News for 'Aurangzeb'

With surgical strike, India showed its new anti-terror policy: PM

With surgical strike, India showed its new anti-terror policy: PM

Rediff.com3 Feb 2019

The prime minister said the country would give befitting response to every terrorist.

Bhagalpur incident: NHRC notice to Bihar Police

Bhagalpur incident: NHRC notice to Bihar Police

Rediff.com28 Aug 2007

Television channels aired footage of critically-injured Saleem being tied to a motorcycle and dragged along the road by a policeman.

Naming and renaming streets not on government's agenda: Naidu

Naming and renaming streets not on government's agenda: Naidu

Rediff.com18 May 2016

The government on Wednesday spurned the demands for renaming Akbar Road as Maharana Pratap Road, saying "naming and renaming of streets was not on the agenda".

The multiplex boom sweeps India

The multiplex boom sweeps India

Rediff.com24 Jan 2007

India's multiplex bandwagon has gone beyond the metros to redefine entertainment in B and C class towns. Check it out.

Rajasthan Governor wants 'adhinayaka' removed from anthem

Rajasthan Governor wants 'adhinayaka' removed from anthem

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh stoked a controversy by saying that the word 'adhinayaka' in the national anthem should be replaced with 'mangal' as it praises British rule.

Surgical strike video out, Congress slams BJP for 'politicising' army

Surgical strike video out, Congress slams BJP for 'politicising' army

Rediff.com28 Jun 2018

The video clips showed some terrorists being killed, besides destruction of bunkers and other military constructions.

Kumaraswamy to meet BJP leaders

Kumaraswamy to meet BJP leaders

Rediff.com1 Feb 2006

Do Modi-Shah understand Punjab politics?

Do Modi-Shah understand Punjab politics?

Rediff.com10 Dec 2020

The Sikhs love a good fight, and that's what the Modi government has given them.

Akhilesh dissolves all party units in UP

Akhilesh dissolves all party units in UP

Rediff.com23 Aug 2019

The party, however, has retained state president Naresh Uttam.

Why recording the current period is necessary

Why recording the current period is necessary

Rediff.com30 May 2020

What is a migrant going through today on the walk home? What is it like to be a Muslim and watch the news on television every night in India? Is there a bureaucrat who is noting down the absurdity of what is announced and what is actually happening in her domain? A medical resident who has gone through three weeks of 12-hour shifts while her seniors abstain from coming to the Covid hospital? They may be our everyday experiences, but they are how history will understand what happened to us all in this strange and surreal time, points out Aakar Patel.

No entry to Delhi's VIP zone as row over Ajit Singh's bungalow escalates

No entry to Delhi's VIP zone as row over Ajit Singh's bungalow escalates

Rediff.com23 Sep 2014

Police on Tuesday barricaded several roads in the Lutyens zone and shut down Race Course Road metro station to prevent protesters from reaching 12 Tughlaq Road bungalow for a planned meeting demanding its conversion into a memorial of former prime minister Charan Singh.

NH10, Mardaani, Special 26: The DARK side of Dilli

NH10, Mardaani, Special 26: The DARK side of Dilli

Rediff.com10 Mar 2015

Bollywood is looking at Delhi with a new pair of eyes.

People have come together to bring BJP's 'bure din': Akhilesh

People have come together to bring BJP's 'bure din': Akhilesh

Rediff.com14 Mar 2018

The former UP CM also expressed his gratitude towards Mayawati, who was once his party's bitterest rival in UP.

Rishi Kapoor, dard-e-dil forever

Rishi Kapoor, dard-e-dil forever

Rediff.com2 May 2020

'Rishi Kapoor was a complete original.' 'He dazzled the screen and stayed a livewire off it as well,' remembers Sukanya Verma.

Review: Mubarakan is comedy served in Patiala peg

Review: Mubarakan is comedy served in Patiala peg

Rediff.com28 Jul 2017

Mubarakan proves convincingly that comedies need not always be about slapstick, that there is more to comedy films than vulgar gestures and crass jokes, says Prasanna D Zore.

Sena plays name game with Aurangabad in drought-hit Marathwada

Sena plays name game with Aurangabad in drought-hit Marathwada

Rediff.com1 Sep 2015

In drought-hit Marathwada region, the focus has shifted to renaming the city of Aurangabad, with BJP and Shiv Sena raising a pitch to rename the city as 'Sambhajinagar'.

Bhansali must be given the benefit of doubt

Bhansali must be given the benefit of doubt

Rediff.com23 Nov 2017

'The casting of a popular hero Ranveer as Bhansali's Khilji sends out an erroneous and contradictory missive to the lay public; a message that tends to equate a leading light with a notorious and treacherous player of medieval history,' notes Vivek Gumaste.

Pak polls 'stolen', results 'tainted and dubious': Sharif

Pak polls 'stolen', results 'tainted and dubious': Sharif

Rediff.com27 Jul 2018

Sharif said that Khan's position was much weaker this time than in 2013 when last general elections were held.

Maryam's request to teach inmates in Adiala jail rejected by authorities

Maryam's request to teach inmates in Adiala jail rejected by authorities

Rediff.com22 Jul 2018

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, 68, and his daughter Maryam, 44, are serving jail terms of 10-years and seven years respectively in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, after an accountability court convicted them on July 6 over the family's ownership of four luxury flats in London.

Sharif, daughter to remain in jail until polls as court adjourns hearing

Sharif, daughter to remain in jail until polls as court adjourns hearing

Rediff.com17 Jul 2018

The court also refused to suspend the conviction in the case until the appeals were decided.

Expats driving up Delhi house rents

Expats driving up Delhi house rents

Rediff.com21 Oct 2004

Modi busy with foreign trips, people are being killed in J&K: Shiv Sena

Modi busy with foreign trips, people are being killed in J&K: Shiv Sena

Rediff.com16 Jun 2018

'Internal security of India has become a joke. The country's security is 'Ram-bharose'

PHOTOS: The biggies who flashed inked finger in Phase 6

PHOTOS: The biggies who flashed inked finger in Phase 6

Rediff.com12 May 2019

Polling was held on Sunday for 59 Lok Sabha seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls. Elections are being held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. Take a look at the famous faces who exercised their democratic right.

Owaisi brothers poisoning minds of Muslims: Shiv Sena

Owaisi brothers poisoning minds of Muslims: Shiv Sena

Rediff.com22 Apr 2015

Accusing Owaisi brothers of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen's of "poisoning" the minds of Muslims, Shiv Sena today said the Hyderabad-based outfit would be defeated in the Aurangabad municipal polls the same way it was routed in the recently-held Bandra bypoll.

'I was ready to pay to get work'

'I was ready to pay to get work'

Rediff.com18 Feb 2020

'Now, I am receiving so much love. Producers can rely on me now.'

After Nayantara, Ashok Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi Award

After Nayantara, Ashok Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi Award

Rediff.com7 Oct 2015

Voicing displeasure over the Dadri lynching incident and a string of killings of rationalists, he also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's continued silence on these.

The best books to read in 2016

The best books to read in 2016

Rediff.com1 Jan 2016

From Aurangzeb to Sangh Parivar, the year 2016 offers plenty of hope in historical and modern literature.

Ailing Nawaz Sharif granted bail on medical grounds

Ailing Nawaz Sharif granted bail on medical grounds

Rediff.com25 Oct 2019

According to the short order, Sharif will have to submit two surety bonds worth Rs 10 million each for his release in the case.

The bogey of a Hindu Rashtra

The bogey of a Hindu Rashtra

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

'The idea of a 'Hindu Rashtra' only emerged in the 1920s and 1930s.' 'The context at that time was the clear British attempt at 'divide and rule' between Hindus and Muslims and within Hindus on caste lines,' argues military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

PM's address will change if this BJP MP has her way!

PM's address will change if this BJP MP has her way!

Rediff.com20 Sep 2016

Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Meenkashi Lekhi believes that the existing name, Race Course Road, "does not match with Indian culture".

We want to contest LS polls under Rahul: Manish Tewari

We want to contest LS polls under Rahul: Manish Tewari

Rediff.com14 Jan 2014

Calling Rahul Gandhi the natural leader of Congress, Union Minister Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that partymen want to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections under his leadership.

What should one read?

What should one read?

Rediff.com2 Mar 2018

One way to begin would be to access the material of our own culture, meaning the literature of India, recommends Aakar Patel.

Why an Indian hero's statue was unveiled in Pakistan

Why an Indian hero's statue was unveiled in Pakistan

Rediff.com10 Jul 2019

'In Pakistan there has been no problem about the installation of the statues of these men, unlike the Jinnah portrait or other controversies that seem to be present in India these days quite regularly,' says Aakar Patel.

'Half Girlfriend is not about timepass relationships'

'Half Girlfriend is not about timepass relationships'

Rediff.com18 May 2017

'On her birthday, I decided to meet her and dressed up for it.' 'Then I saw her walking towards me with a boy. I thought it could be her brother.' 'But when she came close, she asked, "Have you met my boyfriend?"' 'That day I realised the value of sad songs in India.' 'That was the first time I was heartbroken.'

Difficult to judge Babur's intention after 500 yrs: SC

Difficult to judge Babur's intention after 500 yrs: SC

Rediff.com29 Aug 2019

SC was requested to judicially scrutinise whether Babur dedicated the disputed structure in Ayodhya to 'Allah'

Not opposing 'Ram Lalla' plea for land title: Nirmohi Akahara

Not opposing 'Ram Lalla' plea for land title: Nirmohi Akahara

Rediff.com27 Aug 2019

'Akahara' apprised a 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, of its stand following a direction whether it opposes the plea of the deity in view of the fact that its right as 'shebait' (devotee) over the property can only stand if the lawsuit of 'Ram Lalla Virajman' is allowed.

Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,100 terror 'suspects', including Masood Azhar's

Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,100 terror 'suspects', including Masood Azhar's

Rediff.com24 Oct 2016

Authorities in Pakistan have frozen bank accounts with more than Rs 400 million of over 5,100 terror suspects, including JeM chief Masood Azhar who is under "protective custody" after the terror attack on the Pathankot air base, officials said.

From neech to Aurangzebi raj: The war of words between BJP and Congress

From neech to Aurangzebi raj: The war of words between BJP and Congress

Rediff.com8 Dec 2017

With the Gujarat going to the polls, name calling has peaked this election season with words like neech and Babar bhakt being flung around.