Having returned from a visit to the flood-hit areas in Uttarakhand, the state's former chief minister B C Khanduri tells Shishir Prashant that Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's visit to the state in the light of restrictions made earlier by the home ministry on VIP movements in the affected areas, was a 'totally childish activity'
There will be an unfamiliar whiff of British success in the air at Wimbledon this year when Andy Murray, and thousands of patriotic fans, will try to stop the party-pooping antics of champions Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
Rediff.com reader Sathyhadeep shares his story of meeting former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
An assistant sub-inspector of Punjab Police was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Jalandhar-Phagwara Highway late on Sunday night.
Twitter user, Shreya Pradip, was travelling from Bengaluru to Ranchi on an Indigo flight with her mother. They were given the XL seats with more leg room because her mother could not walk but during a mid-flight halt in Kolkata the duo realised that those seats belonged to Jayant Sinha and his wife.
More politicians are getting "Z-plus" security and the new entrants include Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Brajesh Pathak months after the list of VIPs in this category was pruned during P Chidambaram's tenure as home minister.
'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.' 'That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.' 'No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will squander a fortune on the unnecessary Central Vista extravaganza,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Beedi tycoon Muhammed Nisham has been convicted for killing a security guard by beating him and ramming his Hummer SUV into him
Indian firm skips midnight ceremony Maldives terms takeover a victory for its people.
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said appropriate action would be taken in case anything is 'found wanting'.
A look at the arrivals.
Slipshod direction and listless story produce a superfluous drama about how a judge turns into a murderer, notes Prasanna D Zore.
Asserting that central government employees may have to work with staggered attendance and variable working hours, the personnel ministry has come out with a draft framework for 'work for home' for the staff post-lockdown. The department of personnel and training may provide options for work from home to the eligible officers/staff for 15 days in a year as a matter of policy, it said.
Titan accounted for 59.6 per cent of his disclosed portfolio at Rs 8,355 crore. This is more than 10 times the next biggest holding, Federal Bank, at Rs 619 crore.
A dog's life in Formula One, if your owner is Lewis Hamilton, means a VIP pass to the races and being pampered by the sport's supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
After five years of stay in the 340-room Presidential mansion, Pratibha Patil on Wednesday moved to a four bedroom bungalow here at a high-security area in the heart of the capital.
More than the revenue component, the movies gain hugely in terms of visibility and reach, reports T E Narasimhan.
A senior TMC MLA said Banerjee told her party leaders during the closed-door meeting that they should shun "VIP culture".
India will issue 3,000 visas to Pakistani fans and an additional 300 visas to VIPs of that country to witness the upcoming Indo-Pak limited over cricket series beginning December 25, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
A powerful grenade suspected to have been thrown by terrorists was on Wednesday found in the compound of the heavily guarded Manipur secretariat, official sources said.
The Indian Air Force on Wednesday said the refusal by its pilot to fly Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi from Kokrajhar to Guwahati in Assam was because of safety reasons and it strongly stands by the decision of its officer.
Despite some manufacturers giving the Expo a miss, there will still be plenty of action.
Each Bhabha Kavach has four hard armour plates, which protect the wearer from the front, back, and either side. It can protect CAPF personnel from 7.62 mm bullets fired from AK-47 rifles -- the chosen weapon of terrorists from Kashmir to Bastar.
'Our priority is how to reduce the waiting time for people for darshan.'
An IPS officer was not recognised by his subordinates when he arrived at the SP office in Kanpur after travelling in a state roadways bus to take charge as the new Kanpur Superintendent of Police-Rural.
A special judge holding trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case, involving Bharatiya Janata Party veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and others, on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking six more months to conclude the trial in the case.
Pilgrims belonging to faiths other than Hinduism will have to submit a declaration form from August 13 before entering the Tirumala shrine near Tirupati stating that they have faith in the presiding deity, Lord Venkateswara
Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly found new love in Alessia Tedeschi, after former girlfriend Irina Shayk dumped him ending their five year relationship.
Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who has a United States bounty of 10 million dollars on his head, has said those enjoying government perks in Pakistan are not only violating the Constitution, but also principles outlined in Islam. Saeed, who founded the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, filed a petition before the Lahore high court challenging the 'VIP culture' for officials enjoying the top-most government posts in the country.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Politicians from Maharashtra, among others, had allegedly enjoyed their stay free of cost at Shirdi Saibaba Trust's guest house during most of the tenure of its chairman and former Congress MLA Jayant Sasane, an RTI query has revealed.
Singh said his priority would be ensuring unbiased policing.
Analysts say that Jio's substantial slowing down in net additions is possibly because the company has dramatically reduced its bundled 4G feature phone offering, which contributed an average 30-40 per cent of its net additions.
News of Ali's death came as a big shock to the cricketing fraternity and it also raised a pertinent question. Can India lap up the the concept of 'First Responders', which is common in Western countries?
A Naxal faction on Thursday condemned the politics of abduction by Maoists to realise their demands, saying it is a "wrong" policy.
It is unfair to abandon national heroes like Lt General Kuldip Singh Brar when they travel aboard on personal visits. The government should step up and provide them with security cover, says Anil Chowdhry
Hafeez Saeed claimed the presidency, prime minister's house, governor's house and chief minister's house in all provinces and ministers' enclaves should be declared a violation of the Islamic principle of social and economic justice
Hours after the work of draping the statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Bahujan Samaj Party's election symbol elephant was completed, the parks in which they were installed in Lucknow have been closed for the public till the assembly polls get over. There are nine such parks including Manyavar Kanshiramj Green Eco Garden at VIP Road, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal, Gomtinagar and Smriti Upvan, Ashiana Kanshiram Smarak, Jail Road.
A huge make-shift stage has been erected on the river bed with the help of pontoons, while a thick blanket of security has been thrown over the city for the VIPs.
The Delhi government is "seriously" mulling a proposal to enforce the odd-even scheme for 15 days every month, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.
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