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11 BEAUTIFUL STORIES From Around The World

11 BEAUTIFUL STORIES From Around The World

Rediff.com19 Oct 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival.

Demand for probe in Loya death case bid to target 'one man': Maha to SC

Demand for probe in Loya death case bid to target 'one man': Maha to SC

Rediff.com16 Mar 2018

It said the idea behind these petitions was to keep the 'pot boiling' against this individual and urged the apex court not to order an investigation which will create doubts about judges and the judiciary.

HC gives CBI 2 weeks to file FIR in Adarsh scam

HC gives CBI 2 weeks to file FIR in Adarsh scam

Rediff.com18 Jan 2011

Pulling up the Central Bureau of Investigation for the tardy pace of its probe in the Adarsh Society scam, the Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the investigating agency to expeditiously conclude the investigation and take a final decision on registration of a First Information Report within two weeks.

Cross-border deals under tax lens: FinMin

Cross-border deals under tax lens: FinMin

Rediff.com13 Sep 2010

Tax officials are scrutinising other cross-border mergers like the Vodafone-Hutchison deal for possible tax evasion after the Bombay High Court rejected a petition against imposition of tax on the deal, a key Finance Ministry official said.

What made Ajit Wadekar so special

What made Ajit Wadekar so special

Rediff.com17 Aug 2018

Thank you for the memories, Mr Wadekar! Indian cricket is forever indebted to you.

Mumbai Police encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma acquitted

Mumbai Police encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma acquitted

Rediff.com5 Jul 2013

However, another senior cop and accused Pradeep Suryawanshi who was leading the encounter team was convicted for murder of Ram Narayan Gupta, a suspected aide of gangster Chhota Rajan. Twenty others, including 13 policemen, were also convicted for various charges

HC turns into fortress for Kasab's hearing

HC turns into fortress for Kasab's hearing

Rediff.com17 Oct 2010

A thick security blanket has been thrown in and around the Bombay High Court which will hear from the arguments on confirmation of death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his role in the 26/11 attacks.

CBI to name ex-army men, politicians in Adarsh FIR

CBI to name ex-army men, politicians in Adarsh FIR

Rediff.com20 Jan 2011

After receiving flak from the Bombay high court for tardy probe into the Adarsh Society case, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said it was all set to register a first information report next week which will name some retired army officials and a few politicians.

Don't reduce court to 'fish market' after angry exchanges in Loya cases: SC

Don't reduce court to 'fish market' after angry exchanges in Loya cases: SC

Rediff.com5 Feb 2018

As the hearing in the cases heated up again, the apex court took umbrage at the verbal duel between two senior lawyers Dushayan Dave and Pallav Shishodia, calling it 'unacceptable'.

Inquiry commission to probe Adarsh scam

Inquiry commission to probe Adarsh scam

Rediff.com21 Dec 2010

The state government told the Bombay High Court that it will set up a commission of inquiry to probe the Adarsh Society Housing scam in Mumbai.

New parole norms leave Maharashtra govt trapped

New parole norms leave Maharashtra govt trapped

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

A week after formulating stringent guidelines for granting parole to the convicts, Maharashtra government appears to be in a dilemma with reports of some convicts at Yerwada central prison near Pune threatening to launch a protest.

Are you ostriches? Censor Board gets an earful from HC

Are you ostriches? Censor Board gets an earful from HC

Rediff.com5 Jul 2019

'Nobody has given you (CBFC) the intellectual morality and authority to decide what one wants to watch and see,' the court said.

Judge Loya may have died due to poisoning: NGO to SC

Judge Loya may have died due to poisoning: NGO to SC

Rediff.com9 Mar 2018

'If there was no sign that Loya suffered a heart attack, then what made the judges who were accompanying him believe that he had a heart attack'

SC asks CBI to go ahead with Hari Masjid probe

SC asks CBI to go ahead with Hari Masjid probe

Rediff.com30 Jul 2010

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to go ahead with its investigation into the Hari Masjid firing in Mumbai in which six persons were killed in 1992.A bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and A R Dave upheld the Bombay high court order entrusting CBI with the probe of the incident.The bench dismissed the appeal filed by the Maharashtra government against the 2008 direction of the high court.

Trade MFs on NSE from Monday

Trade MFs on NSE from Monday

Rediff.com25 Nov 2009

Exchange to launch mutual fund trading platform; BSE set to follow.

Pleas on Loya's death serious but don't cast aspersions: SC

Pleas on Loya's death serious but don't cast aspersions: SC

Rediff.com22 Jan 2018

The apex court also asked to see "all documents" in the Loya death case.

Ministers free to hold sports body posts: Govt

Ministers free to hold sports body posts: Govt

Rediff.com22 Jun 2010

The high court had on April 26 asked the Maharashtra government whether any 'conflict of interest' arose if a sitting minister is part of BCCI or of any other sport body.

Missing Mumbai doctor's body found 2 days after rain crisis

Missing Mumbai doctor's body found 2 days after rain crisis

Rediff.com31 Aug 2017

Deepak Amrapurkar, the Bombay Hospital gastroenterologist had slipped into an open manhole while wading through the water-logged streets near Elphinstone Road station.

Tribal kids given substandard food: CBI to HC

Tribal kids given substandard food: CBI to HC

Rediff.com7 Sep 2009

Foodgrains supplied to government -run residential schools in Maharashtra's tribal areas were "infected" and not fit for consumption, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Bombay High Court on Monday. Following the High Court's earlier orders in the case, CBI teams collected samples of foodgrains supplied to `ashram shalas' in the areas on June 18-19.

The Man Who Makes Bollywood Look GOOD

The Man Who Makes Bollywood Look GOOD

Rediff.com7 May 2019

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, Parinda, 1942: A LOve Story, Devdas, Kareeb, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS, Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Kalank... all bear the visual stamp of Binod Pradhan's genius.

Show some leniency, don't hang him: Yakub Memon's wife begs for pardon

Show some leniency, don't hang him: Yakub Memon's wife begs for pardon

Rediff.com26 Jul 2015

Rahin Memon begged that her husband be allowed to serve a life sentence and not be executed as he had willingly surrendered.

Dabholkar case: CBI announces Rs 5 lakh reward for info on accused

Dabholkar case: CBI announces Rs 5 lakh reward for info on accused

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for giving credible information about absconding accused Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.

Why was Malegaon transferred, asks HC

Why was Malegaon transferred, asks HC

Rediff.com16 Nov 2009

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to explain why the investigations of September 2006 Malegaon blast was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

2002-2003 Mumbai blasts case: HC releases Atif Mulla on bail

2002-2003 Mumbai blasts case: HC releases Atif Mulla on bail

Rediff.com10 Aug 2016

A division bench of justices A S Oka and A A Sayed granted bail to Atif Mulla on a surety of Rs 1.50 lakh.

In Digital India, SAAS firms are lapping up young execcutives

In Digital India, SAAS firms are lapping up young execcutives

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

Indian firms selling SAAS products have got a bonanza as companies meet, manage and sell remotely. The top five firms - Zoho, Freshworks HighRadius, Druva, and Icertis - account for 33 per cent of the market share. Chennai, India's SAAS centre, alone generates $1 billion in annual revenue. Yuvraj Malik explains how these companies are planning their next phase of growth.

EPFO to start investing in stock markets from next month

EPFO to start investing in stock markets from next month

Rediff.com25 Jun 2015

Some unions have opposed EPFO investing in share markets.

Pansare case: Irked over probe, HC says state a 'laughing stock'

Pansare case: Irked over probe, HC says state a 'laughing stock'

Rediff.com14 Mar 2019

A bench of Justices S C Dharamadhikari and B P Colabawalla summoned Maharashtra home department's additional chief secretary on March 28 to explain the cause of the slow progress made in the case.

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

India's tax regime and the Vodafone problem

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

The manner in which India has allowed the rule of law to be subverted for over eight years is tragic, notes former additional solicitor general of India Bishwajit Bhattacharyya.

Declassified files reveal Netaji wanted to speak over radio

Declassified files reveal Netaji wanted to speak over radio

Rediff.com19 Sep 2015

"For the last one month a rather strange broadcast is being heard over the radio...The broadcast only says 'Neta Subhas Chandra transmitter...wanted to speak," this was written by Netaji's nephew Amiya Nath Bose in a letter to his brother in 1949 as revealed by one of the secret files on the leader declassified by the West Bengal government.

Anand Piramal, Mukesh Ambani's future son-in-law

Anand Piramal, Mukesh Ambani's future son-in-law

Rediff.com10 May 2018

The Harvard alum has known the Yale alum for ages, but hit it off recently.

'Severity, deaths not higher, but more transmissible'

'Severity, deaths not higher, but more transmissible'

Rediff.com2 Apr 2021

'People are just putting the mask below their nose.' 'They are only protecting the mouth, but not the nose.' 'People need to understand that it is the nose which has to be protected.'

What George Harrison learnt from Ravi Shankar

What George Harrison learnt from Ravi Shankar

Rediff.com3 Apr 2020

Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.

Mkts rebound as RBI ups GDP outlook

Mkts rebound as RBI ups GDP outlook

Rediff.com29 Jan 2010

Banking, realty and capital goods sectors-- the sectors which are more interest sensitive and hence battered for long now--were the winners today.

Company set up by Kochhar bros failed to repay Rs 30 crore loans

Company set up by Kochhar bros failed to repay Rs 30 crore loans

Rediff.com19 Apr 2018

Kochhar brothers stepped down from the board of Credential Finance by 2009. While Deepak Kochhar started NuPower Renewables, Rajiv set up Avista Advisory Group

BSE to exclude 10 cos from IPO Index

BSE to exclude 10 cos from IPO Index

Rediff.com7 Sep 2009

The Bombay Stock Exchange today said 10 companies on its recently launched IPO index to track newly listed companies for the first two years would be excluded after completion of their term.

SC order grants relief to Prez's brother

SC order grants relief to Prez's brother

Rediff.com11 Dec 2009

The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to direct further investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the murder of a Jalgaon Congress leader in a case in which the Bombay High Court has rejected a plea to make President Pratibha Patil's brother G N Patil as an accused.

Mumbai rail agitation ends, hundreds of protesters booked

Mumbai rail agitation ends, hundreds of protesters booked

Rediff.com20 Mar 2018

The protesters, students demanding jobs in railways, blocked the rail track at 7 in the morning, forcing the authorities to stop the suburban as well as express trains in the affected section between Matunga and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

Factfile - Vijay Hazare

Factfile - Vijay Hazare

Rediff.com18 Dec 2004

HC sets aside AN Roy's appointment as Maha DGP

HC sets aside AN Roy's appointment as Maha DGP

Rediff.com5 Feb 2009

The Bombay High Court on Thursday set aside the appointment of A N Roy as Maharashtra's director general of police. It also asked the state government to appoint a new DGP within four weeks.Roy had moved the HC to challenge the Central Administrative Tribunal's order setting aside his appointment as the state's top police officer.

The BSE topped the terrorists's list

The BSE topped the terrorists's list

Rediff.com21 Jan 2009

The Lashkar wanted to bomb the BSE because it would cripple India's financial capital, Fahim Ansari told the Mumbai police.