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Mulayam Singh hospitalised, swine flu suspected

Mulayam Singh hospitalised, swine flu suspected

Rediff.com7 Mar 2015

Mulayam Singh Yadav complained of uneasiness and breathing difficulty.

6.8 earthquake strikes Myanmar; tremors felt in Bengal, Bihar, Assam

6.8 earthquake strikes Myanmar; tremors felt in Bengal, Bihar, Assam

Rediff.com24 Aug 2016

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale and epicentred in Myanmar on Wednesday shook several parts of east and northeast India.

Now, shooting ace Verma has cyber criminals in sights

Now, shooting ace Verma has cyber criminals in sights

Rediff.com29 Jun 2020

The lawyer who picked up the pistol and won plenty of medals in shooting will go back to the court room, ill at ease with the utter lack of activity in the sporting arena due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And Abhishek Verma is fairly confident of striking a balance between shooting and legal practice.

Elderly sportspersons lead by example in fight against Covid-19

Elderly sportspersons lead by example in fight against Covid-19

Rediff.com3 Apr 2020

Chuni Goswami needs insulin daily and due to the 21-day nationwide lockdown his medical supervisor is not able to attend him but his wife Basanti is 'managing' it somehow. Former India hockey captain Gurbux Singh remembers the World War II and also the partition but said he never witnessed anything like the current crisis.

Good Samaritans offer hope amid Covid crisis in India

Good Samaritans offer hope amid Covid crisis in India

Rediff.com28 Apr 2021

Some people are shining through India's gravest health emergency by offering to run errands and home kitchens delivering meals to organisations and individuals stepping in to supply oxygen cylinders, oximeters

Missing executive was not kidnapped; Police

Missing executive was not kidnapped; Police

Rediff.com13 Aug 2007

Deepak Mendiratta says he has been kidnapped

Class 10 student held for death of junior in Vadodara school

Class 10 student held for death of junior in Vadodara school

Rediff.com23 Jun 2018

The killing was a grim reminder of the murder of a seven-year-old student in Gurgaon last year.

'I want to be the best actor there is'

'I want to be the best actor there is'

Rediff.com1 Feb 2021

'It's all that pain that makes you the artist you are.'

As Oberoi Delhi hotel pauses for face-lift, employees to get postings abroad

As Oberoi Delhi hotel pauses for face-lift, employees to get postings abroad

Rediff.com26 Mar 2016

Belvedere members at the Oberoi here Delhi will not be charged the annual membership fee of Rs 143,125 for the two years

Meet India's fastest piano player

Meet India's fastest piano player

Rediff.com24 Feb 2016

This is Aman Bathla's story.

Anna Hazare reaches Delhi for treatment

Anna Hazare reaches Delhi for treatment

Rediff.com29 Jan 2012

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday reached Delhi for further treatment in a super-speciality hospital as he was suffering from persisting cough and back-pain.

A camera museum that offers a history lesson in every click

A camera museum that offers a history lesson in every click

Rediff.com26 Dec 2014

Museo Camera, tucked away in a basement in Gurgaon, has over 500 cameras of all vintages as well as 20,000 silver prints

Migrants hope CMs help them after travel order

Migrants hope CMs help them after travel order

Rediff.com30 Apr 2020

The ministry of home affairs on Wednesday issued a fresh set of guidelines to let migrant workers, students, tourists and pilgrims stranded in different parts of the country to get back home.

'We will eventually be a multi-planetary species'

'We will eventually be a multi-planetary species'

Rediff.com6 Jan 2014

Amulya Nidhi Rastogi, a 20-year-old student of engineering in Gurgaon, is one of 1,058 applicants shortlisted from over 200,000 across the world to be part of an ambitious one-way trip to Mars.

Buying a home? Here's a masterplan

Buying a home? Here's a masterplan

Rediff.com20 Jun 2006

Covid: First Indian to get Trump cocktail discharged from hospital

Covid: First Indian to get Trump cocktail discharged from hospital

Rediff.com26 May 2021

Mohabbat Singh was administered a cocktail of Casirivimab and Imdevimab at the Medanta Hospital as part of the "single dose infusion-based treatment" on Tuesday and then kept under observation.

China's UCWeb eyes 100 million users in India

China's UCWeb eyes 100 million users in India

Rediff.com13 Dec 2012

Firm had opened India office in 2011, its first facility outside China.

Dhoni becomes a father, wife Sakshi gives birth to a baby girl

Dhoni becomes a father, wife Sakshi gives birth to a baby girl

Rediff.com6 Feb 2015

Just a week ahead of the ICC World Cup, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become a father. The Indian captain's wife Sakshi gave birth to a baby girl at a private hospital in Gurgaon.

Uber trouble again: Another driver accused of molestation

Uber trouble again: Another driver accused of molestation

Rediff.com1 Jun 2015

United States-based cab service provider Uber has landed in another controversy with one of its drivers being accused of molesting a female passenger during a ride to Gurgaon.

'I don't want to play chocolate boy roles'

'I don't want to play chocolate boy roles'

Rediff.com14 May 2013

The actor talks about his new film Aurangzeb.

Property tycoon KP Singh's future in doldrums?

Property tycoon KP Singh's future in doldrums?

Rediff.com18 Oct 2014

It has been a difficult year for Singh, whose fate from the start has been closely tied to that of the Gandhi family.

Shinzo Nakanishi: Maruti Suzuki's unsung crisis manager

Shinzo Nakanishi: Maruti Suzuki's unsung crisis manager

Rediff.com27 Jul 2012

Shinzo Nakanishi, the 65-year-old managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), spent the better part of last week visiting and apologising to injured colleagues across half a dozen hospitals in Gurgaon, Haryana.

13 yrs after Tata's ouster, Singur seeks industrialisation

13 yrs after Tata's ouster, Singur seeks industrialisation

Rediff.com8 Apr 2021

'What did we get out of this agitation? Nothing... Now we feel it was all a mistake. We have no work, and our land has turned infertile. We are living in abject poverty'

Pornanong wins Indian Open, Aditi finishes in top-10

Pornanong wins Indian Open, Aditi finishes in top-10

Rediff.com2 Dec 2012

Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum presented herself an early birthday present by winning the Hero Women's Indian Open for a record third time while 14-year-old amateur Aditi Ashok was the best placed Indian with a tied eighth-place finish, in Gurgaon on Sunday.

Now, have a pet by your workstation

Now, have a pet by your workstation

Rediff.com21 Sep 2014

Some start-ups, small businesses allowing pets at workplace

Congressman V C Shukla succumbs to gunshot wounds

Congressman V C Shukla succumbs to gunshot wounds

Rediff.com11 Jun 2013

Vidya Charan Shukla, a former union minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on Tuesday in a Gurgaon hospital after battling injuries sustained in a deadly naxal attack on a convoy of party leaders a fortnight ago.

Docs retrieve heart and implant it in 100 minutes

Docs retrieve heart and implant it in 100 minutes

Rediff.com7 Jan 2015

In a major surgery, doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute transplanted the heart of a 30-year-old IT professional, who was declared brain dead, on a 16-year-old boy, giving him a new lease of life.

Mahi pulled out dead from borewell

Mahi pulled out dead from borewell

Rediff.com24 Jun 2012

Rescuers on Sunday pulled out four-year-old Mahi dead from the 70-feet-deep borewell near Manesar where she was trapped for the last four days.

Help pours in for those hit by lockdown

Help pours in for those hit by lockdown

Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

Amid the crisis has risen an outpouring of empathy from ordinary people across India led by the civil society, who have stepped up to help migrant labourers, domestic helps, construction workers, and small scale workers who were left jobless because of the nationwide lockdown.

Won't talk to Khattar until he apologises for 'inflicting brutality' on farmers: Amarinder

Won't talk to Khattar until he apologises for 'inflicting brutality' on farmers: Amarinder

Rediff.com28 Nov 2020

The Punjab CM's reaction has come after Khattar alleged on Saturday alleged that despite wanting to talk to him over the issue, he did not respond even when telephone calls to his office were made for three days.

Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria visits Taj Mahal

Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria visits Taj Mahal

Rediff.com17 Dec 2015

A look at Eva Longoria's visit to India in pictures!

Ramdev supporter Raj Bala very critical

Ramdev supporter Raj Bala very critical

Rediff.com10 Jun 2011

Doctors, attending the Gurgaon resident at the Neurosurgery Department ICU of G B Pant Hospital in New Delhi, said, "Her condition is very critical and her vital parameters are being maintained with increased pharmacological support."

Heavy rains lash Delhi, traffic comes to a standstill

Heavy rains lash Delhi, traffic comes to a standstill

Rediff.com13 Jul 2018

Cmmuters faced hard time navigating through water-logged roads and faced traffic congestion.

Congress issues notices to 4 MLAs who skipped key meeting

Congress issues notices to 4 MLAs who skipped key meeting

Rediff.com20 Jan 2019

The notices were sent to Ramesh Jarkiholi, who was dropped as minister in the recent cabinet rejig and is said to be extremely unhappy over it, B Nagendra, Umesh Jadhav and Mahesh Kumatahalli.

Which Covid victims does Modi mourn for?

Which Covid victims does Modi mourn for?

Rediff.com2 May 2021

Modi did not consider these deaths important enough to express regrets. Will these lives continue to count for nothing? asks Jyoti Punwani.

Student dies after fall from third floor of school, dad alleges foul play

Student dies after fall from third floor of school, dad alleges foul play

Rediff.com19 Sep 2017

Acting on her father's complaint that his daughter Neetu Chauhan could not have committed suicide but was pushed, police has registered a case against unknown persons, Superintendent of Police Deoria Rajiv Malhotra said.

Golfer Aditi scripts history, wins women's Indian Open

Golfer Aditi scripts history, wins women's Indian Open

Rediff.com13 Nov 2016

Teen golf sensation Aditi Ashok scripted history on Sunday as she became the first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title by clinching the Hero Women's Indian Open in Gurgaon.

Ryan murder: Conductor's family to sue SIT officers for 'framing' him

Ryan murder: Conductor's family to sue SIT officers for 'framing' him

Rediff.com10 Nov 2017

"SIT officers used torture and even drugged him to confess before the media that he had committed the crime," said Ashok's father.

Covid patients struggle to shake off hospital images

Covid patients struggle to shake off hospital images

Rediff.com24 May 2021

Many of those who have been to Covid hell and back are unable to shake off the memories of their days in hospitals, leading to worries about post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety related problems, including insomnia.

Former Haryana CM Bhajan Lal dead

Former Haryana CM Bhajan Lal dead

Rediff.com3 Jun 2011

The cremation of Bhajan Lal, who was chief minister three times, will take place on Saturday.