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No political comeback for Sheikh Hasina, says son

No political comeback for Sheikh Hasina, says son

Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

He said that Hasina had been considering resigning since Sunday and had left the country for her own safety after her family insisted.

Libya Floods: 5,000 Dead, 10,000 Missing

Libya Floods: 5,000 Dead, 10,000 Missing

Rediff.com13 Sep 2023

'More than 5,000 people are presumed dead and 10,000 missing after heavy rains in northeastern Libya caused two dams to collapse, surging more water into already inundated areas,' CNN reported on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.

Arnab can use tagline 'Nation wants to know': HC

Arnab can use tagline 'Nation wants to know': HC

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

The high court noted in its order that Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, which has filed a suit against Goswami or ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, which owns Republic TV, has submitted that the journalist is free to use the same as part of his speech/presentation of any news channel.

Prostrate before the Arnab experience

Prostrate before the Arnab experience

Rediff.com31 Aug 2015

'While Television generally tends to Clarity,' says Sreehari Nair, 'Arnab Goswami's The Newshour Debate portrays our confusions. Each episode offers both the potency of an intensely-fought boxing match and the giddy pleasures of an orgy.'

Pfizer, Moderna testing vaccines against UK Covid strain

Pfizer, Moderna testing vaccines against UK Covid strain

Rediff.com22 Dec 2020

The novel coronavirus has mutated before, and both companies say they've found that their vaccines worked against other variations of the virus.

Arnab: 'Public support is my best security'

Arnab: 'Public support is my best security'

Rediff.com20 Oct 2016

'There is a lot of support for the work we do,' says Arnab Goswami.

'Arnab has not been provided any security, Y, Z or otherwise'

'Arnab has not been provided any security, Y, Z or otherwise'

Rediff.com24 Oct 2016

'To safeguard himself he moves around with his personal security. That's it.'

COVID-19: What Modi must do NOW!

COVID-19: What Modi must do NOW!

Rediff.com21 Jul 2020

The leadership needs to put all other government business aside, control the pandemic and save human lives. Searchlights are going to be held by the world community in the weeks and months ahead as the fatality rates start shooting up and Indians die like flies, warns Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

'Arnab is a thought in the minds of people'

'Arnab is a thought in the minds of people'

Rediff.com4 Nov 2016

'Physically, he is your boy next door, but attitude-wise, he is an evangelist who does not mind shouting from the rooftops to take a stand on a cause he believes in.'

'We're celebrating Modi becoming prime minister'

'We're celebrating Modi becoming prime minister'

Rediff.com26 Sep 2014

'Americans understand India as an emerging superpower, they do not understand that we'd already arrived.' Indian-American actor Akshay Kapoor, on what to expect at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

Big stars line up for Modi's New York speech

Big stars line up for Modi's New York speech

Rediff.com17 Sep 2014

Young Indian-American pop star sensation Anjali Ranadive, popular playback singer Kavita Subramaniam along with renowned violinist L Subramaniam would perform at a public reception being hosted by Indian-American community for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York.

Zakir Naik serves notice to Arnab Goswami, seeks Rs 500 cr damages

Zakir Naik serves notice to Arnab Goswami, seeks Rs 500 cr damages

Rediff.com29 Jul 2016

The controversial Islamic preacher has asked the firebrand television anchor to withdraw defamatory statements made by him and tender an unconditional apology.

Being Sambit Patra

Being Sambit Patra

Rediff.com26 Dec 2015

At a time when the BJP is facing a perception battle, is Sambit Patra, its national spokesperson, helping the party's image?

Race to White House: Clinton, Sanders spar over Obama, immigration

Race to White House: Clinton, Sanders spar over Obama, immigration

Rediff.com12 Feb 2016

US presidential aspirants Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Friday tried to woo minority Latino and African American voters as they sparred over issues like race and their records on immigration during a Democratic debate.

'Arnab Goswami is the Ekta Kapoor of TV news'

'Arnab Goswami is the Ekta Kapoor of TV news'

Rediff.com22 Feb 2014

For Arnab Goswami, the television studio is a stage and he plays his part to the hilt, with a finger on the pulse of the English-speaking audience, says Veenu Sandhu

The Narendra Modi of TV news

The Narendra Modi of TV news

Rediff.com3 Nov 2016

'To be fair to Arnab Goswami, the television camera is his only fix.' Unlike other TV stars who rule social media, Arnab is nowhere to be found.' 'While they hold forth in newspaper columns, maybe having realised that true gravitas is earned via newsprint not digicams, he does nothing of the sort.' 'He breathes and lives TV news,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Modi on revolving stage at Madison Square Garden

Modi on revolving stage at Madison Square Garden

Rediff.com25 Sep 2014

'Since there will be US lawmakers, deans of leading universities like Harvard and Columbia and personalities from the worlds of art, culture, politics, medicine, science, technology, "We have made a request to the prime minister to say something in English." Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from Washington, DC.

The Calmwali Bai

The Calmwali Bai

Rediff.com29 Jan 2016

"For years I had been the cynosure of all eyes in my residential complex -- 'the lady with the full-time maid!'"

Arnab Goswami and his 9 pm fish market

Arnab Goswami and his 9 pm fish market

Rediff.com7 Nov 2016

Now that Arnab Goswami is signing off from the Times Group, his cacophony and his shrill sermons will be missed. So will be the fish market. Thank God for that because for me the fish had started to stink, says Sudhir Bisht.

Time for better sense to prevail

Time for better sense to prevail

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

'The BJP should avoid escalating every local issue and minor provocation into a national crisis and claiming a 'holier than thou' monopoly on patriotism.' 'And the Opposition should avoid paying the government back in the same coin by crying wolf about intolerance at the slightest provocation.'

The first Gandhi-Nehru to be grilled on TV gets my vote

The first Gandhi-Nehru to be grilled on TV gets my vote

Rediff.com28 Jan 2014

'Rahul Gandhi was not wrong in invoking the 2002 Gujarat riots but when Arnab Goswami threw the curve ball of judicial clean chit to Modi, he did not know what to say. A better-prepared man would have come back that it was not a question of judicial clean chits but about owing up moral responsibility, would have even cited AB Vajpayee's own rajdharma plea,' argues Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Is India ready for humour without punchlines?

Is India ready for humour without punchlines?

Rediff.com18 Nov 2015

No-Punchline humour reminds us how in our daily lives, we all are by turns 'The Corrupt Politician we criticise,' 'The Chauvinist Male we frown upon,' 'The Rule Breaker we deride through our Facebook posts,' 'The Communal Virus we so easily lampoon' and 'The Bad Artist we spoof.' In a land where the aforesaid prototypes are our major sources of 'funny,' is there an audience for the NPL kind of humour, asks Sreehari Nair.