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MS Dhoni: Their 'very own Ranchi boy' and much more

MS Dhoni: Their 'very own Ranchi boy' and much more

Rediff.com6 Mar 2019

The film 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story', which is played often on TV, is a guilty pleasure for Dhoni fans.

Rs 1.48 cr cash seized from Dinakaran's partyman in TN

Rs 1.48 cr cash seized from Dinakaran's partyman in TN

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

The cash was neatly packed in 94 packets and envelops on which the ward number, number of voters and the amount of Rs 300 per voter was written.

'Nivar' now a very severe cyclonic storm

'Nivar' now a very severe cyclonic storm

Rediff.com25 Nov 2020

Meanwhile, water will be released from Chembarambakkam lake, one of the key drinking water sources to Chennai, since it was nearing capacity, the government said.

Rajiv Gandhi killers excel in Class XII exams

Rajiv Gandhi killers excel in Class XII exams

Rediff.com22 May 2012

Perarivalan and Murugan, facing the gallows in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and lodged at the high-security prison in Vellore, have cleared the Class XII state board exams with flying colours, scoring a little over 91 per cent and 81 per cent respectively.

Ahead of polls, TN grants 10.5% quota for Vanniyars

Ahead of polls, TN grants 10.5% quota for Vanniyars

Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday passed a bill providing internal reservation of 10.5 per cent for Vanniyars, a most backward community in government jobs and in admission to educational institutions.

Cancer patient, who had appealed for euthanasia, dies

Cancer patient, who had appealed for euthanasia, dies

Rediff.com17 Jan 2012

Blood cancer patient Alka Tiwari, who had grabbed headlines after appealing to a court in Kanpur to either ask the government to bear her medical expenses or allow euthanasia, has died. Alka, 21, who had been suffering from aplastic anaemia blood cancer since 2002, died at the Christian Medical College Vellore on Monday, her brother Brijesh Tiwari said on Tuesday. Moved by the slum dweller's plight, several local residents, politicians and social organisations came forward.

Campus recruitment: IT cos to go slow

Campus recruitment: IT cos to go slow

Rediff.com15 Oct 2012

Educational institutes feel the pain as hiring roughly 50% of usual this year.

Sahara says all set to deposit Rs 12,000 crore by Dec 2018

Sahara says all set to deposit Rs 12,000 crore by Dec 2018

Rediff.com21 Oct 2016

The court allowed the group to re-auction certain properties in Ajmer, Firozabad, Vellore, Tiruchirappalli and Ujjain for which the bidding was at a much higher price

Vaccine makers give India shot in the arm

Vaccine makers give India shot in the arm

Rediff.com28 Mar 2012

It is estimated the current Indian vaccine market is around $900 million, with a potential to touch $4.6 billion by 2017.

Chennai rains: Over 600 people rescued, 2 foreigners flown to Delhi

Chennai rains: Over 600 people rescued, 2 foreigners flown to Delhi

Rediff.com4 Dec 2015

Over 600 people including more than 130 university students and an old French couple were taken to safety on Friday by a coordinated team of defence and NDRF personnel.

Hundreds bid emotional farewell to Siachen bravehearts

Hundreds bid emotional farewell to Siachen bravehearts

Rediff.com16 Feb 2016

The atmosphere at the funeral was highly emotional with friends, relatives and locals bidding tearful farewell.

'We should get our hospitals ready for the second wave'

'We should get our hospitals ready for the second wave'

Rediff.com14 May 2020

'Strengthen hospital capacity, look after patients who need care, primarily ICU care...' 'Train doctors, get PPE, get ventilators, have treatment protocols in place.'

Chennai train crash: 9 killed, 72 hurt; rail traffic hit

Chennai train crash: 9 killed, 72 hurt; rail traffic hit

Rediff.com14 Sep 2011

Nine persons were killed and 72 others injured when a speeding passenger train rammed into a stationary train here, leading to derailment of five coaches.

Rajiv killers spared noose for 8 weeks

Rajiv killers spared noose for 8 weeks

Rediff.com30 Aug 2011

Granting the interim stay, a bench comprising justices C Nagappan and M Sathayanarayanan observed there had been a delay of over 11 years in the disposal of the mercy petitions filed by the convicts to the President seeking clemency.

Madras HC stays hanging of Rajiv Gandhi's killers

Madras HC stays hanging of Rajiv Gandhi's killers

Rediff.com30 Aug 2011

The three -- Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan-- lodged in Vellore Jail, were scheduled to be hanged on September 9.

Chennai train crash: 9 killed, human error suspected

Chennai train crash: 9 killed, human error suspected

Rediff.com14 Sep 2011

Human error may have led to the train accident on Tuesday night in which 9 persons were killed with Railway authorities on Wednesday saying the driver of the EMU train that rammed into the rear of a stationary passenger train jumped a few signals and ignored speed restrictions.

Chennai train crash: Railway orders inquiry

Chennai train crash: Railway orders inquiry

Rediff.com14 Sep 2011

Railways on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the train accident at Sitheri in Tamil Nadu, which has left ten persons dead.

Giving child cancer patients a fighting chance

Giving child cancer patients a fighting chance

Rediff.com3 Feb 2020

St Jude India ChildCare Centres is a unique organisation which runs residential homes for families of children who need to undergo long-term cancer treatment. Its 37 centres close to India's premier cancer hospitals give children a fighting chance against the disease.

What to do after BTech: Start working or study further?

What to do after BTech: Start working or study further?

Rediff.com23 Nov 2011

Whether it is higher education or job search, decide wisely says Dr Brijesh Nair, an Associate Professor at VIT, Vellore. He did his Master's and PhD from Arizona State University, Tempe, US.

Chennai train crash: 'First we thought it was a bomb blast'

Chennai train crash: 'First we thought it was a bomb blast'

Rediff.com14 Sep 2011

This sleepy village in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district woke up to the sound of a big bang caused by collision of two trains here with locals initially mistaking it to a 'bomb blast'.

Without compensation, Kasthuri Munirathinam to return on Saturday

Without compensation, Kasthuri Munirathinam to return on Saturday

Rediff.com6 Nov 2015

The Tamil Nadu woman, whose hand was chopped off allegedly by her employer, returns from Saudi Arabia with her meagre salary.

92. 148. Why these figures are important

92. 148. Why these figures are important

Rediff.com7 Aug 2017

One police officer's initiative has led to reuniting 92 people with their families.

DMK names Kanimozhi, Maran, Raja among LS candidates

DMK names Kanimozhi, Maran, Raja among LS candidates

Rediff.com17 Mar 2019

Stalin's sister and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi will for the first time try her luck in the Lok Sabha.

SC to hear Binayak Sen's bail plea on March 11

SC to hear Binayak Sen's bail plea on March 11

Rediff.com5 Mar 2011

The Supreme Court will hear on March 11 the bail plea of civil rights activist Binayak Sen, sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition and links with Naxalites. Sixty-one-year-old Sen has challenged the order of the Chhattisgarh high court, which had rejected his bail plea on February 10.

'We underestimated the virus'

'We underestimated the virus'

Rediff.com18 May 2021

'By the time actual action began, it was already too late.' 'The virus was raging.'

Archbishop of Canterbury in India on Saturday

Archbishop of Canterbury in India on Saturday

Rediff.com8 Oct 2010

He will travel to Kolkata, Ranchi, Nagpur, New Delhi, Chennai, Vellore, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram during the visit at the invitation of the Communion of Churches in India, a statement by the British High Commission said in Kolkata on Friday.

Rajiv case: SC defers Centre's plea against release of convicts

Rajiv case: SC defers Centre's plea against release of convicts

Rediff.com6 Mar 2014

The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred until March 26 the hearing on the Centre's plea against the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release seven prisoners convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Why are COVID-19 cases increasing?

Why are COVID-19 cases increasing?

Rediff.com26 Mar 2021

'We really need to look seriously to see if there are any local variants.'

Received Both Doses? Be Careful Please

Received Both Doses? Be Careful Please

Rediff.com23 Jul 2021

'You will still want to take all the necessary precautions, which is the right thing to do.'

SC stays release of 4 more Rajiv killers by TN

SC stays release of 4 more Rajiv killers by TN

Rediff.com27 Feb 2014

After staying release of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Tamil Nadu government from letting out four more convicts in the case.

TN water woes: AIADMK performs 'havan', DMK stages protest

TN water woes: AIADMK performs 'havan', DMK stages protest

Rediff.com22 Jun 2019

Protests were held across Tamil Nadu with raising of slogans-- "Vendum Vendum Kudineer Vendum" (we want water) and "Edappadi Arasai Kandikirom" (we condemn chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy's government).

Missing child united with parents

Missing child united with parents

Rediff.com9 Sep 2010

Seven-year-old Mohammed Fazlu's life abruptly went off the rails when he stumbled into a train compartment in search of his missing ball. Abhishek Mande follows the trail.

TN appoints panel to probe Nalini's charges

TN appoints panel to probe Nalini's charges

Rediff.com13 May 2010

The Tamil Nadu Government has appointed a committee headed by a top prison official to look into the allegations by Nalini, serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, that her life was under threat in jail.

DMK crosses 100 in TN assembly, but govt is safe

DMK crosses 100 in TN assembly, but govt is safe

Rediff.com24 May 2019

Putting up a spirited performance in the assembly by-polls despite its Lok Sabha debacle, the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu has won nine of the 22 segments where elections were held in two phases in April and May.

'Nalini snatched the cell and threw into toilet'

'Nalini snatched the cell and threw into toilet'

Rediff.com21 Apr 2010

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday said the call records of mobile phone recovered from Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, lodged in high security Vellore prison, would be well-analyzed before arriving at a conclusion.

Cell phone found in Nalini's prison cell

Cell phone found in Nalini's prison cell

Rediff.com20 Apr 2010

Jail authorities at the high security Vellore prison on Tuesday said they have recovered a cell phone from Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, during a 'routine check.'

Upset Nalini to move HC against TN govt order

Upset Nalini to move HC against TN govt order

Rediff.com31 Mar 2010

Though Nalini's mother and brother were staying in the area for over a decade, there was no law and order problem, he said, adding that Nalini felt that it was wrong on the part of the government to "totally rely" on the inspector's report to reject her request.

Now, a temple to honour atheist Karunanidhi

Now, a temple to honour atheist Karunanidhi

Rediff.com2 Jul 2010

"The temple is almost in the finishing stages in 5 cents of land I own at Samireddipalli near Gudiyatham (Vellore district) at a cost of about Rs 2 lakh", District panchayat Councellor G R Krishnamoorthy, the man behind it, said.

India-US coalition begin clinical trials for coronavirus

India-US coalition begin clinical trials for coronavirus

Rediff.com17 Mar 2020

The trial began at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle as the first participant received the investigational vaccine.

Money, old and new, comes tumbling out as raids continue

Money, old and new, comes tumbling out as raids continue

Rediff.com14 Dec 2016

Raids are being carried out across the country by the Income Tax department in the wake of the burgeoning fake currency racket post demonetisation, as currencies both new and old have been seized in large amounts from Bengaluru, Panjim and Faridabad besides the national capital.