'At a time when people don't like to even sacrifice their panchayat seat, Biplab Kumar Deb sacrificed the chair of chief minister with a smiling face.'
'If banging thalis could drive corona as Modi said, banging thalis will drive away the farm laws.'
'NCP wants the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress to come together and provide a stable government.'
'We formed the government without the Shiv Sena and it will remain stable.'
'Raj Thackeray's political outfit will soon fold up in Maharashtra.'
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'The fact that all the charges against my son are baseless and concocted, in itself, gives me all the hope.'
'Why are the people who stood with the Congress through thick and thin, why are they leaving?'
'All parties are engaging in polarisation to strengthen their political vote banks, which is very unfortunate because these are young, impressionable, students.' 'These students are our future.' 'What kind of a society are we banking upon if we are planting such poisonous seeds into their minds?'
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and Uttam Ghosh report from Maharashtra's Malnourished Corridor, visiting an anganwadi, which is often the first line of defence in tackling malnutrition.
'When the Congress attacked Modiji, Vasundharaji kept mum.' 'Why was she so tongue-tied?' 'Everybody knows why she kept quiet then.'
Prithviraj Chavan's statement has created another controversy for the ruling alliance in Maharashtra.
'Increased allocations for MNREGA could have provided the much needed push to rural demand and consumption at a time when recovery continues to remain uneven.'
'If he loses Gujarat, then he has a major, major, problem coming up in 2024.'
'I stand by my remarks against Rahul Gandhi. I also stand by what I said in that video,' says Yogesh Soman, director of Mumbai University's Academy of Theatre Arts who has been sent on 'forced leave' by Mumbai University.
'The fiscal pressure will be there, but the intent of the government behind this move is to spur demand and growth.'
'I've just got the transfer orders,' Kalluri told.
'Kalnirnay is like a bible for any family.'
Baadshah Pehlwaan comes out as a film is not only as a thorough entertainer but also a thought-provoker, feels Prasanna D Zore.
'One can start accumulating economy driven stocks in the next few months with a two-three year view.'
'When you are travelling in Mumbai when the air quality is bad, you feel suffocated.' 'You may feel uncomfortable breathing Delhi air, but the level of discomfort is higher in Mumbai.'
'Indian markets may initially react and follow the pattern of US and other global markets post US elections.'
'Hindutva doesn't teach you to stab someone in the back.'
'Our fight is against his political masters, the BJP and Devendra Fadnavis.'
'Your failures are not teaching you anything.' 'Your demonetisation failure is not teaching you anything; your GST failure is not teaching you anything; your (revocation of) Article 370 failure is not teaching you anything; your NRC Assam failure is not teaching you.' 'And now you have the CAA!'
'Both the BJP and SP have workers and cadres across the state, and now it will boil down to which party manages booths smartly and gets its voters to come out.'
'...when the time came and not face them with a gun in hand.' 'Gauri was a bold journalist in her life and death.'
While actor Arjun Rampal's portrayal of gangster Arun Gawli in Daddy is gutsy, producer- writer Arjun Rampal pushes the audience to discover more plot holes than Mumbai citizens encountered this monsoon, says Prasanna D Zore.
'Earlier, they used to give hints and then kill; now they have started killing without any hints.'
'Please get us home': An Indian family stranded in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Sagar Thakkar bought Virat Kohli's Audi R8 from a Delhi car dealer.
Kanhaiya Kumar is India's latest political rockstar. More so in Mumbai, where his address this evening gave Mumbaikars a glimpse of the heydays of the Communist movement in the city of textiles mills and mill workers.
'There is no question of joining hands with the BJP.'
'Putra-moh Congress ko nasht kar raha hai (Sonia Gandhi's love for Rahul Gandhi is destroying the Congress).'
'When integrity is compromised for whatever gratification is when prisoners breach the system and get away.'
The malnourished children whose condition has attracted the attention of India's apex court.
Slipshod direction and listless story produce a superfluous drama about how a judge turns into a murderer, notes Prasanna D Zore.
'If Mr Rahul Gandhi is coming to Rajasthan he should also know how his own chief minister is throttling the voices of the people belonging to the most backward classes.'
'The voters of Maharashtra have taught a lesson to Modi's arrogance.'
Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Anil Desai, a confidant of Uddhav Thackeray, said the party is now looking to implement the 50:50 formula with its ally the BJP.
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