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Aishwarya celebrates birthday with family

Aishwarya celebrates birthday with family

Rediff.com1 Nov 2018

The other half of Aishwarya's family, who you don't usually see.

US okays $125mn sales to Pak for F-16 monitoring

US okays $125mn sales to Pak for F-16 monitoring

Rediff.com27 Jul 2019

Essentially there is no change in the US policy on the security aid to Pakistan which is currently under freeze.

Why BJP is making a big play for tribal votes in MP

Why BJP is making a big play for tribal votes in MP

Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress shocked the BJP by securing 30 of the 47 ST seats, proving that this vote bank has drifted away from the ruling party over some time. Sandeep Kumar reports.

'BJP and Yogi never had good relations'

'BJP and Yogi never had good relations'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2022

'Since 2017, the chief minister and the RSS seem to have come closer.' 'This relationship's warmth is more from the RSS's side.'

Alia attends prayer meet with Neetu Kapoor

Alia attends prayer meet with Neetu Kapoor

Rediff.com20 Nov 2019

Manish Malhotra's father Suraj Malhotra passed away on November 18, and the designer's friends made sure to rally around him in support.

Covid-19: India Inc going for antibody testing

Covid-19: India Inc going for antibody testing

Rediff.com11 Aug 2020

Some of India's biggest employers are testing for antibodies to either comply with regulatory norms or gauge the effectiveness of precautionary measures.

L&T likely to win the contract to build Navi Mumbai airport

L&T likely to win the contract to build Navi Mumbai airport

Rediff.com10 Jun 2019

The airport, which will now be built to handle 20 million passengers, will likely start operations by mid-2020. However, rating agency CRISIL in its report in May-end had said operations are expected to start in 2023.

Why is Nitish Kumar so angry?

Why is Nitish Kumar so angry?

Rediff.com18 Jan 2021

According to state government data, the first 10 months of last year -- January to October 2020 -- witnessed 2,649 murders in Bihar, an average of nearly nine murders a day.

56 C-295 transport aircraft to replace 60-yr-old Avros of IAF

56 C-295 transport aircraft to replace 60-yr-old Avros of IAF

Rediff.com9 Sep 2021

Sixteen aircraft will be delivered in a flyaway condition by the Airbus Defence and Space of Spain within 48 months of signing the contract while the remaining 40 planes will be manufactured in India, according to the defence ministry.

K'taka Cong in fix as office-bearers link Shivakumar to scam in video

K'taka Cong in fix as office-bearers link Shivakumar to scam in video

Rediff.com13 Oct 2021

The Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday found itself in a tight spot after a video showed a purported conversation between the party media coordinator M A Saleem and former Lok Sabha member V S Ugrappa attributing the Congress state president D K Shivakumar's involvement in a scam when he was a minister.

Fuel price hike could see 50,000 small truckers going out of business

Fuel price hike could see 50,000 small truckers going out of business

Rediff.com23 Feb 2021

About 50,000 truckers, most of whom are single-truck owners, could be thrown off their businesses due to the recent fuel price hike. "Already the vehicle supply on the road is higher than the requirement. "With the fuel price hike, fleet owners will look to cut down fleet size wherever needed and due to this, small single-truck owners could be at the receiving end," Ashok Goyal, managing director at BLR Logistiks (I) Ltd said. The company has a fleet of 500 vehicles of all types-small, medium and large with pan-India presence.

Ranji Roundup: Parkar hits double ton on debut

Ranji Roundup: Parkar hits double ton on debut

Rediff.com7 Jun 2022

A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal matches played on Tuesday

Ranji Roundup: Gharami announces arrival; Mumbai on top

Ranji Roundup: Gharami announces arrival; Mumbai on top

Rediff.com6 Jun 2022

A round-up of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday

Ganga bridge project involving Chinese firms cancelled

Ganga bridge project involving Chinese firms cancelled

Rediff.com29 Jun 2020

The capital cost of the entire project, including a 5.6-km-long bridge, other minor bridges, underpasses and a rail overbridge, was estimated at over Rs 2,900 crore. The decision to cancel the project came in the backdrop of the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley on June 15.

Pooja Bedi is engaged

Pooja Bedi is engaged

Rediff.com22 Feb 2019

Congratulations to the couple!

Life is tough for India's gig workers

Life is tough for India's gig workers

Rediff.com13 Feb 2022

The recent protests by employees of Urban Company and the case of a a Zomato delivery executive who died in a road accident point to the severely straitened condition of gig workers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Budget 2021 had promised several measures to help the cause of gig economy workers, but most of them are yet to see the light of day. Even after a year, the country's gig workers continue to be without any social security cover or a minimum wage guarantee. "In Budget 2021, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the government is looking toward including migrant and gig workers for social security benefits," says Srinivas Kotni, managing partner, Lexport, a consulting firm. Parliament had passed the Code on Wages in 2019 and Code on Industrial Relations, Social Security and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions in 2020.

HC verdict allowing Central Vista challenged in SC

HC verdict allowing Central Vista challenged in SC

Rediff.com2 Jun 2021

A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the Delhi high court's May 31 verdict which dismissed a petition seeking to suspend all construction activity of the Central Vista Avenue redevelopment during the COVID-19 pandemic while describing it as a 'vital' and 'essential' project of national importance.

Surat rape and murder: Suspect nabbed from Rajasthan

Surat rape and murder: Suspect nabbed from Rajasthan

Rediff.com20 Apr 2018

The accused has been identified as Harsh Sahay Gurjar and was held from Ganganagar in Sawai Madhopur district

Hughes's death hard to digest for India's survivor

Hughes's death hard to digest for India's survivor

Rediff.com27 Nov 2014

More than five decades after his near-fatal head injury in the Caribbean, former India captain Nari Contractor could not believe Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes lost his life despite wearing a helmet.

Retrenchment norms: Govt says it won't be 'hire and fire'

Retrenchment norms: Govt says it won't be 'hire and fire'

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

The government further defended its move to introduce fixed-term employment, insisting that the present system of hiring workers through contractors is exploitative.

Monsoon hits Mumbai with a bang; IMD issues red alert

Monsoon hits Mumbai with a bang; IMD issues red alert

Rediff.com9 Jun 2021

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday, causing flooding on roads and rail tracks and disrupting suburban train services as the south-west monsoon arrived in the city with a bang, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an alert for more downpour.

Tokyo Olympics: First COVID case found at athletes' village

Tokyo Olympics: First COVID case found at athletes' village

Rediff.com17 Jul 2021

Japan's public has been lukewarm about the Games amid a resurgence in new coronavirus infections and worries that an influx of visitors may create a super-spreader event, straining an already-stretched medical system. Only around 20% of the population is fully vaccinated.

Assam changes labour laws, but differs from BJP model

Assam changes labour laws, but differs from BJP model

Rediff.com10 May 2020

Unlike the other Bharatiya Janata Party-led governments, Assam has not proposed doing away with most labour laws for a certain number of years. Instead it has proposed introducing fixed-term employment to help both workers and industries, and seeks to take more firms out of the ambit of laws governing factories and contract workers.

At 7.8%, RBI's 2022-23 GDP growth projection lower than Economic Survey's

At 7.8%, RBI's 2022-23 GDP growth projection lower than Economic Survey's

Rediff.com10 Feb 2022

The Reserve Bank's growth projection for next financial year is lower than 8-8.5 per cent projected by the finance ministry in the recent Economic Survey which was tabled in Parliament on January 31. Unveiling the bi-monthly policy, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said, "Recovery in domestic economic activity is yet to be broad-based, as private consumption and contact-intensive services remain below pre-pandemic levels."

'Karan has changed completely from the boy I grew up with'

'Karan has changed completely from the boy I grew up with'

Rediff.com25 May 2022

'Today, as a film personality, he is bigger than Dharma Productions.' 'But he is still warm and loyal to his friends from school, college and work.'

Navy, Coast Guard rescue 317 from 2 barges that went adrift

Navy, Coast Guard rescue 317 from 2 barges that went adrift

Rediff.com18 May 2021

There is no word yet on the progress of rescue operations for the accommodation barge SS-3 and the Sagar Bhushan oil rig.

UP govt removes Haj committee secy after saffron paint row

UP govt removes Haj committee secy after saffron paint row

Rediff.com16 Jan 2018

The government had earlier issued a notice to Singh, seeking an explanation on whose ordered its office boundary wall to be painted saffron and why it was subsequently repainted.

10 Most Popular Stocks

10 Most Popular Stocks

Rediff.com2 May 2022

10 stocks which are most popular with brokerages right now and are expected to deliver maximum upside over the next 12 months.

'21 Indian cities will have zero tap water'

'21 Indian cities will have zero tap water'

Rediff.com18 Jun 2019

'If the government does not take any action soon, 21 cities of India will become like Cape Town, with no water.' 'Four cities -- Delhi, Gurgaon, Meerut and Faridabad -- will suffer the worst.'

Bad Bank. Good Intention. Bad Lending

Bad Bank. Good Intention. Bad Lending

Rediff.com9 Nov 2021

Rogue lending under political influence was rife in the Congress-led regime and is not happening in the Modi regime, certainly not on that scale. But if PSBs cannot lend as indiscriminately as they did last time in the name of 'credit expansion', how well will these banks do, asks Debashis Basu.

Joe Biden's Many Challenges

Joe Biden's Many Challenges

Rediff.com23 Jan 2021

'India should be aware that China will take full advantage of US domestic turmoil and reduced international prestige,' warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

CBI books 5 Army officers for corruption

CBI books 5 Army officers for corruption

Rediff.com2 Jan 2019

The CBI has registered an FIR against Colonel Raman Dahda, Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Kumar, Subedar Devender Kumar, Havildar Abhay Singh, Subedar Sahuran Sahu and supplier K K Yangfo for criminal conspiracy.

Labourers hands chopped off: SC notice to Odisha, Andhra

Labourers hands chopped off: SC notice to Odisha, Andhra

Rediff.com27 Jan 2014

The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a horrific incident of chopping off the right hands of two migrant labourers from Odisha by a contractor from Andhra Pradesh in December last year.

Trump bans transactions with 8 more Chinese apps

Trump bans transactions with 8 more Chinese apps

Rediff.com6 Jan 2021

The ban against the eight Chinese apps -- Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office -- will come into effect in 45 days from Tuesday.

Country's top architects to give swanky makeover 600 rail stations

Country's top architects to give swanky makeover 600 rail stations

Rediff.com21 Mar 2018

Top architecture firms belonging to Hafeez Contractor and C P Kukreja have offered to design a few stations free of cost.

US Wants To Be Friends With Taliban?

US Wants To Be Friends With Taliban?

Rediff.com4 Feb 2022

Regional States will be worried that the US's nascent engagement with the Taliban behind the fig leaf of humanitarian aid enables the return of US intelligence personnel to Afghanistan, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Nethra Kumanan first Indian woman sailor to qualify for Olympics

Nethra Kumanan first Indian woman sailor to qualify for Olympics

Rediff.com7 Apr 2021

Nethra Kumanan became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics after making sure of a top-place finish in the laser radial event of the Asian Qualifiers, in Oman, on Wednesday.

How roads are turning smart with IoT, AI, telematics

How roads are turning smart with IoT, AI, telematics

Rediff.com25 May 2021

Roads are becoming smarter even if the people driving on it are not. A set of smart technologies is making construction, maintenance, and traffic management much more efficient.

'There is mafia raj in Punjab': Congress MP

'There is mafia raj in Punjab': Congress MP

Rediff.com3 Aug 2020

'The chief minister has said on the floor of the House that he knows everything (about the criminal-politician mafia).' 'If you know about this nexus, why aren't you acting against them?' 'Ask him why is he so helpless.'