Jaitley and two others were held guilty of corruption in a 2000-01 case related to a purported defence deal. Special CBI Judge Virender Bhat also awarded four-year jail terms to Jaitley's former party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and Major General S P Murgai (retd) in the case.
Southampton threw up a defensive wall around both their goal and their new Argentine manager on Monday, repelling a high-flying Everton side as well as a threatened fans' protest at St Mary's.
22 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh as heavy rains continued to batter several regions under the influence of 'Cyclone Nilam'.
Liverpool's defence of a Premier League crown won at a canter last season has become a nightmare
Raja Sen feels Chittagong is an important film despite its shortcomings.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson played down his outburst at referee Mike Dean during Wednesday's 4-3 win over Newcastle United and accused opposite number Alan Pardew of hypocrisy.
'Of the people here in Europe who have watched The Story of Film: A New Generation, the most talked-about clip is the one from Ram Leela.'
Notwithstanding the PM's feeble defence, the reforms announced so far are not enough to deal with India's pressing problems.
The most dramatic images of the Mumbai rains sent in by our readers.
Singh paid tributes to soldiers killed in the Kargil War at a memorial in Dras sector.
Both finalists could not be separated at the end of regular play as well as the Super Over, but England were crowned champions because they had a superior boundary count.
The genesis of Assam's violence and the manner in which it has escalated are yet another reflection of government apathy and neglect compounded by political ambitions and interests, writes Seema Mustafa
Bengal batsmen surrendered the intiative given by their seamers on a green top to find themselves at sea in their own backyard as 18 wickets fell in the group A league match against Hyderabad at Eden Gardens on Saturday.
A comparative feature that reveals the true extent of the damage caused by Saturday's earthquake to Nepal's history.
'The lessons learnt from the triple disaster have put Japan's energy future On the right path,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Aseem Chhabra flew half way around the world from New Delhi to get back to his home in the Sunnyside neighbourhood in Queens to witness the imminent of wrath and fury of Hurricane Sandy with his fellow New Yorkers.
Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad refuses to apologise.
Led by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, the United States has apologised to the people of Afghanistan on the "inappropriate treatment" of the holy Quran by American soldiers at the Bagram Airbase in a central Afghan province.
Here's what your favourite Hollywood stars have been up to.
Information against Salman Khurshid's trust was given out by persons in the Congress party and attempts are on to find out who is behind it, reports Renu Mittal.
Abhi comes from a family which has served the Indian Air Force since World War II when his grandfather Simhakutty was a member of the air force.
Seeking an "early exit strategy" from the India development aid programme, a committee of the British House of Lords on Thursday alleged that the assistance may provide a "perverse incentive" to the Indian government to use less of its own funds to cut poverty. The issue of sending aid to an increasingly prosperous India provoked public fury in February amidst deep funding cuts, job losses and worse in Britain.
A well-marked low pressure over Bay of Bengal and Indian ocean is likely to concentrate into a depression in the next 24 hours, and bring heavy rainfall to coastal Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry from December 1, MeT office said on Tuesday.
We had asked rediff.com readers to send in videos of the rain fury in Mumbai. Check out some of them here.
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
With a group of youngsters coming forward to hold a 'SlutWalk' rally today, Kolkata joined the global movement of protest marches against sexual harassment.
The National Park is facing the worst floods in the past 10 years.
Stating that the deceased have been identified as Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin, the SP said their parents have registered a complaint with the police and investigations are on.
With the Swedish whistle-blower in the Bofors case giving him a clean chit, megastar Amitabh Bachchan Wednesday said truth had prevailed but nobody could fathom the anguish he had to go through because of the "petulant blame".
Whack. Whack, whack, whack. Whack. Whack. Four broken racquets, $1,250 worth of fines and more than 200,000 hits on video sharing website YouTube was all it needed for Marcos Baghdatis to enter Australian Open folklore.
If it wasn't for the timely help of the brave army personnel, most of the people would have been washed away by the surging waters of the Brahmaputra River that inundated many villages under Naduar Revenue Circle of Sonitpur district on June 27. K Anurag reports.
Severe cyclonic storm Thane on Friday claimed 33 lives as it hit the Tamil Nadu coast, leaving a trail of destruction and throwing life out of gear in Cuddalore district and the neighbouring Union Territory of Puducherry.
'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Incessant downpour battered several states, including Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka, on Friday, with landslips and floods throwing normal life out of gear.
The United States has named a top air force general to head the investigations into the NATO air strike on Pakistani border posts that left 24 soldiers dead and has invited Pakistan and Afghanistan to join the probe.
'I try to say to myself, 'Don't cry in front of people'. But sometimes I can't help it.'
A senior officer confirmed that the Indian soldiers fought valiantly and with tremendous grit "till the last", even to the extent that half of them died in battle, reveals David Devadas.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is renowned for his wild touchline antics but a shrewd tactical move with a triple substitution swung Wednesday's Champions League game against Juventus firmly his side's way.
Democracies also need to be wary. They are not immune to public ire. Elected governments cannot remain complacent with the nominal trappings of a democracy or seek refuge in constitutional jargon but must conform to the spirit of the concept if they do not wish to be swept aside by the rising tide of public fury, says Vivek Gumaste.
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