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Kashmir like a concentration camp: Congress leader

Kashmir like a concentration camp: Congress leader

Rediff.com8 Aug 2019

He said the Centre was creating an environment in the Valley which gives people a chance to raise questions.

Experts put their heads together on Plan Panel's new avatar

Experts put their heads together on Plan Panel's new avatar

Rediff.com26 Aug 2014

Suggestions made by the different experts have been noted and would be forwarded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

'If Art 370 was so life-changing, then...': PM's barb at Congress

'If Art 370 was so life-changing, then...': PM's barb at Congress

Rediff.com15 Aug 2019

'Despite having majority governments, why did you allow it to remain temporary. You did not have the conviction or strength to bring reform'

Fadnavis didn't return as CM, what will Modi return as: Pawar

Fadnavis didn't return as CM, what will Modi return as: Pawar

Rediff.com17 Aug 2023

The veteran politician accused the BJP of breaking duly elected governments in opposition-ruled states even as it boasted about providing a stable government at the Centre.

NAVRATRI PIX! From Dubai to Mumbai

NAVRATRI PIX! From Dubai to Mumbai

Rediff.com27 Sep 2022

Rediff readers show their Navratri spirit.

Over 100 missing since tractor parade: Farmers' union

Over 100 missing since tractor parade: Farmers' union

Rediff.com1 Feb 2021

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha will collect data on such missing persons and the matter will be taken up with the authorities for formal action. Any information on missing persons can be shared on phone number 8198022033, it added.

All monuments to reopen to public from July 6

All monuments to reopen to public from July 6

Rediff.com2 Jul 2020

As many as 3,691 centrally-protected monuments and archaeological sites maintained by the ASI were shut from March 17 in view of the coronavirus crisis.

Singhu turns into fortress as police seal protest site

Singhu turns into fortress as police seal protest site

Rediff.com29 Jan 2021

The heightened security measures and restrictions have been brought into place after violence on Republic Day that left 394 policemen injured and one protester dead.

Two petitions filed in SC over tractor rally violence

Two petitions filed in SC over tractor rally violence

Rediff.com27 Jan 2021

Two pleas were filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday over the tractor rally violence on Republic Day, with one seeking the setting up of a commission, headed by a retired apex court judge, to inquire into the incident, while the other urged it to direct the media not to declare farmers as "terrorist" without any evidence.

20 big quotes from PM Modi's I-Day speech

20 big quotes from PM Modi's I-Day speech

Rediff.com15 Aug 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the customary Independence Day address to the nation after unfurling the Tricolour at the Red Fort. India is marking its 74th Independence Day under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Modi vows to fix broken government, but no big bang reforms

Modi vows to fix broken government, but no big bang reforms

Rediff.com15 Aug 2014

Critics say Modi scores high on oratory but has delivered on few of his election campaign promises.

Ranji Trophy: Gaikwad stuns Mumbai despite Iyer's ton

Ranji Trophy: Gaikwad stuns Mumbai despite Iyer's ton

Rediff.com19 Oct 2024

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.

PM mourns Gorakhpur child deaths, says India is with families

PM mourns Gorakhpur child deaths, says India is with families

Rediff.com15 Aug 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mentioned in his Independence Day speech the recent death of nearly 70 children at a state-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh, and said sympathies of the entire nation were with the affected families.

Google doodles shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan's 102nd birthday

Google doodles shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan's 102nd birthday

Rediff.com21 Mar 2018

Bharat Ratna recipient Ustad Bismillah Khan was born March 21, 1916.

'Heeramandi Showed India As A Sone Ki Chidiya'

'Heeramandi Showed India As A Sone Ki Chidiya'

Rediff.com6 Jun 2024

'The primary set took over three months to build with 14,000-15,000 workers employed at a time.'

'We ensured that Mallikajaan's Shahi Mahal lived up to its name.' 'One zardosi panel cost around Rs 4 lakh; the one with the kalpavriksh was around Rs 5 lakh.'

The Politics of Population

The Politics of Population

Rediff.com6 Feb 2024

In the Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that a high power committee would be set up to consider the challenges arising from 'fast population grown and demographic changes.' 'But who wants data? It pays to feed people's fears, insecurities and apprehensions. If such fears don't exist, they must be created,' her husband Parakala Prabhakar says in this fascinating excerpt from his book, The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis.

PM's claim of electrifying Nagla Fatela may not be correct

PM's claim of electrifying Nagla Fatela may not be correct

Rediff.com17 Aug 2016

Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi have his facts wrong when he claimed during his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort that Nagla Fatela, a tiny village in Uttar Pradesh, had finally been electrified, seven decades after independence?

India's Covid tally tops 76.5 lakh with 54,044 new cases

India's Covid tally tops 76.5 lakh with 54,044 new cases

Rediff.com21 Oct 2020

As many as 67,95,103 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 88.81 per cent while the case fatality rate due COVID-19 has dropped to 1.51 per cent.

Will India That Is Bharat Become Ram Rajya Now?

Will India That Is Bharat Become Ram Rajya Now?

Rediff.com29 Jan 2024

Will BJP campaigners start using the term 'Ram Rajya' to refer to the nation under Modi's rule, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.

Govt ready to resume talks with farmers: Piyush Goyal

Govt ready to resume talks with farmers: Piyush Goyal

Rediff.com7 Feb 2021

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the government is ready to resume talks with the farmers protesting the new farm laws but asserted that despite repeated proposals, the protesters have not come up with any 'concrete suggestion' so far.

Take action as per law over R-Day violence: HC to Centre, police

Take action as per law over R-Day violence: HC to Centre, police

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

Harman Preet Singh had claimed in his petition, filed through advocates Ashima Mandla and Mandakini Singh, that Delhi Police on January 27 said that it has detained over 200 persons in connection with the violence in the national capital on January 26 and 22 FIRs have also been registered thus far.

Farmers clash with cops during tractor parade

Farmers clash with cops during tractor parade

Rediff.com26 Jan 2021

The Delhi Police on Tuesday resorted to lathicharge and tear gas at the Singhu border after protesting farmers breached barricades set up to thwart them from entering the national capital. The police had given farmers permission to enter the city after the official Republic Day parade at Rajpath.

Farmers union blames 'antisocial elements' for violence

Farmers union blames 'antisocial elements' for violence

Rediff.com26 Jan 2021

Farmers' union body the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Tuesday disassociated itself from those who indulged in violence during the tractor parade, and alleged some "antisocial elements" infiltrated their otherwise peaceful movement.

Saffron flag row: Cong MLAs continue to stay put in Karnataka assembly

Saffron flag row: Cong MLAs continue to stay put in Karnataka assembly

Rediff.com20 Feb 2022

The Congress legislators have been camping in the Vidhana Soudha inside the Assembly Hall and have been sleeping there in the night.

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