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The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...

The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...

Rediff.com25 Jan 2023

If Mr Modi is to be blamed for the post-Godhra riots, he should also be given credit for maintaining peace after the Akshardham and Ahmedabad terror attacks. The BBC will never tell you that, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Foreigners being trained for Jihad in PoK

Foreigners being trained for Jihad in PoK

Rediff.com6 Nov 2010

Hundreds of students, including foreigners are being trained in militant camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to wage 'jihad' against India, but Pakistan denied the report by the BBC as "baseless".

'Foreign militants train for anti-India Jihad'

'Foreign militants train for anti-India Jihad'

Rediff.com4 Nov 2010

Hundreds of university students, including foreigners, are being trained in militant camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to wage 'jihad' against India, BBC Urdu Service has reported.After a lull, several militant outfits have increased their activities in and around Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, and pro-Jihad slogans can be seen on the walls of the city, said the report.

BBC eyes JVs Hindi, Urdu channels in India

BBC eyes JVs Hindi, Urdu channels in India

Rediff.com3 Apr 2006

"We are launching a 24-hour news channel in Arabic next year and we are looking at TV services in Hindi and Urdu. They will be joint ventures," BBC World Service's Business Development Manager Michel Lobelle said.

Pak train hijack: 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed; all hostages freed

Pak train hijack: 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed; all hostages freed

Rediff.com12 Mar 2025

At least 27 terrorists were killed and 155 passengers rescued by the security forces after Baloch militants hijacked a passenger train in a tunnel in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Tuesday, security officials said.

We will attack Malala again, threaten Pak Taliban

We will attack Malala again, threaten Pak Taliban

Rediff.com7 Oct 2013

The Pakistani Taliban on Monday vowed they would again target teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt last year to become a frontrunner for the Nobel Peace prize.

World media abuzz with Kashmiri's death

World media abuzz with Kashmiri's death

Rediff.com4 Jun 2011

There have been uncorroborated rumours since Saturday afternoon, claiming that Ilyas Kashmiri, the head of the 313 Brigade, an affiliate of the Al Qaeda, was killed in a drone strike by the United States in South Waziristan on Friday night.

BBC reporter faces action for 'Queen is dead' tweet

BBC reporter faces action for 'Queen is dead' tweet

Rediff.com4 Jun 2015

Ahmen Khawaja mistakenly sent a 'Queen is dead' tweet on Wednesday.

Six years after Taliban attack, Malala returns to Pak

Six years after Taliban attack, Malala returns to Pak

Rediff.com29 Mar 2018

Malala was dressed in Pakistani salwar kameez and dupatta. She was smiling and looked happy as he was greeted at the airport.

MQM founder and exiled Pak leader Altaf Hussain held in UK

MQM founder and exiled Pak leader Altaf Hussain held in UK

Rediff.com11 Jun 2019

Altaf Hussain has been arrested in relation to the hate speech of 2016 in which he had urged his followers to take the law into their own hands, it said.

Mob stones man to death in Pak for desecrating religious book, 62 held

Mob stones man to death in Pak for desecrating religious book, 62 held

Rediff.com13 Feb 2022

According to eyewitnesses, the police arrived in the village before the incident took place, but the mob seized the victim from the SHO's custody and tied him to a tree, after which he was lynched to death.

Race for new Pak PM: Shehbaz files nomination; PTI to withdraw lawmakers

Race for new Pak PM: Shehbaz files nomination; PTI to withdraw lawmakers

Rediff.com10 Apr 2022

The move came hours after Khan was removed from office through a no-confidence vote held early Sunday morning, becoming the first premier in the country's history to be sent home after losing the trust of the House.

Imran tried to sack Army chief before ouster: Reports

Imran tried to sack Army chief before ouster: Reports

Rediff.com10 Apr 2022

As the people of Pakistan woke up to a new dawn on Sunday, the details of the gruelling and murky political activities in the preceding day and night have emerged, showing the country may have averted a damning showdown between ousted prime minister Imran Khan and the powerful Army.

9 Chinese engineers killed in blast on bus in Pakistan

9 Chinese engineers killed in blast on bus in Pakistan

Rediff.com14 Jul 2021

Nine Chinese engineers were among 13 people killed on Wednesday when a bus carrying construction workers in northwest Pakistan's mountainous region was "attacked", according to officials and eyewitnesses.

Why 'Raees' Mahira Khan is unhappy

Why 'Raees' Mahira Khan is unhappy

Rediff.com18 Jan 2017

'I have a desire to go to Mumbai, but it is not possible and not in my hands.' 'My friends and parents tell me not to think about this, but I have put in lot of effort in this film.'

Shehzad faces axe after spat with fielding coach, journalist

Shehzad faces axe after spat with fielding coach, journalist

Rediff.com18 Feb 2015

Following reports of three senior Pakistan players misbehaving with fielding coach Grant Luden, it is learned that opener Ahmed Shehzad may be sent home from the World Cup.

Won't allow any interference: Taliban after ISI chief's visit

Won't allow any interference: Taliban after ISI chief's visit

Rediff.com6 Sep 2021

The Taliban have confirmed that Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed has met its de facto leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, amidst efforts by the insurgent group to finalise a government in Afghanistan.

Pak Army chief 'supports' peace talks with India

Pak Army chief 'supports' peace talks with India

Rediff.com21 Dec 2017

"We want good ties with all neighbours including India and Afghanistan," he told the Senators.

14 members of Taliban govt in UNSC's terrorism blacklist

14 members of Taliban govt in UNSC's terrorism blacklist

Rediff.com8 Sep 2021

Specially designated global terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani, who carries a reward of $10 million US bounty on his head, is the acting interior minister while his uncle -- Khalil Haqqani -- has been named as acting minister for refugees.

Why risks, costs of China's BRI projects in Pak are soaring

Why risks, costs of China's BRI projects in Pak are soaring

Rediff.com19 Jul 2020

Beijing's political risks are also escalating because of a renewed wave of public anger in many parts of Balochistan against human rights abuses by Pakistani troops deployed to crush the low-intensity insurgency in the province, the report said.

Nobel winner Malala visits Pakistan hometown in Swat Valley

Nobel winner Malala visits Pakistan hometown in Swat Valley

Rediff.com31 Mar 2018

She will be visiting her ancestral home in Makan Bagh in Mingora, her school besides inaugurating a girls school in Shangla district.

EU may slap sanctions on Pak for minister's terror link remark

EU may slap sanctions on Pak for minister's terror link remark

Rediff.com19 May 2016

The EU has asked its representatives in Pakistan to investigate the comments made by Sanaullah questioning 'how can you prosecute a group with whom the state itself has been involved with?'

As India remembers 26/11, jihadist threats multiply

As India remembers 26/11, jihadist threats multiply

Rediff.com26 Nov 2014

Through its early days to the 1980s, Pakistan sought to expand its sphere of Islamic influence through Afghanistan to Central Asia and got Pakistani citizens recruited in the Afghan government institutions in the 1990s when the Taliban were power. Now, it is looking eastward through India to Bangladesh and Myanmar to establish an imaginary caliphate.

Mark Tully: Meeting PMs, dictators, militants

Mark Tully: Meeting PMs, dictators, militants

Rediff.com9 Jan 2019

'Of all the PMs of India, I had the closest relationships with Morarji and Rajiv.' Mark Tully, the most famous foreign correspondent in India, remembers some encounters with prime ministers, dictators and militants.

Saeed Jaffrey: The Great Entertainer

Saeed Jaffrey: The Great Entertainer

Rediff.com22 Nov 2015

'Sent off to interview him in the late 1970s I met him in a cafe in New Delhi's Regal Building called The Parlour. With impromptu send-ups of Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike and the rich, gravelly tones of a well-known All India Radio Hindi newsreader called Devki Nandan Pandey, he soon had the whole restaurant listening in.'

He enriched the world with his magical voice

He enriched the world with his magical voice

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.

'One-and-a-half million Indians served in World War I'

'One-and-a-half million Indians served in World War I'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2015

'Over one million people served in various battlefronts during World War I. And yet, even today, we know so very little about them.' 'It is absolutely essential to acknowledge this part of India's colonial history,' Santanu Das tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com