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4 Sikhs among 8 killed in FedEx facility mass shooting in US

4 Sikhs among 8 killed in FedEx facility mass shooting in US

Rediff.com17 Apr 2021

About 90 per cent of the workers at this delivery service facility are said to be Indian-Americans, mostly from the Sikh community.

Manchester City and English FA probe alleged sexual abuse

Manchester City and English FA probe alleged sexual abuse

Rediff.com27 Nov 2016

The English Football Association (FA) has launched an internal review to examine allegations of children being sexually abused at professional soccer clubs.

Football Extras: 'Manchester City is the best team in Europe'

Football Extras: 'Manchester City is the best team in Europe'

Rediff.com8 Feb 2019

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.

3 govt agencies launch probe into Serum Institute fire

3 govt agencies launch probe into Serum Institute fire

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

Heads of fire departments of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) are part of the joint probe team.

Info against scribe held for espionage 'sensitive' yet 'sketchy': Court

Info against scribe held for espionage 'sensitive' yet 'sketchy': Court

Rediff.com24 Sep 2020

"I have gone through the contents of the FIR which was produced before me in a sealed cover. Even though the nature of allegations against the accused persons pertains to offences U/S 3/4/5 of officials Secrets Act as well as offence U/S 120-B IPC wherein the accused alleged to have been supplying strategic/sensitive information to their handlers in China and therefore, same is of sensitive in nature," the judge said.

Sword-wielding man attacks cops outside Buckingham Palace; 3 injured

Sword-wielding man attacks cops outside Buckingham Palace; 3 injured

Rediff.com26 Aug 2017

Scotland Yard has launched an investigation after a 26-year-old man stopped his car and then wielded a large knife.

Bangkok temple bombing: Two Indians taken into custody

Bangkok temple bombing: Two Indians taken into custody

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

The two Indians, who were not identified, have been taken to a military camp for questioning, The Nation quoted the police as saying.

US declares emergency in Missouri

US declares emergency in Missouri

Rediff.com18 Nov 2014

Emergency has been declared in the American State of Missouri ahead of grand jury's decision in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager who was killed by a white police officer.

UK Honeymoon murder: Husband extradited to S Africa

UK Honeymoon murder: Husband extradited to S Africa

Rediff.com8 Apr 2014

United Kingdom-based Indian-origin businessman Shrien Dewani has been extradited to South Africa to stand trial for allegedly plotting the 2010 murder of his Indo-Swedish wife while on their honeymoon.

Indian tycoon seals hotel deal at London's Old Scotland Yard

Indian tycoon seals hotel deal at London's Old Scotland Yard

Rediff.com27 Jul 2015

The Kerala-born businessman is the latest in a slew of foreign buyers who have shaken off mounting fears of a 'Brexit' from the European Union

Prayers at temples, bulldozers' 'aarti' in UP ahead of Yogi oath

Prayers at temples, bulldozers' 'aarti' in UP ahead of Yogi oath

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

Adityanath has earned a new sobriquet "bulldozer baba" due to raging of properties of criminals and mafias built through illegal means.

Efforts on to form non-BJP front at national level: Pawar

Efforts on to form non-BJP front at national level: Pawar

Rediff.com29 Aug 2022

Speaking to reporters in Thane, Pawar accused the Narendra Modi government of failing to fulfil any of the promises made by it since 2014 including bringing 'acche din, connecting villages through the internet, and providing toilets, water, and power to every household'.

Cops filed JNU sedition chargesheet secretly: Delhi govt to court

Cops filed JNU sedition chargesheet secretly: Delhi govt to court

Rediff.com5 Apr 2019

The Aam Aadmi Party-led government said it will take over a month to decide whether to grant sanction to prosecute former JNU student's union president Kanhaiya Kumar in the case.

Porn films case: Kundra says he's being made 'scapegoat'

Porn films case: Kundra says he's being made 'scapegoat'

Rediff.com18 Sep 2021

The crime branch, probing the case, had recently filed a supplementary charge-sheet against Kundra and three others in the case pertaining to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps.

12 killed as massive fire engulfs London residential tower

12 killed as massive fire engulfs London residential tower

Rediff.com14 Jun 2017

Police is expecting the death toll to rise.

Hours after attack of bloggers, publisher hacked to death in B'desh

Hours after attack of bloggers, publisher hacked to death in B'desh

Rediff.com31 Oct 2015

A Bangladeshi publisher, who worked with slain atheist writer and blogger Avijit Roy, was on Saturday hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Dhaka, shortly after two secular bloggers and another publisher of Roy were attacked in a separate incident.

Delhi court orders FIR against Sambit Patra over doctored video of Kejriwal

Delhi court orders FIR against Sambit Patra over doctored video of Kejriwal

Rediff.com24 Nov 2021

The court said that a "thorough investigation" was required to be conducted considering the seriousness of the allegations and directed the SHO to register the FIR against Patra and initiate the probe.

Why was Teesta's bail plea listed late, is it standard practice, SC asks Guj HC

Why was Teesta's bail plea listed late, is it standard practice, SC asks Guj HC

Rediff.com1 Sep 2022

The Supreme Court on Thursday wondered why the Gujarat high court has listed the bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad for hearing on September 19, six weeks after it sent a notice to the state government seeking a response to her application, and asked the state to inform it by 2 pm on Friday about whether such a precedent existed there.

Sharjeel Imam charged with sedition for Jamia riots

Sharjeel Imam charged with sedition for Jamia riots

Rediff.com18 Apr 2020

In its supplementary charge sheet, the police said 'serious riots had broken out in consequence to the protest march organised by Jamia students' against the amended citizenship law on December 15 last year.

Sylhet: Fresh explosions rock building occupied by terrorists

Sylhet: Fresh explosions rock building occupied by terrorists

Rediff.com26 Mar 2017

Six people including two police officers were killed in twin blasts. The dead included two police inspectors and four onlookers, two of them being college students.

'Bucket bomb' attack on London train injures 22, hunt on for suspect

'Bucket bomb' attack on London train injures 22, hunt on for suspect

Rediff.com15 Sep 2017

The incident took place at the Parsons Green station, which has been closed.

ED arrests ex-Fortis promoter Malvinder Singh

ED arrests ex-Fortis promoter Malvinder Singh

Rediff.com14 Nov 2019

Malvinder is accused of laundering money, punishable under sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Indian-origin UK slave owner claimed he was Jesus

Indian-origin UK slave owner claimed he was Jesus

Rediff.com28 Nov 2013

The Indian-origin head of an extremist Maoist sect, accused of enslaving three women in his home here for 30 years, tried to convince his British followers he was Jesus Christ, a former activist has claimed.

Court summons police file in case against AIIMS

Court summons police file in case against AIIMS

Rediff.com26 Nov 2006

The complainant has further alleged that a large amount of money was lying deposited in illegal accounts maintained by accused persons in violation of the AIIMS Act.

Rohit Tiwari murder: Wife sent to 14-day custody

Rohit Tiwari murder: Wife sent to 14-day custody

Rediff.com26 Apr 2019

Shukla was arrested on April 26 on charges of Tiwari's murder, citing a "turbulent and unhappy" marriage as the motive.

Ex-BSP leader's 'gun-brandishing' son gets bail

Ex-BSP leader's 'gun-brandishing' son gets bail

Rediff.com2 Nov 2018

The court granted relief to Ashish Pandey on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of the like amount.

Remembering A A Khan: The Tough Cop

Remembering A A Khan: The Tough Cop

Rediff.com24 Jan 2022

Unlike other top police officers, A A Khan spoke boldly --- be it while defending 'encounters' in many of which he was involved, or in tracing the cause of the ghastly Radhabai Chawl incident, recalls Jyoti Punwani. Encounters were useful, he said, because hardened criminals who were targeted were beyond reform and no good for society.

500,000 Homes, Worth Rs 4.48 Trillion, Stuck In 7 Metros

500,000 Homes, Worth Rs 4.48 Trillion, Stuck In 7 Metros

Rediff.com26 Sep 2022

The NCR and the MMR together account for 77 per cent of 10 big housing projects stuck because of developers' bankruptcy or litigation.

JNU sedition case: Delhi court summons Kanhaiya on March 15

JNU sedition case: Delhi court summons Kanhaiya on March 15

Rediff.com16 Feb 2021

Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans.

NCB arrests Sushant's flatmate from Hyderabad in drug case

NCB arrests Sushant's flatmate from Hyderabad in drug case

Rediff.com28 May 2021

Pithani was Rajput's friend and was also staying with the late actor at his Bandra residence in suburban Mumbai, he said.

Delhi HC grants bail to journalist in espionage case

Delhi HC grants bail to journalist in espionage case

Rediff.com4 Dec 2020

Freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma was arrested on September 14 by the Delhi Police Special Cell which has claimed that he was "found to be in possession of some defence-related classified documents".

Maha allows inter-district travel in Mumbai region

Maha allows inter-district travel in Mumbai region

Rediff.com4 Jun 2020

With 56,794 COVID-19 cases and 1,742 deaths so far, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, which includes Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban, Thane, Palghar and part of Raigad district, is the worst affected by COVID-19 in the state.

Farmers' protest: Verdict on arrested scribe's bail plea today

Farmers' protest: Verdict on arrested scribe's bail plea today

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

A Delhi court will pass the order on Tuesday on the bail plea of freelance journalist Mandeep Punia arrested by the Delhi Police from the Singhu border protest site here where farmers are agitating against the three contentious agri laws.

'The government says what we do is fine and everybody must accept it'

'The government says what we do is fine and everybody must accept it'

Rediff.com30 Jun 2022

'They don't want anybody to stand up and support the vulnerable sections of society who may be targeted.'

Armed man outside White House refuses to stop, shot at

Armed man outside White House refuses to stop, shot at

Rediff.com21 May 2016

A White House official said 'no one within or associated with the White House was injured, and everyone in the White House is safe and accounted for'.

Relief to Kejriwal in case of alleged rioting in front of PM's house in 2012

Relief to Kejriwal in case of alleged rioting in front of PM's house in 2012

Rediff.com3 Dec 2018

Kejriwal and others had held a demonstration against coal scam in front of the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's house in 2012.

Migrant workers leave Mumbai in taxis, auto rickshaws

Migrant workers leave Mumbai in taxis, auto rickshaws

Rediff.com11 May 2020

Union officials said with increasing possibility of further extension of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, several auto and taxi drivers are going to their native places in their black and yellow coloured auto rickshaws and taxis.

Nirav Modi to move 2nd bail plea in London on Friday

Nirav Modi to move 2nd bail plea in London on Friday

Rediff.com26 Mar 2019

"He is expected to be produced before the court for a second bail application hearing on March 29," a court official in London confirmed on Tuesday.

Farmers' protest: Court grants bail to journalist Mandeep Punia

Farmers' protest: Court grants bail to journalist Mandeep Punia

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

Punia was arrested by police on Sunday in an FIR registered under various sections including 186 (Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) of IPC.

Ansals convicted of tampering with evidence in Uphaar fire case

Ansals convicted of tampering with evidence in Uphaar fire case

Rediff.com8 Oct 2021

A Delhi court on Friday convicted real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence in the 1997 case of Uphaar Cinema fire which claimed 59 lives.