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Bedi blasts DDCA Sports Committee

Bedi blasts DDCA Sports Committee

Rediff.com31 Dec 2009

Resentment continues to brew at the Delhi and District Cricket Association with former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi on Thursday seeking punishment for the culprits behind Sunday's pitch fiasco and demanding clipping of the wing of DDCA's "monstrous" Sports Committee.

'Autonomous' Prasar Bharati rejects I&B ministry's diktat

'Autonomous' Prasar Bharati rejects I&B ministry's diktat

Rediff.com16 Feb 2018

I&B Ministry, Prasar Bharati are in tussle over ministry's directives, reports Shreya Jai and Arindam Majumder.

How Afghan officials are shielding athletes from trouble at home

How Afghan officials are shielding athletes from trouble at home

Rediff.com22 Aug 2018

Afghanistan officials are trying to shield their athletes from trouble brewing back home as the war-ravaged country chases its first Asian Games gold in Indonesia.

The 10 best places to have chai

The 10 best places to have chai

Rediff.com19 Jul 2016

In the mood for chai?

Fresh trouble in store for Big B

Fresh trouble in store for Big B

Rediff.com23 Oct 2009

Fresh trouble appeared to be brewing for Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan over his decision to 'gift' the farmland he had allegedly acquired in violation of rules in Daulatpur village of Barabanki district, about 40 km from Lucknow, three years ago.

NZC stands behind Moles despite players' revolt

NZC stands behind Moles despite players' revolt

Rediff.com22 Oct 2009

Trouble is brewing in New Zealand cricket with players reportedly revolting against coach Andy Moles but the country's board backing him to remain at the helm.

Indian Winter Olympians divided over uniform issue

Indian Winter Olympians divided over uniform issue

Rediff.com15 Feb 2010

Trouble is brewing in the Indian camp at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver with majority of the contingent denying luger Shiva Keshavan's claim that the team didn't have coordinated uniform for the opening ceremony and rejecting the money raised by the Indian diaspora.

DoT-defence ministry row may hit 3G rollout

DoT-defence ministry row may hit 3G rollout

Rediff.com25 May 2010

Fresh trouble seems to be brewing between the defence ministry and the Department of Telecommunications over spectrum and this could put a question mark on the launch of third generation telephony services in the country by March next year.

'Aung San Suu Kyi isn't a revolutionary'

'Aung San Suu Kyi isn't a revolutionary'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2021

'She has never advocated people taking to the streets and calling for a revolution.' 'I don't know if that will change now.'

Goa government in trouble as 5 MLAs revolt

Goa government in trouble as 5 MLAs revolt

Rediff.com13 Jan 2010

In the 40-member Goa assembly, Kamat government enjoys the support of 26 MLAs-- Congress' 18 MLAs NCP's 3, Maharashtra Gomantak Party's 2, United Goa Democratic Party's one and two independents and if the 12 MLAs withdraw support, the Kamat ministry will be reduced to a minority.

Why modern desis flock to chai cafes

Why modern desis flock to chai cafes

Rediff.com21 Jul 2017

Chaayos, Chai Point target the millennial. Tea retail brands are personalising the brew and the experience; hoping to carve a distinct identity for their labels.

Much Oscar buzz for Mira Nair's Amelia

Much Oscar buzz for Mira Nair's Amelia

Rediff.com21 Aug 2009

The Times expects the film to bag a number of acting nominations.

Sehwag feels players will come out against DDCA

Sehwag feels players will come out against DDCA

Rediff.com18 Aug 2009

After Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma joined sides with him in his battle against Delhi's cricket administrators, star batsman Virender Sehwag declared on Tuesday that more players will follow suit.

ISI chief Pasha snubs Holbrooke, Mullen

ISI chief Pasha snubs Holbrooke, Mullen

Rediff.com8 Apr 2009

Apparently upset with their remarks over alleged link between Inter Services Intelligence, Taliban and Al-Qaeda, the Pakistani spy agency chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha refused to meet visiting US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke and American military commander Admiral Mike Mullen.

CBI team in Bellary to investigate illegal mining

CBI team in Bellary to investigate illegal mining

Rediff.com10 Dec 2009

A CBI team arrived in the mining town on Thursday morning and began inquiries. The CBI inquiry comes after complaints that the Reddy-owned Obalipuram Mining Company was undertaking operations illegally in Bellary.

Tsitsipas Finals win shows young guns ready to rule

Tsitsipas Finals win shows young guns ready to rule

Rediff.com18 Nov 2019

But for the first time, that golden trio will be having an anxious glance over their shoulders. The past week in London has revealed a new fearlessness in the generation of 20 somethings expected to fill the void when they call it a day.

Year after CEO's killing, Graziano upbeat on India

Year after CEO's killing, Graziano upbeat on India

Rediff.com30 Nov 2009

An official spokesperson of Oerlikon Graziano said, "In the domestic market in India, we have good order position, while in Europe and the US, due to the overall recession, things are a little slower. The Graziano management has taken a decision to grow its business in the Indian market."

Hooch tragedy: Another key accused arrested

Hooch tragedy: Another key accused arrested

Rediff.com23 Jul 2009

Another key accused in the hooch tragedy, Rakesh Giri, who allegedly supplied methanol used in preparation of the spurious brew that killed over 130 people, was arrested on Thursday, police said. "Rakesh, who was absconding, has been arrested from Vadodara," said a police officer investigating the hooch tragedy. He, however, declined to divulge other details, saying the matter was under investigation.

Advani calls BJP MPs' meet over women's quota

Advani calls BJP MPs' meet over women's quota

Rediff.com11 Mar 2010

Trouble is brewing for the Women's Reservation Bill with a section of the Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Parliament in Lok Sabha expressing their opposition to the measure and threatening to vote against it and the party decided to crack on the dissenters by issuing a whip to them to back it on Thursday.

Fresh trouble for Zardari, ally asks him to resign

Fresh trouble for Zardari, ally asks him to resign

Rediff.com2 Nov 2009

A political storm appeared to be brewing in Pakistan on Monday with Asif Ali Zardari's ally Muttahida Qaumi Movement asking him to quit over a controversial law that allowed the President to return home in 2007 by scrapping graft cases and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Nawaz Sharif threatening to challenge the legislation in court.

JK: Employees on strike, seeking revised pay

JK: Employees on strike, seeking revised pay

Rediff.com17 Feb 2009

A confrontation is brewing up between the Jammu and Kashmir government and its over four lakh employees over the implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations.

Cyclone heads towards Andhra, 9 districts on alert

Cyclone heads towards Andhra, 9 districts on alert

Rediff.com17 May 2010

An alert has been sounded along the 1000-km long coast of Andhra Pradesh as the Indian Meteorological Department has warned of a cyclonic storm brewing in south-east Bay of Bengal. An IMD bulletin has said the low pressure area in south-east Bay of Bengal had concentrated into a depression and was likely to further intensify into a cyclonic storm.Presently, the system was lying centred over 930 kms east-south east of Chennai and was moving in a north-westerly direction.

Drunk socialite 'strips' on Kingfisher flight

Drunk socialite 'strips' on Kingfisher flight

Rediff.com15 Sep 2009

A drunk British socialite reportedly stripped to her knickers and cavorted with a male passenger in full view of fellow travellers on a Kingfisher Airlines flight from Bangalore to Heathrow.

POTA, Ah'bad blasts accused on hunger strike

POTA, Ah'bad blasts accused on hunger strike

Rediff.com30 Mar 2009

Trouble is brewing in Sabarmati jail in Gujarat, where over 70 per cent of the inmates have gone on a hunger strike, to protest the alleged atrocities by the jail authorities.A public interest litigation, filed by the Jan Sangharsh Manch at the Gujarat high court, has sought the removal of Jail Superintendent V Chandrashekhar.The PIL, filed on behalf of several prisoners, alleges that Chandrashekhar committed several atrocities.

Anupam and Kirron Kher battle it out at the box office!

Anupam and Kirron Kher battle it out at the box office!

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

Their films Daawat-e-Ishq and Khoobsurat both release this Friday.

JD-U divided over Women's Bill, admits Nitish

JD-U divided over Women's Bill, admits Nitish

Rediff.com10 Mar 2010

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday admitted that sharp differences prevailed in the Janata Dal - United over the Women's Reservation Bill, but ruled out reports of a crisis brewing within the party."I admit there have been honest differences of opinion in the party over the support to the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, but it should not be taken as a crisis or split facing the party," said Kumar.

Singur renews its date with land protests

Singur renews its date with land protests

Rediff.com16 Nov 2009

This time over BHEL's power project proposal.

Pak dismisses reports of Zardari delaying return

Pak dismisses reports of Zardari delaying return

Rediff.com11 Mar 2009

Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar contradicted media reports about Zardari going to Dubai from Tehran, where he is participating in a summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation, instead of returning to Islamabad. "The reports of his staying in Dubai and postponing his return to Islamabad are absolutely false, mischievous and seem deliberately designed to cause confusion," Babar said in a statement.

Hooch tragedy 'gulps' 107 lives in dry state

Hooch tragedy 'gulps' 107 lives in dry state

Rediff.com10 Jul 2009

More than 150 people are still under treatment in various hospital of the city, police said, adding that more people have been admitted to the hospitals overnight.

Sulking Congress MLAs in Karnataka continue to mount pressure

Sulking Congress MLAs in Karnataka continue to mount pressure

Rediff.com15 Jun 2018

They are also likely to demand a second round of cabinet expansion soon.

Wal-Mart faces ire over Ranbaxy drugs

Wal-Mart faces ire over Ranbaxy drugs

Rediff.com26 Jun 2009

WakeupWalmart.com, an anti-Wal-Mart website which belongs to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, came out with a report two days ago titled, 'Wal-Mart's vaunted $4 prescriptions supplied by disgraced Indian manufacturer.' UFCW claims to have a membership of over 1.3 million workers in the US and Canada. WakeupWalmart.com mainly campaigns for the rights of Wal-Mart employees and consumer interests.

Images: A desi take on Valentine's Day!

Images: A desi take on Valentine's Day!

Rediff.com12 Feb 2010

Our resident cartoonist Uttam Ghosh gives us his take on a slightly more Indianised Valentine's Day. Check it out!

Give cash rather than credit: Rahul Gandhi to Centre

Give cash rather than credit: Rahul Gandhi to Centre

Rediff.com16 May 2020

The Congress leader said a 'storm' was brewing on the economic front that will cause damage and hurt many.

Satyam fraud: Maytas in for more trouble

Satyam fraud: Maytas in for more trouble

Rediff.com8 Jun 2009

More trouble is brewing for Maytas Properties Ltd, the unlisted company promoted by the family of Satyam Computer Services Ltd founder B Ramalinga Raju.

Row over Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy

Row over Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy

Rediff.com2 Sep 2008

While Hurricane Gustav on the country's Gulf Coast was the initial distraction that led to a truncated first day of the Republican National Convention, another storm was brewing over the disclosure that presidential candidate John McCain's running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant.

Azad writes to Modi, asks why govt has failed to rein in those who polarise

Azad writes to Modi, asks why govt has failed to rein in those who "polarise"

Rediff.com20 Mar 2016

Congress on Sunday expressed surprise over the Modi government's "inability" to rein in affiliates of Sangh Parivar "brewing communal hatred and mistrust" for electoral gains.

UK socialite acquitted in Kingfisher flight row

UK socialite acquitted in Kingfisher flight row

Rediff.com17 Sep 2009

A British socialite who was accused of indulging in obscene acts while being drunk during a Bangalore-London Kingfisher flight on March 2006, has been acquitted.

Urgently needed: National coronavirus crisis council

Urgently needed: National coronavirus crisis council

Rediff.com28 Mar 2020

'The prime minister's announcement of a nation-wide shutdown was eloquent, but should have been more clearly phrased to avoid police overreach.' 'Migrant labour should have been allowed adequate notice and transport options to get home,' notes Rahul Jacob.

UB, Heineken toast a tie-up

UB, Heineken toast a tie-up

Rediff.com8 Dec 2009

Ending an almost two-year-long dispute over partnership with the Vijay-Mallya owned United Breweries Ltd, Heineken NV, the world's third-largest brewery firm, on Monday agreed to permit UBL to brew and market the Heineken brand in India.

May exports jump 35%, but future appears bleak

May exports jump 35%, but future appears bleak

Rediff.com1 Jul 2010

Of the $176.50 billion exports last fiscal, Europe accounted for 23 per cent.