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Aishwarya, daughter Aaradhya test positive for coronavirus

Aishwarya, daughter Aaradhya test positive for coronavirus

Rediff.com12 Jul 2020

Aishwarya's mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan has tested negative.

The rise and fall of gangster Vikas Dubey

The rise and fall of gangster Vikas Dubey

Rediff.com10 Jul 2020

Vikas Dubey, who met with a gory end in an encounter with the UP Special Task Force near Kanpur on Friday, conjured the image of a typical don who dabbled in real-estate, won a district-level election and rubbed shoulders with political figures.

Vikas Dubey's family to be booked for money laundering

Vikas Dubey's family to be booked for money laundering

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

The ED will soon file a complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to probe criminal proceeds of crime that were allegedly generated by Dubey, his associates and family members and if this money was subsequently used for creation of illegal movable and immovable properties.

Vikas Dubey was wrong, deserved this fate: Wife

Vikas Dubey was wrong, deserved this fate: Wife

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

Dubey's wife hold media responsible for the encounter killing of her husband.

Vikas Dubey's killing brings back memories of Hyderabad encounter

Vikas Dubey's killing brings back memories of Hyderabad encounter

Rediff.com10 Jul 2020

In the Cyberabad incident, all the four accused were killed at one go in an exchange of fire. Police in both the cases claimed that the suspects 'snatched' their weapons and opened fire at them forcing them to retaliatory action 'in self-defence'.

Cops fired at Dubey in self-defence: UP govt to SC

Cops fired at Dubey in self-defence: UP govt to SC

Rediff.com17 Jul 2020

The top police officer denied that Dubey had surrendered at Ujjain and said that the accused who was on the run was identified at the Mahakaal Temple by the Samiti authorities as well as the policemen at the temple premises.

Naman Ojha bids tearful adieu to all forms of cricket

Naman Ojha bids tearful adieu to all forms of cricket

Rediff.com15 Feb 2021

Although Ojha's international career never took off, the Ujjain-born player has played 146 first-class games notching up 9,753 runs

Infosys' tryst with Kumbh Mela

Infosys' tryst with Kumbh Mela

Rediff.com15 Jan 2015

Sikka promises to develop tech for event

'Will planes disappear from radar when it rains?'

'Will planes disappear from radar when it rains?'

Rediff.com14 May 2019

Addressing election rallies in Neemuch, Ujjain and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi said Modi insulted his family during the poll campaign but he will never ever speak ill of the prime minister's parents. "I will die, but will never insult Modiji's mother and father."

122 'criminals' killed in 6,126 encounters in UP in past 3 years

122 'criminals' killed in 6,126 encounters in UP in past 3 years

Rediff.com15 Jul 2020

Over 2,000 criminals were injured in police action, while over 13,000 of them have been arrested.

Cops surround Vikas Dubey's demolished house; locals keep mum

Cops surround Vikas Dubey's demolished house; locals keep mum

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

The policemen, most of whom are deployed on daily shifts, were sitting on wooden beds under a Neem tree, watching a steady stream of mediapersons arriving with a variety of questions.

Tech savvy Kumbh fails to attract large crowds

Tech savvy Kumbh fails to attract large crowds

Rediff.com8 May 2016

Dips in the Kshipra river during Simhastha are said to wash away all sins!

Vikas Dubey's wife, son, maid reach home after questioning

Vikas Dubey's wife, son, maid reach home after questioning

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

The gangster's wife, Richa Dubey, their son and maid were kept at a mahila police station in Kanpur after being brought from their Krishna Nagar residence in Lucknow for questioning, a police official said in Kanpur.

How Indians are coping with the fear of coronavirus

How Indians are coping with the fear of coronavirus

Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

From Kutch to Itanagar, Kashmir to Kanyakumari, there is only one emotion, it seems. Fear. Of coronavirus.

IMD may deploy cutting-edge tech to forecast weather accurately

IMD may deploy cutting-edge tech to forecast weather accurately

Rediff.com3 Aug 2021

IMD has decided to increasingly use cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in forecasting, both to avoid such glitches and to counter the disruption of normal seasonal patterns as a result of climate change. It has formed various internal sub-groups of senior officials and meteorologists to decide on how best to use AI and ML in predicting cyclone intensity, and in making short-range weather forecasts (those valid for up to three hours) as well as long-range forecasts.

19-yr-old student linked to Vyapam smothered, reveals autopsy

19-yr-old student linked to Vyapam smothered, reveals autopsy

Rediff.com8 Jul 2015

The findings of the autopsy were suggestive of the death being "homicidal", as per the autopsy report issued on January 9, 2012.

Varanasi station has been their home since the lockdown

Varanasi station has been their home since the lockdown

Rediff.com24 Apr 2020

'The government and railways are looking after us, but I just want to get home.'

Vikas Dubey's police record: 61 FIRs, 8 of murder

Vikas Dubey's police record: 61 FIRs, 8 of murder

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

The last murder case registered in the Chaubeypur police station of the district following the ambush of a police team by his henchmen alone accounts for the killing of eight policemen, besides the seven other cases of murder registered against him between 1992 and 2017, reveals a police history sheet on Dubey's offences.

Videos of 'locusts' in Mumbai go viral, officials debunk claim

Videos of 'locusts' in Mumbai go viral, officials debunk claim

Rediff.com28 May 2020

Maharashtra state disaster management officials said no locust swarm was spotted in Mumbai. "The viral images and videos have been wrongly attributed as being from Mumbai," an official said.

NIA team in Bhopal to look into train blast case in MP

NIA team in Bhopal to look into train blast case in MP

Rediff.com8 Mar 2017

NIA officials will interact with Madhya Pradesh police personnel and verify leads available with them to ascertain whether the explosion was a terror attack.

IS module made failed bid to target PM's Lucknow Dussehra rally: NIA

IS module made failed bid to target PM's Lucknow Dussehra rally: NIA

Rediff.com30 Mar 2017

According to the reports of interrogation of Mohammed Danish and Atif Muzzafar accessed on Thursday, the duo, along with other friends owing allegiance to the banned Islamic State, had planned to plant a bomb at Ramleela ground in Lucknow where the prime minister was scheduled to address a rally on October 17 last.

Professor's murder: 3 more ABVP activists held

Professor's murder: 3 more ABVP activists held

Rediff.com20 Sep 2006

Three more Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad activists were arrested on Wednesday for alleged involvement in professor H S Sabharwal's murder, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.

Google launches free public Wi-Fi service at five railway stations

Google launches free public Wi-Fi service at five railway stations

Rediff.com9 May 2016

With these launches, the service is now live and available to users at 15 stations across the country.

Muslim village targeted in Madhya Pradesh

Muslim village targeted in Madhya Pradesh

Rediff.com11 Jan 2021

'These villages have never seen a communal dispute, let alone communal violence.' 'Are attempts to create a communal divide acceptable to the MP administration?'

India overtakes US to record highest number of COVID-19 recoveries

India overtakes US to record highest number of COVID-19 recoveries

Rediff.com19 Sep 2020

The country has reported the highest number of recoveries with 42,08,431 COVID-19 patients having recovered from the disease so far, pushing the national recovery rate to nearly 80 per cent, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.61 per cent, the ministry said.

Amit Shah takes holy dip alongside Dalit sadhus at Kumbh

Amit Shah takes holy dip alongside Dalit sadhus at Kumbh

Rediff.com11 May 2016

The Enforcement Directorate had last week arrested Chhagan Bhujbal's associate and chartered accountant Sunil Naik in connection with the case.

MP govt orders probe after video of cow vigilantes' attack goes viral

MP govt orders probe after video of cow vigilantes' attack goes viral

Rediff.com15 May 2017

Cow vigilantes in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh brutally thrashed a man on the suspicion of him hurting a cow.

Khurana refuses to lead Uma's party

Khurana refuses to lead Uma's party

Rediff.com28 Apr 2006

Khurana has said he has plans to launch a third front.

Indore retains cleanest city tag for 3rd straight year

Indore retains cleanest city tag for 3rd straight year

Rediff.com6 Mar 2019

While the New Delhi Municipal Council area was given the 'Cleanest Small City' award, Uttarakhand's Gauchar was adjudged the 'Best Ganga Town' in the central government survey.

Warrants against Prabhu Chawla, Tavleen Singh

Warrants against Prabhu Chawla, Tavleen Singh

Rediff.com10 Sep 2004

Chief Judicial Magistrate R K Gupta gave the direction while rejecting their plea for exemption from personal appearance.

Farmer protests spread across MP; Centre rushes 1,100 RAF personnel

Farmer protests spread across MP; Centre rushes 1,100 RAF personnel

Rediff.com7 Jun 2017

In view of the volatile situation, the Centre rushed 1,100 personnel of anti-riot Rapid Action Force.

Proud of slain terror suspect's father for not accepting body: Rajnath in Lok Sabha

Proud of slain terror suspect's father for not accepting body: Rajnath in Lok Sabha

Rediff.com10 Mar 2017

Home Minister Rajnath Singh also said that the National Investigation Agency would probe the cases, including the Lucknow encounter in which an alleged terrorist linked to a train blast was killed.

Pragya calls Godse patriot; forced to apologise after outrage

Pragya calls Godse patriot; forced to apologise after outrage

Rediff.com16 May 2019

The BJP distanced itself from her statement saying it did not agree with her, as "Mahatma Gandhi's killer cannot be a patriot".

Maharashtra in beginning of second Covid wave: Centre

Maharashtra in beginning of second Covid wave: Centre

Rediff.com16 Mar 2021

Maharashtra is in the beginning of a second COVID-19 wave, a central team report has said, highlighting that there is very limited active effort to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts, and there is no adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour among people in rural and urban areas in the state.

Row over Simhast holy baths

Row over Simhast holy baths

Rediff.com30 Mar 2004

The Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad has reportedly decided not to allow the Agni and Ahavan akharas to take bath along with the other akharas and take out the 'Peshwai'.

Vikas Dubey encounter: What SC guidelines say on handcuffing criminals

Vikas Dubey encounter: What SC guidelines say on handcuffing criminals

Rediff.com10 Jul 2020

The apex court has from time to time issued a slew of directives on the procedure to be followed while handcuffing an undertrial, maintaining that the insurance against escape does not compulsorily require handcuffing.

Area under kharif crops at all-time high of 108 mn ha

Area under kharif crops at all-time high of 108 mn ha

Rediff.com29 Aug 2020

Though agriculture ministry officials are confident of a bumper harvest due to record increase in kharif acreage, experts and farmers said the on-ground situation in some crops is not that encouraging as incessant rains since the last few weeks and pest attack could impact the final yield.

Monsoon surge in August may lead to crop damage

Monsoon surge in August may lead to crop damage

Rediff.com22 Aug 2020

Reports said that in Telangana and Karnataka, excessive rains the past 10 days has threatened the standing green gram and maize crops and could negatively impact yields if the skies don't open up. But in the north-west and central parts of India, the resurgence of monsoon could not have come at a better time as oilseeds and pulses crops would otherwise had weathered if the rains didn't revive in August.

Ahmedabad blasts: Nine days remand for prime accused

Ahmedabad blasts: Nine days remand for prime accused

Rediff.com6 May 2013

The prime accused responsible for the Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case in 2008, Mohammad Shahid Nagori, was remanded to nine days police custody by a local court on Monday.

I understand Hindu religion better than BJP: Rahul

I understand Hindu religion better than BJP: Rahul

Rediff.com30 Oct 2018

'I am not a Hinduwadi leader, but a nationalist leader. I am a leader of every religion, every caste, every language and every class'