Modi said the smooth passage of the quota bill is a strong answer by the Parliament to those spreading lies.
Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north.
Rediff.com's K Anurag visits Anhotguri in Nagaon district in central Assam, where buffalo fights continue to be held as a tradition on the first day of the month of Magh as part of the Magh Bihu festivities.
At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured when a speeding truck overturned and fell into a roadside ditch near Titai Bigha village in Aurangabad district early on Thursday. The truck, carrying 35 labourers, overturned on NH 139 before rolling into a roadside ditch in the wee hours, said Superintendent of Police Daljeet Singh.
Disale announced that he will be sharing 50 per cent of his prize money with his fellow finalists to support their "incredible work".
India's star cricketer Virat Kohli and NH 10 actress Anushka Sharma never fail to create a buzz when it comes to their relationship.
Businesses and banks in Guwahati were open and vehicles plied the roads but schools and colleges were closed. Stray incidents of clashes were reported in West Bengal.
At least 12 pilgrims, five of them women, were killed and 22 others injured when a speeding container ran over them on the New Delhi-Kolkata NH 2 in Bihar's Aurangabad district early on Tuesday
The Uttar Pradesh police is yet to make any arrest even three days after riots broke out in Masuri village in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh.
At least 2 persons were killed and over 15 injured including several policemen when police opened fire on a mob of protestors on Wednesday afternoon.
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Crippled by poverty and the coronavirus lockdown, Sunil's family in Dumrikhurd village in Chauri Chaura police station area was forced to conduct a dummy funeral for him, setting an effigy on fire.
Rediff's film critic Raja Sen lists his best Hindi songs of 2015.
In the Northeast, while three people died in Assam, two each lost their lives in Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in rain-related incidents.
Rohin Nagrani drives the new Elantra ahead of its launch.
At least 31 people were killed and 27 critically injured when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district in the early hours on Wednesday.
The world is in the face of a devastating impact due to the coronavirus pandemic and has clearly entered a recession, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, but projected a recovery next year. "We have reassessed the prospects for growth for 2020 and 2021. It is now clear that we have entered a recession as bad or worse than in 2009. We do project recovery in 2021," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters at a news conference.
Sixty-eight days of economic blockade since July 31 this year has crippled the common man in the landlocked bordering state of Manipur, even as the state government and the Centre failed to persuade agitators to withdraw the blockade.
'The prime minister expressed concern and assured all possible help to the state,' CMO said.
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The 35-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter will also receive an apartment each as compensation.
However, the team despatched to Kedarnath has been able to build a temporary bridge over a canal between the helipad and the shrine.
A mass protest mobilised by anti-dam protestors from Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS), All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Thursday stopped a turbine component that was being transported to the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-power Project in Dhemaji district of Assam.
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A Manipur Police commando and two police constables were killed while nine others were injured when militants ambushed road-opening parties at two different places in Chandel district of Manipur on Thursday.
'I am glad I am getting to live my dream.' Anushka Sharma, on a career-high, talks about her films.
Family and friends of ULFA leaders Anup Chetia and Paresh Baruah await the return of their beloved son, brother and friend.
The groups clashed over the installation of a board and renaming of a chowk (intersection) in Phagwara, police said.
When businessman Vijay Nair spoke up against the cyberstalking he experienced, he only highlighted how it isn't as innocuous as it may seem.
The All Nippon Airways Flight NH7871 left Tokyo shortly after noon, arriving four hours and eight minutes later to be greeted by traditional dance and music.
A resident of Uttarakhand's Badena village, Singh had joined the army in 2016 and is survived by his parents.
According to the report, the magnitude of internal migration is about two-and-a-half times that of international migration.
Laal Kaptaan deserves a watch just for Saif's spunk, raves Prasanna D Zore.
The relationship of India's star cricketer Virat Kohli and NH 10 actress Anushka Sharma were spotted together in Mumbai and the media has gone abuzz.
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The first Everest conqueror from Arunachal Pradesh Tapi Mra and his wife were assaulted and injured by miscreants, who also looted them, near the state police headquarters, police said on Friday.
Anushka Sharma is the first Indian female actor to feature on Entrepreneur India's cover.
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The district administration, with the help of National Disaster Response Force and Central Reserve Police Force, has intensified relief operation and rescued around 260 people.
