"The people of Mumbai voted overwhelmingly for the BJP as they believed in our agenda of transparency in the civic administration. Shiv Sena emerged as the single largest party while we were two seats behind them. We did not get the numbers to have a Mayor of our own," Fadnavis told media persons at his official bungalow in Mumbai.
The reasons for the snail's pace at which the commission is proceeding are linked both to the government's indifference to it as well as the indifference of the parties appearing before it.
'When you have a village which is controlled by the BJP, who are the people likely to perpetrate the attack?'
'If Mamata Banerjee doesn't want, then violence cannot be stopped.'
'Modi is larger-than-life, but not invincible. Yet,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'There is no future for the Shiv Sena under Uddhavji's leadership.'
Mayura Janwalkar travels to Kedambe, a tiny village in Maharashtra's Satara district, now better known as 26/11 hero Tukaram Omble's home. An excerpt from 26/11 Stories Of Strength by The Indian Express.
'These people are living on the edge of starvation and governments need to show much greater compassion towards them.'
BJP President Amit Shah -- arguably the second most powerful politician in the nation -- granted a rare television interview to the Network 18 group of news channels. Rediff.com's Rajesh Alva checks out what the BJP boss said in this word cloud assessment of the interview.