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Terror ploughs into France once again; 10 kids among 84 killed

Terror ploughs into France once again; 10 kids among 84 killed

Rediff.com15 Jul 2016

At least 10 children are among the dead in the Riviera city following a "cowardly and barbaric" atrocity believed to have been carried out by 31-year-old Mohamed Bouhlel.

Our goal is to be India's best friend, says Joe Biden

Our goal is to be India's best friend, says Joe Biden

Rediff.com22 Sep 2015

While inaugurating the leadership summit of the US-India Business Council in Washington, DC, US Vice President Joe Biden said that there was no reason why the two largest democracies in the world should not continue to have a more productive relationship. Aziz Haniffa/ Rediff.com reports.

Meet The Sari Angels

Meet The Sari Angels

Rediff.com20 Oct 2014

'When I least expect it, I start to find traces of India in foreign lands.'

Congress bandh hits Gujarat, 1200 workers held

Congress bandh hits Gujarat, 1200 workers held

Rediff.com6 Sep 2013

More than 600 people, including Congress leaders and workers, were detained during the bandh call given by the party demanding the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over Indian Police Service officer D G Vanzara's letter.

Soccer eases life in Jordan refugee camp, until goal dispute!

Soccer eases life in Jordan refugee camp, until goal dispute!

Rediff.com13 May 2015

Playing helps me forget the war, the bombs, the rockets and the children who were killed.

Abdullah Abdullah emerges front-runner in Afghan poll

Abdullah Abdullah emerges front-runner in Afghan poll

Rediff.com11 Jun 2014

P B Chandra reports from Kabul on the Afghan presidential election, that has entered a run-off stage for the first time. The battle now is between the two frontrunners Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, with Abdullah holding the edge.

The many shades of Left and Right in JNU

The many shades of Left and Right in JNU

Rediff.com26 Feb 2016

The perception about JNU being 'radical' is one that is as old as JNU itself. But the university is more than just that. At its heart, its campus is a mosaic of ideologies that allow its students to breathe politically.

Modi@1: All that's changed in Amethi, Rae Bareli, Varanasi, or not

Modi@1: All that's changed in Amethi, Rae Bareli, Varanasi, or not

Rediff.com20 May 2015

Have Amethi and Rae Bareli got rough treatment in the last one year? Has Varanasi become cleaner? Business Standard's Manavi Kapur finds out

The strange deaths in Tamil Nadu

The strange deaths in Tamil Nadu

Rediff.com1 Feb 2017

Nine hundred and forty-seven people are said to have died in grief after J Jayalalithaa's demise on December 5. But how true is this claim?

PHOTOS: Top moments of the week that was

PHOTOS: Top moments of the week that was

Rediff.com13 Oct 2014

Top 21 images of all the events of the week that was.

Of markets, politics and policy

Of markets, politics and policy

Rediff.com19 Sep 2013

The fragmentation of politics and the pressures of coalition management have contributed to a near-secular rise in budgetary social expenditures and spending on subsidies since 1991, leaving little fiscal space for government-led capital investment.

'The only two countries that could have given birth to Hollywood and Bollywood'

'The only two countries that could have given birth to Hollywood and Bollywood'

Rediff.com1 Oct 2014

'We are two countries that, as Swami Vivekananda said in Chicago more than a century ago, have sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations on Earth.' 'People are watching to wait and see if this Modi moment is going to be the moment when the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy finally capitalise on the full, inherent potential of this relationship.' Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from the State Department's lunch for Prime Minister Modi.

Full Text: What Prez Obama said at the State of the Union Address

Full Text: What Prez Obama said at the State of the Union Address

Rediff.com29 Jan 2014

Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.

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