News for 'Samaritan'

Bhopalites rush to rly station at midnight to save ailing infant onboard train

Bhopalites rush to rly station at midnight to save ailing infant onboard train

Rediff.com2 Apr 2022

After reading posts on social media that medical oxygen was required for the child during the train travel, a number of people arrived at the Bhopal railway station in the early hours of Friday carrying oxygen cylinders with them.

Why Kohli changed his name to Simranjeet...

Why Kohli changed his name to Simranjeet...

Rediff.com22 Sep 2020

On Monday, during Royal Challengers Bangalore's opening game against SunRisers Hyderabad, in Dubai, the players wore jerseys sporting "My COVID Heroes" to pay tribute to the "Real Challengers".

The online samaritan who tried to help Mumbai

The online samaritan who tried to help Mumbai

Rediff.com14 Jul 2011

Abhishek Mande meets Delhi-based Nitin Sagar whose twitter/google spreadsheet went viral with offers to help those affected by the blasts in Mumbai

CBI charges Malayalam author Zacharia, 4 others in FCRA case

CBI charges Malayalam author Zacharia, 4 others in FCRA case

Rediff.com13 Dec 2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge sheet against noted Malayalam author Paul Zacharia and four others including two charitable organisations in a case related to embezzlement of foreign funds.

These good samaritans help the elderly find jobs

These good samaritans help the elderly find jobs

Rediff.com5 Apr 2010

Meet Dr Avani Maniar and Shivani Mehta a student-teacher duo who run jobsforelderly.in, a website that is dedicated to making job opportunities available for senior citizens.

Shefali looks stunning!

Shefali looks stunning!

Rediff.com8 May 2021

Kartik prays... Sophie is grateful...

18 Films That Made Us Cry

18 Films That Made Us Cry

Rediff.com16 Nov 2022

Entertainment may be its raison d'etre but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant.

KL Rahul donates PPE hoods to CISF personnel

KL Rahul donates PPE hoods to CISF personnel

Rediff.com22 Aug 2020

Playing the Good Samaritan, India's batting star K L Rahul donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) hoods to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel posted at Bengaluru airport, to help them fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inspiring! Why we should celebrate this topper

Inspiring! Why we should celebrate this topper

Rediff.com24 Aug 2020

Payal Kumari, daughter of a migrant worker from Bihar, battled the odds including financial woes, to top the BA archaeology course at Kerala's Mahatma Gandhi University.

How Piyush Tewari is making India's roads safer

How Piyush Tewari is making India's roads safer

Rediff.com17 Jan 2020

Indian roads continue to be among the most dangerous in the world. Few people are even aware that the Good Samaritan Law exists. Getting a licence to drive is still far too easy.

When Neena Gupta IMPRESSED us!

When Neena Gupta IMPRESSED us!

Rediff.com19 May 2021

Do you know that the veteran actress has more than 100 films and TV serials to her credit in a career spanning four decades?

SEE: Why Kiwi cricketers are the most loved of our times

SEE: Why Kiwi cricketers are the most loved of our times

Rediff.com30 Jan 2020

New Zealand players Jesse Tashkoff and Joey Field proved good Samaritans on Wednesday when they helped ease a double dose of pain suffered by West Indies batsman Kirk McKenzie in their U-19 World Cup quarter-final. After struggling to hobble back to the middle, however, he was dismissed first ball -- still one short of his century. Cue the intervention of the sportsmanlike Kiwi duo, who carried the badly-cramped McKenzie off the field while being applauded back to the pavilion by the fans at Benoni's Willowmoore Park in South Africa.

RPF cop runs behind moving train to give milk to infant

RPF cop runs behind moving train to give milk to infant

Rediff.com4 Jun 2020

Sharif Hashmi was traveling with her husband Haseen Hashmi along with her four-month-old child in a Shramik Special train from Belgaum to Gorakhpur on May 31. Her baby was crying as she did not get milk at any previous station. She asked help from the constable, the statement said. Yadav immediately bought a packet of milk from a shop outside the Bhopal Railway Station, but the train started moving.

The coronavirus flight: How Indians helped Indians

The coronavirus flight: How Indians helped Indians

Rediff.com29 Mar 2020

Bureaucratic insensitivity gave way to compassion with the state administration, police and passersby joining forces to help the stream of Indians fleeing Delhi.

Gehlot announces universal healthcare plan, separate agri budget

Gehlot announces universal healthcare plan, separate agri budget

Rediff.com24 Feb 2021

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government on Wednesday presented the Budget for 2021-22 and said it will bring a Universal Healthcare scheme worth Rs 3,500 crore.

17-yr-old girl, gone missing in 2013 Kedarnath deluge, restored to family

17-yr-old girl, gone missing in 2013 Kedarnath deluge, restored to family

Rediff.com26 Dec 2018

Chanchalhad gone missing in Kedarnath during 2013 deluge.

Covid-19: Help him help these helpless migrants

Covid-19: Help him help these helpless migrants

Rediff.com26 Mar 2020

Pappu Qureshi, a good samaritan in Mumbai, helps feed more than 50 migrants, mostly daily wagers and their children, but with the 21-day national lockdown looming large, time is running out.

Sarfaraz distributes food packets to migrant workers in UP

Sarfaraz distributes food packets to migrant workers in UP

Rediff.com16 May 2020

Young Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan, who had a dream domestic season last year, is playing good Samaritan during the ongoing nationwide lockdown. Sarfaraz, his younger brother Mushir and his father-cum-coach Naushad have been distributing food packets to migrant workers, in their native village in Uttar Pradesh, who are travelling back to their respective homes.

Amid hardships, locals extend helping hand to protesting farmers

Amid hardships, locals extend helping hand to protesting farmers

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

Many locals are coming forward and extending a helping hand to protesting farmers who are facing difficulties like power outage, unavailability of water and lack of sanitation at Singhu border, the epicenter of the ongoing farmers against the three contentious agri laws.

After bringing back friend's body, Mizo youth donates reward to CM fund

After bringing back friend's body, Mizo youth donates reward to CM fund

Rediff.com1 May 2020

He travelled over 3,000 km to take his friend's body from Chennai to Mizoram, and now he has donated the money he received as reward to the Chief Ministers Relief Fund to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Twenty-three-year-old Raphael AVL Malchhanhima, a native of Hmawngbu village in Mizoram's southernmost Lawngtlai district, on Thursday donated Rs 5,000 to the CMRF.

Now you can help accident victims without fear

Now you can help accident victims without fear

Rediff.com30 Mar 2016

The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans, who help road accident victims

'Virus separating father from son; mother from daughter'

'Virus separating father from son; mother from daughter'

Rediff.com11 May 2021

'It is a terrible time, but yet there are enough examples of the goodness of people.'

Flight review

Flight review

Rediff.com2 Apr 2021

Besides Mohit Chadda and a potentially great concept, Flight has barely anything that is worthy of a watch, feels Prateek Sur.

2021: What worked with work, or didn't

2021: What worked with work, or didn't

Rediff.com30 Dec 2021

'During the course of these two years, as new people have joined, we have no mental picture to associate with them and hence, have little connection with them.'

Satellite Shankar Review

Satellite Shankar Review

Rediff.com8 Nov 2019

Satellite Shankar is a fun, time-pass film, feels Prasanna D Zore.

5 things the finance minister can do with 1,000 tonnes of gold!

5 things the finance minister can do with 1,000 tonnes of gold!

Rediff.com19 Oct 2013

The good samaritan Sadhu is just what the Finance Minister had prayed for.

Lockdown: What Kohli, Rafa, Ronaldo have been up to

Lockdown: What Kohli, Rafa, Ronaldo have been up to

Rediff.com17 Apr 2020

What happens when sports stars have all the free time at hand and no play?

'There seems to be a threat every time it rains'

'There seems to be a threat every time it rains'

Rediff.com19 Oct 2021

'We have only ourselves to blame.' 'For selfish reasons and greed, we have obstructed many outlets, preventing the water from flowing out, be it rivers, tributaries or small drainage systems.'

Taking jobs to the doorstep of rural youth

Taking jobs to the doorstep of rural youth

Rediff.com12 Apr 2013

Five social entrepreneurs are changing the way employment is generated in rural India

COVID-19: This shooter auctions paintings to help needy

COVID-19: This shooter auctions paintings to help needy

Rediff.com15 Jul 2020

26-year-old Anjum Moudgil has also been offering counselling sessions to her friends, some of whom are shooters, at a personal level.

CRPF officer feeds needy in village using his savings

CRPF officer feeds needy in village using his savings

Rediff.com15 Apr 2020

The 48-year-old trooper prepares ration packets, using his savings, for the poor in his village.

From Chennai to Aizawl: Man accompanies body of friend back home

From Chennai to Aizawl: Man accompanies body of friend back home

Rediff.com29 Apr 2020

Raphael AVL Malchhanhima said, "The thought of my friend being buried far away from his home troubled me. My father, a preacher, also encouraged me to accompany the mortal remains of my friend withstanding the difficulties of the journey."

Review: Narasimha is for Ravichandran fans only

Review: Narasimha is for Ravichandran fans only

Rediff.com23 Mar 2012

The film may appeal to his die-hard Ravichandran fans in the rural pockets.

Rear view sensors to be mandatory in all cars soon

Rear view sensors to be mandatory in all cars soon

Rediff.com9 Sep 2016

Government has already made it compulsory for all two-wheelers, which account for the highest share of accidents, to either have the anti-lock braking system or the combined braking system by April 2019

How one man is lifting Bihar's neglected community

How one man is lifting Bihar's neglected community

Rediff.com22 Jun 2011

Rahul Bedi tells the story of Bihar's 'untouchable' Musahar community, which is slowly, but steadily rising to its feet, with the help of J K Sinha, a former intelligence officer and a Good Samaritan. He has built a modest residential school that offers their deprived youth not only free and competent education, but also self esteem.

Covid fight: 4 faultlines India must address

Covid fight: 4 faultlines India must address

Rediff.com31 May 2021

Rather than worry about what picture of India is being painted in the foreign media, the focus must be on marshalling all our energies to provide relief and solace to our deeply wounded and dispirited citizens, says former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.

How these youth HELP in COVID times

How these youth HELP in COVID times

Rediff.com24 Apr 2021

'It is frustrating when you have to say 'No', but you are helpless when something is not available.'

From legal aid to offering food, locals step up in Delhi

From legal aid to offering food, locals step up in Delhi

Rediff.com28 Feb 2020

Many good samaritans have volunteered to help the kin of those who have died in the riots in northeast Delhi.

Review: Love you... Mr Kalakaar is unimpressive

Review: Love you... Mr Kalakaar is unimpressive

Rediff.com13 May 2011

The Rajshri fans who thrive on old world love stories might just enjoy this.

When highway becomes new home for protesting farmers

When highway becomes new home for protesting farmers

Rediff.com5 Dec 2020

'This is going to be our home in the near future as it is going to be a long fight'