'Contesting fewer seats than last time but winning more and performing better... would be in the interest of the Congress.'
'Rahul Gandhi's problem is that he doesn't think big.' 'He looks more like an activist, while politics is like a game of chess. You attack and then defend and have a game-plan.'
'We have asked the police to verify whether the RSS is a registered organisation. If they are not registered, then specific action should be taken against them.'
'When you attend an RSS function, the nation is your first priority.'
'The world now realises that semiconductors are not just important for national security, but also for economic prosperity.'
'Given the lag in transmission, further softening of lending rates may happen in the coming months.'
'Every party want to contest more seats, nothing wrong in it. We have to compromise to take all together as the NDA.'
'What we see now is a much stronger need for data sovereignty.'
'In case a particular industry has not passed on the benefits and if we receive complaints, we will take up the matter with the industry body concerned.'
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'Market momentum and investor interest are at unprecedented levels, making this the opportune moment.'
'For the longest time, he was not an activist.' 'He was just trying to build his own self-identity, self-respect and ambition.'
'She is a nice girl, simple, patient and affectionate. Because she is so empathetic, because she has the ability to feel for people, I am sure she will be able to solve the problems ordinary citizens face in this country.'
'Saudi-Pak defence pact is to anchor the defence and security of Saudi Arabia and not Pakistan, per se, with Islamabad being the junior partner.'
'But it's not something that I really focus on. That's not really my goal.'
'They should be given a strong message that they are not the ones who decide the rule of the land, and they are not the ones who decide what justice is.'
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'What the interview with Modi told me was that now he is open to granting interviews.' 'And in this connection let me offer our credentials for being considered in this election season,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'I fail to understand why when Rahul Gandhi himself gave me hope that I would contest the polls, how come other Congress leaders did not consider my name?'
'I fell in love with Suraiya and that was my first real gafla. The more I couldn't get her, the more I wanted her. When I couldn't marry her because the world didn't want it, I cried for the first time.'
Ghaati does not understand how to harness Anushka Shetty's electrifying screen presence, complains Arjun Menon.
'If they can be duplicitous, we can be equally duplicitous.' 'If they offer friendship, we reciprocate.' 'If they choose hostility, we respond with equal hostility.'
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'At COP30, the emphasis will be on unlocking climate finance, reinforcing the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and building resilience through inclusive transitions and the mainstreaming of adaptation.'
'The government is putting insurance in the same category as food, which is essential for life.' 'Now this is an opportunity for the sector to focus on the consumer.'
'The Pakistanis knew there was only one route up and they could take direct aim at us as we climbed up.' 'They knew they could kill us.'
'This was textbook emergency response under stress.'
'It concerns the sea and the security of the nation. What has happened is a big tragedy.'
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'The moment they fall foul of the party in power, they become unsafe. Then nobody can guarantee their safety.'
'Anyone they don't like can be potentially arrested and thrown in jail for 30 days to induce regime change.'
'College-going Gen Z students are devastated by the killings and destruction.' 'These are not the kind of people who would burn somebody's home or beat up political leaders or set fire to people and snatch guns from the policemen.' 'So obviously a huge infiltration has happened.'
'Militants are taking over the administration. Fundamentalists have been released from jail.'
'Around 15,000 people will be gathering.'
'The statistical confidence bands of the fan charts of the forecasts will provide a better sense of the potential variability of outcomes.'
'I want to request the central government that they should not target someone just for the sake of targeting him if he has not done anything wrong.'
London was treated to Hollywood's hunky A-listers Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise at the European premiere of the former's sports film, F1: The Movie.
'The lakes up there were already at the brink due to accumulated rainwater, and then snowmelt occurred.' 'When one lake breached, it triggered a cascading effect -- other lakes breached subsequently.'
