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Sarabjot battled extreme pain before Olympics bronze

Sarabjot battled extreme pain before Olympics bronze

Rediff.com1 Aug 2024

There was a phase in Paris Olympic medallist Sarabjot Singh's career when he was not able to lift his pistol even once last year.

3 assaulted for chanting 'Jai Shree Ram' in Bengaluru

3 assaulted for chanting 'Jai Shree Ram' in Bengaluru

Rediff.com18 Apr 2024

Two men were arrested and two minors were apprehended in connection with Wednesday's incident at Chikkabettahalli

WSH: Bhopal edge past Chandigarh in opener

WSH: Bhopal edge past Chandigarh in opener

Rediff.com1 Mar 2012

Bhopal Badshahs beast out Chandigarh Comets 4-3 in the inaugural match of the World Series Hockey at the sector-42 stadium in Chandigarh on Wednesday.

Manu Bhaker continues to dominate Olympic Selection Trials

Manu Bhaker continues to dominate Olympic Selection Trials

Rediff.com17 May 2024

Olympian Manu Bhaker displayed complete dominance in 10m air pistol Olympic Selection Trials (OST), shooting a superb score to overcome the challenge of Asian Games medallist Esha Singh in Bhopal on Friday.

Meet The *Real* Stars Of Sholay

Meet The *Real* Stars Of Sholay

Rediff.com21 Aug 2024

Salim-Javed became the first Hindi film writers who could be considered brands, and they are still boldface names, celebrities in their own right, chronicles Dinesh Raheja.

Bhopal gas disaster wrap over London Olympics

Bhopal gas disaster wrap over London Olympics

Rediff.com8 Aug 2011

As the year-long countdown begins for the 2012 London Olympics, organisers have been hit by the first major controversy around the mega sporting event, with activists of Bhopal gas disaster planning protests against Dow Chemical Company, one of the official sponsors.

IAF Planes Go Full Throttle

IAF Planes Go Full Throttle

Rediff.com28 Sep 2023

Indian Air Force pilots took part in the final rehearsals over the upper lake in Bhopal as part of preparations for an air show to celebrate the IAF's 91st anniversary on September 30, 2023.

Book on Bhopal tragedy wins award

Book on Bhopal tragedy wins award

Rediff.com3 Dec 2003

The book, Advocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders, brought the prize to Kim Fortun.

Digital payments in India to double to $7 tn by 2030

Digital payments in India to double to $7 tn by 2030

Rediff.com14 Jul 2024

With digital adoption fast gaining currency, India is likely to see retail digital payments double to $7 trillion by 2030 from current levels, a study by Kearney and Amazon Pay said. In the report 'How Urban India Pays', Kearney-Amazon Pay said strong adoption of digital payments in online purchases has potentially led to a permanent shift in consumer behaviours, fuelling offline adoption as well.

30 years after Bhopal tragedy, India fails in industrial safety

30 years after Bhopal tragedy, India fails in industrial safety

Rediff.com5 Dec 2014

India has an appalling record on industrial safety.

MP firecracker unit blast aftermath: Scattered bodies, missing persons

MP firecracker unit blast aftermath: Scattered bodies, missing persons

Rediff.com6 Feb 2024

According to eyewitnesses, several bodies were lying on the spot, while many people were reported missing after the explosion-cum-blaze at the factory.

Kailash Joshi asks Advani to fight LS polls from Bhopal

Kailash Joshi asks Advani to fight LS polls from Bhopal

Rediff.com12 Mar 2014

In a surprise development, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and sitting Lok Sabha member of Parliament from Bhopal, Kailash Joshi said on Wednesday that he has asked veteran BJP leader L K Advani to contest Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal.

Author Indra Sinha joins Bhopal protestors

Author Indra Sinha joins Bhopal protestors

Rediff.com12 Jun 2008

For Sinha, who is based in southern France, the connection goes deep. His book is set in the slums of a make-believe Bhopal, and is a searing indictment of corporate buccaneering and apathy to mass suffering. There is more connection with reality: the book ends with a hunger strike to shame the authorities into action

Plea in SC seeks scrapping of NEET-UG, court-monitored CBI probe

Plea in SC seeks scrapping of NEET-UG, court-monitored CBI probe

Rediff.com15 Jun 2024

The petition, filed by 20 students who had appeared for the medical entrance exam, has also sought a direction to the National Testing Agency (NTA) and others to conduct the test afresh.

Luv Ki Arrange Marriage Review: Loud Comedy

Luv Ki Arrange Marriage Review: Loud Comedy

Rediff.com14 Jun 2024

If this were a French farce, nobody would have batted an eyelid if the father of the groom and mother of the bride fell in love and wanted to marry. But here, some crude comedy is generated with a dash of melodrama, feels Deepa Gahlot.

Karnataka rally to hold Bhopal

Karnataka rally to hold Bhopal

Rediff.com20 Apr 2003

Bhopal went up 2-0 before the hardworking Karnataka team pulled them back.

Spotted: Amitabh Bachchan in Bhopal

Spotted: Amitabh Bachchan in Bhopal

Rediff.com8 Mar 2011

Reader Balmeet Singh has sent us a photograph.

UP: 6 arrested for 'leaking' exam paper to recruit review officers

UP: 6 arrested for 'leaking' exam paper to recruit review officers

Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

The state government cancelled the exam on March 2, following reports that the paper was leaked.

Anish Bhanwala strikes gold again!

Anish Bhanwala strikes gold again!

Rediff.com27 Feb 2024

Anish posted 35 hits out of 40 in the final

Cong slams BJP as Ambedkar portrait replaces Nehru's in MP assembly

Cong slams BJP as Ambedkar portrait replaces Nehru's in MP assembly

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

The Congress on Tuesday said it welcomes displaying the portrait of the Father of the Constitution in the House, but it could have been placed along with the photos of Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru.

Truckers' stir turns violent in Rajasthan; fuel rush across many states

Truckers' stir turns violent in Rajasthan; fuel rush across many states

Rediff.com2 Jan 2024

Petrol pumps in many cities witnessed long queues on Tuesday as people came to fill up their vehicle tanks fearing shortage of fuel amid the protest by truck drivers against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run accident cases involving motorists.

Bhopal gas tragedy's Warren Anderson dies at 92

Bhopal gas tragedy's Warren Anderson dies at 92

Rediff.com31 Oct 2014

Former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, wanted in India in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which claimed over 3,000 lives in one of the world's most lethal industrial accidents, died in Florida, US. He was 92.

Bhopal's AIIMS medicos throw ink on Health Minister Nadda

Bhopal's AIIMS medicos throw ink on Health Minister Nadda

Rediff.com17 Sep 2016

An unidentified person threw ink at Union Health Minister J P Nadda at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, amid protest by students over "poor facilities" at the institute.

'Sidelined' Mama joins Union govt after 4 terms as CM

'Sidelined' Mama joins Union govt after 4 terms as CM

Rediff.com9 Jun 2024

Proving wrong his detractors' claim of being sidelined after denial of chief minister's post for fifth time last year, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan won Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha Lok Sabha seat for the sixth time by a record margin of 8.21 lakh votes.

Take up Bhopal, Kashmir during talks, Obama told

Take up Bhopal, Kashmir during talks, Obama told

Rediff.com3 Nov 2010

"It is essential that your administration and Government of India cooperate to ensure that those accused of causing Bhopal disaster, including UCC, are made to face trial and that Bhopal survivors are able to obtain redress," Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA said in a letter to the President.

MDMK protesters sneak in Bhopal ahead of Rajapaksa's visit

MDMK protesters sneak in Bhopal ahead of Rajapaksa's visit

Rediff.com21 Sep 2012

Despite heavy police security, a group of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supporters sneaked into Bhopal through rail and air routes on Tuesday night to protest the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is arriving in the state capital, police said.

MP political crisis: Congress MLAs return to Bhopal from Jaipur

MP political crisis: Congress MLAs return to Bhopal from Jaipur

Rediff.com15 Mar 2020

The Congress expressed confidence that it will prove its majority in the House, while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that the ruling dispensation has been reduced to minority as 22 of its MLAs have resigned.

NIA team in Bhopal to look into train blast case in MP

NIA team in Bhopal to look into train blast case in MP

Rediff.com8 Mar 2017

NIA officials will interact with Madhya Pradesh police personnel and verify leads available with them to ascertain whether the explosion was a terror attack.

Kamal Nath told me...: MP Cong chief amid BJP switch buzz

Kamal Nath told me...: MP Cong chief amid BJP switch buzz

Rediff.com18 Feb 2024

Asked why Nath was not himself putting forth his side, Patwari said that the MP chief minister would speak at the right time. "What I said was on his behalf," he claimed.

NGOs to protest 'meagre' relief for Bhopal victims

NGOs to protest 'meagre' relief for Bhopal victims

Rediff.com23 Jun 2010

Terming the Group of Ministers' relief package to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims as a 'betrayal', some non-governmental organisations working for the disaster-affected on Wednesday said they will hold a protest in New Delhi on Thursday."The relief package has betrayed the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy and we are going to stage a protest tomorrow in New Delhi," Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan convenor Abdul Jabbar said. The Rs 1,500-crore package is 'too little'.

Dow's 'lobbyists' on Bhopal GOM

Dow's 'lobbyists' on Bhopal GOM

Rediff.com10 Jun 2010

A 55-page document gathered using the Right To Information Act from the Prime Minister's Office shows how the members of United Progressive Alliance government including some senior ministers have taken a soft stance towards Dow chemicals.

Bhopal: 'Hindus piled on pyres, Muslims in graves'

Bhopal: 'Hindus piled on pyres, Muslims in graves'

Rediff.com28 Jun 2010

Many photographers descended on Bhopal after December 3, 1984, but the work of Raghu Rai and Pablo Bartholomew define, for most people in India and the world, the unspeakable horrors of the 'worst industrial disaster ever'. Their photograph of a lifeless infant, nothing but his face visible against the backdrop of a mass grave, has become the definitive image of the disaster.

Bhopal gas victims seek details of nuke bill

Bhopal gas victims seek details of nuke bill

Rediff.com5 May 2010

Victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, described as one of the world's worst-ever industrial disasters, have filed a Right to Information petition with the prime minister's office in New Delhi.The RTI plea wants to know whether the Central government took into consideration the disaster of gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in 1984 while drafting the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill with the United States.

Bhopal: UK expert wants 'global manslaughter law'

Bhopal: UK expert wants 'global manslaughter law'

Rediff.com10 Jun 2010

Terming the recent judgment in the Bhopal case as a "preposterous travesty", a British expert on corporate social responsibility today called for a global 'corporate manslaughter law' that can hold to account corporations such as Union Carbide.

No exchange, deposit of Rs 2,000 notes on Apr 1

No exchange, deposit of Rs 2,000 notes on Apr 1

Rediff.com28 Mar 2024

The facility to exchange or deposit Rs 2,000 banknotes will not be available on Monday, April 1, 2024 due to operations associated with the annual closing of accounts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. The facility will resume on Tuesday (April 2, 2024) at the 19 issue offices of the RBI, it added. "The facility of exchange/deposit of Rs 2,000 banknotes will not be available on Monday, April 1, 2024 at the 19 issue offices of the Reserve Bank of India due to operations associated with the annual closing of accounts," it said.

Bhopal: Why India needs to arrest Keshub Mahindra

Bhopal: Why India needs to arrest Keshub Mahindra

Rediff.com23 Jun 2010

If the Bhopal judgment results in independent directors and CEOs/plant managers waking up to their responsibilities, that can only be a good thing.

NADA raids Bhopal SAI Centre

NADA raids Bhopal SAI Centre

Rediff.com16 Jul 2011

Continuing its drive to catch drug cheats following the athletics doping scandal, National Anti-Doping Agency on Saturday conducted its third raid in a week at a Sports Authority of India facility with a surprise early morning swoop down at the Bhopal Centre.

Will anyone be ever held accountable for Bhopal?

Will anyone be ever held accountable for Bhopal?

Rediff.com28 Jun 2010

The handling of the Bhopal disaster is reflective of the highly feudal nature of our political culture, writes AV Rajwade

Bhopal case: Complaint filed against Arjun Singh

Bhopal case: Complaint filed against Arjun Singh

Rediff.com15 Jun 2010

A complaint has been filed in a local court here for registration of a criminal case against former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh for allegedly releasing the then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson in a wrong manner after the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

How Cong plans to 'manage' Bhopal issue

How Cong plans to 'manage' Bhopal issue

Rediff.com17 Jun 2010

Despite the attempts made by the opposition to keep the Bhopal tragedy alive, the Congress leadership has made efforts to put a deliberate closure on the issue.