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'FM has not been brave, but acted safely'

There have been some benefits to the corporate sector, agreed they also need support, but the government should realise that the economy is not suffering from lowering investment -- people are ready to invest but where is the demand?

'Article 370 was never meant to give any special status to J&K'

'With the abrogation of Article 370, the Constitutional integration of Kashmir is complete, but whether there has been emotional integration of the Kashmir Valley is a question mark.'

'Naxals see how valuable the hostage is'

'They try and extend the hostage situation as long as they can to remain in the national headlines.'

Major Ruchi, The UN Peacekeeper in Congo

Major Ruchi Agarwal is commander of the United Nations Female Engagement Team in the conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of Congo.

'China can lift a village overnight'

'India and China are already in a warlike situation.'

'Can you imagine how much people's money is being looted?'

'If one crore is sanctioned to make a road, they spend only Rs 40 lakhs and the remaining 60 lakhs is looted by the politician, bureaucrats and the contractor.'

On the Campaign Trail with Shatrughan Sinha

Bihar's first true movie star, Shatrughan Sinha, fighting the first Lok Sabha election in his political career, is confident that Patna will choose him over his star opponent.

Shekhar Suman on the campaign trail

Patna witnesses the real battle of the stars this election as the BJP's Shatrughan Sinha takes on the Congress's Shekhar Suman.

The courageous journey back to life of a 26/11 survivor

Less than a year after he was shot in the chest and both his legs in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Harnish Patel pulled out a personal miracle by completing the London Duathlon.

Will A Retired General Become CDS?

'Being a serving officer or wearing a uniform does not make an officer more competent than one who has retired.'

A soldier remembers

On the 70th anniversary of World War II, Major General Eustace D'Souza, a young soldier in those battles, looks back at the war that changed the world.

'I Was Fortunate To Fight The 1971 War'

'The 1971 War was our greatest military victory.' 'It had so many stories of exceptional valour and leadership.'

'Chinese aggression has increased post Galwan'

'The PLA is under constant watch.' 'There is an escalation matrix. For every degree of escalation, responses are thought of and trained for.'

Top criteria for education abroad

My Father, Mallikarjun Kharge

'What he says, he does.' 'People say if Khargesahab has said something, it will be set in stone.'

'Modi remains deeply involved in every election the BJP contests'

'The BJP while being in government in Gujarat continues to campaign like an Opposition party whereas the Opposition does the opposite.'

'The women loved Elaben'

'Who would think of making a bank of poor women? She had vision and boldness.'

'AIDS jeopardises India's progress.

'It is going to get worse if Indians continue to deny it by refusing to talk about it,' says Richard C Holbrooke.

'Most Afghan refugees are Hindus, Sikhs'

'The Hindus and Sikhs came to India after the Taliban came to power,' says UNHCR Officer Nayana Bose.

'Yatra breaking down image created around Rahul'

'The Bharat Jodo Yatra has done very well in the south, and if they are able to pull voters in the south and rely on their allies in the north like in Bihar, UP and do well in Rajasthan, then there are chances that there might be a formidable opposition or at least a force to fight the BJP.'

'We crossed over into Pakistan at 2 am'

'Imagine for a soldier -- first you conquer territory after fighting a fierce battle, suffer casualties and then you are ordered to come back to your side of the International Border in India.'

'19 dead. 53 wounded. The battle was ferocious'

'In the 1971 War my battalion suffered 4 casualties after fighting for 14 days.' 'In Operation Blue Star, I lost 19 men in just one hour.'

'Goondagardi most important asset for politics

'Ideology bought a degree of content and dignity to student politics as well as general politics. Now the absence of ideology has given rise to lumpenism,' says Professor Mushirul Hasan.

Nagaland: 'Scars will take years to heal'

'We shouldn't allow it to become a rallying point for others in the region against the army.'

'Rajapaksa didn't trust India, tilted towards China'

'A fragile Sri Lanka will have a serious impact on the security of India.'

'It was not a mob. It was a revolution'

'This is a historical moment in the political history of Sri Lanka.' 'You can see the amount of pressure that is coming from the people because nobody addressed the policy blunders, multiple corruption charges and huge scandals.'

MP govt scraps circular on sterilisation, shifts official

The circular asked MPHWs to get at least one man sterilised in the current financial year, which ends on March 31 or else their salaries would be withheld and they would be given compulsory retirement.

'We need industry, growth, investment'

'We can't exist in isolation but how can we forget the human aspect? This is not done.' says BJP MP Dharmendra Pradhan.

'I could see hundreds of Pakistanis advancing towards us'

'The Battle of Jamalpur was a turning point in the 1971 War because a small battalion of 700 men broke the back of the Pakistanis.'

'BJP's wish of being the only party not possible'

'A one-party State is not possible in a diverse country like India.'

The Army Doctor Who Won Hearts In Turkey

Major Beena Tiwari was the only woman in the 99-member medical team at the Indian Army's field hospital in earthquake-hit Turkey.

'Police is not in the disaster management plan'

'Now we have to think about disasters like earthquake, infernos, chemical leakage, war,' says Maharashtra DGP Dr P S Pasricha.

'Not easy for India to be 21st century economy'

'India is growing massively and will continue to do so but one should be wary of over-hyping it,' says the BBC's Stephen Sackur.

'I am here because of my parents' sacrifice'

'If I talk about my parents' sacrifices, this conversation will never end,' says Lieutenant Loveneet Singh.

'Assamese feel betrayed by the BJP'

'If there are provocations and people try to exploit and manipulate the situation along linguistic, religious lines, then Assam might relapse into its troubled past.'

Musharraf has no interest in pretend Islamisation'

'If there were completely free elections tomorrow, the mullahs will not be in majority rule,' says novelist Kamila Shamsie.

'Galwan raised the cost for the PLA'

'It is because of the bravery of Colonel Santosh Babu and his men that we have not seen a violent escalation anywhere else along the LAC.'

'Jihadis have to be eliminated to bring about peace in J&K'

'If the jihadi infiltration attempts are assisted by the Pakistan army, the Indian Army will retaliate strongly.'

'Kalinga Nagar was a shock to everybody'

'Kalinga Nagar was a shock to everybody'\n
\n'How we acquit ourselves in the next couple of years will decide the fate of all these projects coming up,' says BJD MP Jay Panda.

'If you're a soldier, you have to put fear away'

'I'm now living under threat, but life has to go on because as a soldier, you can't run away from it.'