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'Shahnaz believed what she wrote could make a difference'

'Shahnaz believed what she wrote could make a difference'

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

'What I remember best is the vigour with which she threw herself into the job, the passion she had for issues, particularly those that affected the poor.'

Chennai floods: Saved by Muslim man, Hindu couple names newborn after rescuer

Chennai floods: Saved by Muslim man, Hindu couple names newborn after rescuer

Rediff.com8 Dec 2015

Chitra and Mohan named their daughter Yunus after the Muslim man who rescued the pregnant woman from neck-deep waters and moved her to a hospital.

Just-born, slips through train toilet, survives

Just-born, slips through train toilet, survives

Rediff.com2 May 2005

The police said Shabnam was travelling from Meerut to Saharanpur with her brother on Sunday when she developed labour pains and went to the toilet where she delivered.

How life insurance companies get celebrities on a small budget

How life insurance companies get celebrities on a small budget

Rediff.com23 Apr 2016

Life insurance companies are balancing the increasing use of celebrity endorsers by limiting the association to short, event-led campaigns.

If women worked, India would be 27 per cent richer

If women worked, India would be 27 per cent richer

Rediff.com20 Dec 2018

Several factors force women out of the workforce. But mainly it's lack of good childcare facilities.

Be warned! Dark economic times ahead!

Be warned! Dark economic times ahead!

Rediff.com8 May 2020

'Two consecutive quarters of negative growth are the technical definition of an economic recession, and for the first time in this generation's memory, we may be staring at one,' observes Aakar Patel.

The horrors of Auschwitz remembered... 75 years on

The horrors of Auschwitz remembered... 75 years on

Rediff.com24 Jan 2020

The Nazi death camp where more than one million people perished was liberated on January 27, 1945 and the day is commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day worldwide. KL Auschwitz-Birkenau was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by the Third Reich near Oswiecim in occupied Poland during World War II.

Meet Modi's new ministers

Meet Modi's new ministers

Rediff.com3 Sep 2017

Here are their short profiles.

21 million 'unwanted' girls born in India

21 million 'unwanted' girls born in India

Rediff.com15 Feb 2018

'... because their parents wanted a boy.' 'But over 2 million women go every year due to sex-selective abortion, disease, neglect or inadequate nutrition,' says Devangshu Datta.

Why we LOVE Anil Kapoor!

Why we LOVE Anil Kapoor!

Rediff.com23 Dec 2016

Happy birthday, Anil Kapoor!

Djokovic and Nadal fall as Thiem and Medvedev advance to London finale

Djokovic and Nadal fall as Thiem and Medvedev advance to London finale

Rediff.com22 Nov 2020

Djokovic saved a fifth match point but Thiem finally got the job done when he forced his opponent to float a defensive forehand over the baseline.

The tragic story behind this viral photo of migrant

The tragic story behind this viral photo of migrant

Rediff.com16 May 2020

PTI photographer Atul Yadav recounts his meeting with Rampukar Pandit on a Delhi roadside and the powerful image that captured the tragedy of migrants across India.

Why is #GirlsGetEqual Challenge trending?

Why is #GirlsGetEqual Challenge trending?

Rediff.com15 Oct 2019

Celebrities are taking a stand on gender equality.

Parrikar tamed death and lived like a warrior king

Parrikar tamed death and lived like a warrior king

Rediff.com19 Mar 2019

Close friend Tarun Vijay pays tribute to the four-time Goa chief minister and former defence minister who passed into the ages on Sunday.

'Akshay is a true blue superstar'

'Akshay is a true blue superstar'

Rediff.com30 Dec 2019

'Akshay is in the same phase that probably Mr Bachchan has gone through.' 'He has that kind of success and stardom, but he does not let it go to his head.' 'That's what I love about him.'

Tonny Benn invents 'seatcase'

Tonny Benn invents 'seatcase'

Rediff.com10 Jun 2010

Veteran Labour politician Tony Benn, at the age of 85, has developed a new 'seatcase', a suitcase that comes with a seat attached. 85-year-old Benn, who met Mahatma Gandhi as a child, said "I call this the safest seat in Parliament."

Let us stop taxing women!

Let us stop taxing women!

Rediff.com8 Mar 2018

Double tax exemption on wages paid to women can encourage companies to hire, retain and compensate women better, argues Nitin Pai.

SHOCKING! Every 7 seconds, a girl under 15 is married

SHOCKING! Every 7 seconds, a girl under 15 is married

Rediff.com13 Oct 2016

According to a report by Save the Children, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18.

The good of the IPL

The good of the IPL

Rediff.com19 Apr 2017

'Many of the players in IPL are the sons of men and women who are in ordinary jobs and not well off.' 'These players are the first in their family ever to move into another social class.' 'I think it is a very fine thing that young men from ordinary backgrounds get exposed to fame and money, and playing with legends from abroad and India,' says Aakar Patel.

Just what does Modi's CCPA do?

Just what does Modi's CCPA do?

Rediff.com2 Aug 2021

While there is no change in the strength of the Modi-led CCPA over its two tenures, what has changed is its profile.

'My greatest strength were prison inmates'

'My greatest strength were prison inmates'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

'You are with each other 24x7, so how can you ignore someone crying next to you?' 'How can you not share a piece of chicken with someone who is sitting next to you and watching you eat it?' 'Of course, you will share.' 'And you become friends with the kind of people you never thought you'd even know.'

SHOCKER: Teen goes to school restroom complaining of pain, delivers baby

SHOCKER: Teen goes to school restroom complaining of pain, delivers baby

Rediff.com1 Dec 2015

She went to the bathroom complaining of stomach ache and gave birth there much to the amazement and shock of the teachers.

Harry-Meghan interview: Buckingham Palace says race issues concerning

Harry-Meghan interview: Buckingham Palace says race issues concerning

Rediff.com10 Mar 2021

On the couple's reference to unnamed royals raising concerns over their son Archie's mixed-race heritage, the palace said the concerning issues of race would be addressed privately as a family matter.

You don't need to go back to Delhi: Tejashwi to migrant whose photo went viral

You don't need to go back to Delhi: Tejashwi to migrant whose photo went viral

Rediff.com26 May 2020

The RJD leader was moved by the latter's tale of grief and loss and made his photo the profile picture on his official Twitter handle. He also shared the footage of his interaction with the hapless man.

SEE: Army carries pregnant woman in waist-deep snow

SEE: Army carries pregnant woman in waist-deep snow

Rediff.com16 Jan 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the valour and professionalism of the Chinar Corps personnel.

12-year-old archer was training unsupervised: Assam archery

12-year-old archer was training unsupervised: Assam archery

Rediff.com10 Jan 2020

There was nobody to look after the archers, they were training on their own though their parents were outside the ground. An arrow shot by a boy trainee who was doing compound event practice hit her on the shoulder.

A royal sibling on the way for Britain's Prince George

A royal sibling on the way for Britain's Prince George

Rediff.com8 Sep 2014

Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting their second child, drawing congratulatory messages for the popular British Royal couple.

Taimur Ali Khan's grandmom: I am enjoying this phase of my life

Taimur Ali Khan's grandmom: I am enjoying this phase of my life

Rediff.com21 Dec 2016

'The year started with Tiger's birthday. And we had a wonderful cricket match on the occasion... Now the year ends with the birth of Kareena and Saif's child.' Sharmila Tagore on being Taimur Ali Khan's grandmother and why 24 hours in a day are not enough during this phase of her life.

YouTube blocks documentary on Babri for users under 18 years

YouTube blocks documentary on Babri for users under 18 years

Rediff.com12 Feb 2019

Renowned documentary film maker Anand Patwardhan said the video sharing website is "catering to Hindutva goons who want to kill all secular content."

Review: Lion tells a simple but moving story

Review: Lion tells a simple but moving story

Rediff.com24 Feb 2017

Lion roars because of a magical child, writes Raja Sen.

The Internet can't get enough of this couple

The Internet can't get enough of this couple

Rediff.com11 Jan 2019

This Turkish couple will make you believe in the magic of love.

AP: Pregnant woman carried on pole to hospital, delivers midway

AP: Pregnant woman carried on pole to hospital, delivers midway

Rediff.com7 Sep 2018

A youth shot the video of the trek of the pregnant woman on his mobile phone and posted it on social media, saying he wanted to highlight the misery suffered by people of the tribal villages.

SHOCKING: Man carries body of son after hospital denies help

SHOCKING: Man carries body of son after hospital denies help

Rediff.com2 May 2017

45-year-old Udayveer alleged that doctors at the Etawah government hospital did not treat his son Pushpendra and turned him away.

Portfolios allocated to ministers in Rajasthan; Gehlot keeps 9, Pilot 5

Portfolios allocated to ministers in Rajasthan; Gehlot keeps 9, Pilot 5

Rediff.com27 Dec 2018

Apart from the chief minister and deputy chief minister, 13 cabinet and 10 ministers of state were allocated portfolios.

Eight-month-old rape victim shifted to AIIMS: Centre to SC

Eight-month-old rape victim shifted to AIIMS: Centre to SC

Rediff.com1 Feb 2018

Additional Solicitor Generals P S Narsimha and Pinky Anand, appearing for the Centre, informed the court that following its order, a team of doctors from AIIMS had visited the baby in a local government hospital and shifted her to AIIMS for better medical care.

43 ministers in Mamata's cabinet take oath

43 ministers in Mamata's cabinet take oath

Rediff.com10 May 2021

Three TMC leaders Amit Mitra, Bratya Basu and Rathin Ghosh were sworn-in virtually. Mitra is unwell and both Basu and Ghosh are recuperating from COVID-19.

No plans to withdraw LPG subsidy to well off people

No plans to withdraw LPG subsidy to well off people

Rediff.com10 Mar 2015

1.46 lakh such consumers have voluntarily given up the subsidy.

SEE: Why Modi should listen to this rickshaw driver

SEE: Why Modi should listen to this rickshaw driver

Rediff.com6 Jan 2020

'The government is not doing anything for the people. They don't know that people foremost need jobs. Where there are no jobs available, you see the youth turning to crime,' says Chennai autorickshaw driver, singer and composer Parthasarathy.

Governance may pay for states

Governance may pay for states

Rediff.com9 Jan 2006

Jailed JD-U MLC Manorama Devi applies for bail

Jailed JD-U MLC Manorama Devi applies for bail

Rediff.com18 May 2016

This come a day after she surrendered in a case lodged against her under the Excise Act after liqour bottles were recovered from her residence last week.