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Review: Yudh picks up in Week 2, but is it enough?

Review: Yudh picks up in Week 2, but is it enough?

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2014

It's all very well to have an ailing hero, but Yudh needs a bit more heroism, rants Raja Sen.

EXCLUSIVE! Obama didn't know of Modi's US visa ban

EXCLUSIVE! Obama didn't know of Modi's US visa ban

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2014

The President was apparently unaware of the Narendra Modi visa ban controversy till April. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com has the scoop.

Review: Thirumanam Enum Nikkah fails to impress

Review: Thirumanam Enum Nikkah fails to impress

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2014

Thirumanam Enum Nikkah fails to live up to expectation despite the good performance by both Jai and Nazriya.

Yudh connections: How everyone's linked to Amitabh, Anurag

Yudh connections: How everyone's linked to Amitabh, Anurag

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2014

Most of the folks on the show have links to either Amitabh Bachchan or Anurag Kashyap.

'Sania was picked as ambassador to please Muslim voters'

'Sania was picked as ambassador to please Muslim voters'

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2014

'She is a daughter-in-law of Pakistan and this is not something that can be overlooked.' 'So many have contributed towards the Telangana cause and many have laid down their lives for the same. Why are their names not considered?' BJP leader Dr K Laxman defends himself in this exclusive interview with Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com

$1.2 mn bash planned for Modi in New York

$1.2 mn bash planned for Modi in New York

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2014

The Prime Minister's Office has made clear Modi's wishes that the reception planned for him at New York's famed Madison Square Garden should not carry the imprimatur of any community organisation, but be under the auspices of a 'Reception Committee for the Prime Minister of India.' Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports.

'We didn't force-feed him, don't give it a communal colour'

'We didn't force-feed him, don't give it a communal colour'

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2014

Shiv Sena MP from Mumbai South, Arvind Sawant, vehemently denies that his party MP force-fed a Muslim worker during his Ramzan fast. Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reports.

Child rape case, Bengaluru police chief shunted out

Child rape case, Bengaluru police chief shunted out

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

Cracking the whip, Karnataka government on Monday transferred Bangalore city Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar in the wake of a series of rape cases, including that of a 6-year-old girl student in a public school.

Bengaluru rape case: Police did not follow SOP

Bengaluru rape case: Police did not follow SOP

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

While the police failed to follow the standard operating procedure in the alleged rape case, the school delayed reporting the matter to the police. Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com reports from Bengaluru.

Boko Haram, Dawood tie up to sell drugs in India

Boko Haram, Dawood tie up to sell drugs in India

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2014

Boko Haram and Dawood Ibrahim have struck a deal to sell drugs in India, discovers Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com

President seeks blessings at Padmanabhaswamy temple

President seeks blessings at Padmanabhaswamy temple

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2014

The President asked many questions on the treasure found in the temple, however, he wasn't shown the actual treasure since it's sealed under a Supreme Court order. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com, who accompanied the President, reports from Thiruvananthapuram.

Review: Yudh stumbles all over the place in Week 1

Review: Yudh stumbles all over the place in Week 1

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2014

Yudh has really rubbished my expectations, rants Raja Sen.

Review: Riyasat is a pitiful tribute to Rajesh Khanna

Review: Riyasat is a pitiful tribute to Rajesh Khanna

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2014

Why would anyone want to tarnish the image of a great actor like Rajesh Khanna by making a film like Riyasat, asks Patcy N.

ISIS, Al Qaeda on recruitment drive in India

ISIS, Al Qaeda on recruitment drive in India

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2014

125 Indians on watch-list, Intelligence Bureau agents tell Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com

Udayakumar files petition against Intelligence Bureau

Udayakumar files petition against Intelligence Bureau

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2014

S P Udayakumar, who has been accused of 'getting the prime minister's goat', is not one to take things lying down.

NIA to question Vaidik on his meeting with Hafiz Saeed

NIA to question Vaidik on his meeting with Hafiz Saeed

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2014

However, the probe agency believes that it's unlikely that the 26/11 attacks mastermind would've told anything concrete to Ved Prakash Vaidik as Pakistan has consistently denied having anything to do with the attacks. Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com reports.

Kalyan youth may be part of ISIS tech team

Kalyan youth may be part of ISIS tech team

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2014

The four young men from Kalyan who joined the jihad in Iraq are likely to provide technical support to the Internet-savvy ISIS.

Ex-R&AW spooks see no harm in Vaidik meeting Saeed

Ex-R&AW spooks see no harm in Vaidik meeting Saeed

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2014

'Journalists and intelligence officials do a similar job -- collect information.' Three former RAW officials tell Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com that they see nothing wrong in Ved Prakash Vaidik meeting Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Muhammad Saeed.

Is SIMI's MP module behind Pune blast?

Is SIMI's MP module behind Pune blast?

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2014

NIA sleuths suspect this SIMI module also carried out the October 2013 jail break in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, in which 10 SIMI members escaped.

ISI may have approved Vaidik-Saeed meeting

ISI may have approved Vaidik-Saeed meeting

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2014

Intelligence Bureau agents tell Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com that Dr Ved Pratap Vaidik's meeting with terrorist Muhammad Saeed will only benefit the ISI.