Good roads, good houses, adequate electricity, good schools or good hospitals in the village are indeed, the parameters of progress. However, in my view, 100 percent literate village is the true symbol of real progress.

I'm confident that it is with the strength of the poor that India will move forward.

India is committed to strong armed forces, well-equipped with modern arms & technology!

Ladakh's Prakash, Paryavaran, Paryatan are a strength for both J&K and India.

I want to ask parents, when daughters turn 11 or 14, they keep a tab on their movements. Have these parents ever asked their sons where they have been going, who they have been meeting? Rapists are somebody's sons as well! Parents must take the responsibility to ensure that their sons don't go the wrong direction.

The media wanted me to speak since morning. But I wanted to speak to Vadodara first Vadodara has first right on me.

We are changing the way we govern ourselves - not just in the way we work in New Delhi, but also in the way we work together with state governments, districts and cities. Because we know, as you do, that our vision may be formed in Delhi, but our success will be determined by state capitals.