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Revealed:  Why the Lashkar-e-Tayiba was targetting Modi

Revealed: Why the Lashkar-e-Tayiba was targetting Modi

Rediff.com7 Dec 2010

The Lashkar needed to strike badly using its Southern Modules since they wanted the attention for the modules down South. When Khafa was brought into the picture, he was told that the Southern module would begin with the assasination of Narendra Modi.

Govt frames new guidelines to regulate OTT, social media platforms

Govt frames new guidelines to regulate OTT, social media platforms

Rediff.com25 Feb 2021

The government on Thursday announced new rules to curb misuse of social media platforms, as it mandated firms to appoint grievance officer, disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove, within 24 hours, content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women.

WikiLeaks: US ally Saudi Arabia is terror-funding hub

WikiLeaks: US ally Saudi Arabia is terror-funding hub

Rediff.com6 Dec 2010

Besides Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are listed as major source of terrorist financing.

Mubarak had warned US not to invade Iraq

Mubarak had warned US not to invade Iraq

Rediff.com11 Feb 2011

"Mubarak said that when President Bush Sr had called and asked what Mubarak thought about invading Iraq to get to rid of Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf war, Mubarak had told him not to because 'you won't be able to get out and you will drown in Iraq,'" according to cables released by WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks Reveals: Lashkar planned to kill Modi

WikiLeaks Reveals: Lashkar planned to kill Modi

Rediff.com5 Dec 2010

Information coming out of a secret State Department cable dated June 19, 2009 released by WikiLeaks indicates that LeT has established a facilitation centre in Sri Lanka and was looking at setting up a base of operations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

No sops on earnings from incoming ISD calls

No sops on earnings from incoming ISD calls

Rediff.com12 Jul 2010

Telecom firms earning foreign exchange on incoming overseas calls, Internet services and rentals from cable networks are not entitled to duty sops under an export promotion scheme, says the government.

Rel Comm lines up $1.5 bn for Flag

Rel Comm lines up $1.5 bn for Flag

Rediff.com29 Dec 2006

Telecommunications major Reliance Communications will invest $1.5 billion (around Rs 7,000 crore) in Flag Telecom, its under-sea cable subsidiary, over the next three years.

Delhi riots: Govt suspends broadcast of 2 Kerala channels

Delhi riots: Govt suspends broadcast of 2 Kerala channels

Rediff.com6 Mar 2020

The two channels -- Media One and Asianet News TV -- were earlier issued a show cause notice and after they filed their replies, the ministry found them to be in violation of the Programme Code prescribed under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.

JNU server room CCTVs not vandalised in Jan 1st week: RTI

JNU server room CCTVs not vandalised in Jan 1st week: RTI

Rediff.com21 Jan 2020

JNU's reply to the RTI said the main server was shut down on January 3 and had gone down the next day 'due to power supply disruption'. It also stated that 'no continuous and entire' CCTV footage of cameras was available of the day of attack.

RBI relaxes overseas investment norms for telcos

RBI relaxes overseas investment norms for telcos

Rediff.com2 Apr 2010

Earlier, RBI had allowed domestic entities to invest in overseas unincorporated entities in the oil sector, up to 400 per cent of the net worth of the Indian company, under the automatic route.

Govt dept wants home ministry to allow limited activity in select sectors

Govt dept wants home ministry to allow limited activity in select sectors

Rediff.com12 Apr 2020

The department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) has suggested to the home ministry to allow limited activity in certain sectors such as heavy electricals and telecom equipment with reasonable safeguards. In a letter to Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the department said that these activities are essential to improve the economic situation and provide liquidity in the hands of the people.

Ambani vs Chandra: Media convergence set for a new game

Ambani vs Chandra: Media convergence set for a new game

Rediff.com28 Feb 2020

In terms of market capitalisation, Zee alone has a market cap of Rs 24,000 crore compared to Rs 15,000 crore of the merged Reliance entity.

Subhash Chandra quits as Zee Entertainment chairman

Subhash Chandra quits as Zee Entertainment chairman

Rediff.com26 Nov 2019

Chandra, who will turn 69 years old on Saturday, becomes non-executive director with immediate effect.

Cricket ups sales of set-top boxes

Cricket ups sales of set-top boxes

Rediff.com29 Dec 2003

What's new about OnePlus 6T's McLaren edition?

What's new about OnePlus 6T's McLaren edition?

Rediff.com14 Dec 2018

OnePlus has launched its new OnePlus 6T variant as the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition.

Pay channel blackout continues in South Delhi

Pay channel blackout continues in South Delhi

Rediff.com16 Dec 2003

Cable operators continued to black out pay channels in South Delhi on Tuesday, making it clear that consumers will have to either go in for set top boxes to watch these channels or be content with the free-to-air ones.

Migrants cap hurting UK: Biz secy

Migrants cap hurting UK: Biz secy

Rediff.com17 Sep 2010

Placing an annual limit on the number of India and other non-EU professionals who could come to Britain for work is one of the major items on the coalition government's agenda. The plan, however, has been opposed in several quarters.

'I don't mind being linked to Aditya Roy Kapur'

'I don't mind being linked to Aditya Roy Kapur'

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

'I did not imagine I would be offered a film like Sonali Cable,' Rhea Chakraborty gets candid with Sonil Dedhia.

Cyclone Yaas: 20 lakh evacuated; 4 dead

Cyclone Yaas: 20 lakh evacuated; 4 dead

Rediff.com26 May 2021

The location of the landfall is north of Dhamra and south of Bahanaga, close to Bahanaga block, on the coast, around 50 km of Balasore, he said.

CAS: Delhi viewers still in dark

CAS: Delhi viewers still in dark

Rediff.com5 Jan 2004

There appears to be no end in sight to the woes of South Delhi TV viewers, with no word from the government on whether it plans to scrap the launch of conditional access system and cable operators.

TV viewers: Here's a great New Year gift!

TV viewers: Here's a great New Year gift!

Rediff.com28 Dec 2006

With Conditional Access System (CAS) ready to take off in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata from January 1, 2007, almost 2.5 million cable television viewers can look forward to having a customised bouquet of channels.

TV journalists have become politicians!

TV journalists have become politicians!

Rediff.com9 Jan 2021

India's news broadcasters are a national shame that have polarised Indians, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

COVID-19 lockdown: E-biz players flag delivery disruption

COVID-19 lockdown: E-biz players flag delivery disruption

Rediff.com23 Mar 2020

Online retailers pointed out that their delivery staff is being stopped by local police and urged authorities to streamline the movement of delivery agents and goods.

6 killed after pedestrian bridge collapses in Miami

6 killed after pedestrian bridge collapses in Miami

Rediff.com16 Mar 2018

At least eight cars were trapped when the 950-ton (tonne) bridge suddenly gave way.

Unused set-top boxes could be worth $750 million: TRAI

Unused set-top boxes could be worth $750 million: TRAI

Rediff.com10 Apr 2016

Currently, STB of a particular operator cannot be used by a consumer to receive signals of another operator

Cyclone Bulbul: 10 killed, 2.73 lakh families affected in WB

Cyclone Bulbul: 10 killed, 2.73 lakh families affected in WB

Rediff.com10 Nov 2019

The severe cyclonic storm, which brought in its wake heavy rain coupled with gale wind till early Sunday, uprooted hundreds of trees and snapped cables in Kolkata and in the coastal districts of North and South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore, bring life to a near-halt.

Optical fibre costly to deploy, tough to maintain

Optical fibre costly to deploy, tough to maintain

Rediff.com29 Mar 2010

According to minutes of a meeting held to discuss the panel recommendations, additional secretary in DoT pointed out that though OFC ensures sufficient bandwidth it has high cost of laying the cable (Rs 3,25,000 per kilometer), long time lag and is difficult to maintain.

Cyclone Amphan toll rises to 85 in Bengal

Cyclone Amphan toll rises to 85 in Bengal

Rediff.com23 May 2020

With normal life thrown out of gear by the region's worst weather disasters, the authorities scrambled in various parts of the state to restore normalcy.

Protests in Kolkata over restoration of power, water supply

Protests in Kolkata over restoration of power, water supply

Rediff.com23 May 2020

Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, on his part, gave assurances that normalcy would be restored in a week, as government officials were working round the clock to improve the situation.

Star One back on prime band

Star One back on prime band

Rediff.com1 Jun 2006

3 killed, over 1,000 trees uprooted as Cyclone Nivar hits TN

3 killed, over 1,000 trees uprooted as Cyclone Nivar hits TN

Rediff.com27 Nov 2020

Subsequently, Nivar weakened into a cyclonic storm and further into a deep depression, centered about 50 km west-southwest of Tirupati at 1430 hrs, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said. According to IMD, it is to weaken into a depression during the next six hours.

Amazon/Netflix or theatres? Movie business' dilemma

Amazon/Netflix or theatres? Movie business' dilemma

Rediff.com18 May 2020

'While OTTs are a reality, big film producers will prefer a theatrical release before a digital one.'

After violence, locals live in dark in riot-hit Delhi

After violence, locals live in dark in riot-hit Delhi

Rediff.com2 Mar 2020

Scores of people in violence-hit areas of northeast Delhi have been spending their nights in the dark as power lines damaged during the riots remain unrepaired and dangle precariously outside their houses.

Sasikala brings EPS-OPS rift out in open

Sasikala brings EPS-OPS rift out in open

Rediff.com28 Oct 2021

The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.

Pompeo defies precedent, backs Trump's re-election bid

Pompeo defies precedent, backs Trump's re-election bid

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

The decision to speak to the political convention in pre-recorded remarks from Jerusalem breaks with the longstanding precedent of sitting secretaries of state avoiding partisan politics and appears to violate guidance on political activities that Pompeo himself emphasised in a cable to diplomats just last month.

Ask Ajit: 'Sold shares in panic. What to do now?'

Ask Ajit: 'Sold shares in panic. What to do now?'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2021

Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.

Ensure no defamatory content against Bollywood: HC to Republic TV, Times Now

Ensure no defamatory content against Bollywood: HC to Republic TV, Times Now

Rediff.com9 Nov 2020

In strong observations while hearing the plea, the high court cited the death of Princess Diana while trying to escape the media chase, and said there needs to be "some toning down" as people are "afraid of the fourth pillar of democracy" because of its powers.

Review: The OnePlus 8T

Review: The OnePlus 8T

Rediff.com11 Dec 2020

Is the OnePlus's latest offering worth its price?

Broadband at Rs 275/month

Broadband at Rs 275/month

Rediff.com25 Jul 2005

Hathway Cable Internet, one of the largest broadband cable ISPs in India on Monday introduced two attractive plans - Liteway Basic and Thruway.