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India should thank Saudi for Hamza's capture

India should thank Saudi for Hamza's capture

Rediff.com25 Jun 2012

Bringing Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Hamza to India would not have been possible, had India not had the support of both the Saudi Arabia and Nepal police.

Bangladesh ferry toll touches 139

Bangladesh ferry toll touches 139

Rediff.com16 Mar 2012

Naval divers on Thursday recovered 27 more bodies from the Meghna river, taking the toll in one of Bangladesh's worst ferry tragedy to 139, two days after the vessel with 300 people on-board collided with an oil tanker.

Bhopal gas tragedy: Protestors set vehicles ablaze, pelt stones

Bhopal gas tragedy: Protestors set vehicles ablaze, pelt stones

Rediff.com3 Dec 2011

Observance of the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster took a violent turn on Saturday with a number of people, including two senior district officials, injured in stone pelting, while protesters indulged in arson, the police said.

Tata Steel Chess: Anand beats Xiong for his first victory

Tata Steel Chess: Anand beats Xiong for his first victory

Rediff.com17 Jan 2020

Anand moved to joint sixth spot with 2.5 points on a day that saw Firouzja Alireza scoring a sensational victory over super-solid Anish Giri of Holland.

GM Carlsen sets record for longest unbeaten streak

GM Carlsen sets record for longest unbeaten streak

Rediff.com15 Jan 2020

Carlsen had previously indicated he would not consider the record truly broken until after two more games as he was not prepared to count two wins he had in the Norwegian league.

Birmingham murders: NRI family devastated

Birmingham murders: NRI family devastated

Rediff.com13 Jan 2012

The family of Indian-origin man Avtar Singh Kolar and his English wife have described them as the "sweetest and kindest people" as the British police said they were following "a number of lines of inquiry" into their murders.

Charge sheet filed against Varun Gandhi

Charge sheet filed against Varun Gandhi

Rediff.com4 Jan 2012

A charge sheet has been filed in a local court in neighbouring Pilibhit district against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi and 12 others in connection with a 2009 case of alleged attack on a police team.

Four days on, no clue of missing Arunachal CM

Four days on, no clue of missing Arunachal CM

Rediff.com3 May 2011

Three thousand security personnel were on Tuesday searching the inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others as inclement weather coupled with overnight rains led authorities to cancel aerial operations.

Home grown jihad, external bomb maker

Home grown jihad, external bomb maker

Rediff.com13 Jul 2011

With prime suspect Indian Mujahideen's expert bomb makers are in prison, investigators believe a bomb maker from outside the country was used for Mumbai blasts, says Vicky Nanjappa

ISRO to increase outsourcing to industries

ISRO to increase outsourcing to industries

Rediff.com11 Jul 2011

Indian space agency ISRO would significantly scale up outsourcing to industries to fuel the quantum jump in the programmes being undertaken by it and has mooted a risk-sharing model, its chairman K Radhakrishnan said.

Motto of Indian Mujahideen V2.0: Scale down, build up

Motto of Indian Mujahideen V2.0: Scale down, build up

Rediff.com21 Dec 2011

The Indian Mujahideen has used the lull to turn deadlier, reports Vicky Nanjappa

NIA team in Srinagar to track HuJI email sender

NIA team in Srinagar to track HuJI email sender

Rediff.com9 Sep 2011

A day after picking up five people for questioning, the police have prepared a sketch of the man who sent an email from Kashmir's Kishtwar district, claiming responsibility for the Delhi high court blast. As per the description provided by the detained people, including the cyber cafe owner, the sender is a 17-18 year old boy, and the police are hopeful of tracking the suspect soon.

Maharashtra ATS team visits Rajkot for 13/7 probe

Maharashtra ATS team visits Rajkot for 13/7 probe

Rediff.com26 Aug 2011

A team of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad has visited Rajkot to collect information about hardcore criminals as part of their investigation into the July 13 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, police sources said on Friday. The team, which arrived on Thursday, met Crime Branch officials and sought information on underworld dons Aftab Ansari, Asif Raza Khan Pathan and Fazal Ur Rehman alias Fazlu, who were named over a decade ago in the kidnapping of a local jeweller's son.

Ashwin provides the cheer after Tendulkar disappoints

Ashwin provides the cheer after Tendulkar disappoints

Rediff.com25 Nov 2011

The West Indies were 81 for 2 in their second essay, a 189-run lead, after dismissing India for 482 in the first innings, at the end of Day 4 in the third Test.

'Arrested MHA officer did not compromise security'

'Arrested MHA officer did not compromise security'

Rediff.com24 Nov 2010

Since he handled telecom, mining, shipping and transportation industries, we are looking into all his activities at the ministry. This could possibly be a case of industrial espionage," a senior police officer of the special cell, involved in the case's investigation told rediff.com.

Burying the ghosts of Kashmiri graves

Burying the ghosts of Kashmiri graves

Rediff.com6 Sep 2011

The Kashmir conflict has many sides. There are victims and perpetrators on all sides. If the demand for retributive justice is pursued by all sides, it will end up finishing whatever little is left to salvage in Kashmir, says Sushant K Singh

IMAGES: The 10 worst-dressed women in the world!

IMAGES: The 10 worst-dressed women in the world!

Rediff.com11 May 2011

Glamour Magazine has come out with its annual list of the femme fatales who make the biggest fashion faux pas!

J&K to hold Panchayat polls

J&K to hold Panchayat polls

Rediff.com2 Dec 2010

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said that his government intended to hold the deferred Panchayat elections in the state on non-party basis.

Ties with Pak: Mathai's key challenge

Ties with Pak: Mathai's key challenge

Rediff.com29 Jun 2011

A senior retired bureaucrat met Ranjan Mathai, then deputy high commissioner in London, and asked him casually where he was going to settle down after retirement. Mathai was frank. He didn't have a house. So he would have to do something, he didn't know what...

Banking system remains strained, crisis may recur

Banking system remains strained, crisis may recur

Rediff.com30 Sep 2009

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday warned that there are significant risks of the crisis recurring, as long as global banking system remains strained.

J&K: One dead as protests rock Sopore

J&K: One dead as protests rock Sopore

Rediff.com20 Aug 2010

Stone-pelting protestors clashed with security forces in Sopore town of north Kashmir, forcing Central Reserve Police Force personnel to open fire in which one person succumbed to his injuries.

RBI to intervene if inflation doesn't fall

RBI to intervene if inflation doesn't fall

Rediff.com10 Dec 2010

Inflation may come down to RBIs projections, if it does not we will have to take steps, RBI deputy governor K C Chakrabarty said on the sidelines of an event organised by Confederation of Indian Industry and Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence.

Two killed in security forces' firing in Valley

Two killed in security forces' firing in Valley

Rediff.com31 Jul 2010

A youth was killed and eight others were wounded in security force firing in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as the authorities imposed curfew in capital Srinagar and other towns. Meanwhile, the death toll in security force firing in the past two days has risen to five.

Irish cricketer's bats stolen

Irish cricketer's bats stolen

Rediff.com7 Mar 2011

A sports kit containing six bats of Ireland cricket team member was found stolen after their World Cup Group B match against India in Bangalore, police said on Monday.

First Look: Karthi in Siruthai

First Look: Karthi in Siruthai

Rediff.com10 Nov 2010

Karthi's next project is Siruthai -- a Tamil remake of Vikramarkudu, a hugely successful Telugu film made in 2006 starring Ravi Teja and Anushka and directed by SS Rajamouli.

Kerala: 4 kindergarten kids killed in mishap

Kerala: 4 kindergarten kids killed in mishap

Rediff.com17 Feb 2011

Three of the hapless children were boys and another a girl, who were on their way to a private kindergarten in Pettah in the city.

How India can catch up on broadband

How India can catch up on broadband

Rediff.com1 Jul 2010

The government can invest some of the Rs 100,000 crore from the spectrum auctions to help India catch up on broadband

'Pro-LTTE' elements blast rail track in TN

'Pro-LTTE' elements blast rail track in TN

Rediff.com12 Jun 2010

Passengers of the Tiruchirapalli-Chennai Rockfort Express had a narrow escape when suspected pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam elements blasted railway tracks at Perani railway station in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu in the wee hours on Saturday.

Ajay Devgn fined Rs 100 for smoking in public

Ajay Devgn fined Rs 100 for smoking in public

Rediff.com1 Sep 2010

The actor pay for smoking at a public place during the shooting of his upcoming film Golmaal 3 in Goa in May this year.

Karnataka minister quits over sex scam

Karnataka minister quits over sex scam

Rediff.com2 May 2010

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka received a jolt on Sunday when a minister from Chief Minister's home district of Shimoga quit following a media report which alleged that he sexually assaulted a friend's wife.

'Barbaric Maha police snatched our ornaments'

'Barbaric Maha police snatched our ornaments'

Rediff.com21 Jul 2010

Recounting the experiences during the period of their detention from July 16 to 20, the five women MLAs who returned to Hyderabad on Tuesday night said, "It was five days and four nights of plain torture at the hands of the Maharashtra police... The police even snatched our gold and silver ornaments besides damaging our mobile phones. The Maharashtra police's behaviour was barbaric. We were treated so inhumanly by them that we never thought we will return alive (to Hyderabad)

J&K HC rejects CBI plea to close Shopian case

J&K HC rejects CBI plea to close Shopian case

Rediff.com3 Mar 2010

The Jammu and Kashmir high court has rejected Central Bureau of Investigation's plea to close the Shopian case involving death of two women in controversial circumstances and directed it to file an affidavit on polygraph tests conducted on six persons, including four policemen, on directions of the court.

Thieves grab seven replica World Cups in FIFA raid

Thieves grab seven replica World Cups in FIFA raid

Rediff.com29 Jun 2010

Burglars made off with seven replicas of the golden World Cup trophy after breaking into FIFA's offices in South Africa, police said on Tuesday.

Meet the men who advise India's PM

Meet the men who advise India's PM

Rediff.com15 Oct 2009

The men who advice the man who runs the country are experts and their experience says it all.

Maharashtra passes Dabholkar's anti-superstition bill as ordinance

Maharashtra passes Dabholkar's anti-superstition bill as ordinance

Rediff.com21 Aug 2013

The Maharashtra government dillydallied for over seven years to pass the anti-superstition and black magic bill, and it took the murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, who tirelessly pushed for the bill, to goad it into passing it through the ordinance route at its cabinet meeting on Wednesday as a tribute to him

Don't harm abducted cops: Agnivesh to Naxals

Don't harm abducted cops: Agnivesh to Naxals

Rediff.com28 Sep 2010

Religious leader Swami Agnivesh on Monday appealed to Maoists not to harm four policemen whom they have taken hostage in Chhattisgarh and treat them as prisoners of war

Salahis voted biggest political losers of 2009

Salahis voted biggest political losers of 2009

Rediff.com29 Dec 2009

Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who also rubbed elbows with the likes of President Obama, US Vice-President Joe Biden and Indian PM, and triumphantly posted photos of their coup on social networking site 'Facebook', has earned the distinction in a recent Gallup poll.

Drunk man wakes up in mortuary, scares staff

Drunk man wakes up in mortuary, scares staff

Rediff.com26 Aug 2010

The man, who found a cosy bedroom in the mortuary, was handed over to police, who let him off after registering a case for trespassing, police said.

Threat to Tharoor: Gym trainer found innocent

Threat to Tharoor: Gym trainer found innocent

Rediff.com15 Apr 2010

Forged documents in the name of a New Delhi gym trainer were used by an unknown man to procure a SIM card from which "malicious" and "threatening" messages were sent to Union Minister Shashi Tharoor and others.

Shoaib tells police he was tricked into marriage

Shoaib tells police he was tricked into marriage

Rediff.com5 Apr 2010

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on Monday said he had been tricked into marriage with local girl Ayesha Siddiqui when he was questioned by police in the wake of a complaint of cheating by her father against him.