All stories by SYED FIRDAUS ASHRAF
'Every Congress leader in Rajasthan wants that red diary'
Rediff.com27 Jul 2023'Every Congressman in Rajasthan is in Ashok Gehlot's pocket.'
'If there was nothing in the red diary, why did they snatch it from me?'
Rediff.com27 Jul 2023'They could have told the media that there is nothing in it and let me read it out.'
'Sexual violence, murder, loot are bound to happen'
Rediff.com26 Jul 2023'We cannot accept that this incident was not in the knowledge of the home ministry.' 'If they had no knowledge about this incident, then it is a big intelligence failure as the Union home ministry has no idea what is going on in Manipur and what the state police is doing.'
'The only hope is Uniform Civil Code'
Rediff.com24 Jul 2023'UCC should be across India and legally applicable to every Indian citizen.'
'Britain siphoned off $44 trillion from India'
Rediff.com21 Jul 2023'A very large part of this would have come from opium.'
'Find out how much love people have for Modiji'
Rediff.com20 Jul 2023'People tell us openly that in 2024 we will vote for Modi.'
'Oommen Chandy never turned away the needy'
Rediff.com19 Jul 2023'I have never seen a common man tapping a chief minister on the shoulder and giving him his petition, like needing money for a child admitted in a hospital.'
'I can't believe I survived that nightmare'
Rediff.com17 Jul 2023'The buildings all around had caved in or were damaged. The trees were all uprooted. Things were very scary.'
'It's aar-paar ki ladaai between chacha-bhatija'
Rediff.com7 Jul 2023'Ajit Pawar's speech leaves no room for reconciliation.'
'Ajit Pawar can't escape from BJP's cage'
Rediff.com7 Jul 2023'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?'
'BJP thinks NCP can tilt the balance in 2024'
Rediff.com5 Jul 2023'They want to win 45 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra in the 2024 general elections and joining hands with Ajit Pawar is in that direction.'
'Supriya Sule main reason for Ajit Pawar's rebellion'
Rediff.com5 Jul 2023'The cousins do not have a good rapport with each other in politics, though they may be having a good rapport with each other in family life.'
The NCP Leaders Under The Central Agencies' Scanner
Rediff.com5 Jul 2023Did the fear of central agencies probing scams involving NCP leaders that forced these politicians to jump ship?
How Many NCP MLAs Are With Ajit Pawar?
Rediff.com3 Jul 2023Unofficially though, it is claimed that Ajit Pawar has the support of 29 MLAs, and the number could add up within two days.
'Manipur peace committee members were superimposed by Centre'
Rediff.com26 Jun 2023'This committee underscores the Indian State's longstanding conventional approach to leverage top-down conflict management in North East India in general and Manipur in particular.' 'Trying to 'manage' violent conflicts top-down has not worked in the past, and apparently does not seem to work this time either.'
'Modi's silence has grievously hurt the people of Manipur'
Rediff.com21 Jun 2023'Deeply hurt by Modi's conspicuous silence for over a month-and-a-half since the outbreak of violence, people in Manipur came on the roads and crushed their radio sets to express their frustration and anger.' 'The fact that Modi's Mann Ki Baat did not have a single reference to the Manipur violence further accentuated this hurt and anger.'
'Shinde is sending a message he is not a puppet'
Rediff.com15 Jun 2023'Shinde and Fadnavis have different working styles and certainly there is a crack that has come between them.'
'Communal politics does not work in Maharashtra'
Rediff.com15 Jun 2023'Hindus have never been polarised across Maharashtra in any state election.'
'Right now, it looks like a technical error'
Rediff.com5 Jun 2023'We don't know how and why this happened as the route interlock signal works fine millions of times every day across India.'
'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'
Rediff.com1 Jun 2023'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been eliminated because it is treated as a criminal offence.' 'Similar procedure should be used in case of caste discrimination.'