On his first visit to Srinagar post the abrogation of Article 370, Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that incidents of terrorism have declined and stone-throwing incidents too have ended in Jammu-Kashmir.

Syed Firdaus Ashraf unravels the chronology of controversy in the Aryan Khan drug bust case.

You neither get goosebumps nor the adrenaline rush of desh bhakti, which a film like Sardar Udham should give every Indian, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

'He was provided sustenance by the British.' 'Many times he wrote to the British that he needed an increase in pension.'

'This is a crisis which did not happen overnight. It was happening slowly.' 'Now we are mining very fast and this crisis won't last long.'

'I am very grateful to Rajnathji that he confirmed the fact that Savarkar was a habitual mercy-seeker from the British.'

'I was not there at the spot and I don't know who was driving the car.' 'It is a matter that needs to be investigated by the police and it is their job,' says the father of the journalist who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri.

'If the minister does not resign, then it will be the darkest incident of Indian democracy where power prevailed over the people.'

Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf traces the journey of PM-CARES from its founding to finally admitting it is not a government fund.

'The BJP is directionless in West Bengal.'

Regardless of its commercial success, as an Indian, one needs to watch the story of this unsung hero, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

'Sidhu's suggestions regarding formation of the new government were completely ignored, so he stepped down.' 'Channi's government is walking on the same path as Amarinder Singh's.'

'In China there is capital punishment for heritage theft. That is how they treat criminals, unlike us.' 'Here we treat them like it's a house-breaking theft.'

'Whatever comes in the minds of the Pakistani generals and Pakistan military, they just go for it.' 'They do not care about the consequences for their country or the consequences to the people of Pakistan.'

'As the firing started everything went haywire.'

'In politics, not everything is spoken and there are a lot of messaging done very discreetly.'

'Jockeying for that position has possibly started at this time.'

'He also understands and foresees potential challenges.'

'Change was very much needed for the Congress to win the 2022 assembly elections.'

'Modi is now the biggest messiah of OBCs and Dalits as V P Singh once was.'