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Woman forced to remove burqa at UP CM's rally

Woman forced to remove burqa at UP CM's rally

Rediff.com22 Nov 2017

The city magistrate has been asked to conduct an inquiry and action will be taken against those found guilty.

Don't forget the IAF's role in the '62 war!

Don't forget the IAF's role in the '62 war!

Rediff.com22 Nov 2012

China declared a ceasefire on November 21 and kept Aksai Chin as its trophy. The sinews of the IAF were not muscular enough to retake Aksai Chin. What matters is what we have done since 1962. Air-minded, we are, but are we strong-minded? asks M P Anil Kumar.

Youth dies due to torture at Kerala mental asylum

Youth dies due to torture at Kerala mental asylum

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

A youth from Bihar, who was arrested in connection with an incident at Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram in Kollam on August 1, had died of torture at the mental asylum where he was admitted after the incident, the crime branch said in Thiruvananthapuram.

Don't blame us, Rajasthan overdrew power: UP

Don't blame us, Rajasthan overdrew power: UP

Rediff.com31 Jul 2012

Even as Uttar Pradesh was pointedly blamed by the central government for being the culprit in triggering the grid collapse in several parts of India, top officials of the state flatly refuted the charge.

HC bars revealing Atal-Narayanan letters on Gujarat riots

HC bars revealing Atal-Narayanan letters on Gujarat riots

Rediff.com11 Jul 2012

The Delhi high court on Wednesday set aside a Central Information Commission's order to the Centre to reveal to it the communication between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President K R Narayanan over the 2002 Gujarat riots

Karambir Singh appointed next naval chief

Karambir Singh appointed next naval chief

Rediff.com23 Mar 2019

Singh will succeed Admiral Sunil Lanba who retires on May 31.

Faced discrimination in college? Tell us!

Faced discrimination in college? Tell us!

Rediff.com15 Mar 2012

Have you experienced discrimination in your college or educational institution because of your caste? How did you cope with the incident? Did you break down, weep, or did you stand your ground and face the offenders with courage and grace? Speak up!

'Don't forget Rajat Gupta's philanthropic work in India'

'Don't forget Rajat Gupta's philanthropic work in India'

Rediff.com4 Jun 2012

Sixty-three-year-old Gupta's trial, which began in Manhattan federal court on May 21, will resume today after a weekend break with his protege and former McKinsey executive Anil Kumar returning to the witness stand to testify against him.

VVS, we will miss you

VVS, we will miss you

Rediff.com23 Aug 2012

With Laxman unpadding, looks like cricket has seen the last of the touch artistes, says M P Anil Kumar.

Orthodox priests enter Kochi church, conduct mass

Orthodox priests enter Kochi church, conduct mass

Rediff.com29 Sep 2019

Armed with a Kerala high court directive, the Orthodox faction entered the church known as 'Piravom Valiyapalli', a major Christian spiritual centre in the state, two days after Ernakulam district administration took over its control fromrival Jacobite group.

Vice Admiral Verma files fresh plea against supersession

Vice Admiral Verma files fresh plea against supersession

Rediff.com21 May 2019

Verma also sought quashing of a note issued by the defence ministry rejecting his plea against Singh's appointment.

Lawyers go on strike in Bihar over colleague's arrest

Lawyers go on strike in Bihar over colleague's arrest

Rediff.com2 May 2012

The Bihar State Bar Council gave a call to advocates across the state to abstain from judicial work on May 2 to protest against the arrest of lawyer Anil Kumar Singh by the district authorities in Samastipur district.

Bihar: Hundreds of malnourished children suffering from AFP

Bihar: Hundreds of malnourished children suffering from AFP

Rediff.com14 Oct 2011

Hundreds of children in Bihar's east Champaran district bordering Nepal, have been found suffering from Acute Flaccid Paralysis due to malnutrition, officials said on Thursday.

Jawan gets 7 years for leaking sensitive info to Pak

Jawan gets 7 years for leaking sensitive info to Pak

Rediff.com11 Dec 2011

A Delhi court has sentenced an army jawan to seven years in jail for doubling as a Pakistan intelligence agent and supplying sensitive defence-related information to the neighbouring country.

Delhi: MBBS student at AIIMS commits suicide

Delhi: MBBS student at AIIMS commits suicide

Rediff.com5 Mar 2012

"Anil Kumar (22) had failed in the first year exams as well as internal examinations. He had also low attendance and was not promoted to the senior classes. Also, he had problems in following lectures in English. He had kept himself locked inside his room throughout Sunday," Chhaya Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), said.

'Disrespecting tricolour': No FIR against Team Anna

'Disrespecting tricolour': No FIR against Team Anna

Rediff.com9 Feb 2012

A court in New Delhi has refused to direct the Delhi Police to register an FIR against Anna Hazare and his team members for allegedly disrespecting the national flag during their anti-graft protest in August last year.

India must offer the Maldives statehood within the Union

India must offer the Maldives statehood within the Union

Rediff.com11 Jan 2012

The Maldives will be the nucleus of future security order in the Indian Ocean. Patently the Maldivians will have to migrate before the portended watery grave. Given what could happen by 2100, it is imperative for India to act in good faith, and also with an eye on our national interest. India should offer Maldives statehood within our Union.

First look: Kudirithe Kappu Coffee

First look: Kudirithe Kappu Coffee

Rediff.com28 Jan 2011

Here's a look at next month's Telugu release.

25 injured as train derails in Madhya Pradesh

25 injured as train derails in Madhya Pradesh

Rediff.com9 May 2011

At least 25 passengers were injured when six coaches of the Mumbai-Pratapgarh Udyog Nagri Express derailed near Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh on Monday morning.

Wind up JPC, suggests Jaswant Singh

Wind up JPC, suggests Jaswant Singh

Rediff.com2 Aug 2011

Miffed at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that Parliament should not pre-judge the 2G issue, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh on Tuesday said the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the matter should be wound up.

Legal notice to Delhi Belly over abusive dialogues

Legal notice to Delhi Belly over abusive dialogues

Rediff.com21 Jul 2011

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court today issued notices to Aamir Khan Productions, Department of Information and Broadcasting and Censor Board of Film Certification challenging the public exhibition certificate issued to Delhi Belly.

Rajat Gupta's arrest sends shockwaves through ISB

Rajat Gupta's arrest sends shockwaves through ISB

Rediff.com27 Oct 2011

The $130-million world class premier Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, a brain child of Rajat Gupta, was nurtured by him and his other colleagues in McKinsey through the nineties and the last decade.

Rajaratnam's lawyers grill govt witness

Rajaratnam's lawyers grill govt witness

Rediff.com16 Mar 2011

During the trial proceedings on Tuesday, John Dowd, Galleon Group founder Rajaratnam's defence lawyer, cross-examined Kumar, a former McKinsey & Co. partner who gave his direct testimony.

Drunk BSF jawan opens fire, two killed

Drunk BSF jawan opens fire, two killed

Rediff.com3 Mar 2011

Two jawans of the Border Security Force were killed and another injured when a BSF jawan, in an inebriated condition, fired indiscriminately at Rajbari border outpost in south Tripura district, police said in Agartala on Thursday.

Chennai train crash: Railway orders inquiry

Chennai train crash: Railway orders inquiry

Rediff.com14 Sep 2011

Railways on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the train accident at Sitheri in Tamil Nadu, which has left ten persons dead.

Here's to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu!

Here's to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu!

Rediff.com19 Dec 2011

'The 67 sorties mounted from Jamnagar broke the Portuguese's will to fight, the army columns advanced unresisted, and the Portuguese threw in the towel. The formal surrender took place about midday on December 19.' M P Anil Kumar on the liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu 50 years ago.

The Flying Hero of the 1971 War

The Flying Hero of the 1971 War

Rediff.com13 Dec 2011

Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon is the only Indian Air Force warrior to be decorated with the Param Vir Chakra. 'My admiration for his gallant action remains undiminished,' says M P Anil Kumar. 'It was not his day, yet he made it his own.'

Disgraced Aus wrestler to be confined to village

Disgraced Aus wrestler to be confined to village

Rediff.com6 Oct 2010

Steven Moneghetti, chef de mission of Australia, termed the behaviour of compatriot grappler Hassene Fkiri as "unacceptable" and supported the decision to strip him of a Delhi Commonwealth Games silver medal in the 96kg Greco-Roman category.

Train mishap: 69 dead, 23 still unidentified

Train mishap: 69 dead, 23 still unidentified

Rediff.com11 Jul 2011

The toll in Sunday's derailment in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh went up to 53 with 15 more bodies, including that of a Swedish national, being recovered from the mangled compartments of the ill-fated Delhi-bound Kalka Mail.

New twist in Wall Street insider trading case

New twist in Wall Street insider trading case

Rediff.com15 Mar 2011

The central question of this insider trading case is whether the Sri Lankan born billionaire earned $45 million by using leaked confidential information.

DDCA defamation case: Kejriwal, Azad slapped with fines

DDCA defamation case: Kejriwal, Azad slapped with fines

Rediff.com6 Feb 2017

The Delhi High Court on Monday imposed fines on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and cricketer-turned-politician and parliamentarian Kirti Azad for their delayed response in the defamation suit filed by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) against them.

Daughter-in-law, 3 grandkids killed in fire at ex-Congress MP's house

Daughter-in-law, 3 grandkids killed in fire at ex-Congress MP's house

Rediff.com4 Nov 2015

A leaking gas cylinder caused the fire, which killed Sarika (Rajaiah's daughter-in-law) and her three sons - Abhinav, Ayan, Sriyan.

Ayodhya judges to give 3 separate judgments: DM

Ayodhya judges to give 3 separate judgments: DM

Rediff.com30 Sep 2010

The three judges of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court will give separate judgments in the Ramjanma bhoomi-Babri Masjid case at 3.30 pm on Thursday. Lucknow District Magistrate Anil Kumar Sagar told reporters that three synopses of the judgment of the three judges will be given to the media immediately after the pronouncement of the verdict. It will also be put up on the website of the court on the internet, he said.

8 of 9 women fielded by AAP emerge victorious

8 of 9 women fielded by AAP emerge victorious

Rediff.com12 Feb 2020

AAP's Atishi, who had unsuccessfully contested last year's Lok Sabha polls from the East Delhi constituency, was fielded from Kalkaji in place of sitting MLA Avtar Singh Kalka. She won the seat by a margin of over 11,300 votes.

Don't bomb the Naxals!

Don't bomb the Naxals!

Rediff.com5 Aug 2010

In spite of being plagued by a variety of insurgencies over six decades, India has resolutely stuck to a counterinsurgency paradigm of proportionate force. We should stick with it, and not call in the heavy artillery or warplanes, says former IAF fighter pilot M P Anil Kumar.

McKinsey director testifies against Rajaratnam

McKinsey director testifies against Rajaratnam

Rediff.com11 Mar 2011

Former McKinsey director Anil Kumar on Friday testified against his ex-Wharton classmate and Sri Lankan-born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam in the biggest insider trading case to hit US courts in decades.

Give the military veterans their due

Give the military veterans their due

Rediff.com5 Mar 2011

Any nation that yearns to fulfil the aspirations of its people needs two emotional nutrients: Sense of pride and sense of shame. Wonder whether the sight of military veterans protesting governmental injustice will prick the national conscience, asks M P Anil Kumar.

Of Gavaskar and memories of the Cup

Of Gavaskar and memories of the Cup

Rediff.com10 Feb 2011

'Very few things have given me greater joy than watching/hearing Gavaskar take on some of the fastest bowlers the game has seen, with guts, without the now ubiquitous helmet, says M P Anil Kumar.

Collegium recommends names for appointment CJs of 5 HCs

Collegium recommends names for appointment CJs of 5 HCs

Rediff.com12 Oct 2018

The collegium has recommended to the Centre to appoint justices N H Patil and D K Gupta as the chief justices of the Bombay and Calcutta high court.

Four children die after vaccination in Lucknow

Four children die after vaccination in Lucknow

Rediff.com21 Aug 2010

Four children died during a routine vaccination drive in three different villages of Mohanlalganj area on the outskirts of Lucknow on Saturday."Minutes after being administered doses for prevention of measles, tuberculosis and Vitamin A deficiency, these children developed a strange kind of sickness. By the time they were rushed to the nearest hospital, they were dead," said District Magistrate Anil Kumar Sagar.