'Seven hundred farmers lost their lives.' 'The protesting farmers were demonised and called names like andolanjiwi, Khalistani, anti-national.'
'Khalistanis can be divided into three categories: Firstly, hardcore ideological people. They are microscopic, not even 1%.' 'Secondly, those who consider Khalistan a business.' 'The third category that has built the narrative of Khalistan are those who gain from polarisation.'
'That is the one headline the world is reading about India this week, and it is a potentially damaging story...' 'I don't think a panic mentality has set in, but this story is one that investors and market watchers are absolutely seized with.'
'Amritpal is the creation of journalists and the inaction of the government in Punjab.'
'General Anil Chauhan ticks all the right boxes as the new chief of defence staff.'
A group of first time voters who run 10 km everyday to prepare for fauji recruitment rallies, tell Rediff.com's Archana Masih they need two things: quality education and jobs.
'The worry among many international actors is whether there will be stability to provide assistance to the government because the political developments in the last few months are a real concern.'
'The India-China relationship has deteriorated greatly over these past two years and it is set to deteriorate further.'
Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh is India's most tourist friendly railway station. It has an executive lounge, gaming zone, shower facilities, frequently cleaned platforms and effective solid waste management techniques.
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.
Patna witnesses the real battle of the stars this election as the BJP's Shatrughan Sinha takes on the Congress's Shekhar Suman.
After being caught in the perfect storm and conquering near death at sea four years ago, Abhilash Tomy has made seafaring history by coming second in the world's most difficult ocean race. As he sailed to the finish line to welcoming cheers, holding the Indian flag, his remarkable story tells us the amazing things human beings can do.
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.
'The Centre and state need to take a unified approach and take concerted action before this matter assumes menacing proportions because unemployment, the drug trade and the levels of frustration among the youth make them vulnerable to any maverick who promises something better.'
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.
'Khalistan would have been in existence today, but for the army.'
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?
The medal was parcelled to his home. He sent it back. 'It should be conferred at the ceremonial function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.'
'It is going to get worse if Indians continue to deny it by refusing to talk about it,' says Richard C Holbrooke.
'I told them I am a Muslim, you are Sikh, you are Hindu, but we have one country to save.'
'The Hindus and Sikhs came to India after the Taliban came to power,' says UNHCR Officer Nayana Bose.
'While parliament has elected him, the people are demanding that he goes home.'
'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.
General Bipin Rawat was given the guideline by the prime minister to achieve the integration of the three forces by the 75th year of India's Independence. This should be carried forward with utmost speed.
'They try and extend the hostage situation as long as they can to remain in the national headlines.'
'Why can't the Supreme Court say that secularism is part of the basic structure of the Constitution, and therefore, steps must be taken to operationalise it?'
'We can't exist in isolation but how can we forget the human aspect? This is not done.' says BJP MP Dharmendra Pradhan.
'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.'
'They have to be seen as being responsive to the employment woes and economic stagnation afflicting many young people.'
'Now we have to think about disasters like earthquake, infernos, chemical leakage, war,' says Maharashtra DGP Dr P S Pasricha.
'India and China are already in a warlike situation.'
'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.
'While the US-Pakistan relationship has been stabilised, it's still mired in uncertainty.'
'For Modi, it's not just winning, but winning with style.'
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.
'If there were completely free elections tomorrow, the mullahs will not be in majority rule,' says novelist Kamila Shamsie.
'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.'
'The last thing he would want is new tensions with India.'
'Being a serving officer or wearing a uniform does not make an officer more competent than one who has retired.'
