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JNU begins probe into sexual harassment case, assures stringent action

JNU begins probe into sexual harassment case, assures stringent action

Rediff.com1 Jun 2022

In a statement, the ICC on Tuesday said it has taken serious cognizance of the case reported to its office.

Seven Indian sailors held captive by Houthis in Yemen among 14 released

Seven Indian sailors held captive by Houthis in Yemen among 14 released

Rediff.com25 Apr 2022

Seven Indian sailors were among 14 foreigners released on Sunday from the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital of Sanaa, Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said.

BJP makes Sunil Bansal in charge of West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana

BJP makes Sunil Bansal in charge of West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana

Rediff.com11 Aug 2022

The BJP appointed Sunil Bansal, one of the party's key election managers, as its national general secretary and in charge of three opposition-ruled states -- West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana -- in run-up to the Lok Sabha polls in 2024.

Plea claims mosque in UP's Badaun is site of Shiva temple

Plea claims mosque in UP's Badaun is site of Shiva temple

Rediff.com3 Sep 2022

Civil judge (senior division) Vijay Gupta took up the matter on Friday and directed the Intezamia Committee managing the Shamsi Jama Masjid to present its side on September 15, when the court will next hear the matter.

'Why single out Badruddin Ajmal?'

'Why single out Badruddin Ajmal?'

Rediff.com19 Mar 2021

'Himanta Biswa Sarma has put a lot of effort in demonising Muslims this time.'

Pout The Kareena Kapoor Way

Pout The Kareena Kapoor Way

Rediff.com12 May 2022

Tea with Twinkle... Arjun celebrates... Tara meets a special friend...

No compromise with Assamese identity, rejected merger with TMC, says Gogoi

No compromise with Assamese identity, rejected merger with TMC, says Gogoi

Rediff.com25 Nov 2021

Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi said on Thursday that his party has not accepted the Trinamool Congress's proposal of a merger as it does not want to compromise on its Assamese identity.

LSE alumna Nupur Sharma was always a Hindutva firebrand

LSE alumna Nupur Sharma was always a Hindutva firebrand

Rediff.com6 Jun 2022

She was catapulted to the centre stage in 2015 after she was chosen to take on Kejriwal in the Delhi assembly polls.

Student union polls in Rajasthan see ruckus on campuses

Student union polls in Rajasthan see ruckus on campuses

Rediff.com22 Aug 2022

Students created a ruckus on university and college campuses in several cities in Rajasthan, including Jaipur, on Monday during the filing of nominations for students' union elections scheduled to be held on August 26, the police said.

Mumbai's Oldest Ganesh Pandals

Mumbai's Oldest Ganesh Pandals

Rediff.com8 Sep 2022

Rediff.com's Satish Bodas goes pandal hopping and offers glimpses of some interesting Ganeshas in Mumbai.

Disciple held as Akhara Parishad head found dead

Disciple held as Akhara Parishad head found dead

Rediff.com21 Sep 2021

According to Inspector General of Police K P Singh, Mahant Giri's body was found hanging from the ceiling by his disciples. A purported suicide note of seven-eight pages was also found at the site in which the seer had written that he was mentally disturbed and was ending his life.

UP Police makes 5th arrest in Lulu Mall namaz case

UP Police makes 5th arrest in Lulu Mall namaz case

Rediff.com23 Jul 2022

None of those arrested is staff of Lulu Mall, which was inaugurated recently by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Priests' body writes to PM seeking representation in temple management

Priests' body writes to PM seeking representation in temple management

Rediff.com23 Jul 2021

'Instructions may be given for the representation of Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha in the management of temples and religious places,' Mahesh Pathak, national president of the body said in a letter to the PM.

Lump sum MF investments dive as investors tread SIP path

Lump sum MF investments dive as investors tread SIP path

Rediff.com8 Dec 2022

Lump sum investments in equity and hybrid schemes of mutual funds (MFs) declined to Rs 17,900 crore in October - the lowest since January 2021. The fall in lump sum investments comes even as flows through systematic investment plans (SIPs) rose to a new all-time high of Rs 13,000 crore in October. The latest lump sum tally is just a third of the peak inflow of Rs 49,700 crore in July 2021.

Exit Jai Ram Thakur, Himachal's accidental CM

Exit Jai Ram Thakur, Himachal's accidental CM

Rediff.com8 Dec 2022

Well ahead of the November 12 assembly elections, the BJP projected Thakur as the next chief minister.

Mutual funds assets rise to Rs 39.88 lakh cr in Sep

Mutual funds assets rise to Rs 39.88 lakh cr in Sep

Rediff.com10 Oct 2022

Driven by inflows into Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs), the mutual fund industry's total assets under management rose to Rs 39.88 lakh crore in September from Rs 36.73 lakh crore in the year-ago period. On a monthly basis, the Assets Under Management (AUM) increased marginally from Rs 39.33 lakh crore in August. According to the latest monthly data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) released on Monday, the industry wide net AUM stood at Rs 38.42 lakh crore in September.

Four booked UP for making inflammatory posts on social media

Four booked UP for making inflammatory posts on social media

Rediff.com4 Dec 2021

Four people have been booked for making objectionable and inflammatory posts on social media sites, officials said on Friday.

Ex-K'taka CM Shettar joins Cong, gets poll ticket

Ex-K'taka CM Shettar joins Cong, gets poll ticket

Rediff.com17 Apr 2023

Shettar alleged that he had been humiliated by the BJP by denying him a ticket and that party is today in the control of "very few people."

2 more held in Lucknow's Lulu Mall namaaz row; 7 arrested so far

2 more held in Lucknow's Lulu Mall namaaz row; 7 arrested so far

Rediff.com24 Jul 2022

The fresh arrests come days after the police nabbed a fifth accused in the case.

Radhika's ready to conquer the world

Radhika's ready to conquer the world

Rediff.com8 Apr 2021

Tusshar Kapoor celebrates dad Jeetendra's 79th birthday by singing ' ..... !...'

Bhaker, other Olympians not included in team for Cairo WC

Bhaker, other Olympians not included in team for Cairo WC

Rediff.com27 Jan 2022

The team will be accompanied by six coaches -- Deepali Deshpande, Samaresh Jung, Manoj Kumar, DS Chandel, Ronak Pandit and Ved Prakash -- and two physios.

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

'Education played the most significant role in entrenchment of Hindutva ideology in coastal Karnataka.' 'Teachers of most of the schools, junior colleges, degree colleges and universities are active agents of Hindutva propaganda.'

Hindu petitioner seeks court nod to 'purify' Mathura's Shahi Idgah

Hindu petitioner seeks court nod to 'purify' Mathura's Shahi Idgah

Rediff.com23 May 2022

The petitioner submitted an application in the court of the Civil Judge on Monday seeking permission for 'purification' of the sanctum sanctorum of the Keshav Dev temple, which he claimed was inside the mosque, his counsel said.

Hindu groups see red over namaaz inside Lucknow's Lulu Mall

Hindu groups see red over namaaz inside Lucknow's Lulu Mall

Rediff.com14 Jul 2022

A controversy broke out after a video purportedly showing a group of people offering namaaz in Lulu Mall in Lucknow surfaced on social media, leading to a protest by a right-wing Hindu group that also filed a police complaint.

Stone pelting, power cut: Drama at JNU over Modi documentary

Stone pelting, power cut: Drama at JNU over Modi documentary

Rediff.com25 Jan 2023

Students claimed that they were attacked when they were watching the documentary on their mobile-phones as the screening could not be held.

RSS under fire for not changing DP to tricolour; don't politicise, says official

RSS under fire for not changing DP to tricolour; don't politicise, says official

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday hit back at critics on social media for questioning why the Sangh has not put the tricolour as the profile picture of its social media accounts.

RSS meet to discuss expansion of work, elect general secy

RSS meet to discuss expansion of work, elect general secy

Rediff.com17 Mar 2021

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's highest decision-making body Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) will meet in Bengaluru on March 19 and 20 to review the functioning of the Sangh, discuss expanding its work in the country and to elect its Sarkaryavah (general secretary).

Medha Patkar booked over alleged 'misuse of funds'

Medha Patkar booked over alleged 'misuse of funds'

Rediff.com12 Jul 2022

As per the complaint, cash worth more than Rs 1.5 crore, whose audit for withdrawal and expenditure remained unclear, has been recovered during the probe.

UP recommends CBI probe into Mahant Narendra Giri's death

UP recommends CBI probe into Mahant Narendra Giri's death

Rediff.com23 Sep 2021

The Uttar Pradesh Police had on Tuesday constituted an 18-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of the seer and detained a disciple of his in Haridwar.

Protesting ABVP members lathi-charged outside Karnataka minister's bungalow

Protesting ABVP members lathi-charged outside Karnataka minister's bungalow

Rediff.com30 Jul 2022

The members of the RSS' student wing holding their organisation's saffron flag stormed inside the compound of Jnanendra's bungalow at Jayamahal here and raised slogans like 'We want justice'.

RSS to decide on new general secretary in Bengaluru meet

RSS to decide on new general secretary in Bengaluru meet

Rediff.com1 Mar 2021

The RSS will hold the meeting of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha on March 19 and 20 keeping in mind COVID-19 protocols. This meeting was scheduled to take place in Bengaluru last year but had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 onset and the ensuing lockdown. The agenda, however, was passed and circulated.

Gujarat: MS university student booked for objectionable artworks

Gujarat: MS university student booked for objectionable artworks

Rediff.com10 May 2022

Based on a complaint given by local ABVP activist Jayvirsinh Raulji, Vadodara's Sayajigunj police on Monday evening registered an FIR against a first-year fine arts student of the university.

RSS national executive may discuss attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

RSS national executive may discuss attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

Rediff.com26 Oct 2021

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is likely to discuss and pass a resolution on the recent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh during its three-day all India executive committee meeting in Dharwad, Karnataka from October 28, an RSS functionary said on Tuesday.

Muslims should oppose incidents like Udaipur vigorously: RSS

Muslims should oppose incidents like Udaipur vigorously: RSS

Rediff.com9 Jul 2022

"It is necessary for all to oppose this together," RSS spokesperson Sunil Ambekar said.

Don't ask us: BJP stays clear of Haridwar hate speeches row

Don't ask us: BJP stays clear of Haridwar hate speeches row

Rediff.com24 Dec 2021

"You should ask people behind Dharma Sansad about this.... We talk about taking the entire society along," BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, when asked about the matter at a press conference.

Indian HOTTIES Who'd WOW the Met Gala

Indian HOTTIES Who'd WOW the Met Gala

Rediff.com21 Sep 2021

Trust these Indian style sensations to pull the right chords at one of the world's greatest fashion galas.

RBI rejects bank applications of Sachin Bansal-backed firm, 5 others

RBI rejects bank applications of Sachin Bansal-backed firm, 5 others

Rediff.com17 May 2022

The Reserve Bank has rejected applications of Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal-backed company Chaitanya India Fin Credit Private Limited, and five others for setting up banks as these were "not found" suitable, an official statement said on Tuesday. The RBI in a statement said the examination of six applications has now been completed as per the procedure laid down under the guidelines. "Based on the assessment of the applications, (six) applicants were not found suitable for granting of in-principle approval to set up banks," it said.

P T Usha to take over as first woman IOA president

P T Usha to take over as first woman IOA president

Rediff.com9 Dec 2022

The legendary PT Usha will be officially elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the governing body's polls on Saturday, ushering in a new era in country's sports administration.

Hindu Sena puts up saffron flags, posters outside JNU, with a warning

Hindu Sena puts up saffron flags, posters outside JNU, with a warning

Rediff.com15 Apr 2022

In a video circulated on WhatsApp, Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta is purportedly heard saying in Hindi, 'Saffron is being insulted in the JNU campus on a regular basis. We want to warn those who are doing this. Mend your ways. We won't tolerate this.'

Rahul's yatra a political gimmick to connect through hatred: RSS

Rahul's yatra a political gimmick to connect through hatred: RSS

Rediff.com12 Sep 2022

RSS joint general secretary Manmohan Vaidya, apparently referring to the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, described it as a "political gimmick" that will not serve its stated purpose of uniting masses.