The ruling AIADMK is leaving no stone unturned to win the Vellore Lok Sabha poll and push its tally to two in the state, with its candidate even donning the skull cap to woo minority votes. But the DMK's stars are clearly on the ascendant in the lone constituency that goes to the polls on August 5. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
Congress accused the BJP and RSS of being behind the 'murderous attack' on Gandhi.
The small township of Soweto was rocked by some of the biggest names in the music industry on Thursday, in a show to kick-off the 2010 football World Cup.
Mahindra Mojo launched at an exciting price of Rs 158,000. The price is valid for all the bookings till Diwali.
Hundreds of activists and supporters of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah terror group, linked to the Mumbai attacks, on Tuesday staged a demonstration outside the organisation's headquarters in Muridke to protest its takeover by the Pakistani authorities. Waving the Jamaat's black and white flag and carrying banners, the protestors disrupted traffic for some time on the Grant Trunk Road outside the Markaz-e-Taiba complex in Murdike, located about 30 km from the city of Lahore.
A group of first time voters who run 10 km everyday to prepare for fauji recruitment rallies, tell Rediff.com's Archana Masih they need two things: quality education and jobs.
Fifty years ago on July 20, 1969 with these words American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" E Aldrin made history by becoming the first human beings to set foot on another world -- the moon. It was an event that was watched by millions on television and one that remains etched in all our memories. Collected here are 17 images of that historic mission, a "giant leap for mankind".
LA Lakers confident ahead of NBA season.
When the national anthem was played before the start of the game, some 49ers knelt while some Colts, their arms locked, wore black T-shirts with the words "We Will" on the front and "Stand for equality, justice, unity, respect, dialogue, opportunity" on the back.
Rediff.com lists a few other dramatic and frightful hostage situations that sent governments and security agencies into a tizzy.
Even as a large number of RSS workers and supporters, including some office bearers, have pledged support to Velingkar, who was removed as the state chief recently, a sizable number of swayamsevaks are averse to part ways with the Sangh.
A possible, easier and less-complicated way for the Centre would have been to approach the SC with the same queries much earlier, before a ground-swell of popular sentiments and consequent political tensions had built up in Tamil Nadu, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Contractors were seen busy boarding up major stores and businesses from New York and Boston in the north to southern Houston to Washington DC and Chicago in the east to San Francisco in theWest.
As thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, braved water cannons and teargas to camp at the national capital's borders to demand a rollback of the laws and their representatives held talks with the government, the songs flowed, speaking of pride of the land, strength in unity and the rights of the people fighting a mighty establishment.
As many as 11 children died on Saturday and until Friday the death toll stood at 60.
'When you are on these drugs, there is a possibility that you come to the hospital late, just by virtue of the fact that you believe that things are going to turn around, because you are on all these medicines.'
Yulia Stepanova's much-heralded return to action turned into a damp squib on Wednesday when the Russian whistleblower, running as an independent athlete, dropped out of her 800 metres heat with a foot injury having been off the pace throughout.
The HM said that Rahul went on foreign tours and informed the SPG at the eleventh hour, creating problems for it to provide proper security.
Under the PMGKY scheme, black money holders can deposit unaccounted cash in account which will be subject to 50 per cent tax and 4-year interest free lock-in for the remaining 25 per cent of the amount
'As the film progresses, you tire of the been-there seen-that spectacle.' 'You want a story. You want good dialogue, not the corny words you are hearing.' 'You want an emotional connect. You want a tighter film.' 'Sadly, with Padmaavat, that's not what you get,' says Savera R Someshwar.
Muslim soccer fans visiting Russia for the World Cup celebrated the end of the fasting month of Ramadan on Friday, with Egyptian fans hoping the festival would bring their national team good luck in a match with Uruguay later in the day.
Armaan Ebrahim claimed his second victory of the season by pocketing the feature race while finishing second in the sprint event in the Formula Renault V6 Asia series at the Sepang International Circuit on Sunday.
Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest next to her father's grave in this ancestral village on Friday, a day after she was assassinated in Rawalpindi. Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari, son Bilawal and two daughters -- Bhaktawar and Asia -- were present when her body was lowered in a grave at the family's white-domed mausoleum after funeral prayers. The body was earlier placed in a plain wooden coffin draped in the black, green and red flag of her Pakistan People's Party.
The exercise of striking off dormant companies and disqualifying directors is in furtherance of ease of doing business and will be good for genuine corporate
'Infusion of fresh capital, handsome growth in deposits and focus on recovery should bring Yes Bank back on the growth path in the next financial year,' observes Tamal Bandyopodhyay.
The prime minister touched upon many issues including scrapping of Article 370, triple talaq and many more.
New Zealand's pulsating form in the Cricket World Cup is sparking a surge of ticket sales.
12 persons have so far been rescued from the sea. Nine sailors are still listed as missing.
In wake of an expose, which throws light of manipulative pollsters, we ask readers if they trust opinion polls?
Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifying matches on Sunday night.
The front row lockout was a record-equalling 65th for champions Mercedes.
The operation, which the sources said was coordinated by NSA Ajit Doval, led to the rendition of the 33-year-old princess, who has said she was seeking to escape torture inflicted by her father, UAE PM and Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
10 photos that show it is a crazy, mad world
Riot police fired water cannon at far-right football hooligans who invaded a square in the Belgian capital that has become a memorial to the victims of the Brussels.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Budget for 2021-22 in the Lok Sabha that is expected to provide relief to the pandemic-hit common man as well as focus more on driving economic recovery through higher spending on healthcare, infrastructure and defence amid rising tensions with neighbours, As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth Budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation and rural development, generous allocations for development schemes, putting more money in the hands of the average taxpayer and easing rules to attract foreign investments.
Out of these, no balance has been found in case of 289 accounts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Australia on the second leg of his three-nation tour during which he will attend the annual G20 summit and hold bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott.
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