'This incident is likely to embolden the radicals as also the sleeper cells of terrorists and their masters hiding abroad, including Pakistan.'
'The prowess with which they executed the shootings unmistakably bear the imprint of someone who has had professional training.'
'Many veteran leaders in the Odisha BJP had met them, but their problems were never sorted out.'
'The government is trying to give a message that we as political bosses have discretion of deciding what people will read and what people will not read.'
Since then, 129 startups have joined this star status, of which 100 were added from January 2019, generating a total value of $535 billion. Entrepreneurs are building bigger enterprises at a faster rate -- 50 per cent of the 130 companies reached unicorn status in the first five years after their initial institutional fundraising.
'Judges have families; they have their future to worry about.' 'In an atmosphere of fear, the judges are constantly under some kind of psychological pressure.' 'I have seen this is happening across the board in the country today.'
Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reports from Shivaji Park and the MMRDA ground to sense the mood of Shiv Sena workers -- from the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde camps.
Rediff.com's Prasanna Zore spotted some of these stylish attendees at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week.
The 39 year old actor paired her chanderi blouse with shorts and silver jewellery.
'Our discussions are more towards how to claim our right to use the Shiv Sena party symbol without attracting the anti-defection law.'
'The Congress president knows my concerns.'
'We told the government that we won't dance to their tunes this time.'
'The entire idea behind the serial bomb blasts was to strike fear in the minds of Indians.' 'I don't think the blasts were targeted to derail the Indian economy; the idea behind the blasts was retribution.'
'His track record in the market has been spotless and untainted.' 'That is why he had such great fan following among investors.'
This wonderful-tasting gluten-free dosa is made with samo rice and sabudana.
'We are the real Shiv Sena and we will remain in the Sena.'
'There was no other Lata Mangeshkar, there is none and there won't be any. I will celebrate her life, today and always.'
='The Gujarat results show a wide chasm between the issues facing the common people and the way the BJP engineers electoral successes.'
Onam festivities have begun and you can join in the celebration with a traditional Kerala-style dish.
'Had it not been for his presence of mind, he would have been in Guwahati now.'
'At the moment the anti-defection law works only in favour of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena, the original Shiv Sena.' 'The Eknath Shinde camp is at a disadvantage unless they merge with another political party.' 'Otherwise, they will not be saved (from being disqualified).'
'How can just 25 of us indulge in fisticuffs when there were more than 100 MLAs of the TMC in the House?'
One fan has got a mural painted on the wall of his home in Dalgaty Lane as a mark of tribute. And little wonder, it is slowly turning into a tourist destination.
'Bihar today has erected a barrier against the BJP bulldozing the polity, the Constitution, and Opposition parties.'
'People will teach a lesson to those who are compromising it for the sake of power and money.'
Did Sheena Bora board a Jet Airways flight on July 22, 2012, a full three months after her death in April 2012?
'I don't think the Bharatiya Janata Party can claim any USP which was it is a party with a difference.'
'Till such time climatic activities resume up north in the plains and the hills, Mumbai's air quality may not improve.'
'Investors should continue to invest because you are looking at the long-term; in the next four to five years, we are bound to outperform (the rest of the world equity markets).'
Was it Uddhav's back-seat driving of Shinde's ministry Did Shinde feel slighted by Aaditya Thackeray's rapid ascent in the Shiv Sena? Was his spat with Sanjay Raut on Monday the last straw?
'Not many know that Ratan Tata became chairman of Tata Sons because of Cyrus's father Pallonji Mistry. But he (Cyrus) never used it or leveraged it to his benefit.'
'Only time will tell how difficult it would be for the BJP when Mr Modi may not be in a position to actively run affairs of the party and be its biggest vote catcher.'
'Then the BJP could even split.'
'You may see some movement indicating a simpler tax regime with less exemptions but with fewer tax rates making life simpler for taxpayers.'
'The Maharashtra government is not being very clear; they are keeping quiet.'
'I defended them -- Amit Shah and Narendra Modi -- in over 10,000 national debates, but I never asked for any favour.'
'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.'
'If you were to say today that the government should appoint judges to the high courts and Supreme Court, then I think that even those few good judges that we are getting today we would not get them.'
'We don't know yet if we are forming the next government with the BJP or not.'
The announcement came on a day that marks the third anniversary of the Naveen Patnaik-led government's fifth tenure in the state.
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