'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.'

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'Today Is Worse Than British Times'

'Today, the BJP is using power in such a manner that they not only crush the Opposition, but even their own supporters can't rebel.'

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'I expect 8% growth next year'

'We will see a lot of investments from the private sector.'

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'Unity in diversity has helped us survive'

'The BJP is trying to change this mantra.'

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'BJP Wants India To Become Like Iran'

'Their role model is Iran: high control of the citizens by the State.' In Iran it is Islamic control; in India, it will be Hindutva control.'

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'Dhoni may play another IPL season'

'I don't think anyone can take a call on Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whether this is going to be his last year.'

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'A Year Of Memorable Performances'

'Suvinder Vicky in Kohrra. Manoj Bajpayee in Joram. Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub in Joram and Scoop. Gagan Dev Riar in Scam 2003. Sukant Goel in Kaala Paani.'

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JN.1: 'No Need To Feel Scared'

'90 per cent of India's population is vaccinated; they are immunised. We need not worry.'

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'These laws are equipped to suppress democracy'

'...by directing these draconian provisions against political and ideological opponents of the ruling group, minorities, and those who dare to dissent through and selective prosecution and prolonged incarceration as undertrials.'

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'We prefer stocks likely to gain from strong...'

'We like certain stocks from banking, insurance, retail, hospitals and capital goods.'

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At 100, He Remembers How He Fought For Freedom

'Gandhi had given the call 'Do or Die'. And with all the leaders arrested, you had to be your own leader.'

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JN.1: 'No need to press panic button'

'Certain groups should be more cautious, especially the 60-plus population, and the population which suffer from co-morbidities like diabetes and hypertension.'

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'Successful listing is justice to RE development'

'This is not just the IREDA's IPO. It is the success of the ministry of new and renewable energy and of the renewable energy industry.'

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The Film Shortlisted For An Oscar!

'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing.' When I screened the film to Bhutan's film committee, they thought my film was good but they were concerned about that line. They wanted me to change that line. They said, 'We don't want to offend India.' I tried to tell them that Indians have a great ability to laugh at themselves but they insisted I change it.'

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'BJP Has Several Big Ideas For 2024 Poll'

'The allegations of government involvement in targeted assassinations abroad are likely to help, not hurt, the ruling party.'

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'My mum was worried I was going to be killed'

'They had been locked up for 17 days and the door was opened and they're like, 'We're not going on one of these stretcher things. We're out of here'!'

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'Banks are working on several IPOs'

'The deal pipeline across products is robust for 2024.'

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The Powerful Short Film Winning Hearts

'Rapists do have families. I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.'

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How New Law Bills Will Change Our Lives

'The Bills (Bharatiya Saksha, Bharatiya Nagarik Sanhita and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) are arbitrary, opaque and ambiguous and structurally quite violent.'

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'They want Parliament to be a stamping house'

'I don't know why they should feel scared. They have a big majority, they shouldn't feel scared.'

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'He kills rather than take humiliation'

'It's not a moment of heroism.'

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Why Every Indian Must Be Wary Of Post Office Bill

'It does two things that even our erstwhile colonial masters did not deem fit for their subjects: The Bill does away with any checks or balances on the exercise of interception and surveillance powers, including any penalty whatsoever for unauthorised interception, opening, scrutiny, or destruction of postal materials.'

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'They snatched her away from us'

'I want the country to know what's happening to our daughter.'

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Would PM Pranab Have Challenged Sonia?

'There was trust, but perhaps there was also this apprehension that given the supreme post of prime minister, Sonia Gandhi felt her authority may be a challenged.'

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Rajasthan's New CM: I am a fast learner

'We would continue with the Congress government's schemes with a review to enable it reaches the beneficiaries.'

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Panun 'Plot': 'US and India have bent backward...'

'...to prevent this episode from disrupting ongoing cooperation.'

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Meet Bangladesh's Pretty Export To India

'In Bangladesh, I have played so many dynamic characters, be it a freedom fighter, a circus trapeze artist, sex worker, and many more.'

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'My father was disappointed by Rahul Gandhi'

'Politics is a game of public perception and my father felt that by his long disappearances, Rahul Gandhi was losing the battle of perception.'

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'The security response was very slow'

'It could have been lethal and the consequences would have been very tragic.'

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Why Mithunda Would Get Friday Fever

'Holding on to superstardom is far more difficult than the struggle to get there.'

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'I like people who are ballsy'

'I only challenge myself in every way possible and feel that an actor's job is to be universal.'

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Exclusive! The Tunnel Rescue Interview You MUST READ!

'I would put my hand in the ground and have a little listen to what the mountain was doing.'

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'When will J&K's statehood be restored?'

'This verdict means that if there is presidential rule anywhere in any state of India, that state can be dismembered and from a state can be downgraded to a Union territory.'

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'15 million people of J&K are bitter'

'This bitterness will be more in Jammu area than in Kashmir.'

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'Life took a 360-degrees turn'

'Acting happened quite by accident. It chose me.'

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RBL Bank's business trajectory remains intact

'We are committed to achieving the targets we had outlined.'

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'I am the new Gabbar Singh and Mogambo'

'Things have changed overnight after Animal.'

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'BJP's Biggest Challenge Is...'

'The biggest change that the BJP can initiate in the run-up to 2024 is appointing new faces as chief ministers.'

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'We are looking at flying an Indian into space'

'It's vital that over the next 10 years, that India, the US and the Artemis Accords family of nations come together to ensure that we not only return humanity to the moon, but that we build the technology that will allow us stay there permanently.'

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'Congress doesn't have hunger...'

'...for success like the BJP.'

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Congress Needs Dynamic Leaders Like Revanth Reddy

'Revanth Reddy mounted a spirited campaign in Telangana which turned around the fortunes of the Congress in six months.'

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'I couldn't fit in that Bigg Boss world'

'I don't think I was prepared for a platform like Bigg Boss.'

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'Rahul Gandhi Has Learnt Nothing'

'Rahul should have learnt so much in the last 20 years. But give him a mic and he begins to talk without thinking about its consequences.'

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'Jingoism has become fashionable'

'Our viewers have grown up over the years.'

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'We can deliver market-beating growth'

'We will continue to build new engines of growth in terms of innovations, enter newer categories, and look at newer propositions.'

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'US-India initiatives will face new scrutiny'

'This incident offers ammunition to those inside the US government and elsewhere who question the wisdom of trusting India, so it will have a lasting consequence no matter how it is managed.'

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'Politics can't be a part time job'

'The BJP is doing politics 24x365, but the Congress revs up only during elections.'

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'Hindutva Is The New Normal'

'Barring Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the BJP will may make inroads in Karnataka, Andhra and Telangana in 2024.'

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What YOU Must KNOW About The New Laws!

'The idea of subversive activities is so vague that it could include making fun of the government, being critical of the government.'

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Pannun 'Plot': 'Biden has received a wake up call'

'US officials must grapple with the possibility that one of its closest partners attempted an extrajudicial killing on its soil.'

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'North-South Divide Is Very Worrying'

'Every Indian who is concerned about the unity, integrity and the map of India should be worried about this growing divide.'

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'If Scindia were to be made CM...'

'...the Congress tally in 2028 would further plummet under 50.'

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'It is tough job to sell life insurance to people'

'We are expected to grow at above 28 per cent this year, higher than the industry.'

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'India should not wait for the clock to act'

'Keeping the global temperature below not just 1.5 degree Celsius, even 2 degree Celsius is beyond our reach now. Both are impossible.'

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A Must Read Interview About Jobs

'When you do some job for a few hours, you are hardly earning enough to survive.'

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'Success was 100 per cent sure'

'The rocks, the geology of the Himalayas will always spring surprises.'

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