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Padmavati controversy: Now, a rangoli is destroyed

Padmavati controversy: Now, a rangoli is destroyed

Rediff.com16 Oct 2017

The movie, Padmavati, continues to be dogged by controversy.

India should show the way: WHO on COVID-19 eradication

India should show the way: WHO on COVID-19 eradication

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

The executive director of the WHO, Michael Ryan, said India, the world's second most populous country, has a tremendous capacity to deal with the coronavirus outbreak as it has the experience of eradicating the small-pox and polio through targeted public intervention.

Mukhtar Ansari brought back to UP jail from Punjab

Mukhtar Ansari brought back to UP jail from Punjab

Rediff.com7 Apr 2021

After spending over two years in a Punjab prison, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was brought back to Banda jail early on Wednesday morning.

9 killed as man goes on stabbing spree in China after ramming car into crowd

9 killed as man goes on stabbing spree in China after ramming car into crowd

Rediff.com12 Sep 2018

The driver, Yang Zanyun, 54, first ploughed through the people with his vehicle and later got out of it and went on a rampage attacking people with a knife.

Is Rahul Gandhi emerging as a tough taskmaster?

Is Rahul Gandhi emerging as a tough taskmaster?

Rediff.com4 Jun 2013

The resignation of the IPL chairman and the strong criticism of laxity in dealing with Naxal violence indicate that the Congress vice-president is not content being a political bystander any more. Anita Katyal reports

Soon, smartphones that can CHANGE shape

Soon, smartphones that can CHANGE shape

Rediff.com29 Apr 2013

Morphees are self-actuated flexible mobile devices that can change shape on-demand.

US man pleads guilty to charges of killing Indian engineer

US man pleads guilty to charges of killing Indian engineer

Rediff.com7 Mar 2018

Adam Purinton was charged with first-degree murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shootings of his friend, Alok Madasani, and a bystander, who chased Purinton after he fled the Austin's Bar and Grill in Olathe city on February 22, last year.

Pressure cooker bombs used in Boston blasts

Pressure cooker bombs used in Boston blasts

Rediff.com17 Apr 2013

The Boston bombs were lethal devices consisting of metal, nails and ball bearings crammed into pressure cookers, it has emerged.

The Body Review

The Body Review

Rediff.com13 Dec 2019

The Body scores with superb performances and a thrilling story, feels Moumita Bhattacharjee.

Images: 26/11, Those Three Days

Images: 26/11, Those Three Days

Rediff.com27 Nov 2013

rediff.com covered the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai from the moment they ensued. Photographs by the rediff.com team from those grim days.

26/11: Those three days

26/11: Those three days

Rediff.com27 Nov 2013

rediff.com covered the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai from the moment they ensued. Photographs by the rediff.com team from those grim days.

RA&W behind Nepal PM's decision to dissolve parliament?

RA&W behind Nepal PM's decision to dissolve parliament?

Rediff.com15 Jan 2021

Did Oli turn to India when he realised that China was backing unity of the Nepal Communist Party rather than the government led by his faction?

Grenade explosion in Kashmir, 3 civilians injured

Grenade explosion in Kashmir, 3 civilians injured

Rediff.com1 Nov 2011

Three civilians were injured in a powerful explosion in North Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday afternoon.

US Senate begins impeachment trial against Trump

US Senate begins impeachment trial against Trump

Rediff.com11 Feb 2021

Led by Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, a battery of his party colleagues from the House of Representatives alleged that Trump incited his supporters for violence on January 6 as they stormed the Capitol Hill wherein Congressmen and Senators were performing their constitutional duty of counting and certification of the November 3rd presidential election results.

Pune shocker: Man walks on road with wife's severed head

Pune shocker: Man walks on road with wife's severed head

Rediff.com9 Oct 2015

In a ghastly incident, a 60-year-old man was on Friday seen walking on the road in Pune with his wife's head after he beheaded her with an axe suspecting infidelity, police said.

Fuel price hike: MNS activists serve 'chullha' tea

Fuel price hike: MNS activists serve 'chullha' tea

Rediff.com14 Sep 2012

The demonstration was staged at the Alka Talkies Square in the city where the women lit the earthen stove fire using wood and kerosene and offered the tea without milk to the bystanders, even as party workers raised anti-government slogans denouncing the fuel price hike.

Three killed in shooting near university in Texas

Three killed in shooting near university in Texas

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

Police said that one Texas constable and one civilian were killed in a shooting near Texas A&M University campus.

'Good Samaritans helping accident victims not to be harassed'

'Good Samaritans helping accident victims not to be harassed'

Rediff.com7 Jun 2015

Good Samaritans saving lives of road accident victims need not fear harassment by police or hospital authorities, while lack of response by a doctor in such cases would be construed as professional misconduct.

India has tremendous capacity in eradicating Covid: WHO

India has tremendous capacity in eradicating Covid: WHO

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

The executive director of the World Health Organisation, Michael Ryan, said India, the world's second most populous country, has a tremendous capacity to deal with the coronavirus outbreak as it has the experience of eradicating the small-pox and polio through targeted public intervention.

Blast kills top cleric, Kashmir mourns

Blast kills top cleric, Kashmir mourns

Rediff.com8 Apr 2011

Maulana Showkat Ahmed Shah, chief of the Ahli-Hadees organisation in Jammu and Kashmir, was killed in a powerful bomb explosion outside a mosque in Maisuma locality near Srinagar's city centre Lal Chowk on Friday afternoon.

MNS activists serve black tea to protest fuel price hike

MNS activists serve black tea to protest fuel price hike

Rediff.com14 Sep 2012

The demonstration was staged at the Alka Talkies Square in Pune where the women lit the earthen stove fire using wood and kerosene and offered the tea without milk to the bystanders, even as party workers raised anti-government slogans denouncing the fuel price hike.

Village head shot dead in Kashmir

Village head shot dead in Kashmir

Rediff.com9 Feb 2012

A village sarpanch was gunned down by terrorists in south Kashmir Koimoh village of Kulgam district late Thursday evening.

'Molestation victim had burn marks from cigarettes'

'Molestation victim had burn marks from cigarettes'

Rediff.com14 Jul 2012

A team of the National Commission for Women arrived in Guwahati on Saturday to investigate the shocking molestation of a girl, who was groped and beaten up on the streets of the city by a mob of over 20 men earlier this week.

Shocking! Ambulance carrying bleeding child stopped for VIPs

Shocking! Ambulance carrying bleeding child stopped for VIPs

Rediff.com5 Apr 2017

A video purportedly showed an ambulance stuck near the barricade while people were asking the police officials to let the ambulance go.

Shocking! CCTV footage shows moment of fatal explosion at Istanbul airport

Shocking! CCTV footage shows moment of fatal explosion at Istanbul airport

Rediff.com29 Jun 2016

At least 36 people have been killed and 147 wounded in the Ataturk airport attack this evening.

Manchester, Silicon Valley...

Manchester, Silicon Valley...

Rediff.com12 May 2021

Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

Greek solution shouldn't hit developing world: PM

Greek solution shouldn't hit developing world: PM

Rediff.com4 Nov 2011

Prime minister bats for common standards to be implemented in all jurisdictions.

Delhi car blast: Has Hezbollah found supporters in India?

Delhi car blast: Has Hezbollah found supporters in India?

Rediff.com14 Feb 2012

The Hizbollah has neither operated in New Delhi in the past nor is it known to have sleeper cells in India, points out B Raman

'They hit me but I didn't let them touch the girl'

'They hit me but I didn't let them touch the girl'

Rediff.com14 Jul 2012

The case of the girl who was molested by a mob of over 20 men on the streets of Guwahati on Monday night has raised questions about the indifference of the bystanders and the callousness of the police. But a few brave men, including the senior journalist of a city-based daily, did try to shield the girl from her tormentors before the police arrived at the spot.

Despite multiple Covid deaths, UP villages in denial

Despite multiple Covid deaths, UP villages in denial

Rediff.com1 Jun 2021

Hardly anyone wears a mask and most brush off concerns over a pandemic. It is not just scepticism over the existence of the pandemic. A common refrain across villages is the fear of vaccines, reports Ruchika Chitravanshi.

'It's in my contract not to speak to media'

'It's in my contract not to speak to media'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2011

India's newly-appointed cricket coach Duncan Fletcher was more of a bystander than conductor of his first practice session with the team ahead of Saturday's Twenty20 match against the West Indies. He went to explain visiting Indian media why he couldn't speak to them.

'Army rewarding Major Gogoi undermines stature of the military'

'Army rewarding Major Gogoi undermines stature of the military'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2017

Human Rights Watch said support for such "lawless action" will lead to future lawlessness by security forces and protesters.

10 dead in Somalia blast, al Shabaab claims attack

10 dead in Somalia blast, al Shabaab claims attack

Rediff.com2 Jun 2016

Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab on Wednesday launched a deadly attack on a top Mogadishu hotel popular with MPs, killing at least 10 people, police said.

Kashmir: 8 injured in grenade attack

Kashmir: 8 injured in grenade attack

Rediff.com21 Nov 2010

At least eight persons were injured, two of them critically, in a powerful hand grenade explosion in south Kashmir's Bejibehara town late on Sunday afternoon.A senior police officer said militants hurled a grenade in the main market in the highway town of Bejibehara in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, 54 kms from Srinagar late on Sunday afternoon. The grenade exploded under a passing car, injuring all the four occupants and four bystanders.

Cop killed, but UP CM wants 'strict action' against cow slaughter

Cop killed, but UP CM wants 'strict action' against cow slaughter

Rediff.com5 Dec 2018

It was not clear if any decision was taken to act against those responsible for killing police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh.

View: Tharoor will make a great leader

View: Tharoor will make a great leader

Rediff.com19 Apr 2010

In a fashion, his political life may yet be only beginning. Seared by the anguish of the past week's hellish experience, he may henceforth see things and India's political culture in a new, mature perspective. His 'homecoming' may have become complete.

Security drill at Siddhivinayak bewilders devotees

Security drill at Siddhivinayak bewilders devotees

Rediff.com12 Apr 2010

On Monday afternoon, devotees at the Mumbai famed Siddhivinayak Temple were in for a surprise, when cops armed with machine guns cordoned off the temple and the surroundings to conduct a mock drill.

Covid can affect almost all organs, say AIIMS experts

Covid can affect almost all organs, say AIIMS experts

Rediff.com27 Aug 2020

They stressed that classification of cases into mild, moderate and severe categories based just on respiratory symptoms should be relooked to include other organ involvement.

Knife-wielding man kills 1, injures 4 others in German supermarket

Knife-wielding man kills 1, injures 4 others in German supermarket

Rediff.com28 Jul 2017

The attacker ran into an Edeka shop in the northern city of Hamburg and knifed a customer to death before slashing at four others as he fled.

4 killed in suspected terror attack in Belgium's Liege

4 killed in suspected terror attack in Belgium's Liege

Rediff.com29 May 2018

Both police officers killed in the attack were women.