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Yamuna Expressway: Land prices up 50 times!

Yamuna Expressway: Land prices up 50 times!

Rediff.com13 Sep 2010

Real estate developers are making a killing on projects along the corridor.

After Swiss couple, German national beaten up by railway supervisor in UP

After Swiss couple, German national beaten up by railway supervisor in UP

Rediff.com5 Nov 2017

The incident comes days after a Swiss couple were attacked near the railway station at Agra's Fatehpur Sikri.

HAL refuses job to HIV-positive applicant

HAL refuses job to HIV-positive applicant

Rediff.com5 May 2005

Jogender Singh, a resident of Agra, approached the court stating that he was not recommended for training after\nappointed as Executive Training (Technical) as HAL on the basis of medical report declared him unfit for the job.

Mulayam slams UPA, Mayawati at SP national meet

Mulayam slams UPA, Mayawati at SP national meet

Rediff.com19 Aug 2009

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav announced a state-wide 'jail bharo' agitation on Wednesday against Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh and asked the Centre to "mend" its policies, but was silent on the issue of withdrawing support from the Congress-led UPA. "The 'jail bharo' agitation will not be symbolic. You all will have to go to jail...I will court arrest in Lucknow," Yadav said at the inaugural session of the party's Special National Conference in Agra.

Hafiz Saeed's lawyer dreams of visiting Taj Mahal

Hafiz Saeed's lawyer dreams of visiting Taj Mahal

Rediff.com20 Oct 2009

A K Dogar-- Hafiz Saeed's lawyer is eager to visit his birthplace, Hoshiarpur in India's Punjab state and wants to take his grandchildren to the Taj Mahal in Agra. But he fears that even if the Indian government gives him a visa, he may face hostility in the neighbouring country because he is the lawyer of a man many Indians hate.

No security lapses at the Taj:  SC

No security lapses at the Taj: SC

Rediff.com20 Jan 2005

The court said the Taj Mahal would remain open to public during moonlit nights as per schedule.

Bhoomi Review: Sanjay Dutt makes comeback in one of the worst films of the year!

Bhoomi Review: Sanjay Dutt makes comeback in one of the worst films of the year!

Rediff.com22 Sep 2017

Bhoomi's blood-splattering, bone-crunching vigour is as unwelcome as the rest of this ghastly movie, feels Sukanya Verma.

BJP to honour MLAs named in Muzaffarnagar riots case

BJP to honour MLAs named in Muzaffarnagar riots case

Rediff.com19 Nov 2013

A controversy has been sparked with the Bharatiya Janata Party deciding to felicitate its MLAs Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana, accused of inciting communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, at Narendra Modi's rally in Agra on Thursday.

Whose Taj Mahal is it anyway?

Whose Taj Mahal is it anyway?

Rediff.com11 Dec 2014

Everyone wants a piece of the Taj Mahal, but do they care about the deteriorating condition of India's best-loved monument

Danish woman gangrape: police custody of five accused extended

Danish woman gangrape: police custody of five accused extended

Rediff.com20 Jan 2014

Five persons arrested in connection with the gangrape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist were on Monday sent in police custody till January 23 by a Delhi court.

Taj towers above all controversies

Taj towers above all controversies

Rediff.com3 Mar 2018

'How better can we depict the Mughal heritage?'

Babur neither visited Ayodhya nor constructed mosque: Hindu body tells SC

Babur neither visited Ayodhya nor constructed mosque: Hindu body tells SC

Rediff.com28 Aug 2019

Mir Baki was not the commander who had led the invasion on Ayodhya, Mishra said leading the bench to ask him as to what he was trying to prove by referring to these historical books.

He got ex-UP CMs evicted from their homes

He got ex-UP CMs evicted from their homes

Rediff.com25 Jun 2018

'My passion remains pushing for probity in public life and I shall continue my fight,' S N Shukla tells Virendra Singh Rawat.

IN PHOTOS: India over the weekend

IN PHOTOS: India over the weekend

Rediff.com23 Jan 2017

Here are the major events that shaped the country in the past 48 hours.

PM rakes up chit fund scam to attack Mamata over demonetisation

PM rakes up chit fund scam to attack Mamata over demonetisation

Rediff.com20 Nov 2016

He also hit out at the Congress saying governments in the past 70 years kept quiet on blackmoney because they were worried about losing power.

Amit Shah favours strong law to stop forcible conversions

Amit Shah favours strong law to stop forcible conversions

Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

In the midst of a raging row over the conversions in Agra by Hindutva outfits, the Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Friday favoured a strong law to stop forcible conversions.

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.

The Taj is Everybody's

The Taj is Everybody's

Rediff.com23 Oct 2017

'It is obvious that the lakhs who come to see it do not see it through the prism of religion,' says Jyoti Punwani.

Victoria & Abdul trailer: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and a rare friendship

Victoria & Abdul trailer: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and a rare friendship

Rediff.com1 Jun 2017

Victoria & Abdul tells the true story of the unexpected friendship between Queen Victoria and her young Indian servant.

REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

Rediff.com27 Jul 2016

A recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.

BJP against forcible conversions, says Amit Shah

BJP against forcible conversions, says Amit Shah

Rediff.com20 Dec 2014

Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Saturday said that his party was against forcible conversions and asked other political parties in the country to support a bill in this regard if they were 'sincere' in their approach to secularism.

Som's right: Foreigners built the Taj

Som's right: Foreigners built the Taj

Rediff.com17 Oct 2017

How much do you know about Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal and the Taj Mahal?

'You can't blame the people of India!

'You can't blame the people of India!

Rediff.com26 Jun 2021

'What was the message that was going to them?' 'The message was, we are a great country and we have beaten Covid!' 'No one talked about the precautions to be taken.'

Nawaz's close aide is a frontrunner in Pak presidential poll

Nawaz's close aide is a frontrunner in Pak presidential poll

Rediff.com24 Jul 2013

Nine candidates on Wednesday filed nominations for Pakistan's presidential election, with the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's India-born nominee Mamnoon Hussain emerging a clear frontrunner for the poll to be held on July 30.

Pilot error led to C-130J Hercules crash: sources

Pilot error led to C-130J Hercules crash: sources

Rediff.com29 Jun 2014

Pliot error is understood to have been found as the reason behind the crash of Indian Air Force's C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in March in which five service personnel, including four officers, were killed near Gwalior.

'People are losing relatives because...'

'People are losing relatives because...'

Rediff.com22 Apr 2021

'...of the non-availability of doctor expertise or appropriate treatment.' 'That's because of the nature of the disease at this point of time, it is very difficult to contain.'

What happened when Amit Shah met farmers' leaders

What happened when Amit Shah met farmers' leaders

Rediff.com9 Dec 2020

'Now that the home minister met us to discuss our demands a hope has definitely been kindled that farmers's demands will be met by this government.'

German who alleged assault in UP held for having forged visa

German who alleged assault in UP held for having forged visa

Rediff.com6 Nov 2017

Holger Erik Misch, a resident of Berlin, had on November 3 entered into an altercation with railway employee Aman Kumar and had also allegedly attacked two policemen with a stick.

Mathura violence: Sect chief among dead, toll mounts to 27

Mathura violence: Sect chief among dead, toll mounts to 27

Rediff.com4 Jun 2016

60-year-old Yadav was the leader of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi, an outfit claiming to owe allegiance to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose whose members had encroached on Jawahar Bagh area for two years and clashed with police on Thursday when they tried to evict them.

21 held after clashes between AMU students, police

21 held after clashes between AMU students, police

Rediff.com16 Dec 2019

Scores of Banaras Hindu University students also staged a protest at the Lanka Gate in support of the AMU students.

HC dismisses petition against UP govt's ban on VHP yatra

HC dismisses petition against UP govt's ban on VHP yatra

Rediff.com24 Aug 2013

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Saturday dismissed a petition against the Uttar Pradesh government's ban on Vishwa Hindu Parisha's proposed Yatra from Ayodhya.

Cops should've been more prepared: Akhilesh on Mathura violence

Cops should've been more prepared: Akhilesh on Mathura violence

Rediff.com3 Jun 2016

Hitting out at the SP-led Uttar Pradesh government, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the episode is a 'stark reminder of deteriorating law and order situation in the state'.

This madrassa graduate likely to be Pakistan's next president

This madrassa graduate likely to be Pakistan's next president

Rediff.com25 Jul 2013

Mamnoon Hussain, the Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate expected to win Pakistan's presidential election next week, graduated from a seminary, sources said on Thursday.

Shivaji: Founder of the Indian secular State

Shivaji: Founder of the Indian secular State

Rediff.com19 Feb 2021

Shivaji made sure that his soldiers respected the sanctity of mosques and the Quran Sharif to ensure that his fight against the Mughals did not become fight against Islam, explains Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Remembering Shivaji The Great

Remembering Shivaji The Great

Rediff.com19 Feb 2020

'In a war of guerrilla resistance from 1682 to 1707, the Marathas destroyed the foundations of the Mughal empire.' 'Shivaji was dead, but his example and ideals survived and were the main source for inspiration for the Marathas in their desperate struggle with the mighty Mughal empire,' notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd), the well known military historian.

The Great Property Crash

The Great Property Crash

Rediff.com25 Jan 2019

'In many parts of the country, the empty nest-and-empty-nest egg story is a painful boom-to-bust saga.' 'Among the old and young, it is hitting pockets hard, in a linked chain of debt-laden banks, corrupt politicians and builder mafias and disastrous government policies,' says Sunil Sethi.

IAF's new C-130 J crashes near Gwalior; 5 dead

IAF's new C-130 J crashes near Gwalior; 5 dead

Rediff.com28 Mar 2014

A US-made C-130J military transport plane, one of the most modern aircraft acquired recently by the Indian Air Force, crashed on Friday near Gwalior, killing all the five crew members, including four officers.

Kashmir situation deals body blow to India's image

Kashmir situation deals body blow to India's image

Rediff.com25 Nov 2019

An opinion is steadily gaining ground in Muslim countries in India's 'extended neighbourhood' that the Modi government is adopting State policies that are decidedly 'anti-Muslim', warns Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Bhujbal's arrest rocks Maha Legislature, ED gets custody till Mar 17

Bhujbal's arrest rocks Maha Legislature, ED gets custody till Mar 17

Rediff.com15 Mar 2016

The arrest of Chhagan Bhujbal by the ED rocked Maharashtra Legislature with protesting Opposition alleging it was "vendetta politics".

Sharif's aide Mamnoon Hussain set to win Pak prez polls

Sharif's aide Mamnoon Hussain set to win Pak prez polls

Rediff.com29 Jul 2013

Mamnoon Hussain, the India-born nominee of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, is set to become the 12th president of Pakistan on Tuesday, succeeding incumbent Asif Ali Zardari.