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'They Wanted Me To Join The BJP'
Rediff.com4 days ago'When I stepped down from the (United Nations) secretary general's race, the first visitor I had was a former minister of the Vajpayee government inviting me to the join the BJP.'
'EVM Is Useless As The Black Glass Helps Manipulation'
Rediff.com5 days ago'After a month of working on the new machine, I realised that the black glass on the VVPAT lets the programmer manipulate not just the electronic system, but the paper vote too.' 'And it will not be detected even during the mock poll or the actual voting because of the black glass.'
Why Are Voters Not Turning Up To Vote?
Rediff.com7 days agoIs the unusually and unbearably scorching Sun and the general laxity, bordering on laziness, among voters, responsible, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
Wayanad May Not Be A Breeze For Rahul
Rediff.com16 Apr 2024Wayanad will continue to support Rahul but not to the same extent as in 2019, when his margin of victory had been enormous. Articulate, to the point and speaking in fluent Malayalam, CPI's Annie Raja, had the people who gathered to see her, listening in rapt attention, notes Shyam G Menon.
Warring Kukis, Meitis agree on one thing: Not right time for polls
Rediff.com13 Apr 2024Living separately and refusing to co-exist in future, many members of both Kukis and Meitis communities ask - why elections at this time and what difference will they make?
'What did the people we vote for in past do for us?'
Rediff.com8 Apr 2024'If the government can conduct elections during such a time, I am sure they can find ways to bring peace and address the concerns of people. Everything that we had built over the years got burnt and now we are supposed to start our lives from scratch and we should also vote?'
UP cop suspended, another faces action over pro-Mukhtar Ansari posts
Rediff.com3 Apr 2024A day after Ansari's burial, police constable Faiyaz Khan, posted at a police station in Lucknow, allegedly made certain comments in favour of the gangster-politician on his WhatsApp status and also raised doubts over his death.
Mukhtar Ansari's son alleges 'slow poisoning' in jail
Rediff.com29 Mar 2024Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail, Umar Ansari, the son of the gangster-turned-politician who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda, alleged early Friday.
For lone voter in Arunachal Pradesh, polling staff to trek 39 km
Rediff.com28 Mar 2024"The journey from Hayuliang to Malogam takes a full day on foot," Joint Chief Electoral Officer Liken Koyu told PTI.
Yet another NEET aspirant hangs self in Kota, sixth suicide since Jan
Rediff.com27 Mar 2024Uttar Pradesh native Mohammad Urooj was found hanging from a ceiling fan by a police team on Tuesday, station house office (Vigyan Nagar) Satish Chaudhary said.
Mukhtar Ansari poisoned in jail, alleges brother
Rediff.com26 Mar 2024Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district early Tuesday with a complaint of abdominal pain.
In The Times Of Usha Mehta And Savarkar
Rediff.com22 Mar 2024As Ae Watan Mere Watan and Swatantra Veer Savarkar release this week, Utkarsh Mishra takes us down history and reminds us about India's freedom struggle.
SC: Profane OTT content can't be regulated by criminalising it
Rediff.com20 Mar 2024The top court set aside the Delhi high court verdict of March 6, 2023, by which it had upheld an order of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) asking the Delhi Police to register an FIR in connection with an episode in web series, 'College Romance', against TVF, the show's director Simarpreet Singh and actor Apoorva Arora under the Information Technology Act.
'I was scared to death for Baba's life'
Rediff.com19 Mar 2024'I don't know if he put up a front but he never let me feel his morale was down. He told me how he was tackling the problems he was facing, or if there was some way the lawyers could help, but he would always tell me not to worry with a big broad smile.'
A day after PM, Mamata meets women from Sandeshkhali
Rediff.com7 Mar 2024West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday received wholehearted support from a group of women from the troubled Sandeshkhali area who met her after a Trinamool Congress rally in Kolkata, party sources said.
BJP's 'nefarious designs' to topple govt shows...: Himachal CM
Rediff.com6 Mar 2024Sukhu said that he was a warrior and will fight till his last to ensure the welfare of the state and its people.
Spanish tourist gang-raped in Jharkhand, 3 arrested
Rediff.com2 Mar 2024The incident took place at Kurumahat in Hansdiha police station area, around 300 km from the state capital Ranchi, on Friday night when a tourist couple from Spain was spending the night at a makeshift tent.
Modi reveals names of Gaganyan mission astronauts. They are...
Rediff.com27 Feb 2024The four astronauts are -- Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Prathap, Ajit Krishnan, and Shubhanshu Shukla -- Modi said at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at Thumba near the Kerala state capital.
Engineering student dies by suicide in T'gana over loan app harassment
Rediff.com27 Feb 2024According to his father, he had repaid Rs 3 lakh of the loan amount.
Everyone leaving Congress, only...:Modi
Rediff.com16 Feb 2024'This is what happens to a party when it gets trapped in the vicious circle of nepotism and dynastic politics'
Haldwani violence: Five held, more than 5K people booked; curfew lifted
Rediff.com10 Feb 2024The three FIRs were registered on Friday, and police stressed that there was no fresh violence and that the situation was under control.
Thousands gather in Bareilly following maulana's 'jail bharo' call
Rediff.com9 Feb 2024Thousands of supporters of Barelvi cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan gathered near the Islamia Ground of Biharipur under Kotwali police station on Friday, forcing the local administration into action to ensure law and order, officials said.
Woman professor of Kerala NIT booked for 'proud of Godse' FB remark
Rediff.com4 Feb 2024IPC Section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with the intent to cause riot) was invoked against the professor.
'I can't do JEE, I'm a loser': Girl ends life in Kota
Rediff.com29 Jan 2024An 18-year-old student preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) allegedly hanged herself at her home in Kota on Monday, leaving behind a suicide note saying sorry to her parents and calling herself a 'loser'.
UP: Dalit student hit for saying 'Jai Bhim-Jai Bharat'
Rediff.com27 Jan 2024Two students allegedly hit a Dalit student, who chanted 'Jai Bhim-Jai Bharat' after finishing his speech at the Republic Day function in a school in Narauli town of this district, police on Saturday said.
Plan Your Weekend OTT Watch
Rediff.com19 Jan 2024Bring on the popcorn, the OTT scene is buzzing with three things -- entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
Hasina wins 5th term as PM in poll marred by Oppn boycott, low turnout
Rediff.com8 Jan 2024Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies.
PM Hasina's Awami League closer to landslide win in Bangladesh polls
Rediff.com7 Jan 2024Bangladeshis on Sunday began voting in the general elections expected to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the absence of the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which is boycotting it.
Dhaka: Train from town bordering India set afire, 4 killed
Rediff.com6 Jan 2024At least four people, including two children, were killed and many injured in Dhaka on Friday when suspected arsonists set on fire a passenger train coming from Benapole, a port city bordering India, officials said, a day ahead of Bangladesh's general elections that have been boycotted by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Goa: 'Dead' man returns home 2 months after 'funeral'
Rediff.com3 Jan 2024A 59-year-old man from Goa, who was declared 'dead' and whose 'funeral' was conducted by his relatives, returned home after reported missing for more than two months, police said on Wednesday, leaving his family shocked and joyous.
Light diyas at home, don't come to Ayodhya on Jan 22: Modi
Rediff.com30 Dec 2023The PM urged all citizens to light diyas in their houses on January 22 so that the whole country basks in glory.
State-of-the-art Ayodhya airport set for takeoff, Modi to open on Saturday
Rediff.com29 Dec 2023The main road that leads from Sitapur Road side to the airport has been decked up with several posters carrying images of Prime Minister Modi, and a welcome message.
'Those days, 'jail-returned' was like 'foreign-returned', something to aspire for'
Rediff.com25 Dec 2023'Gandhi had given the call 'Do or Die'. And with all the leaders arrested, you had to be your own leader.'
'Ardh Satya wasn't conceived to showcase Om's talent'
Rediff.com20 Dec 2023'The ending Vijay Tendulkar had written was different.' 'According to him, the film ended with Anant Welankar's suicide.' 'I felt such an ending would be too nihilistic.' 'Bahut zyada defeatist ho jaata.'
3 aides of Parliament breach key conspirator grilled
Rediff.com15 Dec 2023Jha, who had been on run since Wednesday when four people breached security protocol inside and outside Parliament, walked inside a police station in the New Delhi district Thursday night and is now being interrogated by a counter intelligence team, the police source said.
23 soldiers killed in suicide attack at Pak army post
Rediff.com13 Dec 2023According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the army, the terrorists attacked the security post in Dera Ismail Khan's Daraban area bordering the South Waziristan tribal district in the early morning hours.
Suspense over cabinet as Chhattisgarh CM set to take oath
Rediff.com12 Dec 2023The Bharatiya Janata Party will ensure the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chhattisgarh cabinet under Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday will be a 'historic' event which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP leaders and chief ministers, state chief Arun Sao said.
Cyclone Michaung leaves trail of death and destruction
Rediff.com5 Dec 2023A dozen people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around Chennai while personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people on Tuesday.
'We could make mincemeat of the Pakistanis'
Rediff.com5 Dec 2023'My adrenalin kicked in and the happiness returned! It was time to go in for the kill again.' IAF Veterans Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe about how the IAF decimated tanks in the famous Battle of Longewala.
'Don't call me Uncle. Call me Sam'
Rediff.com3 Dec 2023Besides his strategic and tactical acumen, it was his amazing personality, quick wit and ability to remain unflustered under any circumstances that stood him apart from almost any leader one has read about or known, recalls Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).