'The larger narrative doing the rounds was anti-Hindu, anti-India.' 'Despite the affinity, one could feel the lurking hostility.'
While there was unrest in the rest of the Kashmir valley, the Dal Lake was serene and peaceful.
The increase in the number of lady students is the result of the hard work by a team of ITI teachers who went from village to village, visiting every school and encouraging students to join the institute.
'Finding a job during the lockdown was not easy.'
'There is a big communication gap between leaders and party workers in the Congress.'
'Dowry is the main reason for female foeticide'
Migrant workers. Poor students. School dropouts. Impoverished women. Daniel Ponraj and his Shubh Sandesh Foundation are helping them all.
'We need good leaders to lead the party.'
'I reached Bhopal the day after the gas tragedy; the smell was still in the air. It was a professional hazard but I was not scared.'
'Modiji and Amit Shahji should see my work.' 'Everybody gives me a lot of respect.' 'National leaders should see that.'
'The government is not ready to talk to us. They have their own agenda.'
'Bommai was a minister in my cabinet. It is not ethically correct.'
''He had given tools to fight all forms of homogenisation.'
'This is not the first time that a large contingent of Assam armed police led by senior officers attacked and destroyed farm huts, crops and plantations of Mizo farmers.' 'There have been a series of such intrusions in the past and the pace of such intrusions increased in the recent past.'
The Lingayat community will be appeased if the next chief minister is also a Lingayat.
'Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't.' 'But you can use the RTI to improve the future.'
'Coupled with e-filing procedures it would really enhance the ability of the judiciary to provide speedier justice.'
'We will ensure that every child is protected,' says Priyank Kanoongo, chairperson, NCPCR.
It's not every day that you will hear about Mamta Banerjee getting married to Socialism, but that's what happened in Salem on Sunday.