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The poor deposit life savings in banks, while rich take loans and flee, says PM

The poor deposit life savings in banks, while rich take loans and flee, says PM

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

Vijay Mallya, who faces prosecution in India, is reportedly in London.

Ola, Uber to soon drive e-vehicles

Ola, Uber to soon drive e-vehicles

Rediff.com17 Aug 2017

Initially it will procure only e-rickshaws and e-autos for leasing to operators

Infant dies after catching cold at Shaheen Bagh

Infant dies after catching cold at Shaheen Bagh

Rediff.com3 Feb 2020

His mother is, however, undeterred and determined to participate in the protests, saying it is 'for the future of my children'.

Mundka fire tragedy: Families still wait for remains of loved ones

Mundka fire tragedy: Families still wait for remains of loved ones

Rediff.com26 May 2022

'We have been paying visits to hospitals and police stations every day and nobody is ready to help'

Ex-AAP strategist Shefali Misra to join Uber as head of public policy

Ex-AAP strategist Shefali Misra to join Uber as head of public policy

Rediff.com12 Sep 2018

Ex-AAP strategist Shefali Misra to join Uber as head of public policy

Birbhum killings: 'What will happen when police leaves village'

Birbhum killings: 'What will happen when police leaves village'

Rediff.com26 Mar 2022

'I can only say that it was a revenge killing. We have seen everything from inside our houses. We ran into our dwellings on hearing a mob approaching Sonu's house and hurling bombs. After that, I don't know anything'

2 held for killing of man who objected to public urination

2 held for killing of man who objected to public urination

Rediff.com31 May 2017

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday handed over a job letter to Ravinder's wife.

Prohibitory orders imposed in Nandigram ahead of polling

Prohibitory orders imposed in Nandigram ahead of polling

Rediff.com31 Mar 2021

All eyes are on battleground Nandigram that is goin to the polls on Thursday with the chief minister engaged in a fierce contest with her protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP.

3 babies among 97 Covid fatalities in Delhi in 4 days

3 babies among 97 Covid fatalities in Delhi in 4 days

Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

97 people lost the battle to coronavirus in the last four days. Of them, seven were aged below 18, including three who had not even turned a year old. One of the babies was aged three months and the other seven months.

Several new players set to enter India's electric vehicle market

Several new players set to enter India's electric vehicle market

Rediff.com9 May 2018

A series of flip-flop on policies and a non-existent charging infrastructure are the biggest challenge in achieving the target of selling 6-7 million hybrid and electric vehicles by 2020.

Rajasthan imposes more Covid curbs, but no lockdown

Rajasthan imposes more Covid curbs, but no lockdown

Rediff.com24 Apr 2021

According to the fresh guidelines that will come into force from Sunday morning, inter-district movement of private vehicles has been restricted and the timings for shops and government offices have been shortened.

Policy to ease traffic has gone nowhere

Policy to ease traffic has gone nowhere

Rediff.com16 Jan 2017

Road ministry identified bike-sharing, carpooling and e-rickshaws as ways to deal with rising pollution in major cities.

AAP MLA Surinder Singh arrested for assaulting NDMC worker

AAP MLA Surinder Singh arrested for assaulting NDMC worker

Rediff.com21 Aug 2015

Singh was arrested on Friday evening, along with his driver Pankaj and assistant Praveen, when he was called for questioning by Delhi police.

UP govt to give plot, job to Balrampur victim's kin: MLA

UP govt to give plot, job to Balrampur victim's kin: MLA

Rediff.com2 Oct 2020

The state government will also give Rs 2 lakh more as financial assistance, the Balrampur MLA who met the victim's family said on Friday.

We will make India the fastest growing economy: Modi

We will make India the fastest growing economy: Modi

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

'India is the only country whose economy is strong and growing fast.'

Delhi lockdown: Few cars, people on roads

Delhi lockdown: Few cars, people on roads

Rediff.com23 Mar 2020

The Health and Family Welfare department had issued a detailed order on Sunday, notifying the lockdown in the whole of Delhi, stipulating various restrictions.

Migrants fear 2020 replay as Delhi goes into lockdown

Migrants fear 2020 replay as Delhi goes into lockdown

Rediff.com21 Apr 2021

'Last time we waited for the situation to get better but ultimately had to go back home anyway'

Delhi unlock: Markets, malls, shrines to open daily

Delhi unlock: Markets, malls, shrines to open daily

Rediff.com13 Jun 2021

Restaurants with 50 per cent capacity, weekly markets and religious places will reopen in Delhi from June 14, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday, saying the COVID-19 situation has significantly come under control in the city.

Lessons to make odd-even policy more effective

Lessons to make odd-even policy more effective

Rediff.com11 Apr 2016

Travel by public transport can be made more attractive and practical for a lot more people.

EV start-up SmartE gets Rs 100-crore funding from Mitsui

EV start-up SmartE gets Rs 100-crore funding from Mitsui

Rediff.com22 Jul 2019

With its fleet of nearly 1,000 electric three-wheelers in Delhi-NCR, it moves around 100,000 commuters daily. The company will use the funding to rapidly increase its fleet size within Delhi-NCR as well as other key cities around the country.

You may have to pay more for car, two-wheeler insurance

You may have to pay more for car, two-wheeler insurance

Rediff.com20 May 2019

Irdai has proposed to increase the Motor Third Party premium rates for cars below 1000 cc to Rs 2,120 from the existing Rs 1,850 for the fiscal 2019-20.

Barbershops, salons to open in Delhi; spas to remain shut: CM

Barbershops, salons to open in Delhi; spas to remain shut: CM

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

Kejriwal said there will be no restrictions on the number of people travelling in four-wheelers, two-wheelers, auto-rickshaws, e-rickshaws and other vehicles in the city. He said that until now, shops in markets were being allowed to open on odd-even basis, adding that there are no such restrictions mentioned by the Centre in its latest guidelines.

15-yr-old girl brings father from Gurugram to Bihar on bicycle

15-yr-old girl brings father from Gurugram to Bihar on bicycle

Rediff.com21 May 2020

Kumari, a lion-hearted 15-year-old, cycled all the way from Gurugram in Haryana to Bihar's Darbhanga district with her incapacitated father Mohan Paswan seated on the carrier. Now the father-daughter duo is at a quarantine centre near their village Sirhulli under Singhwara block of the district.

'For achche din, give us at least a year'

'For achche din, give us at least a year'

Rediff.com4 Jul 2014

'Understand one thing, if you want immediately and magically that things should become cheap, it's not possible. It's a long-term policy.' 'Inflation is linked to the storage system and with the production system. Whenever production rises, prices go lower. So if we store when the prices are low and release them when prices rise, prices can be maintained.' 'The problem is that in our country fruits and vegetables worth Rs 110,000 crore go to waste as they rot. And grains worth Rs 85,000 crore rot. So the storage system is another big reason for inflation.' Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in an exclusive interaction with Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com

Not just onion, prices of potato and other veggies also rise

Not just onion, prices of potato and other veggies also rise

Rediff.com16 Dec 2019

Not just onion, retail prices of potato and other vegetables have also shot up in the national capital on Monday as recent winter rainfall has damaged some of the crops. Milk and butter prices have also gone up. Even cooking oil prices, especially of mustard oil, have increased by Rs 15/kg litre.

Delhi: Board examinees among those caught in crossfire

Delhi: Board examinees among those caught in crossfire

Rediff.com25 Feb 2020

One of the worst-hit areas was Bhajanpura where a petrol pump and two school buses were torched on a road near Yamuna Vihar border by mobs during the conflagration.

What Cong couldn't do in 50 years, I will do in 50 months: Modi

What Cong couldn't do in 50 years, I will do in 50 months: Modi

Rediff.com18 Sep 2015

The prime minister, on his first trip to his Lok Sabha constituency in over eight months, claimed poverty alleviation measures have lacked a proper direction and they are spoken about during election time as a "tradition".

After Hathras, woman dies after gang-rape in UP's Balrampur

After Hathras, woman dies after gang-rape in UP's Balrampur

Rediff.com1 Oct 2020

Balrampur Superintendent of Police Dev Ranjan Verma, quoting the victim's family, said the woman, who worked with a private firm, returned home in a serious condition on Tuesday. The girl looked dazed and had an intravascular cannula, medically known as Vigo and used for administering injection or other fluids in the body, inserted in her hands. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, but died on the way, said the SP.

The UP rickshaw puller who earned the ride of a lifetime

The UP rickshaw puller who earned the ride of a lifetime

Rediff.com28 Oct 2016

A rickshaw puller in Uttar Pradesh got a lucky ride on Thursday when he took Paytm chief executive officer Vijay Shekhar Sharma to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's residence.

Delhi to be locked down from 6 am on Monday

Delhi to be locked down from 6 am on Monday

Rediff.com22 Mar 2020

Dairies, milk plants, grocery shops, chemists and petrol pumps, ATMs, e-commerce services of essential items like food and medicines will remain open, he said.

How Life has CHANGED for Bihar's Bicycle Girl

How Life has CHANGED for Bihar's Bicycle Girl

Rediff.com19 Feb 2021

'Thanks to monetary help from several people, we are comfortable and living with dignity.'

Good Samaritans offer hope amid Covid crisis in India

Good Samaritans offer hope amid Covid crisis in India

Rediff.com28 Apr 2021

Some people are shining through India's gravest health emergency by offering to run errands and home kitchens delivering meals to organisations and individuals stepping in to supply oxygen cylinders, oximeters

Jharkhand: Mobile for farmers, jobs in BJP manifesto

Jharkhand: Mobile for farmers, jobs in BJP manifesto

Rediff.com28 Nov 2019

Every student of Classes 9 and 10 will receive Rs 2,200 and that of Classes 11 and 12 Rs 7,500 as scholarships, said the manifesto, which was released by Prasad in Ranchi, in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda and BJP's state unit president Laxman Gilua.

Superspreader protest? Farmers defiant as experts fear COVID-19 surge

Superspreader protest? Farmers defiant as experts fear COVID-19 surge

Rediff.com30 Nov 2020

There had been few signs of social distancing as thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana began their protest last week against the three new agro-marketing laws, setting off on a march to the national capital.

Mulayam says: 'It is impossible for 4 men to rape a woman'

Mulayam says: 'It is impossible for 4 men to rape a woman'

Rediff.com19 Aug 2015

The Samajwadi Party supremo has been quoted as saying that while one person commits rape, four are named in the complaint.

'India is a fundamental part of Uber's growth'

'India is a fundamental part of Uber's growth'

Rediff.com23 Oct 2019

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the younger generation doesn't dream of owning a car, but instead wants the freedom of having any service on demand.

Parliament's Budget session to begin on February 23

Parliament's Budget session to begin on February 23

Rediff.com30 Jan 2015

Budget session will begin on February 23 and conclude on May 8

Jaitley to present Union Budget on Feb 28

Jaitley to present Union Budget on Feb 28

Rediff.com21 Jan 2015

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget on February 28.

'Everything gone in seconds: Despair from Delhi's relief camps

'Everything gone in seconds: Despair from Delhi's relief camps

Rediff.com3 Mar 2020

The inmates at the relief camp said the rioters were all locals and not outsiders. They also said they will only return when authorities assure them of safety.