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Why Maruti, Hyundai are still betting on Bharat

Why Maruti, Hyundai are still betting on Bharat

Rediff.com23 Jul 2019

With car penetration of around 22 per 1,000 population, India continues to be a big opportunity to sell cars, especially in rural areas.

Committed to peace: India on LAC face-off

Committed to peace: India on LAC face-off

Rediff.com14 May 2020

On May 5, around 250 Indian and Chinese army personnel clashed with iron rods, sticks, and even resorted to stone-pelting in Pangong Tso lake area in Eastern Ladakh.

Global Indian Diaspora seeks repeal of farm laws

Global Indian Diaspora seeks repeal of farm laws

Rediff.com1 Feb 2021

India has called the remarks by foreign leaders and organisations on protests by farmers as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted", asserting that the matter pertains to the internal affairs of a democratic country.

India rejects US panel report on religious freedom as 'biased'

India rejects US panel report on religious freedom as 'biased'

Rediff.com29 Apr 2020

In the 2020 edition of its annual report on International Religious Freedom, the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) alleged that religious freedom in India witnessed a drastic downward turn.

Man who caught Bhatkal to guard Modi, Gandhi family

Man who caught Bhatkal to guard Modi, Gandhi family

Rediff.com10 Dec 2014

Senior IPS officer Vivek Srivastava was on Wednesday appointed as Inspector General in the elite Special Protection Group which guards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other VVIPs, including the Gandhi family.

Sino-India talks on Monday; India to press for complete disengagement

Sino-India talks on Monday; India to press for complete disengagement

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

The agenda of the talks will be to firm up a roadmap for disengagement of troops from all the friction points in eastern Ladakh, the sources said.

Delhi: Board examinees among those caught in crossfire

Delhi: Board examinees among those caught in crossfire

Rediff.com25 Feb 2020

One of the worst-hit areas was Bhajanpura where a petrol pump and two school buses were torched on a road near Yamuna Vihar border by mobs during the conflagration.

Pak, India can resolve Kashmir issue through dialogue: Imran

Pak, India can resolve Kashmir issue through dialogue: Imran

Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

India has said that the onus is on Pakistan to create an environment free of terror and hostility.

Delhi chokes with 'very poor' air quality again

Delhi chokes with 'very poor' air quality again

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

The city's overall air quality index stood at 306 on Friday.

Pak LeT operative killed in brawl at Jaipur prison

Pak LeT operative killed in brawl at Jaipur prison

Rediff.com21 Feb 2019

Shakrullah was serving life sentence under the UAPA.

SC names ex-HC judge to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri probe

SC names ex-HC judge to monitor Lakhimpur Kheri probe

Rediff.com18 Nov 2021

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court, to supervise the Uttar Pradesh SIT's probe on day-to-day basis into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people including four farmers were killed on October 3.

Nepal issues text books with new maps including Indian areas

Nepal issues text books with new maps including Indian areas

Rediff.com18 Sep 2020

India has already termed as untenable the 'artificial enlargement' of the territorial claims by Nepal after its Parliament unanimously approved the new political map of the country featuring Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas which India maintains belongs to it.

Dalit scholar issue: Students on fast moved to health centre

Dalit scholar issue: Students on fast moved to health centre

Rediff.com27 Jan 2016

Six of the seven students of the Hyderabad Central University, on hunger strike to protest the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, have been shifted to a health centre even as the agitators today took out a march to the residence of the interim head of the institution.

Investors pull out Rs 31 crore from gold ETF in October

Investors pull out Rs 31 crore from gold ETF in October

Rediff.com12 Nov 2019

Experts attributed the inflows to sudden rally in gold prices, mainly due to uneasy trade negotiations between the US and China and lower than expected global GDP growth.

Kangana attacks Jaya Bachchan again on 'thaali' comment

Kangana attacks Jaya Bachchan again on 'thaali' comment

Rediff.com16 Sep 2020

Ranaut, who has been in the news for her provocative comments, had slammed Bachchan on Tuesday and she upped her attack on Wednesday. "Which plate are you referring to Jaya ji? A thaali (plate) was given, in which a two-minute role, item numbers and a romantic scene were offered and that too only after sleeping with hero. "I taught feminism to the film industry, decorated the 'thaali' with patriotic films. This is my own plate Jaya ji, it is not yours," she wrote in Hindi on Twitter.

How I saved Rs 8,750 in the lockdown

How I saved Rs 8,750 in the lockdown

Rediff.com5 Jun 2020

Rajesh Srivastava from Greater Noida shares his suggestions.

BJP youth wing leader, accused in Bulandshahr violence, arrested

BJP youth wing leader, accused in Bulandshahr violence, arrested

Rediff.com10 Jan 2019

So far, over 35 people have been arrested in connection with the violence.

China-backed Pak bid to discuss Kashmir at UN fails again

China-backed Pak bid to discuss Kashmir at UN fails again

Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

The US took the lead, and many other council members also joined and made it clear that the Kashmir issue was not a matter for the UN body to discuss and is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan.

Govt seeks SC direction for media reports on COVID-19

Govt seeks SC direction for media reports on COVID-19

Rediff.com1 Apr 2020

The Centre stated in its report that it wanted media houses not to publish the news of COVID-19, without asking the central government authorities, who are assigned to talk to media houses, keeping in view the welfare and benefit of migration labourers and other people due to the pandemic.

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

The Padma Bhushan was conferred on 17 personalities including N Chandrasekharan, chairman of Tata Sons, Krishna and Suchita Ella of Bharat Biotech, Cyrus Poonawalla, Satya Nadella, chairman of Microsoft, Sunder Pichai, chairman of Google.

Pics: The James Bond-inspired election style

Pics: The James Bond-inspired election style

Rediff.com30 Apr 2019

Rediff readers shared their election style. Scroll down to take look.

Dalit scholar suicide: Facing protest, Hyd Univ VC goes on

Dalit scholar suicide: Facing protest, Hyd Univ VC goes on

Rediff.com24 Jan 2016

However, it did not mention the period of leave.

SHOCKING! 6-yr-old gang-raped in UP, lungs taken out

SHOCKING! 6-yr-old gang-raped in UP, lungs taken out

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

The lungs were removed to perform black magic, believing that it will help a woman give birth to a child, police said. The girl had gone missing on the night of Diwali from the Ghatampur area.

Indian mathematician named joint winner of George Polya Prize

Indian mathematician named joint winner of George Polya Prize

Rediff.com10 Jul 2014

Nikhil Srivastava, a young Indian mathematician, on Thursday became the first joint winner of the prestigious 2014 George Polya Prize for finding a solution to a problem that had eluded mathematicians for more than half a century.

India insists on early disengagement in talks with China

India insists on early disengagement in talks with China

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

As the border standoff entered the sixth month, an early resolution to the row appeared dim with close to 100,000 Indian and Chinese troops remaining deployed in the high-altitude region and showing readiness for a long-haul. There is no official word on the talks yet but sources said the agenda was to finalise a roadmap for disengagement of troops from all the friction points.

Murder case: Olympian wrestler Sushil denied anticipatory bail

Murder case: Olympian wrestler Sushil denied anticipatory bail

Rediff.com18 May 2021

A Delhi Court on Tuesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to absconding Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the murder case of a wrestler, saying that he is 'prima facie' the main conspirator and allegations against him are serious in nature.

SEE: 'This is for all the frontline warriors'

SEE: 'This is for all the frontline warriors'

Rediff.com30 Jun 2020

'Who have been fighting for us everyday, risking their lives, guarding us fearlessly.'

Hyundai to focus more on domestic market

Hyundai to focus more on domestic market

Rediff.com7 Aug 2017

Facing capacity constraint, firm is yet to take a call on setting up a new manufacturing unit in India.

Rohith suicide: Hyderabad University interim V-C changed hours before Rahul's visit

Rohith suicide: Hyderabad University interim V-C changed hours before Rahul's visit

Rediff.com30 Jan 2016

"Dr Vipin Srivastava who took charge as the interim vice-chancellor of Hyderabad Central University has proceeded for leave from the afternoon of January 29 and the next senior most professor Dr M Pariasamy will perform the duties of the V-C till further orders," a university official said.

Alia Bhatt's 'Kanyadaan' ad sparks culture debate

Alia Bhatt's 'Kanyadaan' ad sparks culture debate

Rediff.com26 Sep 2021

The ad for a 'lehnga' brand featuring Bollywood star Alia Bhatt as the much indulged daughter and granddaughter has fired debate on social media platforms and elsewhere on the age-old tradition of giving away the daughter.

PIX: Hrishitaa Bhatt, Himani Shivpuri mingle at a screening

PIX: Hrishitaa Bhatt, Himani Shivpuri mingle at a screening

Rediff.com4 Jan 2017

A look at the pictures.

Delhi's wait for monsoon ends, rain drenches parts of city

Delhi's wait for monsoon ends, rain drenches parts of city

Rediff.com13 Jul 2021

Normally, monsoon reaches Delhi by June 27. It covers the entire country by July 8. Last year, the wind system had reached Delhi on June 25 and covered the entire country by June 29.

UP girl, studying in US, dies in bid to escape eve-teasing

UP girl, studying in US, dies in bid to escape eve-teasing

Rediff.com12 Aug 2020

The daughter of a tea-shop owner, Sudiksha Bhati died on Monday morning near Aurangabad when she was riding pillion on a motorcycle with her younger brother, a minor, they said. The two were en route to their maternal uncle's home in Bulandshahr's Khanpur area from their house at Deri Scanar village in Gautam Buddh Nagar's Dadri tehsil, the officials said.

IPOs come out of deep freezer as markets revive

IPOs come out of deep freezer as markets revive

Rediff.com25 Oct 2020

More cos could join the likes of Burger King and Antony Waste in giving listing another shot.

Hyundai Motor clocks rise in domestic market share

Hyundai Motor clocks rise in domestic market share

Rediff.com14 Aug 2014

The petrol versions of the car are priced between Rs 5,05,000 and Rs 6,66,000.

Ranji: Amol, Shalabh fightback for Vidarbha

Ranji: Amol, Shalabh fightback for Vidarbha

Rediff.com17 Dec 2012

Amol Ubarhande hammered his maiden first class century while Shalabh Srivastava hit a fifty as the two batsmen engineered a spectacular Vidarbha fightback against Karnataka on day three of their Ranji Trophy Group B match, in Mysore on Sunday.

7 US lawmakers write to Pompeo on farmers' protest in India

7 US lawmakers write to Pompeo on farmers' protest in India

Rediff.com25 Dec 2020

In their letter, the lawmakers said that the US as a nation that is familiar with political protests can offer counsel to India during their current period of social disturbance.

No fresh violence in Kasganj; ops intensified to nab 2 other accused

No fresh violence in Kasganj; ops intensified to nab 2 other accused

Rediff.com1 Feb 2018

Kasganj appeared to be under siege with the deployment of state police, PAC and RAF.

Leading auto makers post double-digit sales growth in July

Leading auto makers post double-digit sales growth in July

Rediff.com1 Aug 2021

Auto majors, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Tata Motors, on Sunday reported high double-digit growth in their domestic passenger vehicle sales in July riding on stabilisation of macro-economic factors and better consumer sentiments. Similarly, Honda, Nissan, MG Motor and Skoda also reported healthy growth in their sales last month leveraging on improved market mood amid prevailing lower coronavirus infection rate, despite supply constraints of semi-conductors. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) domestic sales increased by 39 per cent to 1,41,238 units last month as against 1,01,307 units in July 2020, the company said in a statement.

Jamia firing happened in seconds, didn't have time to react: Police

Jamia firing happened in seconds, didn't have time to react: Police

Rediff.com30 Jan 2020

"By the time police could react, the person had already fired the shot. Everything happened in seconds. The investigation is on," Delhi Police Special Commissioner said.