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Hrithik, Varun, Alia reveal their favourite Ki and Ka

Hrithik, Varun, Alia reveal their favourite Ki and Ka

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

Govt willing to walk extra mile accommodate oppn: Naidu

Govt willing to walk extra mile accommodate oppn: Naidu

Rediff.com5 Aug 2015

"Sushma Swaraj is a great asset to the nation. There is a no allegation at all. Still they want her to resign," he said.

Does Rahul Gandhi want to partition India? Amit Shah blogs on JNU row

Does Rahul Gandhi want to partition India? Amit Shah blogs on JNU row

Rediff.com15 Feb 2016

The BJP president demanded that Rahul apologise for his stand on the JNU issue, saying support to anti-national forces in the name of the Left's progressive ideology is not acceptable.

Now, ink attack on J-K MLA Engineer Rashid for beef party

Now, ink attack on J-K MLA Engineer Rashid for beef party

Rediff.com19 Oct 2015

Rashid was at the Press Club in Delhi on Monday afternoon, when three men set upon him and threw black ink on him.

Definition of Sedition law 'very wide', under review: Rijiju

Definition of Sedition law 'very wide', under review: Rijiju

Rediff.com16 Mar 2016

Home Minister Rajnath Singh agreed for an all-party meeting to discuss the issue after the law commission submits its report on the law which has come under focus in the wake of the Jawaharlal Nehru University controversy.

NIA chargesheet: How Masood Azhar orchestrated Pathankot attack

NIA chargesheet: How Masood Azhar orchestrated Pathankot attack

Rediff.com19 Dec 2016

The National Investigation Agency on Monday filed a chargesheet in the Pathankot airbase terror attack, naming Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and three others of his organisation as accused.

JNU row: HC reserves verdict on Kanahiya's bail plea for Mar 2

JNU row: HC reserves verdict on Kanahiya's bail plea for Mar 2

Rediff.com29 Feb 2016

Justice Pratibha Rani, before whom the Delhi police claimed that they have witnesses who have identified Kanhaiya and others raising anti-India slogans, will pronounce the order on March 2.

Why Yakub Memon is being hanged

Why Yakub Memon is being hanged

Rediff.com21 Jul 2015

'I got to know the men accused of the blasts regularly meeting them in court and jail. Some of them, like Dutt, are back in jail. Others, like Mohammed Jindran, a quiet and well spoken middle class man, were killed. And now of course Yakub is ready to be hanged. The first in the case to do so,' says Aakar Patel.

Seculars using cow slaughter as protein for politics: RSS

Seculars using cow slaughter as protein for politics: RSS

Rediff.com21 Oct 2015

The Hindu right-wing body in its mouthpiece taunts "liberals" protesting the Dadri lynching incident, asking what exactly is their idea of India.

Sharif defiant amid calls for ouster, says crisis shall pass

Sharif defiant amid calls for ouster, says crisis shall pass

Rediff.com27 Aug 2014

Facing his toughest test since becoming Pakistan's prime minister, a defiant Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday brushed aside the demand of protesters asking him to quit saying the country has survived "difficult times" and the current political crisis too shall pass.

Cong, BJP slam Delhi CM Kejriwal's dharna, call it anarchic, drama

Cong, BJP slam Delhi CM Kejriwal's dharna, call it anarchic, drama

Rediff.com20 Jan 2014

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came under fierce criticism in Monday for leading a dharna with outside supporter Congress saying a government cannot be run from the streets and opposition BJP calling the protest "anarchic and a gimmick".

Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur Jail

Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur Jail

Rediff.com30 Jul 2015

Yakub Memon, who was convicted for helping finance the serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993 in which 257 people were killed, was hanged at the Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday morning shortly before 7am.

If only Uddhav had held his tongue, and Saamna its acerbity

If only Uddhav had held his tongue, and Saamna its acerbity

Rediff.com29 Oct 2014

It is some consolation that the BJP top brass which had kept the Sena on the ice has now said that it would be happy to have the former partner in the government. What it did not say openly is that it would be on the BJP's terms, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.

'Does Islam teach you to hurt your parents?'

'Does Islam teach you to hurt your parents?'

Rediff.com11 Jan 2016

'The path you were planning to choose was wrong. The safest place in this world is India. Why do you want to waste your life?' How the Mumbai Anti Terror Squad is trying to rehabilitate a young man who may have wanted to join ISIS.

'Kashmiri youth have become the face of violence'

'Kashmiri youth have become the face of violence'

Rediff.com11 Apr 2017

'This generation has seen no communication.' 'You have not given them any stake.' 'They don't have a feeling of belonging.' 'They have only seen a man in uniform with a gun.' 'That is why it is taking a more vicious form today -- the attacks on the security forces and the retaliation is causing heavy loss of lives.'

'The Centre is trying to silence JNU'

'The Centre is trying to silence JNU'

Rediff.com16 Feb 2016

'If they succeed in silencing this great university, it will be a tragic day for the nation.'

Massive turnout in J&K: 70 pc voting recorded

Massive turnout in J&K: 70 pc voting recorded

Rediff.com25 Nov 2014

Ignoring the boycott call by separatist groups and braving cold weather, nearly 70 per cent polling was on Tuesday, in most of the 15 constituencies going to polls in first of the five-phased polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

'Kashmiris are going nowhere'

'Kashmiris are going nowhere'

Rediff.com21 Jun 2017

'Their redemption is here. Definitely not in Pakistan.' 'They know if they step 20 steps on the other side of the Line of Control they will never return.' 'They will be ill treated.'

J&K polls: 7 ministers, 8 ex-ministers in fray for 1st phase

J&K polls: 7 ministers, 8 ex-ministers in fray for 1st phase

Rediff.com11 Nov 2014

A total of 123 candidates, including seven ministers of Congress-National Conference coalition, eight former ministers and legislators are in fray for the Jammu and Kashmir's first phase of elections scheduled later this month.

Why Gorakhpur loves Adityanath

Why Gorakhpur loves Adityanath

Rediff.com15 Apr 2017

Almost everyone in Gorakhpur has a story about an Adityanath intervention that helped push through a piece of work that would've been otherwise impossible.

Mr and Mrs Patel wanted to be President...

Mr and Mrs Patel wanted to be President...

Rediff.com14 Jul 2017

This is the first time that a Muslim lady has filed a nomination in a Presidential election.

Has CM Mufti emboldened separatists in J&K?

Has CM Mufti emboldened separatists in J&K?

Rediff.com3 Mar 2015

Not everyone in Jammu and Kashmir is optimistic about the alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party and Bhartaiya Janata Party. Upasna Pandey/Rediff.com spoke to Kashmiri pandit organisations to find out how they view the new coalition politics in the valley.

How Sangh plans to 'decolonise' education

How Sangh plans to 'decolonise' education

Rediff.com19 Apr 2017

The RSS realises that with a majority BJP government at the Centre and in several states, now was the best time to undermine and perhaps outdo the Congress-Left 'stranglehold' over campuses and young minds.

Child labour: Huge burden on tiny hands

Child labour: Huge burden on tiny hands

Rediff.com21 Oct 2014

Just days after Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaigns against child labour, photographs captured barefoot children clearing waste from the Yamuna. We take a look at the progress or lack of it on the issue of child rights.

Scotland, UAE book 2015 Cricket World Cup berth

Scotland, UAE book 2015 Cricket World Cup berth

Rediff.com30 Jan 2014

Scotland and the United Arab Emirates secured the final two positions in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 after victories on the last day of the Super Six stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier New Zealand 2014 (CWCQ), in Christchurch, on Thursday.

Will Maharashtra see the end of the coalition era?

Will Maharashtra see the end of the coalition era?

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

The vituperative campaign against the BJP by the Shiv Sena does not make for an easy post-poll tie-up should either of the two be forced to come together to cobble the numbers. Either must get a clear 145 seats to avoid a forced remarriage to the same political spouse. Any one going with Congress or the NCP only means the platter serves up a goulash, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.

After Lahore, what can Kashmir expect?

After Lahore, what can Kashmir expect?

Rediff.com29 Dec 2015

Kashmiris hope that India and Pakistan can find a lasting solution to what many call the Kashmir 'problem'.

'UPA government let down the people of J&K'

'UPA government let down the people of J&K'

Rediff.com4 Jan 2017

'I felt like a used and discarded rag.' 'The pro-dialogue constituency has shrunk in the valley.' Academician and author Dr Radha Kumar was among the three interlocutors which the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government appointed on Kashmir in October 2010, speaks of how the panel report was never acted upon.

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.

'My name is Umar Khalid, but I'm not a terrorist'

'My name is Umar Khalid, but I'm not a terrorist'

Rediff.com22 Feb 2016

In dramatic scenes, Umar Khalid, the Jawaharlal Nehru University student who had been untraceable after being accused of sedition, returned to the campus late on Sunday evening. Khalid turned up at JNU's administration block, where hundreds of students began to gather, and gave a rousing speech just shy of 14 minutes, insisting that he would stand his ground and asked that all students unite against the attacks on our country. This is what he had to say.

Legal aid in terror cases is shortcut populism: Rights group

Legal aid in terror cases is shortcut populism: Rights group

Rediff.com21 Aug 2013

Repealing the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and passing an anti-torture bill consonant with the Convention against Torture would have a more durable impact on malicious prosecutions than providing 'legal aid' or setting up special courts, according to rights groups, says Vicky Nanjappa

No post-poll alliance with BJP, Omar Abdullah asserts

No post-poll alliance with BJP, Omar Abdullah asserts

Rediff.com22 Dec 2014

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday ruled out post-poll alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party given its stand on issues like Article 370, Uniform Civil Code and Babri Masjid as also with any other party.

Copybook President Mukherjee completes an eventful year

Copybook President Mukherjee completes an eventful year

Rediff.com25 Jul 2013

An active politician for over four decades, Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday completed one year in office as a copybook President, a period that was marked by proactive steps within and outside Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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