'Both Modi and Yogi are contesting this election together.' 'Both bring their individual strengths to BJP in UP.'
'Even during the worst days during the 1990s, India was dealing with the Taliban.'
'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.'
'We have to keep that in mind and have plan A B C D because the trust factor with Pakistan or China is very low.'
'For Modi, it's not just winning, but winning with style.'
On the parade ground are sons of jawans, farmers, LIC agents, daily wage farm labourers, shopkeepers... all living their moment of triumph; their faces bright with the possibilities that lie ahead.
'If our troops on the frontlines were sleeping for two hours, they can perhaps now sleep for 2.5 hours because when the adversary is right in front, then you can't even blink your eyes, you have to be absolutely alert.'
More rural women are having babies in government hospitals. Facilities have improved, but Bihar has is a long way to go in public health.
'There is fear that the president and prime minister are dragging their feet and won't resign.'
In a bid to popularise the literary work of legendary British author George Orwell in his birthplace Motihari in Bihar, state authorities have now decided to get some of most well-known books translated in Hindi.
'However, a lot of preparatory work would have to go in and China must be prepared to announce an end to the standoff by disengaging from the remaining areas along the LAC.'
'I am ashamed we are dealing with such adversaries.'
'The government needs to think if a draconian, outdated and colonial law is needed in a democratic, multi religious, diverse country governed by a democratic government.'
'Safest' looks like a phone booth, but is a state-of-the-art mobile COVID-19 testing lab.
'Both of us are not politicians. We were forced to enter politics to counter corruption that is looting the country.'
'What he says, he does.' 'People say if Khargesahab has said something, it will be set in stone.'
'Who would think of making a bank of poor women? She had vision and boldness.'
'The PLA has continued to do exercises and drills and recently carried out air exercises with fighter jets.'
'We don't know about our own treasures because we are a colonised people. We are unable to break away from that mindset because it is designed as a mouse trap - and colonised people become pigmies/mice on their own soil. We have lost the eyes to appreciate ourselves.'
'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.'
'Hatred increases with every killing.' 'It sets one family against another.' 'The sooner it is stopped, the better.'
'This was the first ever visit by a President in a re-election year so it sent a strong signal of the priority of the relationship and the desire to continue to strengthen it.'
'Tamil Nadu is a paradox. We have more places of Hindu worship per square kilometres than any other place in the world. 'We break more coconuts for religious reasons everyday than any other place in the world.' 'At the same time, we also have a very strong Periyar-infused movement of rationalism.'
'By killing innocent people, they are using Sun Tzu's tactics of 'kill one, terrify thousands.'
'After the Congress's 2014 Lok Sabha debacle, commentators identified three major shortcomings: Leadership, organisation, and ideology.' 'Here we are six years later -- and what are the Congress's major failings? Leadership, organisation, and ideology.' 'The party seems to have learned very little during its six years in the Opposition wilderness.'
'I told them I am a Muslim, you are Sikh, you are Hindu, but we have one country to save.'
'The BJP and RSS accept that the party is winning election after election because of Modi.' 'If the BJP is winning due to Modi, it will also lose due to Modi.'
Akanksha Mary Balmuchu from Jharkhand's Ho tribe is starting a Master's programme in climate change in the UK. When she walks into campus, she fulfils not only her dream, but that of her grandmother.
'Having tied himself in knots, he just might take a decision which is dangerous, one that could take his nation to war.'
'He is a BJP man among Dalits, not a Dalit man in the BJP.'
'Anyone can come and anyone can go.' 'There is no ideology or vision that differentiates one party from another.'
'Nobody is killing you in Kerala because you are Hindu unlike in North India where Muslims have been killed only because they are Muslims and were carrying some meat.'
'The Congress is trying to cover up their anti-incumbency by highlighting the Dalit CM factor.'
'If the Congress wants to keep the ship afloat, it will have to bury the differences.'
'Entry and qualification must not be through concession and must be reserved for only those who meet the stringent standards of the institution'.
'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.'
'It is my duty to tell them about the brave soldiers who gave their lives for our land.' 'The free air of freedom that we breathe is because of men like them.'
'Amritpal is the creation of journalists and the inaction of the government in Punjab.'
