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Maha, Guj hunker down as Cyclone Nisarga to make landfall today

Maha, Guj hunker down as Cyclone Nisarga to make landfall today

Rediff.com3 Jun 2020

The two western states, already battling a raging pandemic, which has put their health infrastructure under severe strain, opened new fronts to tackle the fallout of the storm which is expected to make a landfall close to Mumbai on Wednesday. They are likely to be impacted most by the cyclone.

Production slumps in the powerloom hub of Bhiwandi

Production slumps in the powerloom hub of Bhiwandi

Rediff.com23 Feb 2021

Hit hard by volatility in yarn prices, 50% of the looms said to be operating only 3-4 days a week.

Hearing-impaired youth lathi-charged in Pune

Hearing-impaired youth lathi-charged in Pune

Rediff.com25 Feb 2019

The youth were demanding right to quality education, provision of trained interpreters for deaf students and preventing fraudulent distribution of disability certificates to able-bodied individuals among others.

Dawood's brother was eating biryani, watching KBC when cops detained him

Dawood's brother was eating biryani, watching KBC when cops detained him

Rediff.com19 Sep 2017

The unexpected presence of cops stunned Kaskar, as he asked them maine kya kiya hai?

Haryana joins the meat-ban club, asks slaughter houses to close

Haryana joins the meat-ban club, asks slaughter houses to close

Rediff.com12 Sep 2015

Haryana has joined the list of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states to impose on ban on meat during the Jain festival of Paryushan, which has caused a huge uproar across India.

Jews to get minority status in Maharashtra

Jews to get minority status in Maharashtra

Rediff.com21 Jun 2016

After being officially recognised as a minority community, the Jews would enjoy several privileges like other minority communities.

'The epidemic is receding in India'

'The epidemic is receding in India'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2021

'But we still have to be very careful.'

Is Maharashtra's new internal security law draconian?

Is Maharashtra's new internal security law draconian?

Rediff.com25 Aug 2016

Want to live in Maharashtra, follow these eight rules or get jailed. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on the proposed Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act.

What Maharashtra could've done differently with dance bars

What Maharashtra could've done differently with dance bars

Rediff.com27 Sep 2016

Instead of taking the moral high ground and resorting to a ban, the government should've turned the screws on dance bars by enforcing the licence conditions, says Anil Singh.

Top cop who has become an anti-trafficking hero

Top cop who has become an anti-trafficking hero

Rediff.com5 Jul 2017

Fighting sex trafficking and forced labour became Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat's life mission. The winner of the US State Department's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Heroes Award speaks to Rediff.com

Congress bandh hits Gujarat, 1200 workers held

Congress bandh hits Gujarat, 1200 workers held

Rediff.com6 Sep 2013

More than 600 people, including Congress leaders and workers, were detained during the bandh call given by the party demanding the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over Indian Police Service officer D G Vanzara's letter.

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