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Government vows to do in Agusta what it could not do in Bofors

Government vows to do in Agusta what it could not do in Bofors

Rediff.com6 May 2016

The government vowed to track down the main beneficiaries of the kickbacks so that "we can do" what "we could not do in Bofors

Buzz: Watson slams BBL's rule changes

Buzz: Watson slams BBL's rule changes

Rediff.com18 Nov 2020

Munaf Patel joins Kandy Tuskers in LPL; Sarfaraz pulls out, Malinga unsure

Sahara-Birla diaries case: SC rejects plea for probe against PM Modi

Sahara-Birla diaries case: SC rejects plea for probe against PM Modi

Rediff.com11 Jan 2017

The case based on "random materials" like loose sheets, papers, e-mail print outs is "merit less" as they are "inadmissible materials" having "no evidentiary value under the law, the court said.

A Professor Left to Rot in Jail

A Professor Left to Rot in Jail

Rediff.com16 Jul 2020

'People accused of mass murder and worse are let out on medical grounds.' 'Saibaba is now 100% handicapped, and has committed no murder, yet he is not allowed to come out.'

Aarushi murder: SC rejects Talwars plea for test reports

Aarushi murder: SC rejects Talwars plea for test reports

Rediff.com8 Oct 2013

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking the reports of polygraph, narco-analysis and brain-mapping test conducted on their three helpers who were the initial accused in the murder of their teenaged daughter Aarushi.

Court directs police action against Anna Hazare and Co

Court directs police action against Anna Hazare and Co

Rediff.com30 Nov 2013

A Delhi court on Saturday directed the Delhi Police to file a detailed action taken report on a plea for lodging FIR against Anna Hazare and his former team members for allegedly cheating over four crore people by selling them 'Anna SMS cards', whose service was discontinued before the promised one year time, which earned them Rs 100 crore.

Talks with Kashmiri separatists to continue: Pak envoy

Talks with Kashmiri separatists to continue: Pak envoy

Rediff.com20 Aug 2014

A defiant Pakistan on Wednesday made it clear that it will continue talking to Kashmiri separatists despite India's protestation, saying that the "bottomline" for Indo-Pak talks on Kashmir issue was to engage all stakeholders and dialogue was not a favour by Pakistan to India or vice versa.

Scam or no scam... Why the BJP will never send Sonia to jail

Scam or no scam... Why the BJP will never send Sonia to jail

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

'Narendra Modi knows that the Congress without the Gandhis is a more formidable and more dangerous adversary.'

Sheena murder case: Indrani conscious, 'out of danger', say doctors

Sheena murder case: Indrani conscious, 'out of danger', say doctors

Rediff.com4 Oct 2015

Media magnate Indrani Mukherjea, prime accused in the sensational murder case of her daughter Sheena Bora, on Sunday regained consciousness and is "out of danger", hospital authorities said.

'Deprived' minorities will see growth under UP govt: Naqvi

'Deprived' minorities will see growth under UP govt: Naqvi

Rediff.com18 Mar 2017

The BJP does 'empowerment and not appeasement,' Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi asserted.

Congress urges SC to recall Rafale verdict; bad losers, replies BJP

Congress urges SC to recall Rafale verdict; bad losers, replies BJP

Rediff.com16 Dec 2018

The Congress, which was not a petitioner before the apex court, wants the Rafale deal to be referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee to go into the price arrived at by the BJP government versus the one negotiated by the previous UPA regime, as also how billionaire Anil Ambani's group with virtually no experience in manufacture of fighter jets was selected as an offset partner for the deal.

Insolvency professionals seek more protection

Insolvency professionals seek more protection

Rediff.com10 Mar 2017

They play a key role in managing rescue and liquidation processes envisaged under the Code

BJP to observe Nov 8 as 'anti-black money' day

BJP to observe Nov 8 as 'anti-black money' day

Rediff.com25 Oct 2017

The Centre set up a political tug of war with opposition parties which have planned to observe it as a 'black day'

10 trekkers killed in Theni forest fire

10 trekkers killed in Theni forest fire

Rediff.com12 Mar 2018

4 copters of the IAF and their 10 commandos are involved in the rescue operation.

Sports Shorts: ATP investigate 'racial prejudice' claims by Young

Sports Shorts: ATP investigate 'racial prejudice' claims by Young

Rediff.com14 Feb 2018

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday

Sushma rejects 'flip-flop' on dialogue with Pakistan

Sushma rejects 'flip-flop' on dialogue with Pakistan

Rediff.com14 Dec 2015

Answering critics, she said in the latest arrangement, the level of talks on terror has been raised as this issue will now be dealt with by the national security advisors instead of foreign secretaries as earlier.

Will go by national interest: Jaishankar to Pompeo on S-400

Will go by national interest: Jaishankar to Pompeo on S-400

Rediff.com26 Jun 2019

"We have many relationships...they have a history. We will do what is in our national interest and part of that strategic partnership is the ability of each country to comprehend and appreciate the national interest of the other," Jaishankar said.

Mehbooba loses her cool at press meet, leaves with Rajnath Singh still seated

Mehbooba loses her cool at press meet, leaves with Rajnath Singh still seated

Rediff.com25 Aug 2016

Rajnath Singh repeatedly tried to calm her by tapping her when journalists asked questions about her role in dealing with the current unrest.

Woman set ablaze at police station dies, probe ordered

Woman set ablaze at police station dies, probe ordered

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

The mother of a journalist, who had accused police officials of setting her ablaze at a police station after she refused to give bribe to free her husband, on Tuesday succumbed to injuries following which a magisterial inquiry was ordered into the incident.

Scientist Bhargava to return Padma Bhushan to protest 'attack on rationalism'

Scientist Bhargava to return Padma Bhushan to protest 'attack on rationalism'

Rediff.com29 Oct 2015

Veteran scientist P M Bhargava will return the awards he received from the government of India to protest against "the government's attack on rationalism, reasoning and science."

Bewilderment, anger after latest twist in FIFA World Cup saga

Bewilderment, anger after latest twist in FIFA World Cup saga

Rediff.com14 Nov 2014

Bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups was criticised by its own investigator.

Eminent scientist P M Bhargava passes away

Eminent scientist P M Bhargava passes away

Rediff.com1 Aug 2017

Bhargava is a pioneer in the field of biotechnology in the country.

PNB fraud case: Finance Minister Jaitley blames bank management, auditors

PNB fraud case: Finance Minister Jaitley blames bank management, auditors

Rediff.com21 Feb 2018

Without naming either the alleged kingpin of the fraud, billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, or Punjab National Bank, Jaitley questioned the ethics of some businesses in the country and asked as to why the bank's internal and external auditors could not detect the fraud which had been going on for 7 long years.

Wanted! A real feminist man in the #MeToo era

Wanted! A real feminist man in the #MeToo era

Rediff.com7 Jun 2018

When he thinks no one is looking, the misogyny of a sham feminist man can be as red in tooth and claw as that of the neanderthal neighbour who beats up his wife. Only, it seems doubly unsettling because it comes from someone we trusted, says Shuma Raha.

HC orders demolition of Adarsh building

HC orders demolition of Adarsh building

Rediff.com29 Apr 2016

t also stayed the order for 12 weeks to enable Adarsh Housing Society to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.

Noodle bar? Centre steps in as food regulators ask all states to test Maggi

Noodle bar? Centre steps in as food regulators ask all states to test Maggi

Rediff.com3 Jun 2015

The trouble for Nestle's Maggi started in Uttar Pradesh last month and has now spread nationwide. The Food and Drug Administration has directed all states on Wednesday to get sample of India's most popular instant noodles tested for high content of lead and mono-sodium glutamate, a taste enhancer.

This Gully Boy started his career from a M'bai chawl

This Gully Boy started his career from a M'bai chawl

Rediff.com26 Sep 2019

In five years, Naezy aka Naved Shaikh went from being a gully boy living in a Mumbai slum to rocking India's underground rap scene. When he started off his rap career with Aafat! in 2014, he knew he would find success. Little did he imagine the obstacles he'd have to encounter.

Justice Ganguly writes to CJI, says concerted move to tarnish his image

Justice Ganguly writes to CJI, says concerted move to tarnish his image

Rediff.com23 Dec 2013

Amidst reports of Congress' confabulations with the Rashtriya Janata Dal for a secular alliance in Bihar in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday took a dig at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the Congress preferring Lalu Prasad over him and said such an 'opportunistic' alliance was not a cause of worry for it.

Pak Taliban refuses to extend ceasefire, will continue talks

Pak Taliban refuses to extend ceasefire, will continue talks

Rediff.com16 Apr 2014

In a major setback to peace talks, the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday refused to extend the 40-day "gift of ceasefire" but said they were committed to the process the government initiated to find a solution to the decade-long insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives.

AI pilot, co-pilot grounded after its techie's death in freak accident

AI pilot, co-pilot grounded after its techie's death in freak accident

Rediff.com17 Dec 2015

The pilot and co-pilot of an Air India plane involved in Wednesday night's freak accident at the Mumbai airport where a technician died after getting sucked into the engine have been grounded even as the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau launched a probe.

UCL PIX: Benzema double sends Real through; Inter out

UCL PIX: Benzema double sends Real through; Inter out

Rediff.com10 Dec 2020

IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday.

Gurdwara attack: Police received info about plans weeks before

Gurdwara attack: Police received info about plans weeks before

Rediff.com26 May 2016

The German police had received information about plans to carry out a bomb attack on a gurdwara in Essen by a group of teenagers from one of the suspects' mother some weeks before an explosive was detonated there, media reports have claimed.

Can US recover from the Trump presidency?

Can US recover from the Trump presidency?

Rediff.com27 Apr 2018

This is the time when the US would need the conceptual strategic thinking of a Henry Kissinger, able to ally diplomatic skills with a well-conceived worldview of what the emergence of a new balance of forces will mean for a US whose ability to shape global events has definitely declined but still exists, says Claude Smadja.

'The idea is to improve people even in prison'

'The idea is to improve people even in prison'

Rediff.com6 Nov 2018

'They have started an institute, the Academy of Training and Sensitisation, for prison officials near Vellore.' 'This institute has been started by the Union home ministry and it is meant for all the four southern states.'

Opposition meets President, press for political solution in Kashmir

Opposition meets President, press for political solution in Kashmir

Rediff.com20 Aug 2016

He regretted that whatever measures governments in the state and Centre should be taking for normalisation of situation were being taken by the opposition parties.

Alas, Kochhar is NOT kosher

Alas, Kochhar is NOT kosher

Rediff.com11 Feb 2019

'I am not surprised that hubris brought Chanda Kochhar down. It would appear that as a person she thought she could do no wrong and as a leader she considered herself above what her company demanded of others in terms of financial probity and honesty. That, my friends, is NOT a good way for a leader to feel,' says S Muraleedharan, former managing director, BNP Paribas.

'I didn't know what sex trafficking was all about'

'I didn't know what sex trafficking was all about'

Rediff.com14 Aug 2019

Mrunal Thakur is just three films old in Bollywood and each one has been radically different from the other.

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