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Other fronts may open up if Israel continues bombing Gaza: Iran FM

Other fronts may open up if Israel continues bombing Gaza: Iran FM

Rediff.com13 Oct 2023

Upon his arrival in Beirut on Thursday, the Iranian minister said, "Some European officials asked me if there were any chances that new fronts might open up against the Zionist regime?"

Star to axe two serials to make way for KBC-III

Star to axe two serials to make way for KBC-III

Rediff.com18 Dec 2006

The soap operas of Ekta Kapoor and Ravi Chopra are likely to be axed to make way for Kaun Banega Crorepati-III because Star Plus intends to reserve the one-hour primetime slot for the show that will be anchored by Shahrukh Khan.

Pictures That Best Capture 2023's Hindi Cinema

Pictures That Best Capture 2023's Hindi Cinema

Rediff.com29 Dec 2023

From moments that felt long time in the coming to swashbuckling statements that could be interpreted in more ways than one, there are some that fanned our nostalgia, some made our jaws drop (or stomachs churn), some hit too close home, still others left us with a lingering sense of guilt. Sukanya Verma picks cinematic imagery that stood out in 2023.

Will Pathirana repeat his IPL magic with Sri Lanka?

Will Pathirana repeat his IPL magic with Sri Lanka?

Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

After playing a major role in Chennai Super Kings' IPL triumph, young pace bowler Matheesha Pathirana will be hoping to make the same impact for Sri Lanka in the ODI series against Afghanistan.

Pujara opens up: Team India snub left him in tears

Pujara opens up: Team India snub left him in tears

Rediff.com21 Aug 2023

Pujara says getting dropped from Indian team left him frustrated and with a bruised ego

Hayden, Waugh shocked by Australia's XI for 1st Test

Hayden, Waugh shocked by Australia's XI for 1st Test

Rediff.com9 Feb 2023

The Australian team management chose Peter Handscomb ahead of Travis Head

UP govt withdraws Azam Khan's Y-category security, says it's not needed

UP govt withdraws Azam Khan's Y-category security, says it's not needed

Rediff.com14 Jul 2023

The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn the 'Y-category' security cover provided to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, saying it was not needed, even as his party decried the move as "unfortunate."

Why Mumbai Indians Replaced Rohit

Why Mumbai Indians Replaced Rohit

Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

With MI no longer the dominant force it used to be in the last couple of IPLs and Rohit also not among the runs, plans were hatched after IPL 2023 to bring about some major changes.

Will gymnast Dipa find a spot in Asian Games squad?

Will gymnast Dipa find a spot in Asian Games squad?

Rediff.com7 Aug 2023

'The football teams have also been given a relaxation, and so, Dipa too should be considered. We have received positive response from SAI. She is likely to get cleared this week.'

What kind of rage drives a boy to hit a girl with an axe?

What kind of rage drives a boy to hit a girl with an axe?

Rediff.com1 Aug 2013

Is one-sided love a personal crisis so great that it cannot be dealt with? How can women protect themselves from such incidents? How can we make our classrooms safe from such horrors? Share your thoughts

Aiden Markram replaces Temba Bavuma as T20I captain

Aiden Markram replaces Temba Bavuma as T20I captain

Rediff.com6 Mar 2023

Aiden Markram replaced Temba Bavuma as T20I skipper of the South African national side.

Bathinda army camp killings: No clue on attackers yet

Bathinda army camp killings: No clue on attackers yet

Rediff.com14 Apr 2023

The Army jawans were killed in their sleep in the firing which took place in their barracks early Wednesday morning.

Modi's Cultural Push

Modi's Cultural Push

Rediff.com9 Oct 2023

With changes to Delhi's architectural map, a re-naming rash, and more Hindu symbolism in secular spaces, the government is making it clear it wants a clean break with post-colonial India, asserts T N Ninan.

Can Modi Beat Rajiv Gandhi's 404 MPs Record?

Can Modi Beat Rajiv Gandhi's 404 MPs Record?

Rediff.com6 Feb 2024

Modi wants the BJP to gets an additional 10% of the vote share from what it won in 2019. Plans are afoot to get new faces to replace MPs with poor chances of winning. Sources say more than 100 MPs are like to be axed, notes Modi biographer Ramesh Menon.

Why Pakistan Government Spared Mani Shankar Aiyar

Why Pakistan Government Spared Mani Shankar Aiyar

Rediff.com22 Aug 2023

It was only a matter of hours before I would be declared persona non grata; all my work would turn to ashes, and I would be revealed as a typical untrustworthy Indian. I steeled myself for the axe to fall.

WC: Buttler's England will look stop hosts India, others and do encore

WC: Buttler's England will look stop hosts India, others and do encore

Rediff.com3 Oct 2023

The 10-team tournament will be played across 10 venues culminating in the November 19 final at the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Animal Review: Ruthless Ranbir Goes For The Kill

Animal Review: Ruthless Ranbir Goes For The Kill

Rediff.com1 Dec 2023

Animal's violence isn't for the fainted-hearted unless you have an appetite for Korean style mayhem, like Sukanya Verma.

StanChart to axe 15,000 jobs, raise $5.1 billion in turnaround plan

StanChart to axe 15,000 jobs, raise $5.1 billion in turnaround plan

Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

This is part of an 'aggressive and decisive set of action' to shore up the company.

One Baby Step To Peace In Israel-Hamas War

One Baby Step To Peace In Israel-Hamas War

Rediff.com22 Nov 2023

The Maltese resolution envisages a win-win situation, which the two parties fail to see in their mood to bring each other to book. It may well mark the beginning of the end of war, predicts Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

Amazon plans to lay off 9,000 more workers: CEO

Amazon plans to lay off 9,000 more workers: CEO

Rediff.com20 Mar 2023

The latest cuts come after the company announced earlier this year that it was eliminating some 18,000 positions as part of a major cost-cutting bid at the e-commerce giant. "Given the uncertain economy... and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount," Jassy said in a memo to staff.

Kushwaha holds JD-U meet, not official says party chief

Kushwaha holds JD-U meet, not official says party chief

Rediff.com19 Feb 2023

Barring dissident MLC Rameshwar Mahto, who has an axe to grind against some ministers close to the CM, legislators and office bearers of the party chose to give the session a wide berth.

De Kock axed; Steyn, De Villiers recalled for New Zealand one-dayers

De Kock axed; Steyn, De Villiers recalled for New Zealand one-dayers

Rediff.com4 Aug 2015

Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers have been recalled to South Africa's One-day international side for the visit of New Zealand later this month, but young wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been axed after a poor run of form in Bangladesh.

Shikhar Dhawan sad after Test axing

Shikhar Dhawan sad after Test axing

Rediff.com28 Nov 2018

The Delhi opener is confident that India will do well in the four-Test series beginning December 6 at Adelaide.

Focus on Ponting's future as Delhi struggle in IPL 2023

Focus on Ponting's future as Delhi struggle in IPL 2023

Rediff.com16 Apr 2023

Delhi Capitals are likely to have a much leaner coaching staff next season with head coach Ricky Ponting's future set to be examined at the end of the season.

Rahane, Ishant set to lose BCCI central contracts

Rahane, Ishant set to lose BCCI central contracts

Rediff.com12 Dec 2022

Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav may get promotion in the annual central contracts list for the 2022-23 season.

Friends take selfie as man beheads cousin in Jharkhand

Friends take selfie as man beheads cousin in Jharkhand

Rediff.com6 Dec 2022

Six people, including the prime accused and his wife, were arrested on Sunday based on a police complaint lodged by the deceased man's father on December 2.

70 Years Ago, They Conquered Everest

70 Years Ago, They Conquered Everest

Rediff.com29 May 2023

May 29, 1953. A New Zealand beekeeper named Edmund Hillary and a Nepali sherpa named Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world -- the 29,035 foot Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth.

'How come the world is angry with Israel?'

'How come the world is angry with Israel?'

Rediff.com25 Oct 2023

'Israel should stop water supply to the people who want to destroy us.' 'It is not Israel's responsibility to take care of the people who want to kill Israelis.'

Kolkata's Mumbaikars!

Kolkata's Mumbaikars!

Rediff.com23 Mar 2022

Will KKR Captain Iyer give his Mumbai mate ample opportunities to prove himself in IPL 2022?

Stalin's Latest Headache

Stalin's Latest Headache

Rediff.com22 Dec 2023

CM Stalin has a procedural problem. Nominating new ministers would entail his having to seek formal permission from governor R N Ravi. Stalin does not want to interact with the person of this governor, as far as possible, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.

Mobile internet suspended in Nuh amid call for 'Shobha Yatra'

Mobile internet suspended in Nuh amid call for 'Shobha Yatra'

Rediff.com26 Aug 2023

The government announced the decision apprehending spread of rumours through social media by anti-social elements ahead or during the rally called to be held on Monday.

India in West Indies: Kohli struggles; Jaiswal shines in practice game

India in West Indies: Kohli struggles; Jaiswal shines in practice game

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

Virat Kohli's struggles outside the off-stump continued as he was once again snapped behind the stumps during an intra-squad practice game.

3rd Test: Who will get the axe, Agarwal or Vihari?

3rd Test: Who will get the axe, Agarwal or Vihari?

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

It would be interesting to see who India leave out to play Rohit Sharma

Why the hell was Harsha Bhogle axed?!

Why the hell was Harsha Bhogle axed?!

Rediff.com11 Apr 2016

'The BCCI is -- and always has been, across successive dispensations -- allergic to criticism.' 'It has used the 'control' it enshrines in its name to destroy anyone who has dared to point fingers at its functioning,' says Prem Panicker, the distinguished cricket writer.

Standard Chartered to axe 4,000 retail bank jobs globally

Standard Chartered to axe 4,000 retail bank jobs globally

Rediff.com8 Jan 2015

As part of a cost-cutting plan, the bank is now dismantling its stock broking, equity research, and equity listing desks worldwide.

HSBC axes 840 IT jobs in Britain in first big wave of planned cuts

HSBC axes 840 IT jobs in Britain in first big wave of planned cuts

Rediff.com16 May 2016

Many of the jobs will now be offshored to lower income countries such as India, China and Poland

Struggling Rahul faces axe for South Africa Tests

Struggling Rahul faces axe for South Africa Tests

Rediff.com11 Sep 2019

Despite being the world's top-ranked Test side India have struggled with their opening combination, which, in turn, has heaped pressure on the middle order.

Football Focus: Is the time right to axe De Gea?

Football Focus: Is the time right to axe De Gea?

Rediff.com20 Jul 2020

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.

IAF plane crunch worsens; Jaguar engine upgrade axed

IAF plane crunch worsens; Jaguar engine upgrade axed

Rediff.com20 Aug 2019

With Honeywell demanding what Indian Air Force sources term an "exorbitant" price for F-125IN engines, the IAF has told HAL that it has abandoned its plan to upgrade 80 Jaguar fighters with new Honeywell engines, reports Ajai Shukla.

Karnataka HC okays inauguration of Adiyogi statue in Chikkaballapura

Karnataka HC okays inauguration of Adiyogi statue in Chikkaballapura

Rediff.com13 Jan 2023

The Karnataka high court on Friday allowed the Isha Yoga Centre's Adiyogi statue to be inaugurated in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka on January 15.