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Coal block allocation policy 100 pc correct: Jaiswal

Coal block allocation policy 100 pc correct: Jaiswal

Rediff.com4 Sep 2012

Under attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party on the coal block allocation issue, the government on Tuesday said the policy followed by it in allotting the mines was "100 per cent correct" and those who resorted to wrongdoing will go to jail.

Flower should bridge gap with KP: Strauss

Flower should bridge gap with KP: Strauss

Rediff.com14 Nov 2012

Former England captain Andrew Strauss feels that chief coach Andy Flower "genuinely has to want to bridge the gap" with comeback man Kevin Pietersen or else there will be some challenges for the visitors.

Red Bull in technical controversy before Monaco GP

Red Bull in technical controversy before Monaco GP

Rediff.com27 May 2012

Champions Red Bull were embroiled in a technical controversy before Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix with suggestions that their cars, with Mark Webber on pole position in one of them, could be in breach of the regulations.

Two headmasters of govt school beaten to death in Bihar

Two headmasters of govt school beaten to death in Bihar

Rediff.com22 May 2012

Two headmasters of government run schools were beaten to death in Bihar allegedly by some powerful people in the last twenty-four hours.

Antony rules out cuts in defence budget

Antony rules out cuts in defence budget

Rediff.com8 Nov 2012

The defence ministry is not very hopeful about getting an additional Rs 40,000 crore for modernisation of the armed forces, with Defence Minister A K Antony on Thursday saying he was struggling to get even the Rs 1.93 lakh crore allotted by the government in the budget. "Now I am struggling to get the budgetary amount," he told reporters when asked if he was hopeful of getting the additional Rs 40,000 crore sought by his ministry for the modernising of the three services.

Students from NE try to flee Bangalore

Students from NE try to flee Bangalore

Rediff.com16 Aug 2012

In the aftermath of the violence at Azad Maidan, Mumbai, and some stray incidents in Hyderabad, many people from north-eastern states in Karnataka are trying to leave Bangalore and go back home. Over 5,000 people from north-east, most of them students from Guwahati, were seen assembling at the city's central railway station as they tried to head back home.

Jab We Met: In the mood for love

Jab We Met: In the mood for love

Rediff.com11 Apr 2013

We'd invited you, our readers to share your love stories.

Interceptor missile successfully launched off Odisha coast

Interceptor missile successfully launched off Odisha coast

Rediff.com10 Feb 2012

As part of its plan to deploy a two-layer ballistic missile defence system, India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile from the Integrated Test Range off Odisha coast. A surface-to-surface target missile -- a modified 'Prithvi' -- was first lifted from the launch Complex III in ITR at Chandipur, 15 km from Balasore around 10.13 am, defence sources said.

Rafale is fine, but it's time Tejas enters MiG-21 hangar

Rafale is fine, but it's time Tejas enters MiG-21 hangar

Rediff.com8 Feb 2012

Quantity has a quality of its own. That is why the USAF and the Israeli air forces have large fleets of single-engine F-16 fighters. That is also the logic for India's MiG-21 fleet and for the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft that will replace it, writes Ajai Shukla

It's official: Women turn old at 28!

It's official: Women turn old at 28!

Rediff.com18 Oct 2012

According to a survey conducted in the UK, women turn old at 28 as more serious concerns take over their lives.

RIL shares gain 2% post Q2 results

RIL shares gain 2% post Q2 results

Rediff.com16 Oct 2012

RIL reported its fourth consecutive drop in quarterly net profit, hurt by weak demand and lower natural gas output, but sequentially its earnings rebounded.

'Probe will reveal what led to fishermen killing'

'Probe will reveal what led to fishermen killing'

Rediff.com23 Jul 2012

Regretting the killing of an Indian fisherman allegedly by US Navy personnel off the Dubai coast earlier this month, the United States said two parallel investigations have been ordered into the incident and reasons for it will be known only when these are complete.

'Rushdie drama exposes Cong's communal vote bank politics'

'Rushdie drama exposes Cong's communal vote bank politics'

Rediff.com24 Jan 2012

Against the backdrop of the cancellation of video address by controversial writer Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said the entire episode had exposed the "worst communal vote-bank politics" of Congress.

Review: Taken 2 is explosive entertainment

Review: Taken 2 is explosive entertainment

Rediff.com12 Oct 2012

The film is often preposterous and at times sluggish but makes for a great watch.

Monumental BLUNDER helped 13/7 mastermind get away

Monumental BLUNDER helped 13/7 mastermind get away

Rediff.com13 Jul 2012

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad claims that it has cracked the 13/7 serial blasts case. But the probe will be remembered for the many monumental blunders that left investigators red-faced, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

Lankan court orders release of ten TN fishermen

Lankan court orders release of ten TN fishermen

Rediff.com9 Jul 2012

A court in Sri Lanka on Monday ordered the release of ten Tamil Nadu fishermen who were taken into custody by Lankan naval men on July 1, a top official said.

Zardari's Ajmer trip a message against extremism: US media

Zardari's Ajmer trip a message against extremism: US media

Rediff.com9 Apr 2012

Describing Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's India visit as a trip "heavy on symbolism if not on substance", the United States media on Monday said his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer sent a message against Islamist extremism.

PM rejects demand for bringing CBI under Lokpal purview

PM rejects demand for bringing CBI under Lokpal purview

Rediff.com27 Dec 2011

Pushing for passage of the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday rejected demands for bringing the Central Bureau of Investigation under the purview of the anti-graft ombudsman, warning that no entity should be created inconsistent with the country's Constitutional framework.

Cong backs PM as allies oppose FDI in retail

Cong backs PM as allies oppose FDI in retail

Rediff.com15 Sep 2012

The Congress on Saturday saw "no crisis" over the opposition of it allies like Trinamool Congress to the FDI in retail and said that the party was fully behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue.

NDA defers meeting on Presidential poll

NDA defers meeting on Presidential poll

Rediff.com20 Jun 2012

With uncertainty over P A Sangma's candidature for the Presidential poll in the wake of the Nationalist Congress Party's threat to sack him, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday decided to adopt a wait and watch attitude and deferred the National Democratic Alliance meeting. Party sources said the NDA meeting, which was earlier planned for Wednesday, has been deferred as there has been no fresh development since A P J Abdul Kalam withdrew from the race.

Occupy protests: Are they more than a trend?

Occupy protests: Are they more than a trend?

Rediff.com20 Mar 2012

As a grand spectacle, of the kind that grabs headline news, 'Occupy' has indeed gone into the background even though the 'occupation' of Wall street continues at Union Square a few blocks uptown.

Teenage suicide: Understand them; reach out to them

Teenage suicide: Understand them; reach out to them

Rediff.com10 Sep 2012

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Psychologist Sadia Raval writes about what drives young women and men to take the drastic step and how you and I can prevent it.

Hodgson vindicated for faith in tradition

Hodgson vindicated for faith in tradition

Rediff.com16 Jun 2012

To his critics, it was a retrogressive move that promised little more than a return to the 'stone age' long-ball football for which many England teams have been criticised in the past.

Pakistan is as tired of terrorism as we are: Sri Sri

Pakistan is as tired of terrorism as we are: Sri Sri

Rediff.com15 Mar 2012

The purpose of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's recent visit to Pakistan was to ensure people-to-people contact between the two countries, says the spiritual leader. Priyanka listens in

US withdraws negotiating team from Pakistan

US withdraws negotiating team from Pakistan

Rediff.com11 Jun 2012

In a fresh jolt to United States-Pakistan ties, the Pentagon on Monday said it is withdrawing its team of negotiators from Pakistan for a "short period of time", after talks failed to lift the six-month blockade of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's supply routes to war-torn Afghanistan.

Oneworld is taking it easy on Kingfisher membership

Oneworld is taking it easy on Kingfisher membership

Rediff.com11 Jun 2012

Ealier at a press conference, the Oneworld also announced the joining of Srilankan Airlines in its fold.

Dead or alive, Ilyas Kashmiri continues to haunt India

Dead or alive, Ilyas Kashmiri continues to haunt India

Rediff.com9 Mar 2012

Al Qaeda terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri's role in India would largely depend on how Pakistan's ISI plans to use him, say Intelligence Bureau sources. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

Cronje remembered and forgiven a decade after his death

Cronje remembered and forgiven a decade after his death

Rediff.com4 Jun 2012

Deceased South Africa cricket captain Hansie Cronje, who fell from grace by admitting to match-fixing in 2000, was remembered by his family, former teammates and fans on his 10th death anniversary.

SLPL has given Lanka edge ahead of T20 WC: Malinga

SLPL has given Lanka edge ahead of T20 WC: Malinga

Rediff.com27 Aug 2012

Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga feels that his side will have a distinct advantage over other countries during next month's Twenty20 World Cup as most of the island nation's players have prepared well by competing in the Sri Lanka Premier League.

Hazare comes out with new blog handle

Hazare comes out with new blog handle

Rediff.com26 Aug 2012

On a day his associates staged a protest in New Delhi against the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, Anna Hazare came out with a new blog handle which is other than the one on the official website of India Against Corruption.

Boult praises Indian youngsters for patient batting

Boult praises Indian youngsters for patient batting

Rediff.com23 Aug 2012

New Zealand pacer Trent Boult was ecstatic at getting the prized wicket of Sachin Tendulkar but rued that they could not rein in the Indian youngsters, who steered the hosts to an assuring score on the opening day of the first Test, Hyderabad on Thursday.

'I don't want to compare myself to Bipasha'

'I don't want to compare myself to Bipasha'

Rediff.com23 Aug 2012

Esha Gupta talks about Raaz 3, and how her life has changed after Jannat 2.

'Aravaan is the turning point in my career'

'Aravaan is the turning point in my career'

Rediff.com29 Feb 2012

R Siddharth takes us through the jounrey of shooting Aravaan.

Dreaming big: What TCS plans to do now

Dreaming big: What TCS plans to do now

Rediff.com29 May 2012

TCS is aiming to add another $10 billion to its turnover in the next five years or so. Which means, the company has to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 15 per cent. Can TCS pull it off?

MCA ban on SRK not final: Shukla

MCA ban on SRK not final: Shukla

Rediff.com17 May 2012

A furious Mumbai Cricket Association might have banned Shah Rukh Khan after an alleged brawl between him and its officials but IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla, on Thursday, said a final decision on the matter would only be taken after getting the version of all the involved parties.

Markets slip as the IIP disappoints

Markets slip as the IIP disappoints

Rediff.com9 Aug 2012

Reliance, Bharti, Tata Motors drag

SC dismisses Bihar govt's plea on Lalu's DA case

SC dismisses Bihar govt's plea on Lalu's DA case

Rediff.com7 May 2012

The Supreme Court has refused to review its judgment by which it had dismissed the petition of the Bihar government challenging the acquittal of Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi by a trial court in the disproportionate assets case. The apex court rejected the petition filed by the Bihar government seeking a review of its April 1, 2010, judgment by which it held that the state government cannot file an appeal in the case.

PICS: India remembers Kargil martyrs on 13th anniversary

PICS: India remembers Kargil martyrs on 13th anniversary

Rediff.com26 Jul 2012

The Indian Army in its full military grandeur began the two-day celebrations of the 13th anniversary of its victory in the 1999 Kargil war with the hoisting of a massive national flag at the War Memorial in Drass sub-sector of the district.

US rules out releasing Osama's pictures

US rules out releasing Osama's pictures

Rediff.com30 Apr 2012

The United States does not plan to release images related to the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan fearing that this might incite emotions, a top counter terrorism official has said ahead of the first death anniversary of the Al Qaeda

Markets end at 2-yr closing high

Markets end at 2-yr closing high

Rediff.com3 Jan 2013

Hopes of global growth recovery supported risk-on sentiments.