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Tejas: Don't Get IAF Wrong!

Tejas: Don't Get IAF Wrong!

Rediff.com2 Nov 2023

'For god's sake, portray the armed forces in the correct manner,' asserts IAF veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe after watching Tejas.

Kochhars' pleas: HC to deliver verdict on Monday

Kochhars' pleas: HC to deliver verdict on Monday

Rediff.com6 Jan 2023

The Bombay high court on Friday heard prosecution and defence arguments on the applications of former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her businessman-husband Deepak Kochhar, challenging their arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged loan fraud case, and reserved its verdict which will be delivered on Monday. The Kochhars, along with Videocon group founder Venugopal Dhoot, were arrested by the CBI late last month for their alleged roles in the case and the trio is currently in jail under judicial custody. The Kochhar couple has termed their arrest as "illegal" on the ground that no sanction was obtained prior to the CBI action as required under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA).

PIX: India march into semis with epic win over Pakistan

PIX: India march into semis with epic win over Pakistan

Rediff.com9 Aug 2023

Images from India's match against Pakistan in the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai on Wednesday.

49 pc FDI in defence: A leap in the right direction, but not far enough

49 pc FDI in defence: A leap in the right direction, but not far enough

Rediff.com14 Jul 2014

Full liberalisation of the defence industry is necessary for both combat-readiness and security of long-term supplies, says Nitin Pai.

India's COVID-19 fatality rate dips to 2.72%: Govt

India's COVID-19 fatality rate dips to 2.72%: Govt

Rediff.com10 Jul 2020

There is an upward trend in the recovery rate which was recorded at 62.42 per cent on Friday.

Chargesheet states Mary Kom-led panel was biased towards WFI chief

Chargesheet states Mary Kom-led panel was biased towards WFI chief

Rediff.com18 Jul 2023

'I had serious doubts that my statement on video may not have been recorded in entirety or may have been altered in an attempt to protect the accused and thus I requested for a copy of the video recording. However members of the oversight committee flatly turned down my request.'

Focus shifts from exports to import substitution

Focus shifts from exports to import substitution

Rediff.com8 Sep 2023

It started out as a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to make India an export hub. But after many a twist and turns, the latest 2.0 PLI for IT hardware, for which the 40 eligible candidates have applied till its deadline, is now focused on 'import substitution'. The scheme will help in reducing India's over-dependence on imports (80 per cent of laptops are imported), especially from China which include laptops, tablets and servers.

Exports decline by 22% to $32.97 bn in Jun, steepest monthly fall in 3 yrs

Exports decline by 22% to $32.97 bn in Jun, steepest monthly fall in 3 yrs

Rediff.com14 Jul 2023

India's exports contracted by 22 per cent, the steepest decline in the last three years, to $32.97 billion in June on account of global demand slowdown, especially in the Western markets like the US and Europe. According to the data of the commerce ministry, the trade deficit in June stood at $20.3 billion against $22.07 billion in the same month last year due to a fall in exports and imports. The inbound shipments during the month under review declined by a steep 17.48 per cent to $53.10 billion.

Mamata 'shocked' at guv's unilateral announcement of Bengal's foundation day

Mamata 'shocked' at guv's unilateral announcement of Bengal's foundation day

Rediff.com20 Jun 2023

Banerjee pointed out that the pain and trauma of Partition was such, that people in the state have never commemorated any day as foundation day since India's Independence.

Phone-tapping: Delhi police serves fresh notice on Gehlot's OSD for quizzing

Phone-tapping: Delhi police serves fresh notice on Gehlot's OSD for quizzing

Rediff.com12 Feb 2023

The notice comes days before Delhi high court is scheduled to hear the Delhi police Crime Branch's application seeking vacating of an interim order staying coercive action against Sharma.

Lakhimpur: SC directs UP govt to protect witnesses

Lakhimpur: SC directs UP govt to protect witnesses

Rediff.com26 Oct 2021

A bench headed by Chief justice N V Ramana asked the Uttar Pradesh government, represented by senior advocates Harish Salve and Garima Prasad, to record the statements of other relevant witnesses before judicial magistrates under section 164 of the CrPC.

45 pc of those who did not take booster dose got Covid in 3rd wave: Study

45 pc of those who did not take booster dose got Covid in 3rd wave: Study

Rediff.com26 Apr 2022

Seventy per cent of the people who received a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the disease during the third wave, according to a new study that covered nearly 6,000 people in India.

MP shunts two police officers after lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal

MP shunts two police officers after lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal

Rediff.com16 Jun 2023

Two officers, including a deputy commissioner of police, were on Friday removed from field posting within 24 hours of a lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal activists staging an anti-drug mafia protest at a busy intersection in Indore.

Cong MLA Mamman Khan held for Nuh violence; Sec 144 clamped, Internet shut

Cong MLA Mamman Khan held for Nuh violence; Sec 144 clamped, Internet shut

Rediff.com15 Sep 2023

Congress MLA Mamman Khan has been arrested in connection with the July 31 Nuh violence case, police said on Friday.

Maharashtra frames rules to prevent honour killings, lynchings

Maharashtra frames rules to prevent honour killings, lynchings

Rediff.com21 Oct 2022

The Maharashtra government has framed rules to prevent honour killings, 'khap panchayat' diktats, mob lynching as well as violence, and asked the director general of police to apprise personnel across the state force of their implementation, an official said on Friday.

Aaftab would beat up Shraddha and later apologise, her brother tells court

Aaftab would beat up Shraddha and later apologise, her brother tells court

Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

Aaftab Amin Poonawala used to beat Shraddha Walkar and then apologise, persuading her to forgive the assaults, her brother testified on Thursday in a Delhi court which commenced recording the testimonies of witnesses in the sensational murder trial.

Chhattisgarh CM: If BJP leaders' daughters marry Muslims...

Chhattisgarh CM: If BJP leaders' daughters marry Muslims...

Rediff.com13 Apr 2023

Talking to reporters in Bilaspur town of the state, he also accused the saffron party of trying to take political advantage of last week's communal violence in Biranpur village of Bemetara district.

Jharkhand: 1 dead, 12 injured in clashes during Ram Navami processions

Jharkhand: 1 dead, 12 injured in clashes during Ram Navami processions

Rediff.com11 Apr 2022

Internet services have been suspended in Lohardaga town and prohibitory orders under Section 144 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) clamped on the entire district, Sub-divisional Officer (SDO) Arbind Kumar Lal stated.

Rahul disqualified: Plea in SC against 'automatic disqualification' of lawmakers

Rahul disqualified: Plea in SC against 'automatic disqualification' of lawmakers

Rediff.com25 Mar 2023

The plea said the grounds for disqualification ought to be specific with the nature of offences as specified under the CrPC and not in a "blanket form", as is currently in force according to section 8(3) of the 1951 Act.

SC to hear Karat's hate speech plea against Anurag Thakur on Aug 14

SC to hear Karat's hate speech plea against Anurag Thakur on Aug 14

Rediff.com15 May 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to August 14 its hearing on CPI-M leader Brinda Karat's plea related to non-registration of FIRs against BJP MPs Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Verma for their alleged hate speeches in connection with the anti-CAA protests.

HC grants bail to Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak

HC grants bail to Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak

Rediff.com9 Jan 2023

The Bombay high court on Monday granted bail to former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in a loan fraud case, saying their arrest was not in accordance with the provisions of law. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan held that the arrest of Kochhars was in violation of Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which mandates sending notice for appearance before the police officer concerned. The couple was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on December 23, 2022 in connection with the Videocon-ICICI Bank loan case.

Sec 144 clamped in Nuh after 'shobha yatra' call, no entry for outsiders

Sec 144 clamped in Nuh after 'shobha yatra' call, no entry for outsiders

Rediff.com27 Aug 2023

Officials said security personnel, including those from paramilitary forces, have been deployed to keep a strict vigil. Security at inter-state and inter-district borders has also been tightened, they said.

Govt keeping eye on inflation: Sitharaman in RS

Govt keeping eye on inflation: Sitharaman in RS

Rediff.com21 Dec 2022

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government is keeping an eye on inflation which is purely "extraneous" nowadays because of fuel and fertiliser prices. Replying to the debat on the Supplementary Demands for Grants in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said wholesale inflation has fallen to a 21-month low. Later, the Rajya Sabha returned the Supplementary Demands for Grants to the Lok Sabha, thus completing the process of authorising the government to spend an additional Rs 3.25 lakh crore in FY2022-23.

Demand for Covid-19 tests growing 100 pc week-on-week

Demand for Covid-19 tests growing 100 pc week-on-week

Rediff.com23 Apr 2021

One challenge for many laboratories in ramping up is the shortage of trained manpower for collecting samples, report Sohini Das, Vinay Umarji and Virendra Singh Rawat.

PIL in SC seeks probe into rapes and violence in Manipur

PIL in SC seeks probe into rapes and violence in Manipur

Rediff.com24 Jul 2023

The PIL said the independent expert committee should be asked to submit its report within four weeks and direction be issued for action against state agencies for dereliction of duty.

HC breather for Kerala ex-chief whip George in 2nd hate speech case

HC breather for Kerala ex-chief whip George in 2nd hate speech case

Rediff.com23 May 2022

Considering the anticipatory bail plea moved by George, the high court granted him interim relief with conditions.

Citadel Review: Spy Masala

Citadel Review: Spy Masala

Rediff.com26 May 2023

Citadel proves unworthy of Priyanka's splendour, Madden's intensity or veteran talents like Lesley Manville and Stanley Tucci squandered in banal parts, complains Sukanya Verma.

SC-appointed SIT to challenge acquittals in Naroda Gam case

SC-appointed SIT to challenge acquittals in Naroda Gam case

Rediff.com24 Apr 2023

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) will challenge before the Gujarat high court the recent acquittal of all 67 accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case by a special court, sources said.

TN govt files criminal defamation case against state BJP chief Annamalai

TN govt files criminal defamation case against state BJP chief Annamalai

Rediff.com10 May 2023

The Tamil Nadu government filed a criminal complaint in a sessions court in Chennai on Wednesday against state Bharatiya Janata Party president K Annamalai for defaming Chief Minister M K Stalin.

Article 370 itself has self-limiting character, SC tells petitioner

Article 370 itself has self-limiting character, SC tells petitioner

Rediff.com23 Aug 2023

The bench posed questions to senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for one of the petitioners Soayib Qureshi, who has challenged the Centre's August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate the provision.

In HC, Kheda SP defends public flogging of Muslims

In HC, Kheda SP defends public flogging of Muslims

Rediff.com22 Feb 2023

Police have defended in the Gujarat High Court the public flogging of some people from a minority community following stone pelting in the state's Kheda district last year saying the persons were 'cornered' to maintain peace and it was not done with any criminal intent.

58% COVID-19 recoveries come from India's 5 states

58% COVID-19 recoveries come from India's 5 states

Rediff.com13 Sep 2020

Maharashtra continues to lead with more than 13,000 recoveries while Andhra Pradesh has contributed more than 10,000 to the single-day recoveries.

HC holds hearing on Sunday as woman constable is attacked on train

HC holds hearing on Sunday as woman constable is attacked on train

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

The chief justice, who received a WhatsApp message about the case, heard the matter at his residence at 8 pm on Sunday and gave directions to constitute a bench comprising himself and Justice Srivastava.

Ram Navami clashes: Situation in Howrah's Kazipara peaceful, Sec 144 still in force

Ram Navami clashes: Situation in Howrah's Kazipara peaceful, Sec 144 still in force

Rediff.com1 Apr 2023

Internet connections remained suspended even as prohibitory order under CrPC Section 144 was still in place in and around the area where several shops and residences were vandalised during the clashes, he said.

Hockey World Cup: India maul Japan in classification match

Hockey World Cup: India maul Japan in classification match

Rediff.com27 Jan 2023

India will play South Africa in the ninth to 12th place match on Saturday.

SC rejects Tejpal's plea for in-camera hearing in rape case

SC rejects Tejpal's plea for in-camera hearing in rape case

Rediff.com28 Nov 2022

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha did not agree to the submissions of senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Amit Desai, counsel for Tejpal, that the proceedings be held in private to safeguard the reputation and privacy of the journalist.

SC's 4th Constitution bench to start hearing note ban pleas

SC's 4th Constitution bench to start hearing note ban pleas

Rediff.com27 Sep 2022

The Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted another five-judge Constitution bench which will hear five crucial cases including the challenge to the central government's 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes.

Court raps ED, releases businessman arrested in UPA's Embraer deal

Court raps ED, releases businessman arrested in UPA's Embraer deal

Rediff.com16 Feb 2023

In an embarrassment to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a Delhi court on Thursday termed the arrest of an accused in a money laundering case linked to a UPA-era defence deal with aircraft manufacturer Embraer "illegal" and ordered his release.

Grant permanent commission to women officers: SC to army

Grant permanent commission to women officers: SC to army

Rediff.com25 Mar 2021

The apex court said the Annual Confidential Report evaluation criteria for grant of permanent commission to women officers ignored the achievement and laurels brought by them to the Indian Army.

No interim relief for Rahul Gandhi in defamation case

No interim relief for Rahul Gandhi in defamation case

Rediff.com2 May 2023

The court of Justice Hemant Prachchhak, however, said no interim protection can be granted at this stage.