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What really happened to Demi Lovato?

What really happened to Demi Lovato?

Rediff.com25 Jul 2018

Demi Lovato was hospitalised after possible overdose.

India's dream fighter jet: Boeing says it can deliver

India's dream fighter jet: Boeing says it can deliver

Rediff.com19 Nov 2016

Boeing's plan involves setting up an Indian factory and the aerospace ecosystem to build the Block II Super Hornet.

Sheena Bora Trial: And Peter's back!

Sheena Bora Trial: And Peter's back!

Rediff.com24 Jul 2019

The warmest reception came from his soon-to-be ex wife Indrani, who on spying him getting out of the lift, muttered an "Oh dear!" and walked over to him, trailed by her police guards, wreathed in high-wattage smiles.

More tests, door-to-door survey: Shah's COVID-19 plan for Delhi

More tests, door-to-door survey: Shah's COVID-19 plan for Delhi

Rediff.com14 Jun 2020

The COVID-19 tests will be started at every polling station in the containment zones of Delhi in a few days

New-look Budget may skip levy on cars, consumer durables...

New-look Budget may skip levy on cars, consumer durables...

Rediff.com2 Dec 2016

Budget planners for now have been told to prepare with the assumption that GST will apply from April 1.

Where to buy Nokia 7 Plus and 8 Sirocco in India

Where to buy Nokia 7 Plus and 8 Sirocco in India

Rediff.com5 Apr 2018

Nokia launches Nokia 7 Plus, 8 Sirocco series in India; relaunches Nokia 6 with new features.

When will the CBI question the Prime Minister?

When will the CBI question the Prime Minister?

Rediff.com21 Oct 2013

Dr Manmohan Singh's role in the sordid saga of the Coal Allocation Scam was always Delhi's worst-kept secret; calls for his interrogation will mushroom after he was named by P C Parakh, says T V R Shenoy.

Sreemoyee, keeper of stories

Sreemoyee, keeper of stories

Rediff.com7 Feb 2018

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu's writing, much like its creator, defies the very idea of labels.

Why is Sanjay Leela Bhansali being targeted?

Why is Sanjay Leela Bhansali being targeted?

Rediff.com31 Jan 2017

'The film industry will remain soft targets and continue to be picked upon with no respite, with no choice but to give in due to personal safety and financial compulsions,' says director Suparn Verma.

Maldives presidential candidates agree on Nov 9 poll

Maldives presidential candidates agree on Nov 9 poll

Rediff.com7 Nov 2013

Maldivian President Mohammed Waheed on Wednesday said that all the three candidates for the country's controversy-ridden presidential election have reached a consensus on holding the poll on November 9.

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Rediff.com12 Mar 2021

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale.

Boxing pulls out of World Combat Games

Boxing pulls out of World Combat Games

Rediff.com7 May 2015

Boxing will no longer be part of the World Combat Games and the international federation is also leaving the SportAccord umbrella organisation.

Barrack 12. All you want to know of the jail which may house Mallya

Barrack 12. All you want to know of the jail which may house Mallya

Rediff.com3 Aug 2018

Here's everything you need to know about Barrack 12 at Arthur Road jail, where Mallya may be lodged As we await the next move, here's everything you want and need to know about Barrack 12 at Arthur Road Jail.

Why Modi and his bhakts despise Nehru

Why Modi and his bhakts despise Nehru

Rediff.com14 Feb 2018

'It is perhaps a sense of intellectual inadequacy, of an ingrained inferiority complex born of the years when the BJP languished in the margins of Indian politics and society that, when faced with the soaring ideas about Indian pluralism, the Hindutva camp turns its face so resolutely against Nehru,' says Amulya Ganguli.

India to pay Iran $900 mn in oil dues

India to pay Iran $900 mn in oil dues

Rediff.com17 Oct 2014

India will pay Iran $900 million in two tranches beginning next week to clear part of the past dues for crude oil it buys from the Persian Gulf nation.

Gadkari scores on highways test, fails on road safety

Gadkari scores on highways test, fails on road safety

Rediff.com5 Jan 2019

The National Highways Authority of India will this year witness the highest ever growth out of the last decade. But Gadkari himself admits his biggest failure as India's roads minister has been his inability to curb loss of life in road accidents.

China says no change in its stand on India's NSG membership

China says no change in its stand on India's NSG membership

Rediff.com7 Nov 2016

"This Friday in Vienna a plenary session of the NSG will be held. Our position is subject to no change as of date," China said.

Limited choices in strategic partners in defence

Limited choices in strategic partners in defence

Rediff.com25 Sep 2019

The defence ministry has lost sight of what it intended to achieve -- which was to nurture private defence firms that would compete on equal terms with the 9 defence PSUs and the 41 Ordnance Factory Board factories.

Caf Coffee Day owner goes missing, massive search on

Caf Coffee Day owner goes missing, massive search on

Rediff.com30 Jul 2019

It has been also revealed that V G Siddhartha had written a letter to the Board of Directors and employees of Coffee Day Enterprises, saying he had 'failed as an entrepreneur'.

Blame game on over mid-day meal tragedy

Blame game on over mid-day meal tragedy

Rediff.com19 Jul 2013

The mid-day meal tragedy has sparked a blame game with the Bihar government on Friday refuting Centre's contention of having sent alerts to 12 districts including Saran, where 23 children died after consuming food, over shortcomings in the implementation of the scheme.

Review: Dilwale is an absolute dud

Review: Dilwale is an absolute dud

Rediff.com18 Dec 2015

'We expect insignificant froth from the director, but this particular can of Rohit Shetty has been lying open too long. The contents are not merely un-fizzy but, unforgivably, flat.'

Centre does a U-turn on jammers for defence forces

Centre does a U-turn on jammers for defence forces

Rediff.com11 Feb 2016

Defence forces, who were last month excluded from the list of agencies eligible to procure jammers, have now been included, in addition to central armed police forces like Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force and Indo Tibetan Border Police.

Kartarpur Corridor: Has Pakistan stolen Modi's thunder?

Kartarpur Corridor: Has Pakistan stolen Modi's thunder?

Rediff.com11 Nov 2019

'Pakistan has stolen from the Indian diplomatic toolbox a potent rope trick -- bypassing the ruling elite in Delhi (and the Indian establishment) to reach out to Indian Sikhs directly and fostering people-to-people contacts,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Spike in Bengal's Jan Dhan accounts raises eyebrows

Spike in Bengal's Jan Dhan accounts raises eyebrows

Rediff.com25 Nov 2016

In areas bordering Bangladesh, some have received strikingly high deposits in Jan Dhan accounts, said sources.

Parliament's Budget Session to commence on February 23

Parliament's Budget Session to commence on February 23

Rediff.com4 Feb 2016

The Railway Budget will be presented on February 25 while the Union Budget will be presented on February 29.

Indian Football Roundup: BFC leave it late to break NorthEast hearts

Indian Football Roundup: BFC leave it late to break NorthEast hearts

Rediff.com11 Mar 2019

The aggregate score read 4-2 in favour of the Blues who will now look to land their first ever ISL title on Sunday.

Why did Trump cancel the summit with Kim?

Why did Trump cancel the summit with Kim?

Rediff.com25 May 2018

'Trump forgets that Kim is not one who likes to be treated publicly as a pauper; he wants to come to the table as an equal, and from a position of perceived strength, not as a suppliant,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.

Did JRD think Patel would have been a better PM than Nehru?

Did JRD think Patel would have been a better PM than Nehru?

Rediff.com7 Jan 2019

'Nehru once told JRD, "I hate the mention of the very word profit".' '"Jawaharlal, I am talking about the need of the public sector making a profit!" JRD replied.' 'Nehru reiterated, "Never talk to me about the word profit, it is a dirty word".' A fascinating excerpt from Shashank Shah's The Tata Group: From Torchbearers To Trailblazers.

Honda Navi vs Honda Activa 3G: What's different?

Honda Navi vs Honda Activa 3G: What's different?

Rediff.com14 Jul 2016

The Honda Navi ushers in an entirely new class of two-wheeler in the country. But will its radically different positioning prove to be its undoing too, or will it stand up tall against the wildly popular Honda Activa 3G, the scooter it shares its heart with?

Educational bar for contesting panchayat polls in Rajasthan to stay

Educational bar for contesting panchayat polls in Rajasthan to stay

Rediff.com15 Jan 2015

The Rajasthan high court on Thursday refused to immediately interfere with a state government ordinance fixing educational qualifications for candidates in local body elections, saying the poll process is already on and the petitioners will have to wait for the final order.

Football Extras: Interesting line-up in FA Cup quarter-finals

Football Extras: Interesting line-up in FA Cup quarter-finals

Rediff.com19 Feb 2019

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

Budget: Small taxpayers are big gainers

Budget: Small taxpayers are big gainers

Rediff.com1 Mar 2016

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley takes a protectionist stance in favour of domestic companies, increases customs duty on certain products.

Xi accepts Modi's invitation for Wuhan-style summit in India in 2019

Xi accepts Modi's invitation for Wuhan-style summit in India in 2019

Rediff.com9 Jun 2018

An MoU on sharing hydrological information of the Brahmaputra River by China to India and another pact on amendment of the protocol on phytosanitary requirements for exporting rice from India to China to include non-Basmati rice were signed after the Modi-Xi talks in the eastern Chinese port city.

When Keshub Mahindra silenced T N Seshan

When Keshub Mahindra silenced T N Seshan

Rediff.com5 Dec 2019

T N Seshan believed that toughness at every level is needed to keep the flock under him strictly duty bound, recalls Dr K S Parthasarathy, former secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

Speak in one voice in times of external threat

Speak in one voice in times of external threat

Rediff.com26 Jun 2020

'It is nobody's contention that uncomfortable questions regarding national security should not be raised. But that is a topic for another day and another time when the immediate threat has faded,' argues Vivek Gumaste.

Why Akshay Kumar feels LUCKY

Why Akshay Kumar feels LUCKY

Rediff.com20 Mar 2019

'I am 51 now. I think I can do action till 56.' 'After that, God knows.'

'There's a superhero within all of us'

'There's a superhero within all of us'

Rediff.com30 May 2018

'If you can live your life with honesty and bravery, then that makes you a superhero.'

'Made in India' trainer aircraft makes inaugural flight

'Made in India' trainer aircraft makes inaugural flight

Rediff.com17 Jun 2016

India's indigenous basic trainer aircraft, Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40), undertook its inaugural flight at the at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Airport in Bengaluru on Friday.

1 year of Yogi's government: Bypoll defeat halts Adityanath's dream run

1 year of Yogi's government: Bypoll defeat halts Adityanath's dream run

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

The UP CM failed to launch any major infrastructure project of its own, including the proposed Purvanchal Expressway, and also rid the roads of potholes by June 2017.

Sports Shorts: Wozniacki stuns Muguruza to move into final in Tokyo

Sports Shorts: Wozniacki stuns Muguruza to move into final in Tokyo

Rediff.com23 Sep 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday