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Why this lady hid during Covid drive

Why this lady hid during Covid drive

Rediff.com11 Jun 2021

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week.

Sawant, 8 ministers take oath in Goa, Rane among 4 dropped

Sawant, 8 ministers take oath in Goa, Rane among 4 dropped

Rediff.com28 Mar 2022

Sawant took the oath in Konkani language.

Eight members of Indian boxing squad in Turkey test positive for COVID

Eight members of Indian boxing squad in Turkey test positive for COVID

Rediff.com30 Mar 2021

Gaurav Solanki (57kg), Prayag Chouhan (75kg) and Brijesh Yadav (81kg) tested positive for the virus

President's train ride moment of pride for rail employees

President's train ride moment of pride for rail employees

Rediff.com26 Jun 2021

This was the first time in 15 years that a President took a train ride. Kovind has also become the first President not to travel on a presidential saloon car.

Heads Rolled, But Buck Stopped

Heads Rolled, But Buck Stopped

Rediff.com8 Jul 2021

The BJP ignored the principle of the Cabinet's joint responsibility and the adage of the buck stopping at the top, observes Amulya Ganguli.

Led by Modi-Shah, BJP to carpet-bomb TN

Led by Modi-Shah, BJP to carpet-bomb TN

Rediff.com15 Dec 2020

For the first 90 days of 2021, from January 5 onwards, one Union minister will visit one district in Tamil Nadu every week till the assembly election.

Kalki and Rajaji: A Connection From Previous Lives

Kalki and Rajaji: A Connection From Previous Lives

Rediff.com25 Dec 2022

Fifty years ago today, December 25, 1972, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, one of the titans of India's freedom struggle, passed into the ages. Kalki Krishnamurthy, who penned the Tamil classic Ponniyin Selvan among numerous other novels, describes his first glimpse of the man who would become an august national leader and his cherished role model.

Row over Indira, Rajiv stamps: Congress cries foul, govt defends move

Row over Indira, Rajiv stamps: Congress cries foul, govt defends move

Rediff.com16 Sep 2015

A controversy has erupted over the decision to discontinue postage stamps of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi with the government saying only one family can not get this honour, even as the Congress termed the move as "insult to the history" and demanded an apology.

Bihar boy fractures left hand, doc casts plaster on right

Bihar boy fractures left hand, doc casts plaster on right

Rediff.com26 Jun 2019

'I tried telling them while they were giving me the treatment but they did not listen to me'

Check out winning candidates from each phase of polls

Check out winning candidates from each phase of polls

Rediff.com28 May 2019

As the dust finally settles on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 and Bharatiya Janata Party along with its NDA allies emerges as the clear winner, here is a list of who won in each of the 7 phases of elections.

Jharkhand suspends mining secretary Pooja Singhal arrested for MGNREGS scam

Jharkhand suspends mining secretary Pooja Singhal arrested for MGNREGS scam

Rediff.com12 May 2022

Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal, earlier arrested and remanded to the custody of the ED in a suspected money laundering case, was suspended by the Jharkhand government on Thursday, an official said.

CBI takes over probe into Jharkhand judge's death

CBI takes over probe into Jharkhand judge's death

Rediff.com4 Aug 2021

CCTV footage showed that the judge was jogging on one side of a fairly wide road at Randhir Verma Chowk when a heavy auto-rickshaw veered towards him, hit him from behind and fled. Doctors at hospital declared him brought dead.

UP cabinet minister Kamal Rani succumbs to COVID-19

UP cabinet minister Kamal Rani succumbs to COVID-19

Rediff.com2 Aug 2020

The Technical Education minister, who tested positive for COVID-19 on July 18 and is the first minister in the state to succumb to the disease, breathed her last at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPIMS).

Bold, historic and monumental: BJP hails govt's Art 370 move

Bold, historic and monumental: BJP hails govt's Art 370 move

Rediff.com5 Aug 2019

The BJP celebrated the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution.

'We have enough thermonuclear bombs'

'We have enough thermonuclear bombs'

Rediff.com11 May 2018

Were the May 1988 nuclear tests a success? 20 years after Pokharan, a look back at those decisive atomic tests through the eyes of someone who knew.

Bengaluru: Man strums guitar as docs perform brain surgery

Bengaluru: Man strums guitar as docs perform brain surgery

Rediff.com20 Jul 2017

He underwent the surgery for a rare movement disorder affecting guitarists.

US polls: Nikki Haley, Tulsi Gabbard re-elected

US polls: Nikki Haley, Tulsi Gabbard re-elected

Rediff.com5 Nov 2014

Hindu-American Congresswon Tulsi Gabbard coasts to a rollicking re-election victory in in Hawaii's 2nd District

Naval Aviation Receives President's Colour

Naval Aviation Receives President's Colour

Rediff.com6 Sep 2021

'Naval Aviation has contributed through numerous humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations during which it has provided relief to fellow citizens like the recently conducted rescue operations off Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae in May 2021.'

Caste out of Bihar equation as NDA wins state

Caste out of Bihar equation as NDA wins state

Rediff.com24 May 2019

Lalu Prasad and his Muslim-Yadav line has completely gone off track.

Modern Love Hyderabad Review

Modern Love Hyderabad Review

Rediff.com8 Jul 2022

Modern Love Hyderabad, even though predictable, is interesting in parts and keeps you entertained emotionally, observes Divya Nair.

Lalu may be in jail, but he's still the boss!

Lalu may be in jail, but he's still the boss!

Rediff.com29 Mar 2019

Lalu's word is final in the RJD when even when he is serving a long jail sentence after being convicted in fodder scam cases.

Remembering The Yatris Before Rahul

Remembering The Yatris Before Rahul

Rediff.com21 Sep 2022

The ultimate consequences of Rahul Gandhi's yatra may be known only in 2024, points out Dr Sudhir Bisht.

Here is where you can test for coronavirus in India

Here is where you can test for coronavirus in India

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

In the wake of 73 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India so far, the Union health ministry has made functional 52 laboratories for testing samples while 57 labs have been designated for helping in sample collection for Covid-19 to enhance capacity for diagnosis and detection of the disease. "Following the increase in load of screening samples from suspected cases with symptoms and travel history to the affected countries, the department of health research/ICMR has commissioned 52 laboratories for COVID-19 testing in India," an official said.

Will clean politics triumph in Mahavir's birthplace?

Will clean politics triumph in Mahavir's birthplace?

Rediff.com7 May 2019

'It is the RJD, otherwise known for misgovernance, which has offered a candidate of clean and performing credentials, rather than the NDA,' points out Mohammad Sajjad.

'Most psychologists are not queer-friendly'

'Most psychologists are not queer-friendly'

Rediff.com20 Mar 2019

A workshop on the LGBTQ+ community throws light on challenges they face. Meghna Chadha reports.

'Bengal has a lot to learn from Gujarat'

'Bengal has a lot to learn from Gujarat'

Rediff.com30 Mar 2021

'Look at the number of billionaires, the number of new billionaires in India.' 'Adani and Ambani are not the only ones.' 'What's wrong with people making money as long as it benefits us?'

How can you use 'jumla' for PM, where is Lakshman Rekha, HC asks Umar Khalid

How can you use 'jumla' for PM, where is Lakshman Rekha, HC asks Umar Khalid

Rediff.com27 Apr 2022

The Delhi high court Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the use of the term jumla by former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid in his criticism of the prime minister while delivering the speech.

Check out the 59 seats going to polls in Phase 6

Check out the 59 seats going to polls in Phase 6

Rediff.com10 May 2019

The polling for the sixth phase on May 12 covers 6 states and one Union Territory.

'Yogiji's elevation was unanimous'

'Yogiji's elevation was unanimous'

Rediff.com18 Mar 2017

'Yogiji insisted to Venkaiah Naiduji that he needs two more strong arms to rule Uttar Pradesh.'

Lalu awarded 5-yr jail term in third fodder scam case

Lalu awarded 5-yr jail term in third fodder scam case

Rediff.com24 Jan 2018

Former chief minister Jagannath Mishra was also found guilty in the case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.62 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in the 1990s.

A Dalit leader who did much for himself

A Dalit leader who did much for himself

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

Paswan was a minister under six different prime ministers, hardly out of government since he was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, observes Virendra Kapoor.

Ask MF Guru: MFs to buy, hold or sell

Ask MF Guru: MFs to buy, hold or sell

Rediff.com27 Apr 2022

Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.

'Hate-mongering increases when elections are near'

'Hate-mongering increases when elections are near'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

'Strategy is to divide and polarise electorate on communal lines.'

Islamic State in India: The Jihadist Reboot

Islamic State in India: The Jihadist Reboot

Rediff.com25 Aug 2020

'The undiminished threat, therefore, has the potency of sustaining itself in multiple ways in the near and medium term.' 'The state agencies need to utilize innovative methods in countering radicalization and violent extremism to address this growing threat'.

'Damage to Election Commission will take 20 years to undo'

'Damage to Election Commission will take 20 years to undo'

Rediff.com28 May 2021

'No Indian political party functions in a democratic way.'

Has India Changed Its Tibet Policy?

Has India Changed Its Tibet Policy?

Rediff.com18 May 2022

One priority for Delhi (for the new foreign secretary in particular) is to have an in-depth discussion with Dharamsala as soon as possible, suggests Claude Arpi.

'Amit Shah has accomplished Sardar Patel's unfinished task'

'Amit Shah has accomplished Sardar Patel's unfinished task'

Rediff.com9 Aug 2019

'Nehru's hegemonic politics has been responsible for many ills, which undoubtedly includes Kashmir'

The real greatness of Indians is that we are consensual

The real greatness of Indians is that we are consensual

Rediff.com21 Apr 2011

'The day the Indian media moves away from its binary world view, its argumentative 'me and you' divides, and moves closer to the consensual frameworks of reference it will have created a new paradigm, a very Indian paradigm,' says Dr Sanjaya Baru.

'India will need 5 lakh ICU beds, 3.5 lakh medical staff'

'India will need 5 lakh ICU beds, 3.5 lakh medical staff'

Rediff.com29 Apr 2021

He pointed out that for every patient who is tested positive, there are 5 to 10 people who are positive but not tested. That means more than 15 to 20 lakh people are getting infected every day in India even now. Statistically, five per cent of the positive patients need an ICU bed, irrespective of their age. On an average, a patient in ICU spends at least 10 days there.

'UP battle is now between SP and BJP'

'UP battle is now between SP and BJP'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

'Congress and BSP are in the fray, but not in the contest.'