News for '-kawal'

Nat Shooting: Aishwary wins 3P gold with World record

Nat Shooting: Aishwary wins 3P gold with World record

Rediff.com16 Dec 2025

World Championship silver medallist Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar delivered a landmark performance at the 68th Shooting Nationals on Tuesday, firing a World record 470.5 to clinch gold in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Range.

WazirX Reboots Operations After Mega Hack

WazirX Reboots Operations After Mega Hack

Rediff.com1 Dec 2025

'We've not seen a crypto exchange come back after about 45 per cent of the value on the platform was impacted.'

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall

Rediff.com1 Nov 2025

'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk, compliance, taxation, speed, and cost.'

Amazon to invest Rs 2,000 cr in India to expand logistics, improve safety

Amazon to invest Rs 2,000 cr in India to expand logistics, improve safety

Rediff.com20 Jun 2025

Amazon will invest more than Rs 2,000 crore (about $233 million) in India in 2025 as it strengthens its logistics and safety standards, said the ecommerce company on Thursday.

UPI Hits Record High In March

UPI Hits Record High In March

Rediff.com2 Apr 2025

UPI topped Rs 24 trillion in value of transactions and 19 billion in volume for the first time after becoming operational in April 2016.

USTR Report Intensifies Trade Tensions With India

USTR Report Intensifies Trade Tensions With India

Rediff.com2 Apr 2025

The US Trade Representative noted that India's average applied tariff rate stood at 17% per cent, the highest of any major world economy.

'We Expect 1 Million Start Ups By 2035'

'We Expect 1 Million Start Ups By 2035'

Rediff.com13 Mar 2025

'Binary fission will happen -- startups will lead to more startups.'

Maratha quota activists ends life, note calls for gathering in Mumbai

Maratha quota activists ends life, note calls for gathering in Mumbai

Rediff.com19 Oct 2023

A 45-year-old Maratha quota activist allegedly committed suicide in Bandra area of Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday leaving behind a note in which he urged community members to fight for the cause, a police official said.

India has over 19 million crypto investors with 75% youth

India has over 19 million crypto investors with 75% youth

Rediff.com26 Dec 2023

India has over 19 million cryptocurrency investors out of which nearly nine per cent are women, data from a report by cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinSwitch showed. Nearly 75 per cent of cryptocurrency investors belong to a young demographic, with ages spanning from 18 to 35 years, the report noted. This represents a significant interest in crypto among young users.

'Banks must be prepared for providing UPI credit'

'Banks must be prepared for providing UPI credit'

Rediff.com19 Jul 2024

'A credit line on UPI is going to make banks think about credit fundamentally as they digitise the credit process entirely.'

India has 3682 tigers, home to 75% of global numbers

India has 3682 tigers, home to 75% of global numbers

Rediff.com29 Jul 2023

With a 50 per cent increase in the last four years, Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number (785) of tigers in the country, followed by Karnataka (563), Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444), according to the data.

India's Big Guns Firing On Capex Front

India's Big Guns Firing On Capex Front

Rediff.com13 Feb 2024

'Interim Budget has ignited the entrepreneurial spirit.'

'India is big enough to have over 4 airlines'

'India is big enough to have over 4 airlines'

Rediff.com28 Oct 2023

'Within five years, we should be achieving more on the international front than what it took most airlines 15 to 20 years back.'

Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA gets 2-yr imprisonment

Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA gets 2-yr imprisonment

Rediff.com11 Oct 2022

Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Vikram Saini and 11 others were sentenced to two years imprisonment in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case by a special MP/MLA court on Tuesday.

8 years after Muzaffarnagar riots, 1117 accused acquitted so far, no appeal filed

8 years after Muzaffarnagar riots, 1117 accused acquitted so far, no appeal filed

Rediff.com7 Sep 2021

Eight years since the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013, some 1,117 people accused in 97 cases related to murder, rape, robbery and arson among others connected to the violence have been acquitted over lack of evidence.

Tiger count rises in Shivalik-Gangetic region, dips in Western Ghats: Report

Tiger count rises in Shivalik-Gangetic region, dips in Western Ghats: Report

Rediff.com9 Apr 2023

According to the data, the tiger population in the country increased from 2,967 in 2018 to 3,167 in 2022.

Now passing a yoga test can get you out of jail

Now passing a yoga test can get you out of jail

Rediff.com4 Aug 2016

Sheetal Kawale became the first such beneficiary of the scheme launched by the Maharashtra prisons department.

'Bas Modi hi hai BJP mein, aur kuch nahi hai'

'Bas Modi hi hai BJP mein, aur kuch nahi hai'

Rediff.com8 Feb 2017

In the dangal of UP politics, much as Muzaffarnagar wants to leave its past behind, the shadows are never be far behind.

Muzaffarnagar riot victims' kin move court against SIT closure report

Muzaffarnagar riot victims' kin move court against SIT closure report

Rediff.com9 Feb 2015

The father of a Muzaffarnagar riot victim has moved court challenging the closure report of the SIT giving clean chit to the six accused in the case.

Muzaffarnagar riots: 6 accused in murder case get clean chit

Muzaffarnagar riots: 6 accused in murder case get clean chit

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

The special investigation team probing the Muzaffarnagar riots has given a clean chit to six accused in connection with a murder case during the communal violence in the district.

Thousands stranded at Guwahati airport as Assam remains on boil

Thousands stranded at Guwahati airport as Assam remains on boil

Rediff.com12 Dec 2019

Many of the passengers were bound for outstation areas like Itanagar, Dimapur and Aizwal, and were left with no option but to wait endlessly at airport premises.

Rare pix of India's national animal

Rare pix of India's national animal

Rediff.com29 Jul 2018

Rediff readers shared these photographs from their travels.

33 kin of Muzaffarnagar riot victims' given govt jobs

33 kin of Muzaffarnagar riot victims' given govt jobs

Rediff.com29 Sep 2013

Thirty three family members of victims of recent riots in the district were given government jobs by the district authorities in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.

7 get lifer for killing 2 men that led to Muzaffarnagar riots

7 get lifer for killing 2 men that led to Muzaffarnagar riots

Rediff.com8 Feb 2019

Additional District and Sessions Judge Himashu Bhatnagar also imposed a fine of Rs 2,12,000 on each of the seven accused -- Muzammil, Mujassim, Furkan, Nadeem, Janangir, Afzal and Ikbal -- for killing Gaurav and Sachin on August 27, 2013 and rioting.

8 Asiatic lions in Hyderabad zoo test Covid positive

8 Asiatic lions in Hyderabad zoo test Covid positive

Rediff.com4 May 2021

8 Asiatic lions in the zoo in have tested positive for COVID-19 after their saliva samples were thoroughly examined by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, Rakesh Mishra, advisor of the premier research institute said.

Muzaffarnagar riots panel blames officials, silent on Akhilesh

Muzaffarnagar riots panel blames officials, silent on Akhilesh

Rediff.com6 Mar 2016

The 700-page report tabled in the state assembly on Sunday said the riots, following the murder of two persons by a youth from a minority community in Kawal town on August 27, 2013, took place as the then inspector of intelligence unit Prabal Pratap Singh failed to give an exact number of people going to attend a mahapanchayat at Mandaur.

Court rejects SIT's closure report in Shahnawaz murder case

Court rejects SIT's closure report in Shahnawaz murder case

Rediff.com17 Nov 2015

A local court has rejected the Special Investigation Team's clean chit to the six accused in connection with Shahnawaz murder case during the 2013 riots in the district.

Dinacharya: 13 Simple Healthy Habits

Dinacharya: 13 Simple Healthy Habits

Rediff.com9 Feb 2022

Dinacharya is a Sanskrit term for daily rituals that one must practice regularly to live in sync with nature.

Exclusive! Muzaffarnagar riots: Sahai report absolves UP government, blames others

Exclusive! Muzaffarnagar riots: Sahai report absolves UP government, blames others

Rediff.com2 Oct 2015

Sharat Pradhan secures exclusive access to the Justice Vishnu Sahai report and discovers it blames two BJP MLAs, a former BSP MP and his cohorts, local intelligence officials and the media for the horrific Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013, but attributes no blame to the Samajwadi Party government in the state.

Muzaffarnagar violence: Top police officials transferred

Muzaffarnagar violence: Top police officials transferred

Rediff.com9 Sep 2013

Heads have started rolling over the violence in Muzaffarnagar with the Uttar Pradesh government today transferring top police officials, including Saharanpur DIG, SSP Muzaffarnagar and SP Shamli.

Faber eyes Indian market

Faber eyes Indian market

Rediff.com3 Dec 2004

Home appliances maker Faber India, a joint venture of Faber SpA, Italy, and Heatkraft of Pune, has identified India as a priority market for its range of kitchen chimneys, officials said in Chennai on Friday.

Rani in Subhash Ghai film

Rani in Subhash Ghai film

Rediff.com16 Jun 2003

Muzaffarnagar riots: Case filed against 10 community leaders

Muzaffarnagar riots: Case filed against 10 community leaders

Rediff.com24 Jun 2014

District authorities have filed a case against 10 political and community leaders including ex Bahujan Samaj Party MP Kadir Rana and former Uttar Pradesh minister Saeeduzama of Congress for allegedly making inflammatory speeches.

Around the country in 10 stunning photographs

Around the country in 10 stunning photographs

Rediff.com23 Apr 2015

From frozen lakes in Sikkim and breathtaking Panoramas in Himachal Pradesh to the Green Route in Karnataka and the lush green tea estates of Munnar, readers share their best #India-Photos!

Muzaffarnagar riots: 10 Muslim leaders charged for inciting communal tension

Muzaffarnagar riots: 10 Muslim leaders charged for inciting communal tension

Rediff.com8 Mar 2014

Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament Kadir Rana, two party legislators and former Uttar Pradesh minister Saeed-uz-Zama of the Congress are among 10 persons chargesheeted by the Special Investigation Team probing the Muzaffarnagar riots for provoking communal tension with inflammatory speeches during a Muslim community panchayat.

#India-Photos that are worth a thousand words!

#India-Photos that are worth a thousand words!

Rediff.com19 Apr 2015

Rediff.com's readers share the best of their India travel images. You can share yours too!

Journalist, photographer among 9 killed in UP violence

Journalist, photographer among 9 killed in UP violence

Rediff.com8 Sep 2013

A series of communal clashes rocked a few villages of Western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, killing nine persons including one IBN-7 news channel journalist and a local photographer hired by the Muzaffarnagar police.

Why aren't the Muslims going home?

Why aren't the Muslims going home?

Rediff.com10 Nov 2013

The families that were affected by the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar district have no hope of their homes being restored to them. Is the government really unable to reassure them of a safe return?

Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh dies at 99

Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh dies at 99

Rediff.com20 Mar 2014

Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh died in New Delhi on Thursday at the age of 99.

Home ministry refuses to share report on Muzaffarnagar riots

Home ministry refuses to share report on Muzaffarnagar riots

Rediff.com2 Jan 2014

The Centre has refused to share copies of reports sent to it by the Uttar Pradesh governor and the government on Muzaffarnagar communal violence, saying it would impede probe, apprehension and prosecution of offenders.