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Demands for Justice Ganguly's resignation increase

Demands for Justice Ganguly's resignation increase

Rediff.com5 Dec 2013

Troubles grew for the beleaguered former Supreme Court judge Justice Asok Ganguly with a non-governmental organisation on Wednesday moving the police seeking action against him in the alleged sexual harassment of a law intern even as he denied reports of fresh allegations that have appeared in the media.

Protests continue in Parliament; Budget passed without discussion

Protests continue in Parliament; Budget passed without discussion

Rediff.com14 Mar 2018

The bills were passed by voice vote.

REVEALED! How the SBI chief plans to realign credit growth

REVEALED! How the SBI chief plans to realign credit growth

Rediff.com2 Jun 2015

'The overall stress on asset quality is indeed coming down.'

MPs, MLAs return to school for GST training

MPs, MLAs return to school for GST training

Rediff.com24 Apr 2017

The government is going all out to spread awareness about the new indirect tax regime, and training lawmakers is being seen as a necessary first step.

SC unhappy over delay in judges' appointment by Centre

SC unhappy over delay in judges' appointment by Centre

Rediff.com12 Aug 2016

The bench referred to the rising vacancies of judges in the high courts and the increasing number of pending cases.

Oswal vs Oswal: Another murky business family feud

Oswal vs Oswal: Another murky business family feud

Rediff.com22 Apr 2016

This is the first time the fight is between mother and son. Both sides don't look in the mood to relent: Advisors and spin doctors have been hired, lawyers have been consulted.

Violence rocks BHU campus as students, police clash

Violence rocks BHU campus as students, police clash

Rediff.com24 Sep 2017

Violence erupted after some students, protesting against the alleged eve-teasing incident, wanted to meet the vice chancellor at his residence, according to police and university sources.

Sikh leaders submit memo against SFJ to US government

Sikh leaders submit memo against SFJ to US government

Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

The 8-member team headed by Manjit Singh GK, president, DSGMC, met Eileen O' Connor, deputy assistant secretary.

Devyani entitled to immunity under UN status, says lawyer

Devyani entitled to immunity under UN status, says lawyer

Rediff.com24 Feb 2014

Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's status as a "Special Advisor" to the UN entitled her to diplomatic immunity from prosecution at the time of her arrest last year on visa fraud charges, according to a letter from the United Nations.

Former BCCI chief Manohar, ruling group in war of words

Former BCCI chief Manohar, ruling group in war of words

Rediff.com3 Oct 2013

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president and eminent lawyer Shashank Manohar was engaged in a proxy war of words with BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel over Tamil Nadu strongman N Srinivasan clinging to the hot seat in the world's richest cricket body.

How Sasikala took control of Jaya TV from jail

How Sasikala took control of Jaya TV from jail

Rediff.com19 Dec 2016

Did Jayalalithaa, who was also in jail then, know about these transactions?

EC probes complaints of poll code violation by Modi amid attack from Opposition

EC probes complaints of poll code violation by Modi amid attack from Opposition

Rediff.com14 Dec 2017

The prime minister had violated the model code of conduct by holding a 'roadshow' after voting in the Gujarat assembly polls, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged.

Can the EC fight Tamil Nadu's 'cash-for-votes' frenzy?

Can the EC fight Tamil Nadu's 'cash-for-votes' frenzy?

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

The EC's actions remain to be seen on 'money-hoarding and transportation' for poll-time use. The question remains if the polity in the state would push the EC so far as to use the countermanding option. Even then EC would have to push its constitutional powers to find a way to prevent 'money-power' in the state's elections, says N Sathiya Moorthy

Facing action in more states, ban in Himachal, Ramdev to move court

Facing action in more states, ban in Himachal, Ramdev to move court

Rediff.com28 Apr 2014

After yoga guru Baba Ramdev was banned from conducting programmes in Himachal on Monday and booked in Maharashtra and Rajasthan under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Atrocities Act for his honeymoon remarks targeting targeting Rahul Gandhi, the yoga guru said he would move the courts against the curbs.

Surat set to get global diamond exchange in 3 years

Surat set to get global diamond exchange in 3 years

Rediff.com23 Oct 2017

Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features

Lahore shuts down as Pakistan opposition holds anti-govt protests

Lahore shuts down as Pakistan opposition holds anti-govt protests

Rediff.com15 Dec 2014

Pakistan Opposition leader Imran Khan's supporters chanting 'Go Nawaz go' on Monday cut off the city from the rest of the country by blocking all major roads during their anti-Government protests even as negotiators from the two sides met to defuse the crisis and make the dialogue process more result-oriented.

Delhi church gutted in fire, foul play suspected

Delhi church gutted in fire, foul play suspected

Rediff.com1 Dec 2014

A substantial part of a catholic church in northeast Delhi's Tahirpur area was gutted when a fire broke out at its premises on Monday morning with the Christian community suspecting foul play in the incident.

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Rediff.com21 Nov 2017

Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that does not age, wither and decay with the passage of time.

Govt launches portal to better biz climate

Govt launches portal to better biz climate

Rediff.com21 Jan 2014

Sharma says efforts on to bring dissenting ministries on board eBiz platform.

Sheena Bora trial: The cop can't remember

Sheena Bora trial: The cop can't remember

Rediff.com26 Mar 2018

'Dalvi, you are saying you asked a question, but don't remember the answer?' asks Pasbola incredulously. 'Yes.' 'You are lying.'

Markets at lifetime high; Nifty above 8K for first time

Markets at lifetime high; Nifty above 8K for first time

Rediff.com1 Sep 2014

The benchmark Nifty rallied 1,000 points or 17% from 7,000 in 78 trading sessions since May 12, till date to surpass the 8,000 mark.

Sangh sets up panel to push 'saffronisation' of education

Sangh sets up panel to push 'saffronisation' of education

Rediff.com27 Jul 2014

The Bharatiya Shiksha Niti Aayog will study the present education system and suggest corrective steps to make it Bharat-centric. G Sreedathan reports

Stalin brings civility back into TN politics, but there's a hurdle

Stalin brings civility back into TN politics, but there's a hurdle

Rediff.com21 Oct 2016

More than the traditional Dravidian political rivalry that's now on display, it's boiling down to father-son one-upmanship within the DMK, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Did NDA govt help Vedanta's Tuticorin factory?

Did NDA govt help Vedanta's Tuticorin factory?

Rediff.com25 May 2018

The environment ministry till May 2014 (still under UPA) ordered that cases like Vedanta's expansion plans need to consult people. But in December 2014, the NDA government reversed this position and in March 2015 the environment ministry extended Vedanta's environmental clearance till December 2018. This it did even while the question of the need for public hearing by projects in different kinds of industrial parks was being contested in the courts. This allowed the company to carry out construction.

Bengal, 1st state to waive sales tax for select airlines

Bengal, 1st state to waive sales tax for select airlines

Rediff.com10 Aug 2013

Airlines say ATF fuel prices in India are 40 per cent higher than in countries such as Singapore. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra

Sheena Bora Trial: Dog breeder Doglis takes the stand

Sheena Bora Trial: Dog breeder Doglis takes the stand

Rediff.com21 Aug 2019

'Quite the raconteur, much to the dismay of Courtroom 51's CBI Special Judge Jayendra Chandrasen Jagdale, Christopher 'Doglis' Marquis, a Bandra dog-breeder who was Prosecution Witness No 57 and a panch or witness, seemed to move into the witness box with glee, embellishing every answer that he gave to the lawyers' questions with a variety of additional details.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.

Judicial appointments: CJI attacks Centre; law minister disagrees

Judicial appointments: CJI attacks Centre; law minister disagrees

Rediff.com26 Nov 2016

The CJI also said the tribunals 'are not equipped and are lying empty and today a situation has come that no retired Supreme Court judge wants to head the Tribunal'.

Things work between India and Russia without much ado

Things work between India and Russia without much ado

Rediff.com20 Oct 2013

Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, who is accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his trips to Russia and China, notes that Moscow and New Delhi work together professionally and via a shared common approach on crucial issues.

Ahmed Patel wins Gujarat RS seat in nail-biting contest

Ahmed Patel wins Gujarat RS seat in nail-biting contest

Rediff.com9 Aug 2017

He secured required 44 votes after votes of two Congress MLAs who cross-voted for BJP were rejected by EC.

BCCI secy Patel alleges vendetta politics following sacking by Baroda CA

BCCI secy Patel alleges vendetta politics following sacking by Baroda CA

Rediff.com24 Sep 2014

Sanjay Patel, secretary of the Board of Control of Cricket in India, was on Wednesday removed from the secretary's post by his own state association Baroda CA after a city civil court in Vadodara rejected his plea to be reinstated in BCA's managing committee.

Why this photo irritates the Chinese

Why this photo irritates the Chinese

Rediff.com23 Sep 2017

China sees India and Japan's 'North East Road Network Connectivity Improvement Project' as a challenge to its OBOR, says Rajaram Panda.

'SMEs are badly affected, business is down 50%'

'SMEs are badly affected, business is down 50%'

Rediff.com27 Dec 2016

'Nobody expected the slowdown to go for these many days. Unfortunately, it is an unbelievably bad slow down.'

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

Rediff.com30 Nov 2014

The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015

Khobragade moves NYC court to seek dismissal of visa fraud case

Khobragade moves NYC court to seek dismissal of visa fraud case

Rediff.com15 Jan 2014

Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade has asked a court in New York to dismiss the indictment against her and terminate any 'open' arrest warrants in the visa fraud case, arguing that she was 'cloaked' in diplomatic immunity and cannot face criminal prosecution in the United States

Modi may sign Logistics Agreement on US visit

Modi may sign Logistics Agreement on US visit

Rediff.com25 May 2016

'Of all the areas that define the future for a strong US-India partnership, none is more important than our defence and security ties.'

West Indies call off tour, Sri Lanka fill void with five ODIs

West Indies call off tour, Sri Lanka fill void with five ODIs

Rediff.com17 Oct 2014

In an extraordinary turn of events, the West Indies cricket team today pulled out of the remaining part of its India tour in the wake of an acrimonious ongoing pay dispute with their Board, prompting a livid BCCI to rope in Sri Lanka for a five-match ODI series.

Modi, Japan's Shinzo Abe put bullet train on track, sign defence agreements

Modi, Japan's Shinzo Abe put bullet train on track, sign defence agreements

Rediff.com12 Dec 2015

The strategic pacts were inked after the summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during which they also discussed international and regional issues of mutual importance including UN security reforms.

'The BJP has behaved disgracefully'

'The BJP has behaved disgracefully'

Rediff.com29 Mar 2016

'This is about demolishing all that we have stood for as a nation after Independence. This is an attack on the nation's very foundation.'

Tax law penalises buyers for construction delay by builders

Tax law penalises buyers for construction delay by builders

Rediff.com11 Aug 2014

At that time, nobody would have thought a construction period of three to four years would be grossly inadequate

India's most astute deal maker is now a bankrupt entrepreneur

India's most astute deal maker is now a bankrupt entrepreneur

Rediff.com8 Sep 2014

A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran