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1984 riots: Court directs CBI to probe case against Tytler

1984 riots: Court directs CBI to probe case against Tytler

Rediff.com10 Apr 2013

A 29-year-old anti-Sikh riots case came back to haunt senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler with a Delhi court on Wednesday setting aside the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report giving clean chit to him and ordering reopening of investigation into the killing of three persons.

Tomar degree row: All 3 BJP MLAs marshalled out of Delhi assembly

Tomar degree row: All 3 BJP MLAs marshalled out of Delhi assembly

Rediff.com24 Jun 2015

The BJP MLAs -- Vijender Gupta, O P Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan -- were evicted from the House after they trooped to the Well and raised slogans.

NRIs must come together to fight corruption: Kiran Bedi

NRIs must come together to fight corruption: Kiran Bedi

Rediff.com16 Apr 2012

Despite the presence of renowned economists and entrepreneurs, it was Kiran Bedi, a retired police officer-turned activist, who stole the show at the Eighth Annual Indian Business Conference at the Columbia University last week. Suman Mozumder reports

Three youths jump into well of J-K House

Three youths jump into well of J-K House

Rediff.com8 Oct 2012

Three youths created a flutter in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday when they suddenly jumped in the well of the House and raised slogans demanding implementation of employment policy.

Health ministry assures help to gang-rape victim

Health ministry assures help to gang-rape victim

Rediff.com21 Dec 2012

The health ministry on Friday assured all possible help to the 23-year-old gang-rape victim for her advanced treatment, including organ transplant.

Bombay HC confirms death sentence for minor girl's rapist

Bombay HC confirms death sentence for minor girl's rapist

Rediff.com8 Mar 2013

Terming the rape and murder of a "defenceless" minor girl as the "ultimate insult to womanhood", the Bombay high court on Friday confirmed the death penalty awarded to a 22-year-old youth after it held that the case fell under the "rarest of rare" category.

Obama worst US president for outsourcing: Bhagwati

Obama worst US president for outsourcing: Bhagwati

Rediff.com20 Nov 2012

Barack Obama is the worst US president as far as outsourcing is concerned, says Jagdish Bhagwati.

1984 riots: Amrinder, Jaitley spar over Tytler 'clean chit'

1984 riots: Amrinder, Jaitley spar over Tytler 'clean chit'

Rediff.com21 Apr 2014

Arun Jaitley and Amrinder Singh, locked in an intense battle for Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, were on Monday engaged in a fresh war of words, this time on the 1984 riots, with the BJP questioning the "clean chit" to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.

City of Dreams 2 review

City of Dreams 2 review

Rediff.com8 Aug 2021

The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair.

Normalcy back in Bangalore, claims CM Shettar

Normalcy back in Bangalore, claims CM Shettar

Rediff.com18 Aug 2012

Claiming that normalcy had come back to Bangalore, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar on Saturday exuded confidence that people from northeast, who had left the city due to "rumours", would soon return and said those behind spreading panic would be dealt with sternly.

HC admits appeal against death in rape and murder case

HC admits appeal against death in rape and murder case

Rediff.com23 Jan 2013

The Bombay high court on Wednesday admitted the appeal filed by a 22-year-old man challenging the death penalty awarded to him for raping and murdering a minor girl and would commence hearing from February 5.

Huge cache of arms recovered from Maoist hideout in WB

Huge cache of arms recovered from Maoist hideout in WB

Rediff.com12 Oct 2012

The Central Reserve Police Force and the police have seized a huge cache of arms from Maoist hideouts during a search operation in West Bengal's West Midnapore District.

Arvind Panagariya: An advocate of growth-boosting policies

Arvind Panagariya: An advocate of growth-boosting policies

Rediff.com6 Jan 2015

He was most recently credited as one of the brains behind labour law reforms in Rajasthan

BJP top brass confident K'taka crisis will be overcome

BJP top brass confident K'taka crisis will be overcome

Rediff.com1 Jul 2012

Bharatiya Janata Party top brass is confident of tiding over the present crisis in Karnataka till the presidential poll gets over but appears to be getting increasingly reconciled to replacing Sadanand Gowda with Jagdish Shettar as chief minister soon thereafter.

Tytler arrives in Odisha amid demands for his arrest

Tytler arrives in Odisha amid demands for his arrest

Rediff.com12 Sep 2012

Amidst demands for his arrest for giving a provocative speech at a Congress rally on September 6, Congress leader Jagdish Tytler arrived in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday along with Union minister V Narayansami.

Cong's violent rally in Odisha: Tytler's name comes up

Cong's violent rally in Odisha: Tytler's name comes up

Rediff.com7 Sep 2012

The Congress on Friday said it was sorry for the assault on a woman constable during its rally in Bhubaneswar as the name of All India Congress Committee in-charge of Odisha Jagadish Tytler came up.

RBI overplaying inflation: Bhagwati

RBI overplaying inflation: Bhagwati

Rediff.com21 Nov 2012

Between March 2010 and October 2011, RBI had 13 rate hike.

Vijender Gupta to take on Sheila Dikshit in Delhi poll

Vijender Gupta to take on Sheila Dikshit in Delhi poll

Rediff.com6 Nov 2013

After intense confabulations and consensus-building lasting over eight hours, BJP on Wednesday announced the names of 62 candidates for Delhi assembly elections and decided to field former state unit president Vijendra Gupta against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

'India can revert to 8-9% growth in 2-3 years'

'India can revert to 8-9% growth in 2-3 years'

Rediff.com20 Nov 2012

India had been growing around 8-9 per cent before theglobal financial meltdown of 2008. The growth rate in 2011-12 slipped to nine-year low of 6.5 per cent.

Fodder scam: CBI court frames charges against Lalu

Fodder scam: CBI court frames charges against Lalu

Rediff.com1 Mar 2012

A Special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Patna on Thursday framed charges against Bihar's former chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra, along with 32 other accused, in the multi-crore fodder scam case. According to court officials, the CBI court framed charges against Lalu, Mishra and others including former Member of Legislative Assembly R K Rana and Janata Dal United Member of Parliament Jagdish Sharma.

Malegaon blast: Purohit, Pragya to be tried under anti-terror law, IPC, not MCOCA

Malegaon blast: Purohit, Pragya to be tried under anti-terror law, IPC, not MCOCA

Rediff.com27 Dec 2017

It discharged three accused -- Shyam Sahu, Shivnarayan Kalsangra and Praveen Takalki -- from the case.

B'luru techie under scanner for terror links

B'luru techie under scanner for terror links

Rediff.com18 May 2012

A techie from Bengaluru has come under the scanner of the Hyderabad police for his alleged role in terror activities.

IAC claims shoe-thrower close to Gandhi family

IAC claims shoe-thrower close to Gandhi family

Rediff.com2 Nov 2012

India Against Corruption (IAC) on Friday claimed that a man who threw a shoe at Arvind Kejriwal two days ago is close to Gandhi family.

CBI questions Delhi police's conduct in 1984 riots probe

CBI questions Delhi police's conduct in 1984 riots probe

Rediff.com9 Apr 2012

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioned the "conduct" of the Delhi police while investigating a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case involving senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a court in Delhi, alleging it had not recorded the statements of witnesses in a fair manner. Resuming the final arguments before District Judge J R Aryan, CBI prosecutor and senior advocate R S Cheema said the Delhi police official, who had recorded the statement of prosecution witness.

Anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan moves HC against trial court order

Anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan moves HC against trial court order

Rediff.com12 Jun 2012

Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on Tuesday moved the Delhi high court challenging the trial court's order dismissing his plea to use the statement of a victim given before a judicial commission to defend himself in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Rajasthan ex-minister Maderna remanded

Rajasthan ex-minister Maderna remanded

Rediff.com12 Dec 2011

Maderna was arrested on December 2 in Jodhpur by the CBI along with Bishnoi, the brother of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh, after it filed charge sheet against three other arrested accused.

How to make NGOs successful

How to make NGOs successful

Rediff.com7 May 2012

The first is the orchestrated approach to organizing the NGO and the second is like improvisation at every step.

'If Kalmadi doesn't resign he should be kicked out'

'If Kalmadi doesn't resign he should be kicked out'

Rediff.com27 Jan 2012

Congress leader and IOA vice-president Jagdish Tytler on Friday demanded that his party colleague Suresh Kalmadi be removed as president of the organisation if he does not resign on his own.

Life term for terrorist in 2007 UP blast case

Life term for terrorist in 2007 UP blast case

Rediff.com20 Jul 2012

Aslam, who was involved in the blast in a roadways bus in Dahi Chowki area in Unnao in 2007, was arrested from West Bengal.

EXCLUSIVE:  'BJP does not have an inclination towards one particular caste'

EXCLUSIVE: 'BJP does not have an inclination towards one particular caste'

Rediff.com13 Jul 2012

In this interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, he also speaks about the appointment of two deputy chief ministers and adds that the creation of these two new posts will not create any parallel force in the BJP, and governance will take place well.

Plea to prosecute Tytler for alleged threat to lawyer

Plea to prosecute Tytler for alleged threat to lawyer

Rediff.com12 Apr 2012

A Delhi court has sought response from Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on a plea by a lawyer fighting for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims that the former Union minister should be prosecuted for criminal intimidation for allegedly threatening to "liquidate" him on a TV show.

Assam, Bihar fight devastating floods

Assam, Bihar fight devastating floods

Rediff.com23 Jul 2020

The UNICEF said an estimated 2.4 million children have been affected by the recent floods in the country.

Economy will determine Modi's political future

Economy will determine Modi's political future

Rediff.com23 Jul 2020

'Mr Modi has a huge opportunity before him.' 'Whether he grabs it the way Mrs Gandhi did in 1969 or squanders it as he did in 2014 will determine his economic legacy,' notes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.

Congress MLA Mateen Ahmed to be pro-tem Delhi speaker

Congress MLA Mateen Ahmed to be pro-tem Delhi speaker

Rediff.com31 Dec 2013

Congress MLA Mateen Ahmed will be the pro-tem speaker of Delhi assembly, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.

I have right to confront witnesses, says Sajjan

I have right to confront witnesses, says Sajjan

Rediff.com23 May 2012

Veteran Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, facing trial in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, on Wednesday told a Delhi court that he has the right to confront a key witness with the evidence on record after the CBI took the stand that it was "not relying" on her statements as they were contrary.

Sonia removes Tytler from Bihar in-charge post

Sonia removes Tytler from Bihar in-charge post

Rediff.com2 Jun 2010

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appointed All India Congress Committee secretary Mehboob Ali Kaiser as the new Bihar Pradesh Congress chief, replacing former Member of Parliament Jagdish Tytler.

Royal Rajasthan: Of sand dunes, palaces and colours

Royal Rajasthan: Of sand dunes, palaces and colours

Rediff.com26 Mar 2017

Readers share their travel pics of Rajasthan. You can share yours too!

Tytler refuses '84 riots allegations; won't attend award function

Tytler refuses '84 riots allegations; won't attend award function

Rediff.com9 Dec 2011

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler termed as a 'total lie' the allegations of some 40 civil right activists that he was actively involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Haren Pandya murder case: SC convicts 12 people

Haren Pandya murder case: SC convicts 12 people

Rediff.com5 Jul 2019

The apex court, however, dismissed a PIL filed by NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, seeking a court-monitored fresh probe in the Pandya murder case.