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Will BCCI's Ganguly, Shah get an extension?

Will BCCI's Ganguly, Shah get an extension?

Rediff.com22 Jul 2020

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear after two weeks the applications which have raised issues relating to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The matter came up for hearing before a bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao.

SC reserves verdict on Chidambaram's bail plea

SC reserves verdict on Chidambaram's bail plea

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday told the Supreme Court that 15 accused, including Chidambaram, his son Karti and some companies have been chargesheeted in the case.

Rajnath Singh's dilemma

Rajnath Singh's dilemma

Rediff.com22 Jun 2019

The defence minister has to correct a major asymmetry. Will his discipline come in the way?

Finmin has tough questions for Sebi on NSE co-location audit

Finmin has tough questions for Sebi on NSE co-location audit

Rediff.com23 Feb 2017

Why self-audit by NSE, why weren't charges probed under your supervision, ministry asks regulator.

Why BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma called himself an 'extremist'

Why BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma called himself an 'extremist'

Rediff.com14 Feb 2021

Labelling All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal as the 'enemy of Assam', state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday asserted that he is an extremist in protecting Indian and the Assamese culture.

NSE co-location case: Probe shifts towards money trail, illicit gains

NSE co-location case: Probe shifts towards money trail, illicit gains

Rediff.com21 Feb 2022

As a multi-agency probe into the NSE case gathers pace, the grant of preferential server and data access to select brokers and their suspected misuse are being investigated threadbare to unveil all quid pro quo arrangements in a highly-sophisticated scheme that worked like a cricket betting scandal, officials said on Monday. While the bourse has said it has taken several steps over the years to strengthen its technology infrastructure, including as per regulatory orders, the officials said certain fresh disclosures call for a detailed probe into whether a select group of individuals in high positions had banded together to make illicit gains by facilitating the preferential trading slots, beginning over a decade ago. Even a split-second faster access is said to result in huge gains for a trader.

Protests against Agnipath scheme turn violent; trains, vehicles torched

Protests against Agnipath scheme turn violent; trains, vehicles torched

Rediff.com16 Jun 2022

Trains were set afire and blocked, and public vehicles attacked as protests over 'Agnipath' swept across several places in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu on Thursday amid partisan political voices in favour and against the new recruitment scheme for the defence forces that has set off a firestorm.

Journalist sentenced to 1 yr in detention for comments on Manipur govt

Journalist sentenced to 1 yr in detention for comments on Manipur govt

Rediff.com19 Dec 2018

The 39-year-old Imphal-based journalist was detained under the NSA on November 26 for allegedly uploading videos criticising the BJP-led governments in Manipur and at the Centre for observing Rani Jhansi's birth anniversary.

Railways announce 80 new special trains from Sep 12

Railways announce 80 new special trains from Sep 12

Rediff.com5 Sep 2020

The key factor in deciding the 80 new trains was the fact that there were many stations from where the migrant workers are going back to their workplace.

CBSE leak: Paper shared on 10 WhatsApp groups; Google's reply sought

CBSE leak: Paper shared on 10 WhatsApp groups; Google's reply sought

Rediff.com30 Mar 2018

Scores of students on Friday staged a protest outside the CBSE office in Delhi against the paper leak.

After exam paper leak, Thane police claims to have busted an Army recruitment racket

After exam paper leak, Thane police claims to have busted an Army recruitment racket

Rediff.com26 Feb 2017

At least 18 suspects, including a retired serviceman and a paramilitary personnel, have been arrested during raids in Maharashtra and Goa since midnight on Saturday.

Prez seeks more information on NEET ordinance

Prez seeks more information on NEET ordinance

Rediff.com23 May 2016

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday sought more information on few points on NEET ordinance.

Faceless tax e-assessment begins; 58,222 notices sent

Faceless tax e-assessment begins; 58,222 notices sent

Rediff.com8 Oct 2019

Though the system is called faceless, it would have a room for inviting tax payers through video conferencing.

Life is tough for India's gig workers

Life is tough for India's gig workers

Rediff.com13 Feb 2022

The recent protests by employees of Urban Company and the case of a a Zomato delivery executive who died in a road accident point to the severely straitened condition of gig workers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Budget 2021 had promised several measures to help the cause of gig economy workers, but most of them are yet to see the light of day. Even after a year, the country's gig workers continue to be without any social security cover or a minimum wage guarantee. "In Budget 2021, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the government is looking toward including migrant and gig workers for social security benefits," says Srinivas Kotni, managing partner, Lexport, a consulting firm. Parliament had passed the Code on Wages in 2019 and Code on Industrial Relations, Social Security and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions in 2020.

ISC Topper: How I scored 99.5%

ISC Topper: How I scored 99.5%

Rediff.com16 May 2018

Abhijnan Chakraborty tells us how he topped the ISC Class 12 examination.

1 lakh jobs: Will this be world's largest recruitment drive?

1 lakh jobs: Will this be world's largest recruitment drive?

Rediff.com9 Aug 2018

TCS will manage 'Question Creation Wizard' to frame question papers unique to each candidate with the same level of difficulty.

'Vaccine hesitancy has more or less gone'

'Vaccine hesitancy has more or less gone'

Rediff.com11 Oct 2021

'Demand is wonderful. We have crossed 10 million on many days.' 'The Swedish trade commissioner recently said, "You guys are vaccinating the entire Sweden in one day".'

Why Axis Bank is under I-T scanner

Why Axis Bank is under I-T scanner

Rediff.com10 Dec 2018

Tax sleuths have detected over Rs 52 crore of unexplained cash in jewellers' bank accounts

New Delhi girl tops CBSE Class 12 results

New Delhi girl tops CBSE Class 12 results

Rediff.com25 May 2015

M Gayatri of New Green Fields school, New Delhi has topped the class 12 CBSE exam in the country securing 99.2 per cent.

Govt asks pvt schools to reconsider fee hike; Delhi bars increase

Govt asks pvt schools to reconsider fee hike; Delhi bars increase

Rediff.com17 Apr 2020

While the Delhi government announced that schools will not be allowed to hike fees during the lockdown period and only tuition fee will have to be paid, Maharashtra has said parents can lodge complaints with district education officers if schools demanded fees. The Gujarat government had on Monday announced that private schools will not hike fees for an year. The West Bengal government has appealed to schools to refrain from hiking fees.

The Aadhaar Nightmare

The Aadhaar Nightmare

Rediff.com26 Sep 2018

In a nation divided by many things, the 12-digit unique identity number is holding lives to ransom.

NCLT initiates bankruptcy proceedings against Anil Ambani

NCLT initiates bankruptcy proceedings against Anil Ambani

Rediff.com21 Aug 2020

Anil Ambani had given a personal guarantee to the loans given by SBI to Reliance Communications and Reliance Infratel in August 2016.

Warner, Smith bans will stand, CA says ahead of India series

Warner, Smith bans will stand, CA says ahead of India series

Rediff.com29 Oct 2018

Cricket Australia will not reconsider reducing the ban on Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft in the ball-tampering case despite a series against a full-strength India awaiting them next month.

Why IIT-Bombay sacked this genius

Why IIT-Bombay sacked this genius

Rediff.com22 Oct 2019

'As a child, I believed that my world record would be a national pride. But I feel cheated now.'

Jaipur theatres stop screening Panipat

Jaipur theatres stop screening Panipat

Rediff.com10 Dec 2019

A controversy has erupted over the portrayal of the Jat king of Bharatpur in the movie.

Sebi slaps Rs 6-crore penalty on NSE for investing in 'unrelated' biz

Sebi slaps Rs 6-crore penalty on NSE for investing in 'unrelated' biz

Rediff.com2 Oct 2020

The NSE held 25 to 100 per cent stakes in these entities through its subsidiary NSE Investments as of September.

Railways spent Rs 50 cr to move 70K migrants in 5 days

Railways spent Rs 50 cr to move 70K migrants in 5 days

Rediff.com5 May 2020

A day after opposition parties, including the Congress launched a scathing attack against the Union government and the railways for charging money from migrants for the travel, sources in the railways said the national transporter is spending around Rs 80 lakh per service for the special trains, and it has run 67 such trains carrying around 67,000 stranded migrants since May 1--- incurring an expenditure of over Rs 50 crore.

'Amendments are like a sledgehammer to swat a fly'

'Amendments are like a sledgehammer to swat a fly'

Rediff.com28 Jan 2022

'I hope the Centre and the states will both act in the spirit of cooperative federalism and find acceptable solutions without testing the law and the limits of each other's power.' 'This should not be considered a wrestling match.'

Modi regrets not learning 'world's oldest language' Tamil

Modi regrets not learning 'world's oldest language' Tamil

Rediff.com28 Feb 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he regrets not being able to learn the world's oldest language Tamil during his long political innings as a chief minister and prime minister.

Idle tracks shore up railway finances

Idle tracks shore up railway finances

Rediff.com2 Jan 2021

When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables her Budget on February 1, the numbers could be something to cheer.

How Insolvency Process is being Gamed

How Insolvency Process is being Gamed

Rediff.com15 Jul 2021

The brand new bankruptcy process is being brazenly gamed by those with connections and money. The touts and fixers of the previous regime have been replaced by a new set close to this one, observes Debashis Basu.

PM says Budget 2016 is his 'exam'

PM says Budget 2016 is his 'exam'

Rediff.com28 Feb 2016

Modi said he was "full of confidence" ahead of his "exam", the Budget, by 125 crore people

America's message to India in a warship

America's message to India in a warship

Rediff.com28 Apr 2021

'Movement of naval forces at sea is often more than just perfunctory deployment -- reading the messages that they send is important,' alerts Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd).

India reports 4th coronavirus death; Total up to 173

India reports 4th coronavirus death; Total up to 173

Rediff.com19 Mar 2020

As the virus continued to spread its tentacles across India, several parts, including Kashmir valley headed towards a virtual lockdown with the administration restricting movement of people in several parts and banning all public transport in Srinagar city.

From flashy diamantaire to fugitive: Nirav Modi's long road to extradition

From flashy diamantaire to fugitive: Nirav Modi's long road to extradition

Rediff.com25 Feb 2021

The diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank scam case, lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge ruled that he does have a case to answer before the Indian courts.

Sabarimala Day 2: Heavy rush at Ayyappa temple

Sabarimala Day 2: Heavy rush at Ayyappa temple

Rediff.com17 Nov 2019

The first batch of police personnel had taken charge of the security on Saturday.

13 WHO scientists in Wuhan to probe COVID-19 origins

13 WHO scientists in Wuhan to probe COVID-19 origins

Rediff.com14 Jan 2021

The World Health Organisation team's visit has become a bone of contention as Beijing, which questions the widely-held view about the virus' origins in Wuhan, had delayed granting permission to it.

Over 2 lakh parents petition govt not to reopen schools

Over 2 lakh parents petition govt not to reopen schools

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

"Opening of schools in July will be the worst decision by the government. It's like playing with fire when we ought to douse it with full force. The current academic session should continue in e-learning mode. If the schools claim that they are doing a good job via virtual learning then why not continue it for the rest of the academic year," said the petition, which has been signed by over 2.13 lakh parents.

COVID vaccine likely to be available by first of 2021: Choubey

COVID vaccine likely to be available by first of 2021: Choubey

Rediff.com19 Sep 2020

Responding to another question, Choubey said that the phase-I of clinical trials have revealed excellent safety of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research and Cadila Healthcare Ltd, and now their immunogenicity testing is in progress. Their phase II clinical trials are ongoing.

Vyapam: SC upholds order cancelling admission of 634 students

Vyapam: SC upholds order cancelling admission of 634 students

Rediff.com13 Feb 2017

In a jolt to 634 medical students, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld cancellation of their admission in the MBBS course through Vyapam test in Madhya Pradesh for adopting unfair means, terming their action as "an act of deceit".