Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, representing the Muslim parties in the case, tore up a pictorial map.
The fictional characters in the movie knew that water was of utmost importance. This is something that the BCCI continues to ignore as they insist that IPL matches, be played in the drought-hit state, writes Rediff com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'Tension is being created in society because of this green flag, which is not even an Islamic flag.' 'There is no history of such a green flag being used in the Muslim world.'
Change in performance appraisal system will deter corruption and motivate officers to pass correct orders.
The Delhi high court on Monday refused to give urgent hearing to a PIL seeking lifting of the ban on telecast
Raghuram Rajan joked he wasn't expecting to win any votes or Facebook 'likes' in the position.
The exemption from MAT does not apply retroactively.
India has been ranked at 142 among 189 countries in the latest World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business" report, a drop by two places from the last year's ranking.
'I fight for anyone who is poor, marginalised or victimised.' 'If a Dalit factory owner is inflicting atrocities on his Brahmin worker, then I will fight for the poor Brahmin.'
The draft report of the committee contains 27 suggestions for amendments under the I-T Act and eight for reform through administrative instructions.
A potential conflict of interest situation could have played in Dhoni's mind when he decided to quit, report Sai Manish and N Sundaresha Subramanian.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday attacked External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for his criticism of the Election Commission and the Supreme Court, accusing him of denigrating the country's two most respected institutions on the foreign soil.
"It is not a matter for interim relief. So we cannot grant the same at this stage," it said.
The euphoria of Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar will fade quickly if the Modi government does not raise its game, and focus significant monetary resources and managerial skills on making India's infrastructure truly world-class, says Ram Kelkar.
Delhi's air is a desperate problem, but some of the solutions have been too desperate and unthinking.
'One won't find a lawyer in any court in the country willing to believe that a talented lawyer like Bansuri Swaraj would appear in a case for free, that too in a metropolis like Delhi.' These and other Sheela Bhatt takeways from the August 12 proceedings in the Lok Sabha.
On a day the Supreme Court gave transgenders third gender status, Rediff.com presents Bharathi Kannamma, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Madurai.
Apart from Maggi noodles, many other products can be tested for health issues.
Kanika Datta explains why the Modi sarkar is gunning for non-profit organisations
Judge Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan is the front-runner to replace the late Justice Anthony Scalia on the US Supreme Court.
Acid attack crusader Laxmi Aggarwal's exceptional rise from an accident is sure to inspire you.
With the Apollo Hospitals chairman saying that she has recovered, the party can go back to business as usual.
"Will anybody want a servant that who is on vacation when needed at home? And nobody knows where he is," he continued.
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
For the moment, Siwan is once again Shahabuddin's home.
Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak, warns Shekhar Gupta.
Monisha Dudaney tells you what the stars predict for the coming months.
On the occasion of Chinese New Year, we bring you a look at what 2015, the Year of the Sheep has in store for you!
'The root of the Kashmir problem lies in Partition. To solve the issue, we have to begin from there and settle it forever.'
Supreme Court advises temperance in criticising judges who make bona fide errors, says M J Antony
As two recently declassified Intelligence Bureau reveal that the Jawaharlal Nehru government had spied on the family of Subhas Chandra Bose for nearly two decades, one of India's political mysteries takes centrestage. Rediff.com reproduces this 2006 report in which Sumit Bhattacharya reported that a website claims that Netaji, in fact, did not die in an air crash, as was being believed, and that Netaji had escaped to Russia.
'The forces of good are on the run.' 'But dark times also challenge people to fight.' 'I believe Indians will rise against these dark times.'
'Modi's investment in the relationship with Washington is the biggest deliverable of this visit. He means business and that's fantastic!'
'We are going to see relatively soon an executive order that deals with H-1B and other temporary visas.' 'We are also going to see an executive order on undocumented people.' 'Undocumented Indians comprise the largest population growth of all undocumented people in this country.' 'Just because India is not named in this executive order doesn't mean it won't be in the future.'
Congress accuses Centre of 'protecting' state BJP chief's son.
On the occasion of her breaking the world's longest hunger strike, Rediff.com reproduces this 2011 feature on the activist and her life.
Brijesh Kumar Saroj, the son of a poor weaver, overcame every hardship, to make it to IIT-Bombay. When he cleared the IIT entrance exam, villagers threw stones at his home because he is Dalit. This has only hardened his resolve to 'make it in life'.
'We all expected Modi with the majority to tame the bureaucracy, but it is the bureaucracy that tamed him.'
Back in September 2002, Shakti Bhatt/Rediff.com located the former Union Carbide chairman's luxury home in New York, declared unknown by the American and Indian governments. Rediff.com reproduces the feature about his life in hiding.
'Human rights violations are there in rural areas and in cities. In rural areas it is crude and in the open. In urban areas it is well hidden.' 'Awareness has grown several fold. India has 160 national and state human rights institutions. No other country in the world has this.' 'Unfortunately the right to association, right to assembly, freedom of expression, right to protest and discuss are all being curtailed systematically one by one.'
