'Every traffic police station in the city has a policeman designated unofficially as the 'cashier.' 'His job is to collect the bribes and, at the end of every month, distribute this money among the cops according to rank.'
'...but subjecting our heritage to rigorous evidence-based understanding.'
'His biggest contribution as defence minister was to change the rules of bringing martyred soldiers' bodies home.'
Within four years of winning a single party majority in the Lok Sabha with 282 seats -- the first time it has happened in 30 years -- the BJP has lost it.
'Rahul Gandhi is raising the issue of a caste census though his party has been doing injustice on this front from the 1950s.'
'We are hoping that in three-four days we will surely get a positive result.'
'Yogi was there, but ultimately the BJP got extremely worried and therefore Modi pitched in.'
'We request the Indian government that they send some buses urgently so that we can travel in groups and reach safety.'
'In the history of India this kind of scores and ranks has never happened in exams.'
'Verdict shows they had illegally imposed President's rule in Uttarakhand.'
A Mumbai restaurant celebrates Sanjay Dutt's release by serving Sanju Baba Chicken, FREE!
'...It is important for you to take a stand.' 'It is a sin to remain silent when the basic structure of the Constitution is being attacked.'
'They did not spare the girls or teachers; they beat all of them.' 'We kept calling the police, but no one came.'
The hits and misses of the week.
'When he was killed, did you ask questions of the Muslim community? When we spoke of 'aar-paar' you are asking questions.'
'Gautam Adani will not be able to step inside Dharavi.' 'We will ensure Adani will not get what he wants.' 'Adani has no reason to do politics with people of Dharavi but he is still doing it.'
Can Nawazuddin Siddiqui bring Bal Thackeray's powerful personality to life? Syed Firdaus Ashraf watches the Thackeray trailer to find out.
'No one is propagating RSS ideology as a government officer.'
'They killed one Gauri, but now there will be lakhs of people who will continue to do Gauri's work.'
'Our country does not need an NRC. We need to improve our economy which is in a bad condition.'
'The Centre prevaricates on the question of effecting a change of state-level leadership or on the imposition of President's rule in the state.'
'This verdict means that if there is presidential rule anywhere in any state of India, that state can be dismembered and from a state can be downgraded to a Union territory.'
'There are 17 million Hindus in Bangladesh and we, in the north east, see this Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as a route for them to enter India on the plea that they are facing persecution in Bangladesh.'
'This is not the right way to speak about farmers. How can Kumaraswamy call farmers goondas?'
'For me, if I want to buy a house to stay, I don't care about indexation because I don't want to sell that house.' 'The only thing that matters to me as a buyer is that the home price should be within my reach.' 'Any market, when speculators and investors go out, it will benefit the middle class.'
'Mamata Didi is the only politician who can take on the might of Modi.'
Initially facing two years jail, the actor was hit with a stricter legal provision following a public outcry, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'People want to do business in the name of the Kedarnath temple.'
So worried is Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde of desertions that he is asking rebel MLAs in Guwahati to sign affidavits affirming that they won't go back on supporting the 'cause of Hindutva' after reaching Mumbai.
'Many BJP MLAs and ministers tell us the police does not listen to them.'
'The Congress government is on its way out in Himachal Pradesh.'
'These kinds of tunnels are not meant for the Himalayas.' 'Development should be good for all people and not where you make a tunnel and 40 people get trapped.'
'We accept EVMs cannot be hacked because it is not connected, but can they be manipulated?' 'Are you allowing us to check if EVMs can be manipulated?'
'He was provided sustenance by the British.' 'Many times he wrote to the British that he needed an increase in pension.'
'I was not there at the spot and I don't know who was driving the car.' 'It is a matter that needs to be investigated by the police and it is their job,' says the father of the journalist who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri.
'When Etihad initiated their bid, it was conditional.' 'They said only if someone takes a 'haircut' would they be interested.'
