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AAP claims Delhi office 'sealed'; police refute charge

AAP claims Delhi office 'sealed'; police refute charge

Rediff.com23 Mar 2024

In a post on X, Atishi questioned the "sealing" of the party office, saying it is against the "level playing field" promised by the Constitution.

66 pc of Kharge's CWC are from SCs, STs, OBCs, women, minorities

66 pc of Kharge's CWC are from SCs, STs, OBCs, women, minorities

Rediff.com21 Aug 2023

The youngest in the CWC is 31-year-old Neeraj Kundan, who is an ex-officio member of the body as the president of the National Students Union of India, the students' wing of the party.

Avoid unnecessary bail delays, decide Jain's plea on July 9, SC tells HC

Avoid unnecessary bail delays, decide Jain's plea on July 9, SC tells HC

Rediff.com25 Jun 2024

A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti made the observation while disposing of Jain's plea against the high court's decision of adjourning the hearing of his bail application for six weeks.

Alia to Zeenat: Bollywood's A to Z Of Head Turners

Alia to Zeenat: Bollywood's A to Z Of Head Turners

Rediff.com28 May 2024

Bollywood has a history of making heads turn -- theirs and everybody else's -- in shiny hair accessory.

ACT: India focus on PC conversion rate ahead of tie against Malaysia

ACT: India focus on PC conversion rate ahead of tie against Malaysia

Rediff.com5 Aug 2023

India would look to work on their penalty corner conversion rate when they take on Malaysia in their next Asian Champions Trophy match in Chennai on Sunday.

Indian women's hockey team lose to hosts Germany

Indian women's hockey team lose to hosts Germany

Rediff.com18 Jul 2023

The Indian Women's Hockey Team lost 1-4 to Germany in the first of the two matches against the hosts played here at Wiesbaden on Tuesday.

SIT won't go abroad to bring Prajwal Revanna back: Karnataka HM

SIT won't go abroad to bring Prajwal Revanna back: Karnataka HM

Rediff.com12 May 2024

He also cautioned political leaders about making public statements or sharing information in connection with the case, which is sensitive.

HC prevents Yediyurappa's arrest, asks him to appear on June 17

HC prevents Yediyurappa's arrest, asks him to appear on June 17

Rediff.com14 Jun 2024

A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Yediyurappa in the case registered against him under the POCSO Act on March 14 this year.

When Katrina Doffed Her Stylish Hat

When Katrina Doffed Her Stylish Hat

Rediff.com7 May 2024

Sukanya Verma gives us some hat tips from the trendsetters of tinsel town.

Infosys' Q3 net profit down 7.3% to Rs 6,106 crore

Infosys' Q3 net profit down 7.3% to Rs 6,106 crore

Rediff.com11 Jan 2024

IT company Infosys on Thursday posted a 7.3 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 6,106 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year. The company had posted a net profit (attributable to shareholders) of Rs 6,586 crore during the same period a year ago, Infosys said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations of the company increased marginally by 1.3 per cent to Rs 38,821 crore during the quarter under review from Rs 38,318 crore in the year-ago period.

PC not dead, taking rebirth: Microsoft COO

PC not dead, taking rebirth: Microsoft COO

Rediff.com1 May 2013

Microsoft, which is transforming itself from a software company into a devices and services company, would continue to play a key role in the transformation.

Gujarat hikes OBC quota in local bodies to 27 pc, leaves SC/STs untouched

Gujarat hikes OBC quota in local bodies to 27 pc, leaves SC/STs untouched

Rediff.com29 Aug 2023

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat on Tuesday announced 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies like panchayats, municipalities and civic corporations on the basis of a commission's report, paving the way for polls in these self-governing institutes.

Sharjeel Imam gets bail after 4 years but will stay in jail

Sharjeel Imam gets bail after 4 years but will stay in jail

Rediff.com29 May 2024

Sharjeel Imam will, however, stay behind bars as he has not been granted relief in the case involving alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North East Delhi riots which left more than 50 people dead and hundreds of others injured.

President gives nod to CrPC, merger of Delhi civic bodies bills

President gives nod to CrPC, merger of Delhi civic bodies bills

Rediff.com19 Apr 2022

The CrPC (Identification) Bill empowers the police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and those accused of crimes while the DMC (Amendment) Bill, 2022 seeks to unify the three civic bodies in the national capital.

Security beefed up at Delhi borders before farmers' stir

Security beefed up at Delhi borders before farmers' stir

Rediff.com8 Feb 2024

Pickets and barricadings were installed on the border areas connecting Delhi-Haryana and Delhi-Uttar Pradesh, he added.

Any law becomes 'obsolete' after 50 yrs: Shah on need to replace IPC

Any law becomes 'obsolete' after 50 yrs: Shah on need to replace IPC

Rediff.com7 Oct 2023

It will expedite disposal of cases as they won't get inordinately delayed, Shah said.

Thousands join Mukhtar Ansari's funeral in Ghazipur

Thousands join Mukhtar Ansari's funeral in Ghazipur

Rediff.com30 Mar 2024

The body was brought to the family's ancestral burial ground, about half a km from their residence, where a grave was dug on Friday near that of Mukhtar Ansari's parents.

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari dead, Sec 144 imposed across UP

Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari dead, Sec 144 imposed across UP

Rediff.com29 Mar 2024

Ansari was taken to the Rani Durgavati Medical College in Banda from the district jail after his health deteriorated.

From play to policy: Modi dives into gaming world

From play to policy: Modi dives into gaming world

Rediff.com13 Apr 2024

PM Modi interacts with top Indian gamers; tries his hands on few games

Protection for govt servants only for official work: SC

Protection for govt servants only for official work: SC

Rediff.com18 Jan 2024

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the shield is restricted to only those acts or omissions which are done by public servants in discharge of their official duties.

Muslims forced to shut shops in Uttarakhand town over girls' abduction

Muslims forced to shut shops in Uttarakhand town over girls' abduction

Rediff.com18 Mar 2024

A local traders' body has forced Muslim shopkeepers in Dharchula to down shutters and given a call for their ouster from the Uttarakhand town after two minor girls were allegedly lured by a couple of men from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

Nails, barricades installed to stop farmers' march to Delhi

Nails, barricades installed to stop farmers' march to Delhi

Rediff.com11 Feb 2024

Ahead of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March', the Delhi Police has intensified security arrangements at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders and installed nails along with barricades to prevent vehicles carrying protesters from entering the city, officials said on Sunday.

Akhilesh likely to skip CBI summons in UP illegal mining case

Akhilesh likely to skip CBI summons in UP illegal mining case

Rediff.com29 Feb 2024

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister is scheduled to attend a meeting of PDA "Picchda (backward classes), Dalit and Alpsankhyak (minorities)" at the party office in Lucknow and has no plans to go anywhere till now

ED officials question Hemant Soren amid high security

ED officials question Hemant Soren amid high security

Rediff.com31 Jan 2024

Meanwhile, JMM supporters were seen protesting at the nearby Morabadi Ground and in some other places in protest against the ED action against Soren.

'Make in India can't happen overnight'

'Make in India can't happen overnight'

Rediff.com14 Aug 2023

'Customers will end up pre-buying laptops, even at inflated rates. The same is true for second-hand and refurbished pieces that a company's authorised stores sell.'

2 pilots killed as IAF trainer aircraft crashes in Telangana

2 pilots killed as IAF trainer aircraft crashes in Telangana

Rediff.com4 Dec 2023

The aircraft carried a trainer and a trainee pilot at the time of the crash.

Highlights of RBI's monetary policy

Highlights of RBI's monetary policy

Rediff.com8 Feb 2023

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday hiked key benchmark policy rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent, citing sticky core inflation.

HP, Google ink pact to make Chromebooks in India

HP, Google ink pact to make Chromebooks in India

Rediff.com28 Sep 2023

PC maker HP has joined hands with Google to manufacture Chromebooks in India from October 2, the company said on Thursday. The Chromebook devices will be manufactured at the Flex Facility near Chennai, where HP has been producing a range of laptops and desktops since August 2020, it said in a statement. "Manufacturing Chromebook laptops in India will allow Indian students to get easy access to affordable PCs.

Warrant against Pragya Thakur for not appearing in court

Warrant against Pragya Thakur for not appearing in court

Rediff.com11 Mar 2024

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Monday issued a bailable warrant against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, for failing to appear before it despite repeated warnings.

Gujarat had no jurisdiction to release Bilkis rapists: SC

Gujarat had no jurisdiction to release Bilkis rapists: SC

Rediff.com8 Jan 2024

"When an authority does not have the jurisdiction to deal with a matter or it is not within the powers of the authority i.e. the State of Gujarat in the instant case, to be the appropriate Government to pass orders of remission under Section 432 of the CrPC, the orders of remission would have no legs to stand," it added.

Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur hospitalised, court stays warrant

Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur hospitalised, court stays warrant

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

The National Investigation Agency court also noted that the warrant was not served on Thakur and directed her to appear before it on March 27 for recording statement.

Festive season brings cheer to PC makers

Festive season brings cheer to PC makers

Rediff.com5 Jan 2011

The Indian PC market is all set to witness double digit growth in 2010. Backed by increasing demand from the consumer segment, major PC vendors like Dell, HCL, Lenovo and Acer expect a surge in sales, especially during the festive season.

Chidambaram on parliamentary panel reviewing new criminal laws

Chidambaram on parliamentary panel reviewing new criminal laws

Rediff.com29 Aug 2023

Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday nominated former home minister and Congress member P Chidambaram to the department-related parliamentary standing committee on home affairs.

Junior Men's Hockey WC: India lose in bronze medal playoff

Junior Men's Hockey WC: India lose in bronze medal playoff

Rediff.com16 Dec 2023

India's hopes of redeeming some pride in the junior men's hockey World Cup remained only a dream as they lost 1-3 to Spain in the bronze medal playoff in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

HC pans Kejriwal for saying approver donated to BJP

HC pans Kejriwal for saying approver donated to BJP

Rediff.com9 Apr 2024

The Delhi high court on Tuesday rebuked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for 'casting aspersions' on the judicial process with his claim about an approver in the money laundering case against him making donations to the Bharatiya Janata Party through electoral bonds, saying the law relating to approvers was over 100 years old and not enacted to falsely implicate the Aam Aadmi Party leader.

Driven by AI, Micron sees robust chip demand

Driven by AI, Micron sees robust chip demand

Rediff.com15 Dec 2023

US-based chipmaker Micron Technology is expecting demand for semiconductors to rise significantly in the next few years, globally and in India, as memory consumption is going up, largely driven by the widespread adoption of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). "Memory consumption is expected to double by the end of the decade and the biggest driver in this is AI. "While it's natural to talk about compute and GPUs (graphics processing units) in the context of AI, it is not to be forgotten that the true enabler for AI is memory ... in all the AI engines that we talk about, there is a lot of need to access memory quickly," Anand Ramamoorthy, managing director, Micron Technology India, told Business Standard.

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

UCC Can Wait, Personal Law Reforms Can't

Rediff.com8 Aug 2024

Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any reform taken place or allowed to prevail, asserts Mohammad Sajjad.

Reliance net profit drops 11 pc in Q1 on weak O2C business

Reliance net profit drops 11 pc in Q1 on weak O2C business

Rediff.com21 Jul 2023

Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported an 11 per cent drop in its June quarter net profit largely due to weak oil-to-chemical (O2C) vertical and higher interest and depreciation cost. Net profit was Rs 16,011 crore, or Rs 23.66 per share, in April-June - the first quarter of current 2023-24 fiscal year - compared with Rs 17,955 crore, or Rs 26.54 a share, earning a year back, according to a company's stock exchange filing.

JD-S knocks on guv door for CBI probe into rape case against Prajwal

JD-S knocks on guv door for CBI probe into rape case against Prajwal

Rediff.com9 May 2024

The Janata Dal-Secular on Thursday petitioned Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, seeking his intervention recommending a CBI probe into the sexual abuse charges against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.

SC seeks Centre's stand on plea against marital rape exception

SC seeks Centre's stand on plea against marital rape exception

Rediff.com17 May 2024

Under the exception given in Section 375 of the IPC, sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being minor, is not rape.