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Cleared by HC, Dr Khan wants to be reinstated in UP medical services

Cleared by HC, Dr Khan wants to be reinstated in UP medical services

Rediff.com3 Sep 2020

He was suspended from Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College after several children died there in 2017, apparently due to the lack of oxygen cylinders at the government hospital.

India sees new single-day spike as Unlock 1 to begin next week

India sees new single-day spike as Unlock 1 to begin next week

Rediff.com5 Jun 2020

In its morning update, the Union health ministry said the total number of positive cases has reached 2,16,919 with a record spike of 9,304 new cases since Wednesday 8 am across the country, while the death toll has increased to 6,075 with 260 more fatalities in this period. A PTI tally of figures announced by different states and union territories, as of 9.50 pm, showed a higher number of confirmed cases across the country at 2,17,389 and the death toll at 6,233.

Five Indian Americans held in student visa, financial fraud

Five Indian Americans held in student visa, financial fraud

Rediff.com30 May 2014

Each of the defendants was associated with the Micropower Career Institute, a for-profit school with five campuses in New York and New Jersey, or the Institute for Health Education, a for-profit school located in New Jersey. Suman Guha Mozumder reports.

Bangladesh hangs ex-Army officer for Sheikh Mujib's assassination

Bangladesh hangs ex-Army officer for Sheikh Mujib's assassination

Rediff.com12 Apr 2020

Former captain Abdul Majed was hanged for his involvement in the 1975 coup in which the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, nearly four-and-a-half decades after the high profile massacre.

Vijay Mallya: A man who knows the law too well

Vijay Mallya: A man who knows the law too well

Rediff.com3 May 2017

Mallya has lived on the edge for long enough to know that his extradition from UK is not a given, says N Sundaresha Subramanian.

Protests across Chennai over NEET petitioner's suicide

Protests across Chennai over NEET petitioner's suicide

Rediff.com2 Sep 2017

The state government had announced relief of Rs 7 lakh to her family.

Third suspect arrested over Gurdwara attack in Germany

Third suspect arrested over Gurdwara attack in Germany

Rediff.com5 May 2016

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the terror bombing of a gurdwara by suspected Islamist militants in Germany's western city of Essen.

26/11 attack mastermind Lakhvi gets 5-year jail term in terror financing case

26/11 attack mastermind Lakhvi gets 5-year jail term in terror financing case

Rediff.com8 Jan 2021

United Nations proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab province on Saturday.

US military blueprints leaked to India?

US military blueprints leaked to India?

Rediff.com29 Oct 2013

The owner of two New Jersey defence contracting businesses has been charged with allegedly transmitting military blueprints to India, including those for torpedo systems for nuclear submarines, without a license in violation of export laws, through a password-protected church website, United States Attorney Paul J Fishman announced.

CBI probe ordered against Nitish Kumar in shelter home case

CBI probe ordered against Nitish Kumar in shelter home case

Rediff.com16 Feb 2019

The special POCSO court in Muzaffarpur passed the order on Friday on an application filed by an accused.

324 killed, 2 lakh in relief camps in Kerala as flood crisis worsens

324 killed, 2 lakh in relief camps in Kerala as flood crisis worsens

Rediff.com17 Aug 2018

106 people died on a single day on Thursday.

Mamata sweeps Bengal; LDF retains Kerala; DMK wins TN after 10 yrs

Mamata sweeps Bengal; LDF retains Kerala; DMK wins TN after 10 yrs

Rediff.com3 May 2021

Mamata Banerjee fended off a spirited challenge by a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal with a landslide victory for her Trinamool Congress on Sunday for a third consecutive term and the saffron party and the Left Democratic Front were poised to form government again in Assam and Kerala respectively while the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years.

Sikh leaders submit memo against SFJ to US government

Sikh leaders submit memo against SFJ to US government

Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

The 8-member team headed by Manjit Singh GK, president, DSGMC, met Eileen O' Connor, deputy assistant secretary.

Bharat bandh evokes mixed response; protesters stop trains in Bihar, UP

Bharat bandh evokes mixed response; protesters stop trains in Bihar, UP

Rediff.com6 Sep 2018

Shops, schools and other commercial establishments were closed in parts of Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab but the shutdown call by anti-reservation bodies had little impact elsewhere in the country.

Crucial election results on Sunday in shadow of raging COVID

Crucial election results on Sunday in shadow of raging COVID

Rediff.com1 May 2021

There will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in 2016 in 822 assemble constituencies, a more than 200 percent increase, in view of the COVID guidelines, according to the Election Commission which had drawn flak from the courts over the conduct of polls during the pandemic.

AP division: Seemandhra lawyers' protest enters 100th day

AP division: Seemandhra lawyers' protest enters 100th day

Rediff.com7 Nov 2013

The Seemandhra Lawyers Joint Action Committee on Thursday said about 18 lakh cases were pending in various courts in 13 districts of Seemandhra as their protest against the Centre's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh entered 100th day today.

Uneasy calm in Assam, WB boils over citizenship law

Uneasy calm in Assam, WB boils over citizenship law

Rediff.com15 Dec 2019

Muslims across the country have joined the agitation, apprehending that the move could be a precursor to a country-wide NRC.

Will EPS Reign Supreme in AIADMK?

Will EPS Reign Supreme in AIADMK?

Rediff.com25 Jun 2022

EPS' real test will commence with a decision whether or not to patch up with OPS and on what terms -- and then, to decide whether or not to have the BJP for an electoral ally, come 2024, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.

How water wars in Karnataka affect BJP's prospects

How water wars in Karnataka affect BJP's prospects

Rediff.com9 Apr 2018

If the Cauvery water-sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu -- dating back to 1892 between the erstwhile Madras Presidency under the British Raj and the princely Mysore state -- has exploded again into a war, the discord between Karnataka and Goa over dividing the water of the Mahadayi river simmers under the surface.

HC gives nod to BJP yatras in West Bengal, govt challenges order

HC gives nod to BJP yatras in West Bengal, govt challenges order

Rediff.com20 Dec 2018

Justice Chakraborty said that the petitioner BJP will be vicariously responsible for any damage or loss of public property.

'The Muslim population has declined in Assam'

'The Muslim population has declined in Assam'

Rediff.com5 Sep 2019

'After the NRC it is proved that whatever the BJP was saying about illegal Bangladeshi migrant was a lie and Indian Muslims have their documents to prove their citizenship.'

Samsung ordered to pay $120 million to Apple

Samsung ordered to pay $120 million to Apple

Rediff.com3 May 2014

Jury finds that Samsung had infringed two Apple patents

FIR against Ajit Pawar in Maharashtra Bank scam

FIR against Ajit Pawar in Maharashtra Bank scam

Rediff.com26 Aug 2019

The accused were allegedly complicit in causing losses to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore to MSCB between 2007 and 2011.

Cricket Buzz: 'Incidents at lower level necessitate 'Red card' rule'

Cricket Buzz: 'Incidents at lower level necessitate 'Red card' rule'

Rediff.com27 Sep 2017

Ganguly is one of the 11 members of the world cricket committee, chaired by Mike Brearley of MCC, which announced the new Laws of Cricket, to be incorporated in the ICC Playing Conditions.

A rollercoaster ride for Jagan to the top post

A rollercoaster ride for Jagan to the top post

Rediff.com23 May 2019

It has been virtually a ten-year wait that's coming to a happy end for the 47-year-old leader, who nurtured the ambition of becoming chief minister soon after his father's death in September 2009.

Cong buses for migrants return from border as UP denies permission

Cong buses for migrants return from border as UP denies permission

Rediff.com20 May 2020

In a video message, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the party is taking back the 1,000 buses it had arranged if the Uttar Pradesh government didn't want to use them to help stranded migrant workers return home. Vadra said the buses will remain at the UP border till 4 pm, when it would be 24 hours since they were brought there.

Sharad, Ajit Pawar booked in Rs 25,000 cr bank scam

Sharad, Ajit Pawar booked in Rs 25,000 cr bank scam

Rediff.com24 Sep 2019

The ED slapped criminal charges of money laundering on the basis of the Mumbai Police FIR that was filed in August this year, which itself was filed on the basis of a similar complaint by the state economic offences wing.

Lockdown: FIR against Guj resort for housing Cong MLAs

Lockdown: FIR against Guj resort for housing Cong MLAs

Rediff.com7 Jun 2020

Police registered a first information report against the owner and manager of Neelcity Resort in Rajkot under Indian Penal Code Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) for opening the resort for Congress MLAs, in alleged violation of lockdown notification which does not allow hotels and restaurants to open till Monday.

Maha ATS seizes explosives from Nallasopara, right-wing activist held

Maha ATS seizes explosives from Nallasopara, right-wing activist held

Rediff.com10 Aug 2018

Vaibhav Raut, a member of 'Hindu Govansh Raksha Samiti', was apprehended from Bhandar Aali in Nallasopara west on Thursday night.

Narayan Rane gets bail after arrest for 'slap Thackeray' remark

Narayan Rane gets bail after arrest for 'slap Thackeray' remark

Rediff.com24 Aug 2021

There were reports that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader complained of high blood pressure and sugar levels and a doctor was called to examine him.

HC rejects Indian priest's plea against extradition to US in rape case

HC rejects Indian priest's plea against extradition to US in rape case

Rediff.com16 Sep 2014

The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed as "premature" the plea challenging a trial court order recommending extradition to the USA of Indian Catholic priest Rev Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in that country during his stay in 2004.

Day 3: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Day 3: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Rediff.com7 Feb 2022

Russians win team Figure skating gold, Valieva first woman to land Games quads

When Rahul surprised diners at Patna eatery

When Rahul surprised diners at Patna eatery

Rediff.com7 Jul 2019

Several people clicked snapshots of the leader having his meal from a distance that the SPG -- which looks after Gandhi's security -- permitted.

Kerala journo among 4 arrested by UP police as PFI men

Kerala journo among 4 arrested by UP police as PFI men

Rediff.com6 Oct 2020

Even as the Uttar Pradesh police arrested a journalist and three other people in Mathura while they were on their way to Hathras, home to a Dalit woman who died after being allegedly gang-raped, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) has filed a habeas corpus petition in the top court against the arrest of the journalist, Sidhique Kappan.

Tarun Gogoi sets on his final journey, thousands pay tribute

Tarun Gogoi sets on his final journey, thousands pay tribute

Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

Gogoi's final journey began on Tuesday morning from Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where he breathed his last due to post-COVID-19 complications, to his official residence in Dispur.

Rahul contradicts Kerala Congress's stand on Sabarimala; favours women's entry

Rahul contradicts Kerala Congress's stand on Sabarimala; favours women's entry

Rediff.com30 Oct 2018

Gandhi, however, acknowledged that his opinion is different from that of his party on the "emotional issue" after the Supreme Court last month lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age to the hilltop shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Kerala.

Coming for Trump: The Delhi Jinx!

Coming for Trump: The Delhi Jinx!

Rediff.com9 Mar 2020

Does an invitation to visit India bring bad luck to majoritarian demagogues? asks Rahul Jacob.

Indian-origin woman faces life term in US for killing 9-yr-old stepdaughter

Indian-origin woman faces life term in US for killing 9-yr-old stepdaughter

Rediff.com22 Aug 2016

An Indian-origin woman faces 25 years to life in prison in the United States for strangling her 9-year-old stepdaughter to death as federal prosecutors charged her with the murder and her ex-husband for obstructing the investigation.

Double whammy for BJP in Tamil Nadu?

Double whammy for BJP in Tamil Nadu?

Rediff.com4 Sep 2020

For a party that has adopted the successful social re-engineering model from Gujarat, Rajasthan and across the rest of the 'Hindi belt' over the past decades, Tamil Nadu continues to remain a tricky customer, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Shehbaz Sharif set to be elected new Pakistan PM today

Shehbaz Sharif set to be elected new Pakistan PM today

Rediff.com11 Apr 2022

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Sharif, 70, and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday filed their nomination papers for the post.