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UP minister lands in a soup after praising DM's 'beauty'

Uttar Pradesh Minister for Khadi and Gramodyog Rajram Pandey has landed in a controversy by praising the ‘beauty’ of a senior lady bureaucrat at an official function in Sultanpur, a......

FIR against Khadi Gramodyog Board chief

A first information report has been lodged against the chairman of the Khadi Gramodyog Board, Dayaram Sen, for allegedly using derogatory words against Mahatma Gandhi at a function in Firozabad in......

Assertive Akhilesh fires minister deriding womanhood

Having invited much criticism for his mild mannerisms and soft ways, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is apparently out to cast himself in a new mould. And the first demonstration of his......

'Suryanelli victim shivers when she sees Kurien on TV'

The All India Democratic Women's Association, a wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, was one of the first organisations to take up the case of the Suryanelli gang-rape victim in......

SP Muslim meet ignores veterans Azam Khan, Ahmed Hasan

A convention of Muslims to be held under the aegis of the ruling Samajwadi Party in Lucknow on Saturday has snubbed veteran party leaders like Urban Development Minister Azam Khan and Health......

BIG brands in fray to bond with Khadi

The 86-year-old Khadi brand will not be the same again. It is learnt that six companies, including Fabindia and Shoppers Stop, have shown interest in partnering eight Khadi Bhawans spread across......

Khadi mark awaits law ministry nod

The Law Ministry is examining a proposal to launch a 'Khadi mark' which will be a quality benchmark for all type of fabrics sold at more than 7,000 outlets run by the Khadi and Village Industries......

Reviving the swadeshi looms

US President Barack Obama is swearing by swadeshi. But India, that once swore by khadi and based its freedom movement on the power of the loom, has not done much for its millions of weavers in 60......

Global warming woes? Let's go back to khadi

A few years ago, the film Lage Raho Munnabhai had taken the Indian entertainment industry by a storm: its sole USP being Gandhi-ism. In a lucid and highly palatable manner, the film brought forth......

Khadi all set to tap sector's potential in NE

The Khadi and Village IndustriesCommission (KVIC) is on a mission to tap the enormouspotential of the North Eastern region in the village industrysector by launching attractive projects. From......

30 Years of Gandhi: The key players look back

Richard Attenborough's award-winning film Gandhi turns 30 today.Starring Ben Kingsley in perhaps his best role, the film featured some of India's most talented actors, many of them starting out......

Priyanka takes inspiration from Sarojini Naidu

Here is a role to 'dye' for. In her upcoming film with Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra will be wearing clothes that have been coloured with natural dyes only. Designer Manish Malhotra has been asked......

Directing Melvilasom in 12 days

Soft-spoken filmmaker Madhav Ramadasan recently made his debut with the one of the most powerful experimental films in recent times called Melvilasom, in Malayalam. The all-male cast......

Bobby Deol, Irrfan dance with bikini babes

Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty and Irrfan Khan were spotted chilling at a party to celebrate their upcoming film Thank You, among dancing women in bikinis. The big bash was held at Madh Island, in......

What not to wear at the red carpet

Red carpet is as important, if not more, as the awards function it leads up to. Full of high-end glamour and sizzling style, it's when the ladies dress to the nines and soak in the limelight.......

Is the Eden Gardens ready for the World Cup?

The famed Eden Gardens, which resembles a battlefield with renovation work going on in full gear ahead of the ICC team's final inspection for the World Cup, might paint a sorry picture, but the......

Magnificent Mary!

In our year-end special, Rediff.com looks at the men and women who wrote the India story this year. M C Mary Kom, the Manipuri Wonder Woman, has won the World Boxing Championship five times.......

Images: India humiliate NZ to complete series whitewash

India rode on a clinical show by their bowlers and Parthiv Patel's unbeaten half century as they crushed a hapless New Zealand by eight wickets in the fifth and final One-Dayer to complete a 5-0......

Federer beats Melzer

Roger Federer brushed aside Austrian Jurgen Melzer in straight sets Monday to set up a revenge match against Sweden's Robin Soderling in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open. Five-time U.S. Open......

Gatlin strives for redemption after doping ban ends

In the searing Georgia sun, American Justin Gatlin works alone on resurrecting a sprinting career cast into limbo by a four-year doping ban. "It will almost be a half decade," the former world and......

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Q. viswas dosti mein important hota hai,lekin jb dono ek dusre par viswas kare,tab dosti aage badti hai,
Sameer: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/viswas-dosti-mein-important-hota-hailekin-jb-dono-ek-dusre-p/25621233/answers/

Q. How did you manage to cut short long queues? Any incident to share?
Tanuja: A. aur is vishvas ko banne me waqt lagta hai..... har rishtey ko mature hone me waqt lagta hai..... aur jab insaan smjhne ke bajaye majaak ke naam pe...... more

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Q. BJP ki khatiya kisne khadi ki ?
Ghost Singh: A. mein na ladies line mein khadi hoti ji..ques yu mujhe nahin pata ji.. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/bjp-ki-khatiya-kisne-khadi-ki-/25559295/answers/25595780

Q. ha ha ha ha :))))))))))))))) kahan jaaun hansne ke liye :(( ?
Nauty: A. aisa kuchh nahi hua hai. congress ki khatiya BJP khadi kar degi 2014 ke elections mein .... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/ha-ha-ha-ha--kahan-jaaun-hansne-ke-liye--/25549168/answers/25559317

Q. Kabhi BAGWAN se miley ho?
Piaa: A. arye, ye to badi samasya khadi ho gayi.......................... ek kam karo apni chair ke pichey ya table ke nichey ja ke hans lo.:)))))))) more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/kabhi-bagwan-se-miley-ho/25451087/answers/25549209

Web results for Khadi

My lyrics are born out of everyday life, says Badtameez Dil writer

Somewhere towards the end of the interview at his sisters apartment in Andheri, Amitabh Bhattacharya smiles at the uncaniness of the conversation... ...

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/my-lyrics-are-born-out-of-everyday-life-says-badtameez-dil-writer/1116725/

'Detention should not be deprivation'

Advocate Rizwan Merchant pleaded for several facilities for the actor for his prison stay, including an electronic cigarette, drugs for his medical... ...

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2013/may/170513-sanjay-dutt-arrest-facilities-rizwan-merchant-jail.htm

Riding on heritage, sarkari brands outrun MNCs

KOLKATA: Sangeeta Rout, a 35-year-old homemaker from Gurgaon, cannot think of using any soap other than Mysore Sandal, a 96-year-old brand from... ...

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Red carpet | Festival of India

Vidya Balan's 30 looks at Cannes are aimed at being conversation starters, says her designer Sabyasachi Shefalee Vasudev Vidya Balan in a... ...

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/dnLZgrsj9zBASuy7TzEXgJ/Red-carpet--Festival-of-India.html

Rs 56,066 Given As Assistance In A Gesture To Acknowledge Service Benefits extended to KVIB employee

The Khadi and Village Industries Board has begun availing various pending benefits to retired employees of the Board like gratuity, leave... ...

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