pant shares his vision.
'Congress and BSP are in the fray, but not in the contest.'
'There was already a cash crunch and this (lockdown) has created more trouble.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com presents the names of 10 global terrorists who, according to United Nations Security Council, are operating against India from Pakistan.
'The Rajputs feel they are being left behind.'
'When a criminal assumes a new identity he think everybody knows them by that name only.' 'Criminals forget that the police are always hunting for them to put them in jail.'
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya is the eighth economist to quit since the Modi government took office.
'Every Congress leader in UP and the rest of India is calling me and thanking me that finally someone spoke about this JNU gang ruling the Congress party in UP.'
'The government must have armed security personnel for doctors and only then they can go and serve people.'
'The mindset of people needs to change.' 'We still believe in accepting cash when we can do business with digital money as well.'
'Muslims must show patience and endurance.' 'The perception that has been created against them needs to be changed by them.'
Some police encounters that stunned India.
'He was such a diverse poet that he wrote the song M bole toh Master of Munnabhai MBBS and also Yeh Rishta kya kehlata hai of Meenaxi.'
'During the lockdown if you terminate your employee, then you will face action under the NDMA.' 'This will be the first time something like this will happen in the history of India.'
'If you want proof, visit any bank in Mumbai and you will find the poor standing in bank queues.' 'They are queuing up from midnight outside the banks.'
Newly-elected CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury speaks to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com.
Hours after the government banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Indians are facing an acute shortage of change.
'Nowhere is it written in the Constitution that Ravan's effigy must be burnt.'
'If the minister does not resign, then it will be the darkest incident of Indian democracy where power prevailed over the people.'
'As a doctor, I always knew I would get it, but I was always sure I would get cured too.'
'We have been appealing to various governments for so many years that there should be no dams in the Himalayas, but no one listens.' 'Nature responded in its own way.'
'We are only amplifying the voice of scientists and experts. We are gathering information by talking to experts and are sharing it. If the government chooses to ignore that, what can we do?'
'We are trying to trace them.' 'We feel their phone batteries must have died because they are travelling by road.'
'You want poor people who take 5 kg rice to produce an Aadhaar card.' 'The poor man may or may not have Aadhaar.' 'Poor people are losing their food and dying.'
'Sidhu's suggestions regarding formation of the new government were completely ignored, so he stepped down.' 'Channi's government is walking on the same path as Amarinder Singh's.'
'Military operations demand the highest degree of secrecy.' 'Those who are demanding transparency in military operations must understand what military operations are all about.'
'Whatever comes in the minds of the Pakistani generals and Pakistan military, they just go for it.' 'They do not care about the consequences for their country or the consequences to the people of Pakistan.'
'The most serious issue is that of shooting a lawyer in the chest. That news has been buried.'
'This election was the first opportunity where Kashmiris told the world they do not agree with the Centre's policies and are unhappy about their disempowerment.'
Sudhir Kumar Ojha from Muzaffarpur, an advocate known for his penchant to file cases against the high and mighty, has fired a legal salvo at the irrepressible cricketer-turned-politician.
'Let Modi not be in the news, I will stop making cartoons on him.'
Yes, Alauddin Khilji did launch a military encounter for a woman. He had her captured and made her one of his queens. But it was not Rani Padmavati.
'Will you declare MSP for 100 odd crops that the farmers of India grow?'
'We will resist it.' 'Farmers will not let that happen.'
'This bill is to relieve the government of accountability and to cover up its corruption.'
'Salman Khan should be booked under the National Security Act as he is destroying Indian culture.'
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