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ED grills Sharad Pawar's MLA grandnephew for 8 hrs in coop bank case

ED grills Sharad Pawar's MLA grandnephew for 8 hrs in coop bank case

Rediff.com2 Feb 2024

Emerging out of the ED grilling in Mumbai, Rohit Pawar denied any wrongdoing and asserted struggle was imminent in fight for ideology while declaring he wasn't scared.

Probe into Narendra Dabholkar's killing complete: CBI to HC

Probe into Narendra Dabholkar's killing complete: CBI to HC

Rediff.com30 Jan 2023

However, a lawyer representing Dabholkar's daughter claimed before the court that the CBI has not investigated the case properly and there are many loopholes that are yet to be probed.

Keys STUNS Swiatek; Sabalenka one step closer to history

Keys STUNS Swiatek; Sabalenka one step closer to history

Rediff.com23 Jan 2025

Aryna Sabalenka overwhelmed Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-2 with a impressive display of raw power to reach her third successive Australian Open final on Thursday.

Probe launched into racist insults during El Clasico

Probe launched into racist insults during El Clasico

Rediff.com27 Oct 2024

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga have taken steps to tackle an increase in racist abuse with measures including partial stadium closures.

50% of Delhi govt staffers to work from home amid rising air pollution

50% of Delhi govt staffers to work from home amid rising air pollution

Rediff.com20 Nov 2024

The Delhi government has ordered half of its staff to work from home, urging private organizations to follow suit as the national capital faces an alarmingly high level of air pollution. The move comes as Delhi recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 426 in the "severe" category, with residents reporting health issues. Essential services will continue to operate at full capacity. The government has also advised companies to provide shuttle bus services for employees and suggested that private entities consider shifting office hours to reduce traffic congestion.

'Tytler incited mob leading to murder of 3 Sikhs': CBI in 1984 riots chargesheet

'Tytler incited mob leading to murder of 3 Sikhs': CBI in 1984 riots chargesheet

Rediff.com20 May 2023

Tytler "incited, instigated and provoked the mob assembled at Pul Bangash Gurudwara Azad Market" on November 1, 1984 that resulted in burning down of the gurudwara and killing of three Sikhs -- Thakur Singh, Badal Singh and Gurcharan Singh -- the CBI alleged in its charge sheet filed before a special court in New Delhi.

Guj court won't give final order on SIT report: SC

Guj court won't give final order on SIT report: SC

Rediff.com17 Jan 2013

The Supreme Court Thursday asked a Gujarat trial court not to pronounce its final order on the closure report of the Special Investigation Team in the 2002 Gulburg Housing Society riot case of Ahmedabad.

Govt to set up private textile parks to curb China imports

Govt to set up private textile parks to curb China imports

Rediff.com16 Nov 2024

To curb raw material imports from China and promote textiles, the Uttar Pradesh government is looking to set up nearly a dozen private textile parks in the state. The textile parks would be established under the UP Textile and Garmenting Policy 2022.

Fiat denies report on India plant closure

Fiat denies report on India plant closure

Rediff.com20 Jun 2003

Fiat on Friday denied a magazine report, which said it would close a plant in India as part of a sweeping restructuring of the loss-making Italian industrial giant.

Guj court gives more time to Zakia Jafri on SIT report

Guj court gives more time to Zakia Jafri on SIT report

Rediff.com17 Oct 2012

A local court on Wednesday granted time till October 25 to Zakia Jafri to file a protest petition on the closure report filed by Special Investigation Team giving clean chit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in 2002 post-Godhra riots.

Something very rotten, says HC; reopens 2 DMK ministers' asset cases

Something very rotten, says HC; reopens 2 DMK ministers' asset cases

Rediff.com23 Aug 2023

Justice N Anand Venkatesh, who holds the portfolio for MP/MLA cases in the state, took up the cases against senior ministers Thangam Thennarasu and his wife and KKSSR Ramachandran and his spouse and also a friend of the DMK leader.

Unable to digest TN police firing on Sterlite protestors: HC

Unable to digest TN police firing on Sterlite protestors: HC

Rediff.com29 Jul 2024

The bench said when the people were running, the police chased them and opened fire.

Will China wage war over Taiwan in 2025? Xi's remark raises alarm

Will China wage war over Taiwan in 2025? Xi's remark raises alarm

Rediff.com31 Dec 2024

President Xi Jinping has said that no one can ever stop Taiwan's reunification with China as he signed off 2024 amid growing anxieties in the country over the continued slowdown of the economy and the return of Donald Trump, who has threatened to impose punitive tariffs and trade measures against Beijing in his second term.

SP MP, MLA's son booked over Sambhal violence

SP MP, MLA's son booked over Sambhal violence

Rediff.com25 Nov 2024

Seven FIRs have been lodged in connection with the violence over a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, naming Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood's son Sohail Iqbal as accused. Three people were killed and scores of others injured on Sunday as protesters opposing the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid clashed with police. The district administration has imposed prohibitory orders and barred the entry of outsiders into Sambhal till November 30.

Farmers marching to Delhi tear-gassed; Haryana suspends internet

Farmers marching to Delhi tear-gassed; Haryana suspends internet

Rediff.com6 Dec 2024

A 'jatha' of 101 farmers Friday began its foot march to Delhi from their protest site at Shambhu border, but was stopped a few metres away by a multilayered barricading.

Sabalenka vs Keys: Power showdown in Australian Open final

Sabalenka vs Keys: Power showdown in Australian Open final

Rediff.com23 Jan 2025

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys made rocky starts on Thursday but eventually secured contrasting victories to set up a heavy metal Australian Open final showdown

30 killed, 60 injured in stampede amid rush of pilgrims at Maha Kumbh

30 killed, 60 injured in stampede amid rush of pilgrims at Maha Kumbh

Rediff.com30 Jan 2025

At least 30 people were killed and 60 others injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh early on Wednesday as crores of pilgrims jostled for space to take a holy dip on the occasion of one of the most auspicious days of Mauni Amavasya, officials said.

Burmans vs Gaekwad: Who will manage to acquire Religare Enterprise?

Burmans vs Gaekwad: Who will manage to acquire Religare Enterprise?

Rediff.com27 Jan 2025

The race to acquire diversified fintech firm Religare Enterprise Limited (REL) intensified as Dabur group promoters, the Burman family, said it was going ahead with the open offer on Monday and claimed that the counter offer made by US-based businessman Digvijay Gaekwad wasn't valid and will not stand scrutiny of market regulator Sebi. The Burman family claimed that the competing offer falls outside the 15-day window stipulated by the Sebi takeover code, following their initial offer on October 4th, 2023.

ATMs to loans: All eyes on the road for finance world

ATMs to loans: All eyes on the road for finance world

Rediff.com6 Jan 2025

In the Union Budget for Financial Year 2023-24 (FY24), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had held forth on the need for better governance and investor protection in the banking sector. She had proposed certain amendments to the Reserve Bank of India Act (RBI Act), 1934; the Banking Regulation Act (BR Act), 1949; and the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970.

ED attaches Sharad Pawar's grandnephew's assets worth Rs 50 cr

ED attaches Sharad Pawar's grandnephew's assets worth Rs 50 cr

Rediff.com8 Mar 2024

A total of 161.30 acres of land, plant, machinery and building of the Kannad Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Limited (Kannad SSK) located in Kannad village of Aurangabad district has been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the ED said in a statement.

CBI closes IPL 2019 betting cases

CBI closes IPL 2019 betting cases

Rediff.com2 Jan 2024

CBI had filed two FIRs in May 2022 against seven people in two cases related to alleged fixing of matches in IPL 2019.

163 Brazilian workers rescued from 'slavery' at Chinese EV firm

163 Brazilian workers rescued from 'slavery' at Chinese EV firm

Rediff.com24 Dec 2024

Brazilian authorities have rescued 163 workers from conditions similar to 'slavery' at a construction site for a factory of Chinese electric vehicle company Build Your Dreams (BYD) in Camacari, Bahia.

South Delhi mayor orders closure of meat shops during Navratri

South Delhi mayor orders closure of meat shops during Navratri

Rediff.com4 Apr 2022

This is the first time when the civic body has asked for closure of meat shops during Navratri which is being observed from April 2-11.

SC sets aside deletion of YouTube channel as bail condition

SC sets aside deletion of YouTube channel as bail condition

Rediff.com27 Sep 2024

The Supreme Court on Friday termed as "unwarranted and extraneous" the Madras high court directive to YouTuber Felix Jerald to close down his channel as one of the bail conditions.

2024: The Year Of Shift In Politics

2024: The Year Of Shift In Politics

Rediff.com31 Dec 2024

Much drama is likely to continue in the coming year, within the Sangh Parivar as well as involving the Opposition parties and, of course the BJP's allies, predicts Modi biographer Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.

Cyclone Fengal makes landfall near Puducherry; Chennai airport shutdown

Cyclone Fengal makes landfall near Puducherry; Chennai airport shutdown

Rediff.com30 Nov 2024

Cyclonic storm Fengal has commenced making landfall close to Puducherry and it may approximately take 4 hours for it to cross the coast completely, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The process of the cyclone's landfall commenced at about 5.30 pm on November 30. The IMD said the forward sector of spiral bands associated with the cyclone has entered into the land and is likely to move west-southwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram close to Puducherry as a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph during next 3 to 4 hours.

Mamata wants UN peacekeeping mission in Bangladesh, says Modi must...

Mamata wants UN peacekeeping mission in Bangladesh, says Modi must...

Rediff.com2 Dec 2024

Banerjee stressed she wished for harmony, fraternal ties and cordial relationship to remain between all communities living in Bangladesh and elsewhere.

Modi keeps promises: PM assures Kashmiris on statehood

Modi keeps promises: PM assures Kashmiris on statehood

Rediff.com13 Jan 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that he would keep promises he had made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, a statement seen as an oblique reference to the demand for restoration of statehood voiced strongly by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

Kidnapped as 7 year-old, UP man returns home after 30 years

Kidnapped as 7 year-old, UP man returns home after 30 years

Rediff.com29 Nov 2024

A seven-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, over 30 years ago has been reunited with his family. Raju, now 38, was abducted in September 1993 and taken to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, where he was forced to tend sheep and goats. He was eventually found by a Sikh businessman who helped him return to Ghaziabad. After three decades of uncertainty, Raju's family was finally reunited with him.

Farmers to defy prohibitory orders, march to Delhi

Farmers to defy prohibitory orders, march to Delhi

Rediff.com6 Dec 2024

A 'jatha' of 101 farmers will embark on a foot march to Delhi at 1 pm on Friday from the Shambhu border protest site, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said on Thursday.

Sebi's 2024 review: Push for reforms continued despite controversies

Sebi's 2024 review: Push for reforms continued despite controversies

Rediff.com31 Dec 2024

In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) implemented significant reforms, focusing on cooling down the derivatives segment, enhancing transparency and accountability in small and midsised enterprise (SME) listings, and deepening the fund management ecosystem.

No 'friendly fight' among Mahayuti allies on contentious seats: BJP

No 'friendly fight' among Mahayuti allies on contentious seats: BJP

Rediff.com11 Sep 2024

Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said his party will throw more weight behind its Mahayuti partners Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena in the upcoming state polls and denied reports of a 'friendly fight' proposal for seats where there is a tussle among allies.

Iran Missile Strike Forces Flight Reroutes

Iran Missile Strike Forces Flight Reroutes

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

Flights from Delhi or Bengaluru, while they may still fly over Iran, depending on the route, have alternative paths that may take them through Central Asia or northern routes.

Normalcy tiptoes into Bangladesh, death toll climbs to 440

Normalcy tiptoes into Bangladesh, death toll climbs to 440

Rediff.com6 Aug 2024

Over 100 people have been killed in the violence across Bangladesh as chaos reigned supreme hours after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country on Monday, reports said on Tuesday amid signs of return to normalcy.

Rajasthan orders closure of schools in urban areas, Sunday curfew

Rajasthan orders closure of schools in urban areas, Sunday curfew

Rediff.com9 Jan 2022

The Rajasthan government on Sunday announced the closure of schools in urban areas, Sunday curfews, time limits on markets and a cap on occupancy at restaurants and movie theatres in view of a surge in COVID-19 cases.

2021 botched Nagaland operation: SC closes criminal case against 30 armymen

2021 botched Nagaland operation: SC closes criminal case against 30 armymen

Rediff.com17 Sep 2024

In a relief to 30 Army personnel, the Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the criminal proceedings initiated against them by the Nagaland government for allegedly killing 13 civilians in a 2021 botched operation to ambush militants in Mon district for want of prosecution sanction.

Delhi AQI 'severe' for 3rd day, GRAP-III curbs imposed

Delhi AQI 'severe' for 3rd day, GRAP-III curbs imposed

Rediff.com15 Nov 2024

Curbs under Stage III include a ban on non-essential construction and demolition, closure of stone crushers and mining activities in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).

'I Don't Know How 2025 Will Turn Out'

'I Don't Know How 2025 Will Turn Out'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2024

When I go to act in a film, I don't think of the journey.'

HC upholds closure of Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin

HC upholds closure of Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin

Rediff.com19 Aug 2020

The Madras high court on Tuesday rejected a plea from mining giant Vedanta to order reopening of its Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu.

15 roads closed as Himachal sees second snowfall; tourist killed

15 roads closed as Himachal sees second snowfall; tourist killed

Rediff.com9 Dec 2024

Himachal Pradesh experienced its second snowfall of the season, leading to the closure of 15 roads, including two national highways. A tourist from New Delhi died in an accident on an icy road in the Lahaul Spiti district, while three others sustained injuries.