'People know what Naidu is. I want to know if he will come clean on his various scams... He has given away land at throwaway prices to his stooges. How can he call my son corrupt?' Vijayamma, who has changed the game in Vishakhapatanam, tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa why her son Jaganmohan Reddy will be Seema-Andhra's first chief minister.
Troops will have to be alert over the next two months as snow melts
He emphasised that priority would be on keeping the army in the highest state of preparedness to consolidate the gains of Operation Parakarma, the year-long forward deployment of troops on the Indo-Pak border.
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General Motors India expects to double sales of its vehicles to touch 16,000 units by December this year, Aditya Vij, the company's managing director, said in Bangalore on Wednesday.
A Delhi student has accused four soldiers of the Presidential Guards of gang-raping her.
"Vaccination is our big weapon in the fight against COVID-19," he said. He added that India is the fastest country globally to reach the landmark of 17 crore doses in 114 days and thanked all the states and UTs for their contribution in achieving this feat.
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Lt Gen N C Vij sad men from the special forces, specialised units of the army and air force were to be involved in the attack, which was called off at the last moment.
Ruslaan Mumtaz is relieved, as well as disappointed, about his new show Balika Vadhu wrapping up.
What has Tehelka's greatness to do with an act of sexual assault by its editor-in-chief, asks Shivam Vij
The Indian Army has foiled an infiltration bid from across the border in Nowgam sector of Kashmir, killing three intruders. Army personnel detected some movement in the sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday night. When the intruders were challenged by the army patrol, they opened fire, said army spokesman Naresh Vij.
Field Marshal S H F J 'Sam' Manekshaw, independent India's greatest military commander, would have turned 100 on April 3, 2014. To mark the occasion and to celebrate a brilliant mind and one of India's best-loved soldiers, we reproduce, with kind courtesy of the Indian Defence Review, the Field Marshal's lecture at the Defence Services College, Wellington, on Leadership and Discipline.
Memories of an era gone by are all that remains for telegraphists, considered the backbone of the historic 163-year-old telegram service, which bids its final adieu.
Cinema halls have been ordered to shut down in many cities after the COVID-19 scare, so films are being screened only at a limited number of cinemas.
Bad weather and hostile terrain have hampered the evacuation operation in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district where armed rebels had on Saturday ambushed a team of Special Task Force killing seven personnel.
The adventure show will be shot in Argentina.
Michael Hussey played a gem of an innings to overshadow Shane Watson's brilliant century and help Chennai Super Kings clinch a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in a thrilling Pepsi Indian Premier League match in Chennai, on Monday.
'I wonder how we can reduce violence in society by answering it with violence,' asks Shivam Vij. 'If instead we answer it with mercy, we will be a more humane society.'
Now if only Manmohan Singh showed such acumen in dealing with other crises his government is facing, says Shivam Vij.
The current mechanisms of internet censorship in India are draconian and unconstitutional. They need to be replaced with a new set of rules that are fair, transparent and accessible for public scrutiny, says Shivam Vij
Riya Vij, 14, is all set to make her debut in Karan Johar's forthcoming production Gippi.
Jay Bhanushali and Mahhi Vij talk about their big win at the dance reality show.
The problem with the debate on freedom of speech and expression in India is that we don't debate what is "reasonable restriction" and what is censorship. We examine every cartoon, painting, film and book through our ideological prism, says Shivam Vij
Right-wing politics all over the world seeks to victimise the weak and powerless by falsely claiming victimhood, says Shivam Vij
Amidst alarmist rumours that track-two parleys between India and Pakistan are urging India to 'give up Siachen', Myra MacDonald tells Shivam Vij in an e-mail interview why resolving Siachen without resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute may not be easy.
This is how Aamir Khan's look in Secret Superstar came alive.
There's so much internet censorship in India now that it is surprising that instead of outrage you find the Indian media actually building the case for censorship, writes Shivam Vij
'Kapil Sibal has passed a law that anyone posting anything "offensive" on Twitter can be jailed for three years. That's section 66A of the IT Act amended by United Progressive Alliance II in 2008. It's a cognisable offence so you have to be arrested and apply for bail. As though you had committed murder!' notes Shivam Vij.
In Delhi this December, we understood how many others from Kashmir to Koodankulam have long felt, says Shivam Vij
When a security force finds the vessel of another country within its maritime borders -- with no "objectionable materials apart from a large cache of fish" -- why can't they simply ask the vessel to return, asks Shivam Vij
The screening was held at Light Box preview theatre,Mumbai.
'I thought we were a legitimate democracy anyway, why do we have to prove it by hanging a terrorist we captured alive,' asks Shivam Vij
Taaha Shah looks back at his experiences during the making of Gippi.
Police said the investigation in the case is still on and so far they have not found any link with cow vigilantes.
'Their action in asking for blocking of entire websites is a mis-representation of a judicial order to cause indiscriminate blocking of these web-services throughout the country.'
If Bihar is clocking much higher growth than Gujarat, and Nitish Kumar enjoys the confidence of Hidus and Muslims alike, does it not make Nitish Kumar a much better contender for Prime Ministership than Narendra Modi, asks Shivam Vij
If Bihar is clocking much higher growth than Gujarat, and Nitish Kumar enjoys the confidence of Hidus and Muslims alike, does it not make Nitish Kumar a much better contender for Prime Ministership than Narendra Modi, asks Shivam Vij
We should put Ajmal Kasab in jail until he dies a natural death, just like Babu Bajrangi. Rotting in jail knowing you are never going to be a free man again is worse than the finality of death. The punishment for crimes against humanity should be in this world and not the next, says Shivam Vij.
