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Delhi: Woman journo fights her molestors, manages to capture 1

Delhi: Woman journo fights her molestors, manages to capture 1

Rediff.com13 Dec 2013

Showing courage, a 25-year-old woman journalist, who works with a leading electronic channel, not just fought back two men who molested her but also managed to catch one of them and handed him over to the police.

Kanhaiya's parents rebut Mayawati's 'anti-Dalit' charge

Kanhaiya's parents rebut Mayawati's 'anti-Dalit' charge

Rediff.com15 Apr 2016

Family members of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar have raised objection to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's castiest remarks against him.

Students, migrants take 1st flight home as services resume

Students, migrants take 1st flight home as services resume

Rediff.com25 May 2020

Those who took first flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport included paramilitary personnel, army men, students, and migrants, who failed to book a ticket on the special trains being run by the railways. Many said they shelled out more to reach the airport as there were limited public transport options available.

64% turnout in 4th phase of Lok Sabha polls

64% turnout in 4th phase of Lok Sabha polls

Rediff.com29 Apr 2019

Seventy-one parliamentary constituencies spread across nine states voted in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections.

Ramvilas Paswan admitted to ICU

Ramvilas Paswan admitted to ICU

Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

The Union minister complained of breathlessness.

Kanhaiya on two-day Bihar visit; will meet Nitish, Lalu

Kanhaiya on two-day Bihar visit; will meet Nitish, Lalu

Rediff.com30 Apr 2016

Kanhaiya will meet top non-Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and will visit his native village in Begusarai district to meet his parents.

The real COVID-19 warrior in the village is a woman

The real COVID-19 warrior in the village is a woman

Rediff.com17 Apr 2020

'I set out really early because it gets very hot.' 'The soles of my feet burn by the time I have finished going house to house on foot.'

Man who offered Rs 11 lakh to kill Kanhaiya has Rs 150 in bank

Man who offered Rs 11 lakh to kill Kanhaiya has Rs 150 in bank

Rediff.com7 Mar 2016

The Purvanchal Sena president, Adarsh Sharma, went into hiding soon after a case under the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act was registered against him at the Parliament Street police station.

Bihar flood: Toll rises to 42; have patience, says Nitish

Bihar flood: Toll rises to 42; have patience, says Nitish

Rediff.com2 Oct 2019

'You are talking as if Patna has been the only place which has suffered on account of heavy rain. What happened in Mumbai and America when these places were battered by similar downpour?'

COVID-19: Centre asks these 4 states to pull up socks

COVID-19: Centre asks these 4 states to pull up socks

Rediff.com18 Jul 2020

With these states imposing lockdowns anew, the health ministry emphasised that the restrictions should be utilised to focus on containment, surveillance and testing in the containment and buffer zones as the key strategy for early detection of cases and fatality management.

Bihar flood toll rises to 168, 2 killed in Uttar Pradesh

Bihar flood toll rises to 168, 2 killed in Uttar Pradesh

Rediff.com31 Aug 2016

Swirling waters inundated 12 districts in the state.

Amit Shah rebukes Giriraj for dig at Nitish over iftar

Amit Shah rebukes Giriraj for dig at Nitish over iftar

Rediff.com4 Jun 2019

JD-U leaders came down heavily on the Begusarai MP for his snide remarks.

Union minister manhandled in Nitish Kumar's Bihar

Union minister manhandled in Nitish Kumar's Bihar

Rediff.com11 Apr 2018

The minister was on his way to Motihari to attend PM Modi's rally. He never made it.

Bihar's 1st Muslim woman minister resigns from JD-U, cabinet

Bihar's 1st Muslim woman minister resigns from JD-U, cabinet

Rediff.com4 Feb 2014

Bihar's first Muslim woman minister Perween Amanullah on Tuesday resigned from the chief minister Nitish Kumar cabinet and the party Janata Dal-United, citing dissatisfaction from the present system. She was working as the state's social welfare minister

As dissent grows, BJP asks leaders to 'observe restraint'

As dissent grows, BJP asks leaders to 'observe restraint'

Rediff.com10 Nov 2015

BJP rejected criticism of Modi and Shah by a party MP from Bihar for poll loss.

Rabri orders CBI probe into encounter

Rabri orders CBI probe into encounter

Rediff.com4 Jan 2003

The CBI would also investigate the killing of two persons by the police in Majhaul in Begusarai district on December 23, the Bihar CM said.

JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar set to pen book, 'Bihar to Tihar'

JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar set to pen book, 'Bihar to Tihar'

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

The book, according to Kumar, is likely to be completed by July-August 2016.

COVID-19: 'Better to die before my family than die in Mumbai'

COVID-19: 'Better to die before my family than die in Mumbai'

Rediff.com30 Apr 2020

'We don't want to lead this hellish life. Enough is enough.'

JNU student leader Kanhaiya moves SC for bail

JNU student leader Kanhaiya moves SC for bail

Rediff.com18 Feb 2016

Kumar said in his petition that there was no need for his custodial interrogation as he has already been sent to judicial custody.

Rivers in spate, flood situation grim in Bihar

Rivers in spate, flood situation grim in Bihar

Rediff.com21 Aug 2016

With the rise in level of the Ganga, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed apprehension of further rise in water level by Monday in view of release of water from Bansagar dam as flood-like situation prevailed in the state.

The train that took me home!

The train that took me home!

Rediff.com6 May 2020

'After days of waiting in uncertainty and anguish, I was finally going home.'

Check out the 71 seats going to polls in Phase 4

Check out the 71 seats going to polls in Phase 4

Rediff.com26 Apr 2019

The fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections will go to polls on April 29. The voting will be held for 71 seats spread across 9 states.

Shooting, explosions went on for 45 minutes: Scribe recounts Naxal attack

Shooting, explosions went on for 45 minutes: Scribe recounts Naxal attack

Rediff.com31 Oct 2018

The DD scribe, Dhiraj Kumar said the horrific incident would never fade from his memory.

What Owaisi tells Muslims

What Owaisi tells Muslims

Rediff.com20 Nov 2020

Such is the force of his oratory that many Muslims, even those who don't vote for him, have come to believe that Asaduddin Owaisi is the first and only politician who speaks up for Muslims since Independence, observes Jyoti Punwani

What connects Nehru, Modi, Kanhaiya Kumar?

What connects Nehru, Modi, Kanhaiya Kumar?

Rediff.com8 Jul 2016

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar's poems speak to every Indian, uniting them across political, social, religious and caste divides. They elevate; they inspire; they stir the soul and goose-bump the flesh.

Verdict 2019: How did Modi's ministers fare

Verdict 2019: How did Modi's ministers fare

Rediff.com24 May 2019

As many as 48 ministers of National Democratic Allaince government were in the fray in the general elections.

United Against Hate

United Against Hate

Rediff.com26 Dec 2019

United Against Hate started as an on-and-off campaign against lynching; today, with the passing of the Citizen (Amendment) Act, its members are on the street, protesting.

Ganga to get country's first inland waterway

Ganga to get country's first inland waterway

Rediff.com6 Feb 2018

India, World Bank ink $375 mn deal to help develop country's first waterway

Quake hits at Indo-Myanmar border, tremors felt in several parts of India

Quake hits at Indo-Myanmar border, tremors felt in several parts of India

Rediff.com13 Apr 2016

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar, tremors of which shook the northeast, several parts of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and even Delhi and NCR on Wednesday.

We are proud of Kanhaiya, says kin visiting JNU

We are proud of Kanhaiya, says kin visiting JNU

Rediff.com1 Mar 2016

An uncle and brother of Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is in jail in connection with a sedition case, have said the kind of support students and global intellectuals have shown for him makes them proud of the Bihar boy.

More cities in lockdown as COVID tally nears 8.5L

More cities in lockdown as COVID tally nears 8.5L

Rediff.com12 Jul 2020

This was the third consecutive day that COVID-19 cases in the country have increased by more than 26,000.

Bihar on flood alert post cyclone Phailin

Bihar on flood alert post cyclone Phailin

Rediff.com13 Oct 2013

Bihar government has sounded alert in 28 flood-prone districts following a warning issued by Indian Meteorological Department in the wake of Cyclone Phailin that pounded Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

190 people killed in Bihar floods; Nitish makes aerial survey

190 people killed in Bihar floods; Nitish makes aerial survey

Rediff.com6 Sep 2013

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted aerial survey of 12 inundated districts to take stock of the situation arising out of flood which has claimed 190 lives so far in Bihar.

My govt implements schemes on time: PM Modi

My govt implements schemes on time: PM Modi

Rediff.com14 Oct 2017

Modi deplored "the thinking of many political leaders" that projects like roads were not meant for the poor.

Patna flood: Doctors For You team offers medical care

Patna flood: Doctors For You team offers medical care

Rediff.com5 Oct 2019

Mumbai-based Doctors For You, a nation-wide humanitarian organisation which has provided services in several disasters in the last few years, started an OPD camp on September 30 just outside the Rajendra Nagar overbridge roundabout when practically the entire city was inundated.

How Amrapali's Anil Sharma had a great fall

How Amrapali's Anil Sharma had a great fall

Rediff.com26 Jul 2019

Cut to 2019, and his name evokes grief and anger among more than 40,000 homebuyers who are fighting for the keys to their flats, which they should have rightfully got more than seven years back.

How to be a bigot

How to be a bigot

Rediff.com11 May 2019

'In this season of inspired mean-spirited campaigning, it still seemed remarkable that we are more likely to learn civics lessons from school children than our leaders,' says Rahul Jacob.