News for 'Subha'

Documents reveal Nehru govt spied on Netaji for 20 years

Documents reveal Nehru govt spied on Netaji for 20 years

Rediff.com10 Apr 2015

The files were apparently declassified accidentally.

Indian history in Tokyo temple

Indian history in Tokyo temple

Rediff.com9 Oct 2013

The Renkoji Temple is a lot smaller than other grand Buddhist shrines in Japan. In front of the gate, in a very serene setting, is the bust of Netaji. Aseem Chhabra reports from Tokyo.

'The golden voice of Shamshad Begum is now silent'

'The golden voice of Shamshad Begum is now silent'

Rediff.com24 Apr 2013

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.

Kolkata airport has a new terminal

Kolkata airport has a new terminal

Rediff.com21 Jan 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee hails it as an achievement of efficient public sector

India's COVID-19 tally at 1,58,333 as lockdown 4 nears end

India's COVID-19 tally at 1,58,333 as lockdown 4 nears end

Rediff.com28 May 2020

Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 56,948 cases.

Will Mamata help unravel Bose mystery?

Will Mamata help unravel Bose mystery?

Rediff.com8 Jan 2013

After failing to get any response from the Centre, thirty members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family have sought West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervention in revealing the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the nationalist leader.

Karnataka swimmers continue to rule

Karnataka swimmers continue to rule

Rediff.com26 Jun 2003

Rehan Poncha picked his third individual gold in the National Junior aquatic championships.

'Bhartiyata' should be our only loyalty'

'Bhartiyata' should be our only loyalty'

Rediff.com26 Jan 2022

'As Indians, we should be claiming and celebrating 'Bhartiyata' rather than seeking commitment to beliefs which are divisive and exclusionary.'

Full Text: President's address to nation on the eve of Republic Day

Full Text: President's address to nation on the eve of Republic Day

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

Here's the full text of address to the nation by President Ram Nath Kovind on the eve of the Republic Day 2022.

'Sad that our PM didn't condole death of PK, Chuni'

'Sad that our PM didn't condole death of PK, Chuni'

Rediff.com9 May 2020

With the nationwide lockdown in place to fight the spread of COVID-19, the first condolence meeting held on virtual platform. Banerjee had died on March 20 after a prolonged illness while Goswami succumbed to cardiac arrest on April 30.

Has Sachin Pilot's ambition cost him dear?

Has Sachin Pilot's ambition cost him dear?

Rediff.com21 Jul 2020

'The BJP may well be his ultimate destination.' 'In the process, he has probably shot himself in the foot.' 'It is unlikely that either Scindia or Pilot will be anything other than a No 3 or a No 4 in the Modi-Shah dispensation,' predicts Amulya Ganguli.

Netaji's family seeks Mamata's help to reveal mystery

Netaji's family seeks Mamata's help to reveal mystery

Rediff.com8 Jan 2013

After failing to get any response from the Centre, thirty members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family have sought West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervention in revealing the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the national leader.

'Babur could be really brutal'

'Babur could be really brutal'

Rediff.com26 Aug 2021

'Physically, he was a strong man, but given to moments of emotional weakness.' 'He had to be put back on the right track by the women in his life.'

Bose: Dead/Alive: Pop-mythology series

Bose: Dead/Alive: Pop-mythology series

Rediff.com21 Nov 2017

'When Rajkummar Rao plays Bose with his tummy jutting out, Buddha Ears, his mouth puffed, and his talk straight, it feels more like an echo piece than a real person,' feels Sreehari Nair.

'Tallest political leader was killed brutally'

'Tallest political leader was killed brutally'

Rediff.com21 May 2021

'And no one expected the case to be detected, because there was nothing.'

Goa: BJP-MGP steal show; curtains down for Cong stalwarts

Goa: BJP-MGP steal show; curtains down for Cong stalwarts

Rediff.com6 Mar 2012

Many of the Congress stalwarts including four from Churchill Alemao family and state party chief Subhas Shirodkar bit the dust as the Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party alliance on Tuesday managed to bag majority of seats in Goa assembly elections.

'67 yrs on, govt can't go on sitting on secret Bose files'

'67 yrs on, govt can't go on sitting on secret Bose files'

Rediff.com18 Aug 2012

Anuj Dhar, author of the book India's biggest cover up, tells rediff.com that controversies surround the death and assassinations of three of our prime ministers and yet the cumulative interest in them is not a patch on the Bose mystery.

Pune FC blank Pailan Arrows

Pune FC blank Pailan Arrows

Rediff.com9 Nov 2012

Pune FC returned to winning ways, defeating a spirited Pailan Arrows 2-0, in a Round 5 I-League fixture that halted the AIFF developmental outfit's unbeaten run in Kolkata on Friday.

Bengal suffered losses of over Rs 1 lakh cr due to Amphan: Mamata

Bengal suffered losses of over Rs 1 lakh cr due to Amphan: Mamata

Rediff.com22 May 2020

After conducting an aerial survey of some of the affected areas and attending a review meeting along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district, she said there is a need to work together at this hour of crisis.

Modi, the Winter Fashionista

Modi, the Winter Fashionista

Rediff.com25 Feb 2021

Thank you, Mr Prime Minister, for bringing colour to our colourless, drab, despair-ridden lives.

What role did IB play in the Netaji mystery?

What role did IB play in the Netaji mystery?

Rediff.com12 Jul 2012

What role did the Intelligence Bureau have to play in the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose mystery? Anuj Dhar, the author of the just published book India's biggest cover-up, says that the agency doctored a British-era document to support the Nehru government's stance on the freedom fighter's reported death, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

The fault-lines in Bengal's electoral battleground

The fault-lines in Bengal's electoral battleground

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury reports on how the West Bengal elections are being fought by the BJP and Trinalool Congress amid COVID challenges, 'Bangaliana', and campaigns based on religion, region, and caste.

'Selfless service is her enduring legacy'

'Selfless service is her enduring legacy'

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, who was part of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army, passed away on Monday. Senior CPI-M leader Brinda Karat pays tribute to the former commander of INA's Rani of Jhansi Regiment

How Swapna Barman became the toast of Asia

How Swapna Barman became the toast of Asia

Rediff.com26 Sep 2018

'To be good at the heptathlon takes at least seven years; to compete internationally and win medals takes 10 years.' 'Swapna became Asia's best heptathlete in just five years!' 'Nobody would have believed it. but she did it.'

Netaji Bose's INA aide Capt Lakshmi Sahgal is dead

Netaji Bose's INA aide Capt Lakshmi Sahgal is dead

Rediff.com23 Jul 2012

Capt Lakshmi Sahgal was very active during the Independence movement and had commanded the 'Rani of Jhansi Regiment' of the INA formed by Bose

West Bengal makes public cabinet papers on Netaji from 1938 to 1947

West Bengal makes public cabinet papers on Netaji from 1938 to 1947

Rediff.com28 Sep 2015

The West Bengal government on Monday made public the cabinet papers on Netaji and allied subjects from 1938 to 1947.

Indians celebrate Independence Day

Indians celebrate Independence Day

Rediff.com16 Aug 2017

Soaked in patriotism, Indians marked the country's 71st Independence Day with the tricolour fluttering high and the national anthem reverberating at various spots across the nation.

'Time for Congress to become a tiger on the prowl'

'Time for Congress to become a tiger on the prowl'

Rediff.com19 Aug 2020

'If the Congress party wants to take on the BJP it cannot do it in this fuddy-duddy, grand old party, style.'

'Netaji would have done his best to stop partition'

'Netaji would have done his best to stop partition'

Rediff.com2 Aug 2011

Netaji grandnephew Sugata Bose appeared on Rediff chat on Friday and he answered question the Netaji's role in the Indian National Congress, his relationship with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, cleared the air around the leader's mysterious death and more.

Go wherever you want: Nitish to Pavan Varma

Go wherever you want: Nitish to Pavan Varma

Rediff.com23 Jan 2020

"They should go wherever they want," Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United chief Nitish Kumar said on Thursday when asked of Prashant Kishor and Pavan Verma's repeated questions about the party's stand's on the newly enacted Citizenship Act.

'Reports of Netaji's death should leave no doubt in anyone's mind'

'Reports of Netaji's death should leave no doubt in anyone's mind'

Rediff.com28 Apr 2015

'There is no evidence that it was Nehru who ordered this surveillance (on Netaji's kin). It was a very low-level Bengal-based operation.' 'Netaji's grandnephew Sugata Bose has written in his book on the leader that the existing evidence that Subhas Bose died in that plane crash is overwhelming. No historian looking at that evidence can come to a different conclusion.' 'Contrary to popular belief, there were very little differences among the three (Netaji, Nehru and Gandhi). Netaji was of the opinion that some amount of violence was necessary to bring independence for India.' Historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee says that the controversy over the alleged spying on the kin of Netaji is a damp squib.

I-League: Mohun Bagan drub Shillong Lajong

I-League: Mohun Bagan drub Shillong Lajong

Rediff.com10 Apr 2012

McDowell Mohun Bagan routed Shillong Lajong 6-1 during the I-League encounter at the Yuba Bharati Krinangan, in Kolkata, on Tuesday.

Archery World Cup: Tarundeep, Rahul to represent India

Archery World Cup: Tarundeep, Rahul to represent India

Rediff.com19 Mar 2012

Archers Tarundeep Rai of Services and Rahul Banerjee of Railways have been named in the Indian men's recurve team for the first three World Cups.

New ISI chief Zahir-ul-Islam's trifling link with SRK

New ISI chief Zahir-ul-Islam's trifling link with SRK

Rediff.com10 Mar 2012

Pakistan's new Inter-Services Intelligence chief, Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam, is the nephew of Indian National Army hero Shah Nawaz Khan and through him, shares a tenuous link with Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan.

Why Pak TV anchor Maya Khan is under attack

Why Pak TV anchor Maya Khan is under attack

Rediff.com23 Jan 2012

A morning show host of a television channel has invited the wrath of hundreds of Pakistanis for trying to drill moral sense into young couples dating in Karachi's parks.

ANZ re-enters Indian banking after a decade

ANZ re-enters Indian banking after a decade

Rediff.com17 Jun 2011

ANZ had exited from India in 2000 after it sold its Grindlays Bank unit to Standard Chartered Plc.

'Netaji was able to both respect and transcend religious differences'

'Netaji was able to both respect and transcend religious differences'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2011

In 1941, at the height of the Second World War, Subhas Chandra Bose went to Germany to seek Adolf Hitler's help in organising an Indian army to fight their common enemy, England. In the third part of his four-part interview to Arthur Pais, biographer Sugata Bose talks about Netaji's time in Europe.

Mahatma Gandhi was a 'kattar' Hindu, says RSS chief

Mahatma Gandhi was a 'kattar' Hindu, says RSS chief

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

Bhagwat referred to Gandhi's writings in Harijan in which he had declared himself a "fanatic Sanatani Hindu".