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K'taka college suspends 58 girls for wearing hijab, holding stir

K'taka college suspends 58 girls for wearing hijab, holding stir

Rediff.com19 Feb 2022

As many as 58 students at Shiralakoppa in Shivamogga district who had refused to remove their hijab and staged a demonstration against the government pre-university college administration were suspended.

'Sabka Prayaas': Top quotes from PM's I-Day speech

'Sabka Prayaas': Top quotes from PM's I-Day speech

Rediff.com15 Aug 2021

The PM gave a call for 'Sabka Prayas' (everyone's efforts) along with ''Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas'' for building a self-reliant India.

BCCI to facilitate 30,000 RT-PCR tests during IPL 2nd phase

BCCI to facilitate 30,000 RT-PCR tests during IPL 2nd phase

Rediff.com8 Sep 2021

The BCCI, along with its medical service provider VPS Healthcare, will facilitate the conduct of over 30,000 RT-PCR tests on all IPL players, support staff and other stakeholders during the remaining 31 games of the cash-rich league in the UAE.

Delhi imposes night curfew, but no curbs on traffic

Delhi imposes night curfew, but no curbs on traffic

Rediff.com6 Apr 2021

"People who want to get Covid-19 vaccination will be exempted but will have to get an e-pass. Shopkeepers selling essential goods like groceries, fruits, vegetables, milk, and medicine will be allowed to move after getting an e-pass. Print and electronic media will also be allowed to move only through e-pass," the Delhi government's order stated.

BMC to hire pvt doctors for treating COVID-19 patients

BMC to hire pvt doctors for treating COVID-19 patients

Rediff.com14 Apr 2020

According to the directive, doctors will be paid a monthly remuneration of Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh, depending on their qualification, for eight-hour duty everyday.

The Army Doctor Who Won Hearts In Turkey

The Army Doctor Who Won Hearts In Turkey

Rediff.com8 Mar 2023

Major Beena Tiwari was the only woman in the 99-member medical team at the Indian Army's field hospital in earthquake-hit Turkey.

Nirbhaya convicts move court; jail delaying plea process

Nirbhaya convicts move court; jail delaying plea process

Rediff.com24 Jan 2020

Advocate A P Singh moved an application alleging that the jail authorities are yet to release the documents which are required to file curative petitions for Akshay Kumar Singh, 31, and Pawan Singh, 25.

Jayalalithaa's death: TN panel indicts Sasikala, govt prepares for action

Jayalalithaa's death: TN panel indicts Sasikala, govt prepares for action

Rediff.com18 Oct 2022

The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry that probed the circumstances leading to Jayalalithaa's death in 2016, in its concluding remarks said that V K Sasikala, the late Chief Minister's confidante, 'have to be found fault with and investigation is to be ordered'.

Delhi gets 10,000-bed Covid care centre

Delhi gets 10,000-bed Covid care centre

Rediff.com5 Jul 2020

Baijal reviewed the availability of beds, oxygen cylinders, concentrators, ventilators, ICUs and medical staff at the centre set up in Chhatarpur. He also congratulated the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on taking over the facility.

Nirbhaya case: HC dismisses convict's juvenile plea

Nirbhaya case: HC dismisses convict's juvenile plea

Rediff.com19 Dec 2019

The Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed the plea of one of the four convicts facing the gallows in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in December, 2012. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait also imposed cost of Rs 25,000 on the convict's advocate A P Singh, who did not appear in the court despite several communications sent to him on behalf of the court, for playing "hide and seek".

Serum Institute fire caused by short circuit: Ajit Pawar

Serum Institute fire caused by short circuit: Ajit Pawar

Rediff.com12 Feb 2021

Five labourers had died in the fire that broke out in a five-storey building in the SII's Manjari premises in Pune on January 21.

Modi dials Sonia, ex-presidents to discuss COVID-19

Modi dials Sonia, ex-presidents to discuss COVID-19

Rediff.com5 Apr 2020

Sources said Modi also called up various leaders, including Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Dravida Munnetra Kazagham's M K Stalin and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal.

Lighting lamps won't help win war against COVID-19: Cong

Lighting lamps won't help win war against COVID-19: Cong

Rediff.com5 Apr 2020

The party also said lifting of lockdown should not be done in an unplanned manner as its implementation.

Sisters from Kashmir make snow sculpture as tribute to corona warriors

Sisters from Kashmir make snow sculpture as tribute to corona warriors

Rediff.com10 Jan 2021

The snow art has models of a lady doctor, a syringe loaded with COVID vaccine, a stethoscope and the acronym of World Health Organisation.

No decision today on Delhi 2012 rapists' appeal against death penalty

No decision today on Delhi 2012 rapists' appeal against death penalty

Rediff.com4 May 2018

The apex court had on May 5, 2017 upheld the verdict of the Delhi high court and the trial court awarding capital punishment to four convicts - Mukesh, 29, Pawan Gupta, 22, Vinay Sharma, 23, and Akshay Kumar Singh, 31, -- in the sensational December 2012 case that related to gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student in Delhi.

3 Nirbhaya convicts approach ICJ, seek stay on execution

3 Nirbhaya convicts approach ICJ, seek stay on execution

Rediff.com16 Mar 2020

The three convicts who approached the ICJ are Akshay Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma. The International Court of Justice, sometimes called the World Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

NDRF deploys 122 teams across country for flood, rain rescue works

NDRF deploys 122 teams across country for flood, rain rescue works

Rediff.com22 Jul 2020

85 rescue and relief teams have been pre-positioned in 'vulnerable' states and all its 12 battalions across the country have been alerted and asked to be prepared to tackle any flood situation caused by heavy rains.

India administering 1.25 cr Covid vaccines daily: PM

India administering 1.25 cr Covid vaccines daily: PM

Rediff.com6 Sep 2021

Himachal Pradesh has become a champion by being the first state to administer the first dose of Covid vaccine to all eligible people despite logistic difficulties, he said through video conference.

Yediyurappa recovers from COVID-19, discharged from hospital

Yediyurappa recovers from COVID-19, discharged from hospital

Rediff.com10 Aug 2020

The 77-year old leader was admitted to the Manipal Hospital on August 2 after he tested positive for coronavirus.

11 pm to 5 am Covid-19 curfew in Delhi from today

11 pm to 5 am Covid-19 curfew in Delhi from today

Rediff.com27 Dec 2021

Patients and pregnant women, people out to buy essential items, and those travelling to or from railway stations, bus stops and airports will be exempted from the night curfew that kicks in at 11 pm on Monday due to rising COVID-19 cases in Delhi, according to a DDMA order.

PHOTOS: Inside a quarantine centre in Delhi

PHOTOS: Inside a quarantine centre in Delhi

Rediff.com22 Jul 2020

Senior officials in the government have been pointing out that while cases are reducing, people should not get complacent.

How athletes are giving back during the coronavirus pandemic

How athletes are giving back during the coronavirus pandemic

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

Wrestler Bajrang Punia pledged to donate his sixth months' salary towards Haryana's COVID-19 Relief Fund.

7 years jail, Rs 5 lakh fine for attacks on medics

7 years jail, Rs 5 lakh fine for attacks on medics

Rediff.com22 Apr 2020

It will help protect healthcare service personnel and their living and working premises against violence.

COVID-19: Tendulkar urges people to donate blood for plasma therapy

COVID-19: Tendulkar urges people to donate blood for plasma therapy

Rediff.com8 Jul 2020

'In this, plasma therapy has emerged as an option to treat critically ill patients'

Pakistan cricketers to donate Rs 5 million to combat coronavirus

Pakistan cricketers to donate Rs 5 million to combat coronavirus

Rediff.com26 Mar 2020

Pakistan's centrally-contracted cricketers will contribute Rs 5 million to the national government's emergency fund to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ehsan Mani on Wednesday said apart from centrally-contracted players contributing Rs 5 million, the employees in the board, up to the senior manager level, will contribute their one day's salary.

22 killed, over 300 injured in earthquake in Balochistan

22 killed, over 300 injured in earthquake in Balochistan

Rediff.com7 Oct 2021

A powerful 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted a mountainous part of Pakistan's Balochistan province early on Thursday, resulting in collapse of several houses that left at least 22 people dead and over 300 others injured, officials said.

Nirbhaya convict refuses to meet legal aid counsel

Nirbhaya convict refuses to meet legal aid counsel

Rediff.com22 Feb 2020

Pawan Gupta is the only convict among the four who has not yet filed the curative petition and other legal remedies available to him.

December 2012 gang rape convict hospitalised after attempting suicide

December 2012 gang rape convict hospitalised after attempting suicide

Rediff.com25 Aug 2016

He was later taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where his condition is stated to be stable.

Covid, economy figure in President Murmu's maiden address to nation

Covid, economy figure in President Murmu's maiden address to nation

Rediff.com14 Aug 2022

India has helped the world discover the true potential of democracy and the keyword for the country today is compassion for the downtrodden, needy and those on the margins, President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday.

44 killed in stampede at Jewish religious festival in Israel

44 killed in stampede at Jewish religious festival in Israel

Rediff.com30 Apr 2021

The mass gathering was organised to celebrate the Lag B'Omer holiday at Mount Meron.

What YOU Must Watch on OTT

What YOU Must Watch on OTT

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

The pandemic situation in India has reached a breaking point and the only thing one can do now is stay safe and stay indoors. Here's everything OTT has to offer to keep you distracted this week.

In blood-written letter, shooter offers to hang Nirbhaya convicts

In blood-written letter, shooter offers to hang Nirbhaya convicts

Rediff.com15 Dec 2019

She hoped there would be a transformation in the country with a "different kind of society" where women need not live in an atmosphere of fear.

Cheering for medical heroes fighting COVID-19

Cheering for medical heroes fighting COVID-19

Rediff.com31 Mar 2020

Fighting the coronavirus pandemic is hard, in fact it seems impossible. Doctors, nurses, carers and paramedics around the world are facing an unprecedented workload in overstretched health facilities, and with no end in sight. They are working in stressful and frightening work environments, not just because the virus is little understood, but because in most settings they are under-protected, overworked and themselves vulnerable to infection. The risk to doctors, nurses and others on the front lines has become plain: Italy has seen at least 18 doctors with coronavirus die. Spain reported that more than 3,900 health care workers have become infected. In dire times such as these, people are trying their best to show their appreciation to the frontline workers. Here are some images -- from clapping for them to singing for them.. A 'thank you' in any way goes a long way around.

Bihar assembly polls on time: EC sources

Bihar assembly polls on time: EC sources

Rediff.com23 Aug 2020

Indications are that the polls could be held sometime in October-November.

JuD medical team applies for Indian visa to travel to Kashmir

JuD medical team applies for Indian visa to travel to Kashmir

Rediff.com26 Jul 2016

The team of 30 doctors of 'Muslim Medical Mission' of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah applied for a visa through online and courier.

Covid in Delhi: Home isolation cases rise by 48%; govt alerts hospitals

Covid in Delhi: Home isolation cases rise by 48%; govt alerts hospitals

Rediff.com15 Apr 2022

Amid an uptick in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi and the positivity rate going beyond two per cent, there has been a rise of nearly 48 per cent in the number of home isolation cases in the last one week, according to official data.

Maestro of Football: PM Modi condoles Maradona's death

Maestro of Football: PM Modi condoles Maradona's death

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief at the passing away of the Argentine legend.

Polls amid pandemic: Over 7 cr gloves to be kept for Bihar voters

Polls amid pandemic: Over 7 cr gloves to be kept for Bihar voters

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

The CEC said 7.2 crore single-use gloves for voters to press electronic voting machine buttons, more than seven lakh units of hand sanitiser, about 46 lakh masks, about six lakh personal protection equipment (PPE) kits, 7.6 lakh units of face shields have been arranged.

Special hearing in Delhi HC over Nirbhaya convicts' hanging today

Special hearing in Delhi HC over Nirbhaya convicts' hanging today

Rediff.com2 Feb 2020

The HC has issued a notice to Tihar jail authorities and the Nirbhaya convicts and sought their response on a plea moved by the Centre challenging the stay on their execution.

Full Text: President Murmu's address to nation on Independence Day eve

Full Text: President Murmu's address to nation on Independence Day eve

Rediff.com14 Aug 2022

Here's the full text of the maiden address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of Independence Day 2022.