News for 'National Security Letters'

Google's doodle honours India's diversity, harmony for R-Day

Google's doodle honours India's diversity, harmony for R-Day

Rediff.com26 Jan 2020

The multi-hued doodle, with a dominant blue tone, depicts iconic monuments interspersed with images of famous music instruments and dance forms. The six letters of the word Google have been portrayed colourfully and using images of India's national bird and an iconic south Indian dance form.

Suspense remains over CAATSA waiver to India on S400 purchase

Suspense remains over CAATSA waiver to India on S400 purchase

Rediff.com24 Nov 2021

The United States has not made a determination yet on any potential Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) waiver to India with regard to its purchase of S-400 missile defence system from Russia, the Biden Administration said Tuesday.

Attack on Nadda: Centre seeks report from Bengal govt

Attack on Nadda: Centre seeks report from Bengal govt

Rediff.com10 Dec 2020

The Central government has also sent a communication to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, seeking a detailed report on law and order situation and the steps being taken by the state government in maintaining peace and tranquility after Thursday's attack on Nadda's convoy, government officials said in New Delhi.

'Indian Army's advantage has been lost'

'Indian Army's advantage has been lost'

Rediff.com22 Feb 2021

'The military advantage the Indian Army had gained by the Special Frontier Force occupying the heights of the Rezang La-Rechin La ridge on the Kailash Range is lost without the PLA withdrawing to east of the Khurnak Fort line.'

Trump-Kim meet at 9 am on June 12: White House

Trump-Kim meet at 9 am on June 12: White House

Rediff.com5 Jun 2018

The Trump administration is actively preparing for the June 12 summit between the US President and the North Korean leader.

What the Raksha Mantri needs to do

What the Raksha Mantri needs to do

Rediff.com4 Sep 2017

'It is the government's most important duty to ensure that when war breaks out, the armed forces are absolutely ready to face the adversary -- well equipped, well trained and in high spirits,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).

Oppn MPs write to Speaker after not being allowed to meet farmers

Oppn MPs write to Speaker after not being allowed to meet farmers

Rediff.com5 Feb 2021

MPs from 10 Opposition parties on Thursday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla saying that the situation at Ghazipur border was like that of India-Pakistan border and condition of farmers resembles prisoners in jail.

Tabligh members under treatment not cooperating: Docs to Delhi govt

Tabligh members under treatment not cooperating: Docs to Delhi govt

Rediff.com3 Apr 2020

The doctors have also demanded enhanced security outside and within the hospitals where the Markaz evacuees have been admitted. A doctor said some patients evacuated from Nizamuddin Markaz, the headquarters of Tabligh-e-Jamaat in south Delhi, don't follow instructions from doctors and are reluctant to take medicines.

Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China

Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China

Rediff.com9 Sep 2020

Over 160 rights groups call on IOC chief to revoke 2022 Beijing Winter Games

Memo first, US now plans sanctions against Iran

Memo first, US now plans sanctions against Iran

Rediff.com3 Feb 2017

The reports quoting unnamed senior administration officials came amid an increasing demand in this regard from US Senators even as the Trump administration called a meeting of the UN Security Council on Iran's ballistic missile tests.

Panel to probe DDCA even if struck down by Centre: Kejriwal

Panel to probe DDCA even if struck down by Centre: Kejriwal

Rediff.com29 Dec 2015

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the inquiry commission ordered by his government will probe alleged irregularities in DDCA even if it is struck down by the Centre.

Russia-Ukraine war: Spartak Moscow out of Europa League as UEFA suspends Russia

Russia-Ukraine war: Spartak Moscow out of Europa League as UEFA suspends Russia

Rediff.com1 Mar 2022

On Sunday the Ukrainian Tennis Federation urged the sport's governing body the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to immediately expel Russia and Belarus from the organisation and ban Russia from team and individual tournaments. Also, athletes from Ukraine and other nations have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend Russia and Belarus and ban their athletes from events immediately.

Taliban being used as hedge against India, says US commander

Taliban being used as hedge against India, says US commander

Rediff.com5 Dec 2018

The statement comes Days after Trump sought Imran Khan's help in the Afghan peace process.

Navjot Sidhu: Trojan in Punjab Congress or rescuer?

Navjot Sidhu: Trojan in Punjab Congress or rescuer?

Rediff.com27 Sep 2021

While the Gandhi siblings have had their way with Amarinder Singh's ouster, the future of the party under the temperamental Navjot Sidhu's leadership is uncertain, reports Sai Manish.

JK separatists duped medical, engg aspirants by promising seats in Pak: Police

JK separatists duped medical, engg aspirants by promising seats in Pak: Police

Rediff.com2 Jan 2022

The chargesheet, filed by the State Investigation Agency, has highlighted several instances where parents were taken across the border using valid travel documents but were later compelled to pay extra money for their wards' admission to universities and colleges there.

UN race over before it begins

UN race over before it begins

Rediff.com1 Jun 2021

The race for the UN secretary-general for 2022-2027 is already over and another term for Antonio Guterres is a foregone conclusion, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

Rohith's death national shame; Irani spoke lies after lies: Kejriwal

Rohith's death national shame; Irani spoke lies after lies: Kejriwal

Rediff.com21 Jan 2016

Backing the agitating students of the Hyderabad university, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called the suicide of a Dalit research scholar at the premier institute a "national shame" and accused the Centre of trying to indulge in "casteist politics".

Why Bihar police was reluctant to question Bhatkal

Why Bihar police was reluctant to question Bhatkal

Rediff.com5 Sep 2013

The Bihar government has always been extremely touchy when it came to the subject of terrorism and in the past two years they have made it clear twice.

US lawmakers urge Trump to press India over Kashmir

US lawmakers urge Trump to press India over Kashmir

Rediff.com13 Sep 2019

The senators also said that Pakistan should end support to terrorism and refrain from taking any steps that could destabilise Kashmir.

Pakistan takes border war to UN doors

Pakistan takes border war to UN doors

Rediff.com12 Oct 2014

Stepping up its attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan has written to the UN chief on the security situation along the LoC and the International Border with India and sought the world body's intervention in resolving the issue.

US opposes plea that wants RSS designated as terror group

US opposes plea that wants RSS designated as terror group

Rediff.com15 Apr 2015

Saying the group does not have 'any entitlement' to make such a demand.

Maha chief secy, DGP, Mumbai top cop summoned on Wankhede's complaint

Maha chief secy, DGP, Mumbai top cop summoned on Wankhede's complaint

Rediff.com7 Jan 2022

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has asked Maharashtra's chief secretary and director general of police, Mumbai police commissioner and the Union home secretary to appear before it on January 31 for an in-person hearing on former Narcotics Control Bureau zonal director Sameer Wankhede's 'harassment' complaint.

IAF denies Lashkar intrusion

IAF denies Lashkar intrusion

Rediff.com22 Jul 2006

Agnipath stir: Bihar Dy CM house attacked, BJP offices torched

Agnipath stir: Bihar Dy CM house attacked, BJP offices torched

Rediff.com18 Jun 2022

Protests against 'Agnipath' left Bihar in flames on Friday when rampaging mobs set fire to dozens of railway coaches, engines and stations and torched Bharatiya Janata Party offices, vehicles and other property, prompting the police to suspend internet services in nearly a third of the state.

Coronavirus: 3.8 cr people may lose jobs in tourism, hospitality sectors

Coronavirus: 3.8 cr people may lose jobs in tourism, hospitality sectors

Rediff.com19 Mar 2020

A large percentage of total tourism business activity of India, which is estimated at $28 billion+ in forex and upwards of Rs 2 lakh crore in domestic tourism activity will be at economic risk through the year.

Joe Biden: A long-time friend of India

Joe Biden: A long-time friend of India

Rediff.com8 Nov 2020

United States President-elect Joseph Biden has always been a strong supporter of India and India-US partnership since his days in Senate and later as a Vice-President.

China-backed Pak bid to raise Kashmir at UN fails yet again

China-backed Pak bid to raise Kashmir at UN fails yet again

Rediff.com16 Jan 2020

The attempt failed as other member countries felt Kashmir is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan.

FinMin declines to share details on black money probe

FinMin declines to share details on black money probe

Rediff.com9 Dec 2014

Citing national security and confidentiality clauses, the Finance Ministry has declined to disclose information on exchange of correspondence among India, Swiss and German authorities in connection with the black money probe.

Two petitions filed in SC over tractor rally violence

Two petitions filed in SC over tractor rally violence

Rediff.com27 Jan 2021

Two pleas were filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday over the tractor rally violence on Republic Day, with one seeking the setting up of a commission, headed by a retired apex court judge, to inquire into the incident, while the other urged it to direct the media not to declare farmers as "terrorist" without any evidence.

NPR, CAA wasteful exercises; don't want it: Retired bureaucrats

NPR, CAA wasteful exercises; don't want it: Retired bureaucrats

Rediff.com9 Jan 2020

'At a time when the economic situation in the country warrants the closest attention of the government, India can ill afford a situation where the citizenry and the government enter into confrontation on the roads'

Cong to elect party president by June this year

Cong to elect party president by June this year

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

The Congress party will have an elected president by June 2021, with the party's working committee on Friday approving holding the internal election after the assembly polls.

OneWeb inks pact with ISRO commercial arm for launching satellites

OneWeb inks pact with ISRO commercial arm for launching satellites

Rediff.com21 Apr 2022

Bharti group-backed OneWeb and New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme. The first launch with New Space India is expected in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launches will add to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications firm OneWeb's total in-orbit constellation of 428 satellites -- 66 per cent of the planned total fleet -- to build a global network that will deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity.

UN rejects Pak's appeal for intervention on J-K

UN rejects Pak's appeal for intervention on J-K

Rediff.com9 Aug 2019

Guterres referred to the Simla Agreement, which is a bilateral agreement and rejects any third-party mediation in the issue.

Trump imposes sanctions on Turkey, says prepared to 'swiftly destroy' its economy

Trump imposes sanctions on Turkey, says prepared to 'swiftly destroy' its economy

Rediff.com15 Oct 2019

The order gives the state and treasury departments authority to consider and impose sanctions on individuals, entities or associates of the Turkish government involved in actions that endanger civilians or lead to the further deterioration of peace, security and stability in northeast Syria.

Trump blocks US House Speaker's foreign trip in government shutdown fight

Trump blocks US House Speaker's foreign trip in government shutdown fight

Rediff.com18 Jan 2019

Trump's move came on Thursday a day after the House Speaker urged him to reschedule his annual State of the Union address slated for January 29, citing security concerns triggered by the shutdown that has entered its 27th day.

Pak SC adjourns hearing on rejection of no-trust vote

Pak SC adjourns hearing on rejection of no-trust vote

Rediff.com4 Apr 2022

A larger bench of the apex court -- comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail -- took up the matter after Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri rejected the move to dislodge the prime minister by declaring the no-trust motion unmaintainable due to its link with a so-called foreign conspiracy.

Delhi govt claims Centre 'stalled' doorstep ration delivery scheme

Delhi govt claims Centre 'stalled' doorstep ration delivery scheme

Rediff.com5 Jun 2021

The Delhi government on Saturday claimed the Centre has 'stalled' its ambitious doorstep delivery of ration scheme that would have benefitted 72 lakh ration card holders in the national capital and termed the move 'politically motivated'.

Clinton video questions Trump's ties to Putin

Clinton video questions Trump's ties to Putin

Rediff.com6 Aug 2016

The 70-year-old reality TV star has strongly refuted reports of any relationship with Putin and has said he has never met the Russian president.

Nirav Modi's extradition trial concludes, verdict expected on Feb 25

Nirav Modi's extradition trial concludes, verdict expected on Feb 25

Rediff.com8 Jan 2021

A UK Judge on Friday stated that the ruling in fugitive diamond dealer Nirav Modi extradition case will be made on February 25. The extradition trial of Nirav Modi has concluded today at Westminster Magistrates' court in London. District judge Samuel Goozee confirmed the timeline. Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank (PNB) of an estimated $2 billion, was re-remanded on December 1 by a judge at Westminster Magistrate Court in London.