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Modi creating an Emergency-like situation: Lalu

Modi creating an Emergency-like situation: Lalu

Rediff.com4 Nov 2016

Fascism is knocking at India's door, Lalu Yadav charged.

42 SUVs, lodging for MLAs... Rajasthan gets ready for new government

42 SUVs, lodging for MLAs... Rajasthan gets ready for new government

Rediff.com8 Dec 2013

"We have made temporary arrangements for the stay of legislators in Circuit House, Officers' Training School, Panchayati Raj Bhawan and Indira Gandhi Canal Board guest house in Jaipur. Rooms in the Secretariat and vehicles for the ministers are also ready," said Rajasthan Principal Secretary GAD Rakesh Srivastava.

BJP chief Gadkari speaks on EVM controversy

BJP chief Gadkari speaks on EVM controversy

Rediff.com12 Feb 2010

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari on Friday said his party was not against Electronic Voting Machines or the use of technology in elections, but wanted paper back-up, as it had not been proved conclusively that EVMs were tamper-proof. Gadkari insisted that reservations about EVMs were not confined to the BJP alone and many other political parties, including the Orissa unit of the Congress, were wary of its use."The system should be modernised," Gadkari said.

Who are your friends? Ask your cellphone

Who are your friends? Ask your cellphone

Rediff.com18 Aug 2009

According to the New Scientist, the finding of the study opens new possibilities for social scientists and others who want to know how people connect and interact socially. For the study, an international team handed out mobile phones to 94 students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- the gadgets were modified with software which logged their calls, and used Bluetooth to detect when another was close by.

J-K bureaucrat Shah Faesal faces Centre's ire over tweet on rape

J-K bureaucrat Shah Faesal faces Centre's ire over tweet on rape

Rediff.com11 Jul 2018

In a notice to Shah Faesal, the General Administration Department said, "You have allegedly failed to maintain absolute honesty and integrity in the discharge of official duty and thus acted in a manner unbecoming of a public servant."

Pressure mounts on Narendra Modi

Pressure mounts on Narendra Modi

Rediff.com28 May 2004

'The momentum that has gathered against Modi is not going to die down and his exit is certain,' Congress leader Amarsinh Chaudhary said.

Frozen 2 Review

Frozen 2 Review

Rediff.com22 Nov 2019

'For kids, the audience Frozen 2 is focusing on, it's a world they would love to be part of.' 'It teaches life doesn't have to be hunky dory after a happy ending, but it's fixable if there is love,' says Moumita Bhattacharjee.

Major rejig of portfolios after Fadnavis' cabinet expansion

Major rejig of portfolios after Fadnavis' cabinet expansion

Rediff.com10 Jul 2016

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to newly sworn-in ministers and reshuffled certain portfolios.

Maha portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets finance; Aaditya tourism

Maha portfolios: Ajit Pawar gets finance; Aaditya tourism

Rediff.com5 Jan 2020

With this allocation of portfolios, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP has got most of the 'plum' ministries.

India's cry for water falls on deaf ears

India's cry for water falls on deaf ears

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

India's water future remains very bleak. The monsoon season, which once extended to 4 months, is now down to less than 30 days of heavy rain.

Pankaja Munde says she won't quit, dares BJP to remove her

Pankaja Munde says she won't quit, dares BJP to remove her

Rediff.com13 Dec 2019

Fissures in Maha BJP were out in the open at a rally organised in memory of the late Gopinath Munde, with Eknath Khadse and Pankaja targeting former CM Devendra Fadnavis.

AAP 2.0: 'More prominent' role for Sisodia, snub for Somnath Bharti?

AAP 2.0: 'More prominent' role for Sisodia, snub for Somnath Bharti?

Rediff.com11 Feb 2015

Aam Aadmi Party, set to form a government after its Delhi assembly election win, may keep three of its former ministers out of its new cabinet and is likely to give a "more prominent" role to senior party leader Manish Sisodia, sources said on Tuesday.

Computer Baba, 4 other sadhus get MoS status in MP; spark row

Computer Baba, 4 other sadhus get MoS status in MP; spark row

Rediff.com4 Apr 2018

As per the order of General Administration Department's Additional Secretary K K Katiya, the MoS status has been accorded to Narmadanand Maharaj, Hariharanand Maharaj, Computer Baba, Bhayyu Maharaj and Pandit Yogendra Mahant.

15 Odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

15 Odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Rediff.com16 Sep 2015

Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.

Murder On The Orient Express Review: Poirot steers a star-studded mystery

Murder On The Orient Express Review: Poirot steers a star-studded mystery

Rediff.com24 Nov 2017

Murder on the Orient Express offers intrigue worthy of Hercules Poirot's investigation and our time, feels Sukanya Verma.

Review: Why Beauty And The Beast is a 5-star movie

Review: Why Beauty And The Beast is a 5-star movie

Rediff.com16 Mar 2017

A cinematic experience like this one doesn't come by too often, raves Kshamaya Daniel.

From Prime Minister to Pradhan Sevak

From Prime Minister to Pradhan Sevak

Rediff.com9 Jun 2017

'To identify with the common man, Modi had to look like one.' 'The disastrous suit with his name written on it never made its reappearance.' 'Frequent dress changes during the day, which led Arvind Kejriwal to calculate that Modi spent crores on his attire ever year, too stopped.' 'Instead, a newer Modi emerged: Humble and eager to serve.' Narendra Modi has cleverly repositioned himself as a man of the masses in the past three years, says Aditi Phadnis.

US economy nearly stalls in Q1 as energy prices bite

US economy nearly stalls in Q1 as energy prices bite

Rediff.com29 Apr 2015

U.S. economic growth braked more sharply than expected in the first quarter.

Review: Jobs fails to live up to expectations

Review: Jobs fails to live up to expectations

Rediff.com23 Aug 2013

Jobs fails to meet expectations, writes Paloma Sharma.

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