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Football Extras: Mbappe helps PSG extend lead

Football Extras: Mbappe helps PSG extend lead

Rediff.com18 Feb 2019

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Searching for the root of Assam's NRC problem

Searching for the root of Assam's NRC problem

Rediff.com14 Aug 2018

Trinamool leaders have claimed the NRC process and subsequent verification is vote bank politics. Other critics call it as modified ethnic cleansing. But putting poll rhetoric aside, the issue dates back to a time when many of these leaders had no political relevance.

When Budget hits the sweet spot!

When Budget hits the sweet spot!

Rediff.com22 Feb 2016

It is possible that the final Budget architecture may be at variance with the comments.

With US interest rates heading upwards, how will India fare?

With US interest rates heading upwards, how will India fare?

Rediff.com17 Jun 2016

Higher interest rates in the US do not necessarily coincide with capital outflows.

BJP delegation visits Kairana to probe alleged migration of Hindus

BJP delegation visits Kairana to probe alleged migration of Hindus

Rediff.com15 Jun 2016

A nine-member Bharatiya Janata Party team on Wednesday visited Kairana village in Uttar Pradesh to review the situation over alleged migration of Hindus

Why the Congress shuns Muslims

Why the Congress shuns Muslims

Rediff.com4 Jan 2018

'Is Rahul turning the Congress' covert soft-Hindutva support into overt support now?' 'And if so, following in the BJP's footsteps, is the Congress going to abandon Indian Muslims and Muslim causes altogether?' asks Dr Najid Hussain whose father-in-law former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was killed during the Gujarat riots.

Wimbledon PIX: Nadal, Djokovic advance; Cilic, Wawrinka, Konta exit

Wimbledon PIX: Nadal, Djokovic advance; Cilic, Wawrinka, Konta exit

Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

IMAGES from the matches played on Day 4 of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Thursday

Why Rohingyas must be sent back

Why Rohingyas must be sent back

Rediff.com28 Oct 2017

Resettlement of refugees elsewhere is not the morally correct solution to the problem for it lets the perpetrators off the hook.

Amid war of words, Omar says Modi lacks courage to come to Kashmir

Amid war of words, Omar says Modi lacks courage to come to Kashmir

Rediff.com28 Apr 2014

Narendra Modi and the father-son duo of Farooq and Omar Abdullah were on Monday engaged in bitter sparring, with the Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate alleging that the biggest blow to secularism in the country was delivered in Kashmir from where Kashmiri Pandits were forced out due to their religion.

Is this the Shiv Sena's last Lok Sabha election?

Is this the Shiv Sena's last Lok Sabha election?

Rediff.com3 Apr 2014

Some Shiv Sena veterans say, "The Sena is eroding on its own, we don't have to quit this party. It breaks our heart to see the end, but it is inevitable." Neeta Kolhatkar on the crisis confronting the Shiv Sena.

Pak troops kill 2 in border shelling; India gives 'massive' reply

Pak troops kill 2 in border shelling; India gives 'massive' reply

Rediff.com8 Oct 2014

Heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistani troops continued unabated along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday killing two more people -- both women -- even as a "massive" reply was being given from the Indian side.

So who runs the AP government right now?

So who runs the AP government right now?

Rediff.com23 Feb 2014

With Andhra Pradesh on the verge of a division, the "government" in the state exists only on paper after a notification issued by the Governor and is non-existent for practical purposes.

A dead child, a world gone mad

A dead child, a world gone mad

Rediff.com4 Sep 2015

If Aylan Kurdi was a Bangladeshi boy on the border with Assam or West Bengal, would you call him an infiltrator, asks Mango Indian.

'We have a huge crisis in higher education in India'

'We have a huge crisis in higher education in India'

Rediff.com12 Aug 2015

There is too much focus on building, infrastructure, the number of teachers (as opposed to quality), number of laboratories and so on, says Vineet Gupta.

'Gen Manekshaw could speak to politicians like no other chief has'

'Gen Manekshaw could speak to politicians like no other chief has'

Rediff.com2 Jan 2017

'General Sam Manekshaw looked from left to right and said, "Gentlemen, I have come to have a look at you. I am taking a good look at your faces. When I come back after the war is over, some faces may not be here".'

China's rich seek shelter from stock market storm in foreign property

China's rich seek shelter from stock market storm in foreign property

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

Since 2000, China has had the world's largest outflow of HNIs.

BRICS bank to start in 2 years

BRICS bank to start in 2 years

Rediff.com16 Jul 2014

India will have the presidency of the BRICS' $100 billion New Development Bank for six years with headquarters in China that will become operational in about two years, a major step for reshaping the international financial system dominated by the West.

India to head BRICS' $100 billion development bank

India to head BRICS' $100 billion development bank

Rediff.com16 Jul 2014

The BRICS Summit tonight decided to establish the new development bank with an initial authorised capital of $100 billion.

What security forces in J&K can learn from KPS Gill

What security forces in J&K can learn from KPS Gill

Rediff.com14 Jun 2017

'His essential doctrine was only the local police can fight terror.' '"You can't fire at mobs throwing stones," he said, adding one has to think innovatively, even defensively, sometimes.' Shekhar Gupta remembers the uncoventional SuperCop.

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

Then chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.

Falling rupee hurts debt market

Falling rupee hurts debt market

Rediff.com20 Jun 2013

Foreign investors keeping off; inflows into bonds also likely to improve if RBI resumes rate cuts.

Desperate BJP accepting BSP's 'rejected maal': Maya

Desperate BJP accepting BSP's 'rejected maal': Maya

Rediff.com28 Aug 2016

She accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being 'anti-Dalit' and recalled the Una incident and the death of Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula to back her assertion.

Why Cong leaders are knocking on BJP doors in Haryana

Why Cong leaders are knocking on BJP doors in Haryana

Rediff.com30 Jul 2014

With several Congress leaders pushing for Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's removal, the Congress is finding it difficult to keep its flock together in the poll-bound state. Rediff.com contributor Anita Katyal reports.

What I want for Bihar

What I want for Bihar

Rediff.com10 Sep 2015

'What I want is not for the elected to tell me what they did in the 1990s or for the past 5 years,' says A Bihari Abroad. 'I would rather know what they plan to do in the next 6 months and give the people a report on the progress of these initiatives. Perhaps, a presentation on their performance and their future plans, to the electoral public, who they represent and are actually answerable to.'

Why UP may have no clear winner on counting day

Why UP may have no clear winner on counting day

Rediff.com8 Mar 2017

Increasingly seen as the 'bellwether' for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the assembly election results will not only decide as to who will rule UP but show which way the wind is blowing ahead of the Lok Sabha elections two years hence.

SEBI may probe Credit Suisse in insider trading case

SEBI may probe Credit Suisse in insider trading case

Rediff.com6 Jun 2014

The drive against insider trading comes after SEBI last year received enhanced investigation powers from parliament, including the ability to monitor call records.

How to speak English correctly

How to speak English correctly

Rediff.com12 Nov 2014

These handy tips will have you sorted in no time at all!

'Next decade to be golden era of entrepreneurship in India'

'Next decade to be golden era of entrepreneurship in India'

Rediff.com13 May 2014

Hundreds of Indian companies are expected to go big, issue public issues and even acquired by top global IT firms.

Islamic Bangladesh's fabulous Durga pujas

Islamic Bangladesh's fabulous Durga pujas

Rediff.com3 Oct 2017

Tarun Vijay visits 20 Durga Puja pandals in five towns in Bangladesh and comes back impressed.

Now, soldiers can complain directly to the Army chief

Now, soldiers can complain directly to the Army chief

Rediff.com13 Jan 2017

We would like that people come directly to us rather than resorting to the social media or other means, Gen Rawat said.

Public sector banks fear losing good talent to new banks

Public sector banks fear losing good talent to new banks

Rediff.com19 Jul 2013

Disgruntled executives are already pinning hopes on the new banks, too.

To cut rates or not? Well, a calm rupee will weigh on Rajan's mind

To cut rates or not? Well, a calm rupee will weigh on Rajan's mind

Rediff.com27 May 2015

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan is likely to cut rates in next monetary policy.

'Not everybody in J&K is an azaadiwallah'

'Not everybody in J&K is an azaadiwallah'

Rediff.com15 Oct 2016

'There is an effort of painting the entire problem as religious one.' 'That Jammu and Kashmir is the way it is because the valley has radicalised.' 'I would be the first person to accept that there is a greater element of radicalism today than it was 25 years ago, but to suggest the entire valley of Kashmir is radicalised and everything you see on the ground is because radical Islam has suddenly taken over is not true.' Omar Abdullah, former J&K chief minister, explains why 'the situation in J&K is very worrisome.'

Fiscal burden: It's time to reduce govt staff, revise salaries

Fiscal burden: It's time to reduce govt staff, revise salaries

Rediff.com10 Jun 2015

Mr Jaitley should devise methods to attract better talents at the higher level.

Why this Kashmiri Pandit is hugging everyone

Why this Kashmiri Pandit is hugging everyone

Rediff.com17 Dec 2015

Sandeep Mawa is a Kashmiri Pandit married to a Kashmiri Muslim, intent upon spreading the message of love and Kashmiriyat through his campaign. He wants to hug Assaduddin Owaisi, Arvind Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi and do a pau lago to Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi.

'Don't forget there are 180 million Muslims in this country'

'Don't forget there are 180 million Muslims in this country'

Rediff.com23 Mar 2017

'Muslims are depressed and disillusioned.' 'The safety valve is that we still have a multicultural mosaic in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.'

'Great risk to nations from undermining independence of central bank'

'Great risk to nations from undermining independence of central bank'

Rediff.com28 Oct 2018

'The Reserve Bank's independence has remained a work in progress, an enduring challenge that the nation has been grappling with on an ongoing basis,' says RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral Acharya.

India is on a big mission to boost economy

India is on a big mission to boost economy

Rediff.com25 Mar 2015

Governor Rajan can be more unambiguously pro-growth.

Fleeing Bundelkhand's drought, seeking refuge in Delhi

Fleeing Bundelkhand's drought, seeking refuge in Delhi

Rediff.com20 Jun 2016

'These people are living on the edge of starvation and governments need to show much greater compassion towards them.'

Analysis: Shrewd, big bucks signings make EPL a winner

Analysis: Shrewd, big bucks signings make EPL a winner

Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

For Manchester United, the answer to a slump in form or a crisis of confidence comes in 50 pound notes. Millions of them.