All stories by SYED FIRDAUS ASHRAF
'Babri decision not on unexpected lines for Indian Muslims'
Rediff.com30 Sep 2020'We were expecting at least they would be held guilty, but instead they have gone scot-free'
'If you want to catch a rat, you can't burn the house'
Rediff.com29 Sep 2020'Crony capitalism will gain due to these Acts.'
'New UP order will target Dalits, Muslims, Opposition'
Rediff.com29 Sep 2020'This is against the Constitution and we will oppose it tooth and nail.'
'Let govt ensure MSP is a legal right just like MRP'
Rediff.com25 Sep 2020'Government is saying that I will not be responsible for ensuring you get MSP but traders and large corporate will be responsible. 'India now is the only country that is saying such things'
'The Modi government has given farmers freedom'
Rediff.com22 Sep 2020'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari'
'Sonia has administered a bitter pill to Rahul'
Rediff.com16 Sep 2020'Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal are the two people who have been marked and punished'
'Sonia is one of the finest students of the university of life'
Rediff.com16 Sep 2020'This is a fascinating side to Sonia Gandhi, the way she disarms her opponents.'
The Hindu who will curate the Babri mosque museum
Rediff.com9 Sep 2020From the kind of food to the art which will be displayed at the museum, historian Pushpesh Pant shares his vision.
What happens next to Rhea Chakraborty
Rediff.com8 Sep 2020'In low-profile cases, if there's a small quantity (of drugs involved), you get bail on the first day.' 'In high-profile cases, it depends on the judge.'
'Selective bloodlust was unleashed on Rhea'
Rediff.com8 Sep 2020'When she left on June 8 after some kind of fight or break-up she did not think Sushant would die.' 'She did not think his family after his death would level such horrible accusations against her.' 'She did not think three agencies would be tasked to prove her to a bad woman.'
'Supreme Court has not given clean chit to PM-CARES'
Rediff.com3 Sep 2020'PM-CARES money is for the relief of citizens, so what is the secrecy then?' 'Why will it harm anyone if it is revealed where the money came from and where it is going?' 'What is there to hide?'
'To get back to 6-7% GDP growth will take a couple of years'
Rediff.com3 Sep 2020'The current economic contraction is certainly due to the lockdowns as a response to the pandemic, which is an act of God.' 'Nobody has seen such a thing in the last 100 years.' 'Saying that this was an act of mismanagement is largely incorrect'
'Modi wants to do away with permanent government jobs'
Rediff.com1 Sep 2020The new government order to review the service record of employees who have completed 30 years in the job to identify inefficient or corrupt staff and retire them prematurely has invited the ire of labour unions, who believe that this is a step towards privatisation.
'There's an attempt to break the Congress'
Rediff.com25 Aug 2020'There is a group who want to internally damage the Congress and they may be hand in glove with the BJP.'
'CBI has still not nabbed mastermind behind my father's murder'
Rediff.com20 Aug 2020'If timely action was taken by the CBI, the other three murders could have been prevented.'
Why this Shaheen Bagh protestor joined the BJP
Rediff.com20 Aug 2020Shahzad Ali, a sales and marketing manager at a mobile phone company, was among the group of Muslims from Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on August 16, 2020.
'Time for Congress to become a tiger on the prowl'
Rediff.com19 Aug 2020'If the Congress party wants to take on the BJP it cannot do it in this fuddy-duddy, grand old party, style.'
'MPs' letter was given to Congress leadership 10 days ago'
Rediff.com19 Aug 2020'This letter assumes significance as it is for the first time that a letter has been documented and collectively agreed upon.'
'Rahat Indori will always be with us, thanks to Internet'
Rediff.com18 Aug 2020'He was such a diverse poet that he wrote the song M bole toh Master of Munnabhai MBBS and also Yeh Rishta kya kehlata hai of Meenaxi.'
'TV news debates are very poisonous'
Rediff.com14 Aug 2020'I challenge BJP spokespersons that they have no idea what their party's ideology is because they believe it is only Modi's party now.'