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Subhas Chandra Bose was 1st PM of undivided India: Rajnath Singh

Subhas Chandra Bose was 1st PM of undivided India: Rajnath Singh

Rediff.com12 Nov 2022

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had formed this government and taken oath as prime minister on October 21, 1943."

4 Haryana MLAs receive threats, extortion calls, 6 held; Pak links found

4 Haryana MLAs receive threats, extortion calls, 6 held; Pak links found

Rediff.com31 Jul 2022

Some ex-MLAs from Punjab, too, had received similar threats from these numbers. The callers spoke to them in Mumbai accent and in Punjabi, the IGP said.

2 killed, many critically hurt in Ranchi violence over Prophet remark

2 killed, many critically hurt in Ranchi violence over Prophet remark

Rediff.com11 Jun 2022

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC have been clamped in 10 police station areas, including Sukhdev Nagar, Lower Bazar, Daily Market and Hindpidi, to control any further flareups, they said.

How gold is being imported under the guise of platinum

How gold is being imported under the guise of platinum

Rediff.com13 Sep 2022

Thanks to an ambiguous law on the import of platinum alloys, some bullion importers are making big profits. A handful of them are importing refined gold cloaked as platinum alloy. Gold attracts 15 per cent import duty, as opposed to platinum alloy that invites a duty of 10.75 per cent. Industry sources say this is a case of mis-declaration and duty violation.

Modi urges people to visit historical railway stations in their vicinity

Modi urges people to visit historical railway stations in their vicinity

Rediff.com31 Jul 2022

The railways observed a week of Azadi ki Rail Gadi, from July 18-23, through 27 trains and 75 railway stations, across 24 states that are linked to the Indian freedom struggle.

Jayant Chaudhary to be joint candidate of SP-RLD for Rajya Sabha polls

Jayant Chaudhary to be joint candidate of SP-RLD for Rajya Sabha polls

Rediff.com26 May 2022

Congress veteran Kapil Sibal had on Wednesday filed his nomination as an SP-backed Independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls.

Uttarakhand polls: BJP's Bisht, Cong's Kapri emerge as giant-killers

Uttarakhand polls: BJP's Bisht, Cong's Kapri emerge as giant-killers

Rediff.com11 Mar 2022

Before forcing arguably the tallest Congress leader from Uttarakhand to bite the dust in the polls to make his maiden entry into the state assembly, Bisht had only won a zila panchayat poll in 2019.

Gen Anil Chauhan takes charge as India's new CDS

Gen Anil Chauhan takes charge as India's new CDS

Rediff.com30 Sep 2022

Before assuming charge of the CDS, Gen Chauhan paid tributes to India's fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial in the India Gate complex.

Prophet row: 'Thousands' booked in Ranchi, security beefed up

Prophet row: 'Thousands' booked in Ranchi, security beefed up

Rediff.com12 Jun 2022

Internet services, however, were restored in the district after nearly 33 hours, Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan said.

UP polls: 59 seats to vote in 4th phase on Wed

UP polls: 59 seats to vote in 4th phase on Wed

Rediff.com22 Feb 2022

Of the 59 seats, the BJP had won 51 in the 2017 Assembly elections, four had gone to the Samajwadi Party, and three to the Bahujan Samaj Party.

MP: 8-yr-old sits with dead brother in lap as dad looks for ambulance

MP: 8-yr-old sits with dead brother in lap as dad looks for ambulance

Rediff.com11 Jul 2022

An eight-year-old boy sat holding the body of his younger brother in his lap for a couple of hours outside a hospital while his father looked around for an ambulance to take the dead child home in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, an incident which led to an outrage with people blaming authorities for being 'insensitive'.

UP: Sulking Shivpal Yadav takes oath, meets CM Adityanath

UP: Sulking Shivpal Yadav takes oath, meets CM Adityanath

Rediff.com31 Mar 2022

Shivpal-Yadav led Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia spokesperson Deepak Mishra said it was a courtesy call.

'India's wealth is in the hands of privileged castes'

'India's wealth is in the hands of privileged castes'

Rediff.com31 Jan 2023

'They fear their caste privilege will be exposed if there is an OBC caste census.'

3rd Bombay HC judge recuses from hearing Elgar case

3rd Bombay HC judge recuses from hearing Elgar case

Rediff.com20 Apr 2022

Justice Sadhana Jadhav of the Bombay high court has recused herself from hearing a bunch of petitions about the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, the third judge of the HC to do so this year.

IAF crash: Wg Cdr Chauhan's father recalls his journey

IAF crash: Wg Cdr Chauhan's father recalls his journey

Rediff.com9 Dec 2021

He joined the Indian Air Force in Hyderabad in 2000 and was currently posted at the Indian Airforce station in Sulur. Tamil Nadu.

BJP makes clean sweep in Varanasi, Gorakhpur; SP wins all seats in Azamgarh

BJP makes clean sweep in Varanasi, Gorakhpur; SP wins all seats in Azamgarh

Rediff.com11 Mar 2022

The BJP and its allies won all assembly seats in Modi's Varanasi and Adityanath's Gorakhpur, and the SP bagged all 10 segments in Yadav's Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency.

11 UP ministers fail to win their seats despite BJP's historic win

11 UP ministers fail to win their seats despite BJP's historic win

Rediff.com11 Mar 2022

As many as 10 ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government failed to win their seats in the 2022 assembly elections, despite the BJP registering an impressive victory.

Judge who gave Babri verdict is appointed Up-lokayukta

Judge who gave Babri verdict is appointed Up-lokayukta

Rediff.com12 Apr 2021

As a judge of special Central Bureau of Investigation court, Yadav had on September 30, 2020 acquitted all the 32 accused, including BJP veterans LK Advani, M M Joshi, Uma Bharti and Kalyan Singh, in the case of demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

UP polls: Campaigning for sixth phase ends

UP polls: Campaigning for sixth phase ends

Rediff.com1 Mar 2022

Spread over 10 districts, polling in these constituencies will be held from 7 am till 6 pm on Thursday.

One Needs Courage To Do What Prannoy Roy Did

One Needs Courage To Do What Prannoy Roy Did

Rediff.com1 Dec 2022

Even today when news organisations and their owners have stooped before the powers that be when they were only asked to bend, Prannoy is still standing tall, asserts Sanjay Ahirwal, , former managing editor, NDTV Worldwide.

UP takes steps to ban meat sale in open on Kanwar Yatra routes

UP takes steps to ban meat sale in open on Kanwar Yatra routes

Rediff.com10 Jul 2022

The local, district and police administration are reaching out to meat traders to ensure this, officials said.

Coach Bhave decodes the rise of CSK pacer Mukesh

Coach Bhave decodes the rise of CSK pacer Mukesh

Rediff.com26 Apr 2022

Left-arm pacer Mukesh Choudhary has grabbed opportunities provided by Chennai Super Kings with seven wickets from seven games, including a man-of-the-match winning 3/19 against Mumbai Indians.

Yogi, Lallu, SP Maurya among contestants in 6th phase of UP polls

Yogi, Lallu, SP Maurya among contestants in 6th phase of UP polls

Rediff.com2 Mar 2022

The sixth round of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls will see voting for 57 seats on Thursday sealing the fate of political heavyweights such as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya.

NIA Court rejects Elgar accused Teltumbde's bail plea

NIA Court rejects Elgar accused Teltumbde's bail plea

Rediff.com1 Dec 2021

A special NIA court here on Wednesday denied interim bail to activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to visit his nonagenarian mother in wake of the death of his brother Milind Teltumbde, a top Naxal leader, in an encounter with security forces last month.

Mundka fire: Kin await info on missing loved ones

Mundka fire: Kin await info on missing loved ones

Rediff.com15 May 2022

Distraught family members of Mundka fire victims, who are still missing, continued to wait outside Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital on Sunday for their loved ones as 19 bodies are yet to be identified.

'CDS must build military to win wars, not just defend borders'

'CDS must build military to win wars, not just defend borders'

Rediff.com30 Sep 2022

'General Anil Chauhan ticks all the right boxes as the new chief of defence staff.'

No gold rush: Safe-haven asset feels the March heat

No gold rush: Safe-haven asset feels the March heat

Rediff.com17 Mar 2022

Gold is usually seen as a safe-haven when stocks are falling or when inflation is rising. With prices of the yellow metal hovering near record highs, people are also putting off their jewellery purchases. Along with a subdued marriage season, the orders with price open and settled on delivery day, too, are getting cancelled. Apart from high, volatile prices, there is no gold rush yet for the safe-haven asset, crimping demand.

Rs 4.7 cr money trail prima facie leads to Anil Deshmukh: Court

Rs 4.7 cr money trail prima facie leads to Anil Deshmukh: Court

Rediff.com19 Sep 2021

A special PMLA court here, while taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed against former policeman Sachin Waze and others in an alleged money laundering case, has said the money trail prima facie indicates that former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh received Rs 4.7 crore from Waze and his aide Kundan Shinde.

2 key shareholders seek Zee MD Punit Goenka's removal

2 key shareholders seek Zee MD Punit Goenka's removal

Rediff.com14 Sep 2021

Two investment firms, together accounting for 17.88 per cent of the paid-up share capital of Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd (ZEEL), have sought the removal of the current managing director Punit Goenka from the board of the company. The two investment firms are -- Invesco Developing Markets Fund (formerly Invesco Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund) and OFI Global China Fund LLC, the largest shareholder of ZEEL. The two firms have called an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders seeking to remove Punit Goenka.

BJP's RS tally falls from 95 to 92; Cong gains 2 seats

BJP's RS tally falls from 95 to 92; Cong gains 2 seats

Rediff.com11 Jun 2022

Both the BJP and the Congress have banked on new and young faces, some of whom have been nominated by the parties for the first time.

IPS officer among cops injured during protests in Ranchi, Sec 144 imposed

IPS officer among cops injured during protests in Ranchi, Sec 144 imposed

Rediff.com10 Jun 2022

Prohibitory orders were imposed in parts of Ranchi city after some policemen, including an Indian Police Service officer, and others were injured in Ranchi on Friday while trying to control a mob near a temple, an official said.

B'desh court indicts country's 1st Hindu Chief Justice in graft case

B'desh court indicts country's 1st Hindu Chief Justice in graft case

Rediff.com13 Aug 2020

The indictment comes seven months after another Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against the 69-year-old ex-chief justice who lives in the United States

FIR against Rajasthan textbook board over Islam remark

FIR against Rajasthan textbook board over Islam remark

Rediff.com18 Mar 2021

The Rajasthan State Textbook Board and the owner of a publishing house have been booked for hurting religious sentiments over a reference to Islamist terrorism in a political science textbook, the police said on Thursday.

The Magic of Raamlaxman

The Magic of Raamlaxman

Rediff.com24 May 2021

'What Raamlaxmanji did with Sooraj Barjatyaji in Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun was beyond a miracle.'

53 school-going girls, 22 MBBS students test Covid +ve in Odisha

53 school-going girls, 22 MBBS students test Covid +ve in Odisha

Rediff.com23 Nov 2021

The infected students are studying in classes 8, 9 and 10, and they were tested for COVID-19 after a majority of them exhibited symptoms of cold and cough, she said, adding that the district administration and health authorities have been informed about it.

Elgar Parishad: No phone for Navlakha, no bail for 5 activists

Elgar Parishad: No phone for Navlakha, no bail for 5 activists

Rediff.com8 Jul 2022

A government lawyer told the Bombay high court on Friday that though prison inmates can talk to their relatives or lawyers on phone, she was not sure if the facility could be granted to activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.

Who will be India's new oil regulator?

Who will be India's new oil regulator?

Rediff.com16 Dec 2021

Former oil secretary Tarun Kapoor, present and former chairmen of ONGC and a former director of IOC, are among over a dozen people who have applied for the top job at the oil and gas regulator, PNGRB, sources said. Kapoor, who superannuated as Secretary to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas last month, is the most prominent name in the list of 13 persons who have applied to become the chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) chairman and managing director Subhash Kumar and his predecessor Shashi Shanker are also in the race and so is G K Satish, who superannuated as Director for Planning and Business Development from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) a couple of months back.

'Fear was never an option for me'

'Fear was never an option for me'

Rediff.com30 Nov 2022

'My father lived on minimum money and helped others.' 'What was he to gain personally? No name, fame like a politician who work for votes.' 'His sort believe all humans deserve better lives.'

Parents responsible for growing incidents of rape: UP BJP MLA

Parents responsible for growing incidents of rape: UP BJP MLA

Rediff.com1 May 2018

Surendra Singh said that children should not be given undue freedom and asked parents not to give mobile phones to them.

Why Hasina government drove out Hindu chief justice

Why Hasina government drove out Hindu chief justice

Rediff.com29 Nov 2021

In 2017 the Bangladesh supreme court on his watch annulled the 16th amendment to the constitution which empowered parliament to impeach SC judges for misconduct or incapacity. As it upheld the independence of the judiciary, it miffed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who accused Justice Sinha of 'humiliating' the country. He was accused of corruption and misuse of power, allegations that he denied. Prakash Bhandari reports.