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Kashmir cut off from rest of India

Kashmir cut off from rest of India

Rediff.com16 Jan 2012

Kashmir remained cut off from the rest of the country for the second day on Monday as snowfall blocked the vital Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and delayed all scheduled flights to the Valley.

Court says can't stop Pragya from contesting polls

Court says can't stop Pragya from contesting polls

Rediff.com25 Apr 2019

'This court has not granted bail...wrong forum has been chosen'

Fire-hit ship with Indian crew reaches Malaysia

Fire-hit ship with Indian crew reaches Malaysia

Rediff.com1 Apr 2012

A crippled luxury cruise ship with 1,001 people, including 58 Indians, safely reached a Malaysian port today after drifting for 24 hours following a fire in one of its engine rooms that injured five crew members.

India considers temporary cap on airfares

India considers temporary cap on airfares

Rediff.com22 Dec 2014

Fierce competition among airline firms has long limited price increases despite crippling operating costs

Petrol price hike evokes mixed reactions from industry

Petrol price hike evokes mixed reactions from industry

Rediff.com23 May 2012

The steep hike in petrol prices evoked mixed reactions with a section of industry saying the move would further burden the comman man even as policy makers and experts felt the increase would benefit the economy in the long run.

World's 20 most powerful people in finance

World's 20 most powerful people in finance

Rediff.com11 Nov 2011

Euro Zone is reeling under a debt crisis, USA is downgraded and world leaders are losing sleep over their attempts to find ways to beat slowdown.

COVID-19: How Mumbai has been done in by poor planning

COVID-19: How Mumbai has been done in by poor planning

Rediff.com21 May 2020

Urban planners and real estate experts say bad town planning in Mumbai and rising deaths during the ongoing pandemic are a "sad reality". Dev Chatterjee and Raghavendra Kamath report.

93-day Manipur economic blockade partially off

93-day Manipur economic blockade partially off

Rediff.com1 Nov 2011

Senapati district happens to be inhabited largely by different communities of the Kukis, the Nepalis, and the Nagas. Within the district, Sadar Hills is dominated demographically by the Kukis.

Why young India should worry about spondylosis

Why young India should worry about spondylosis

Rediff.com18 Jan 2018

People tend to ignore the early signs and let the easily manageable condition turn into a terrible one, warns Aashish Chaudhry.

Manipur: Blockade enters 86th day; commodity prices soar

Manipur: Blockade enters 86th day; commodity prices soar

Rediff.com18 Oct 2011

The crippling economic blockade on two national highways in Manipur entered the 86th day on Tuesday with the organisers adamant on not lifting it even as prices of essential commodities continued to soar.

Fukushima operators' disastrous error irks Japan

Fukushima operators' disastrous error irks Japan

Rediff.com28 Mar 2011

Japanese government on Monday blasted the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant for its "absolutely unacceptable" mistake of giving an extremely high radiation reading, as engineers battled to contain the country's worst atomic crisis.

RCEP: 'India has enough bargaining chips'

RCEP: 'India has enough bargaining chips'

Rediff.com13 Nov 2019

'RCEP may be in India's long-term interest, but it is certainly not in India's short-term and medium-term interest.'

What Tejaswi, Rahul need to worry about

What Tejaswi, Rahul need to worry about

Rediff.com28 Nov 2020

Will the M (Muslims) in the RJD's M+Y move fast swiftly towards the MIM and away from the RJD, asks Mohammad Sajjad.

World's 10 happiest countries

World's 10 happiest countries

Rediff.com10 Jun 2011

A wealthy and powerful country like the United States fails to make it to the top 10.

Protesting PM's statement, UNC bans rail work in Manipur

Protesting PM's statement, UNC bans rail work in Manipur

Rediff.com9 Dec 2011

Ban is the bane of life in the frontier state of Manipur that is plagued by myriad troubles ranging from insurgency, ethnicity to underdevelopment.

'Sarabjit's condition deteriorating in Pak prison'

'Sarabjit's condition deteriorating in Pak prison'

Rediff.com8 Sep 2011

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, on death row in a Pakistan jail, may die there as his health is deteriorating each day, his sister claimed on Thursday.

Anil Ambani announces plan to reduce RCom debt by Rs 25K crore

Anil Ambani announces plan to reduce RCom debt by Rs 25K crore

Rediff.com26 Dec 2017

The debt resolution involves RCom exiting the SDR framework with no conversion of debt into equity and zero write-off by lenders, Anil Ambani said, adding that he expects full closure by March 2018.

ICICI Bank to repatriate capital from Canada arm

ICICI Bank to repatriate capital from Canada arm

Rediff.com16 Nov 2011

Move comes as stringent regulation chokes biz growth.

Economic blockade in Manipur enters 93rd day

Economic blockade in Manipur enters 93rd day

Rediff.com31 Oct 2011

The crippling economic blockades on two national highways in Manipur entered the 93rd day on Monday, even as one of the sponsors called for a 48-hour bandh in five hill districts from midnight to mount pressure on the government.

Brrrr! Northern India sees a sharp drop in temperature

Brrrr! Northern India sees a sharp drop in temperature

Rediff.com18 Jan 2017

Pahalgam, a tourist town in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir and a hill station recorded a minimum temperature of -12 degree celsius folowed by Gulmarg another tourist destination in the valley recording a minimum temperate of -10 degrees celsius.

What will Kim Jong Un do next?

What will Kim Jong Un do next?

Rediff.com29 Jan 2021

Kim did not rule out diplomacy with the Biden administration despite that Pyongyang called Biden a 'rabid dog' after Biden labelled Kim a 'thug'.

Japan: More radiation found near N-plant

Japan: More radiation found near N-plant

Rediff.com13 Apr 2011

Grappling with Japan's worst atomic crisis, workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday kept removing highly toxic water from a reactor as a new test showed the radiation levels in nearby seawater had risen, amid protests by angry evacuees demanding compensation.

UK PM back at work, says tide being turned on COVID-19

UK PM back at work, says tide being turned on COVID-19

Rediff.com28 Apr 2020

Boris Johnson urged the public to contain their impatience against the lockdown.

Telangana crisis: Azad meets Sonia

Telangana crisis: Azad meets Sonia

Rediff.com5 Oct 2011

Grappling with the Telangana issue, Congress General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday met party chief Sonia Gandhi amid reports that an all-party meeting would be convened to find a way out to the statehood demand.

Great start, sad ending: That's 2011 for auto sector

Great start, sad ending: That's 2011 for auto sector

Rediff.com30 Dec 2011

A year that began with a bang only to fizzle out in the end with car sales posting the steepest fall in nearly 11 years; a year marred by strikes -- 2011 will be one that the Indian automobile industry would like to forget in a hurry.

Images: Pakistan vs South Africa, Super Eights, T20

Images: Pakistan vs South Africa, Super Eights, T20

Rediff.com11 May 2010

Images from the Super Eight match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Gros Islet, St Lucia, on Monday.

Watch what you eat, drink: Japan to citizens

Watch what you eat, drink: Japan to citizens

Rediff.com23 Mar 2011

Radioactive iodine -- exceeding the limit considered safe for infants -- has been detected in Tokyo's tap water amid mounting concerns over food safety in tsunami-hit Japan, which is struggling to contain an atomic crisis at its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

6 months in lockdown, Kashmiris stare at uncertain future

6 months in lockdown, Kashmiris stare at uncertain future

Rediff.com6 Feb 2020

Many political detainees have been released but former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who were whisked into custody in the early hours of August 5, 2019, are still in preventive detention.

Economic effect of Japanese disaster on India, globe

Economic effect of Japanese disaster on India, globe

Rediff.com17 Mar 2011

Japan's nuclear crisis and the devastations caused by last Friday's earthquake and tsunami are unlikely to trigger a global recession as happened in the aftermath of the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers three years ago, according to leading economists.

Das once again urges banks to link loans, deposits to repo rate

Das once again urges banks to link loans, deposits to repo rate

Rediff.com19 Aug 2019

Today, the economy requires a certain amount of push not just from the monetary policy but also from its transmission: Das.

Japan earthquake may hit component supplies to JLR

Japan earthquake may hit component supplies to JLR

Rediff.com11 May 2011

JLR is the latest in the list of companies which have announced a likely impact on operations due to crunch in auto component supplies from Japan.

How Babus did during the Pandemic: A report card

How Babus did during the Pandemic: A report card

Rediff.com18 Jan 2021

The Covid pandemic has left a question mark on how the central government manages its staff.

Air India pilots may call off strike

Air India pilots may call off strike

Rediff.com4 May 2011

Air India's domestic operations remained crippled on Wednesday, with the pilots continuing their strike for the eighth day, as informal efforts were mounted to initiate talks with the agitators.

Australian PM visits Japan's tsunami town

Australian PM visits Japan's tsunami town

Rediff.com23 Apr 2011

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Saturday became the first foreign leader to visit Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeast, where authorities battled hard to contain an atomic crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

Zika fallout: Rio-bound British long jumper freezes sperm

Zika fallout: Rio-bound British long jumper freezes sperm

Rediff.com8 Jun 2016

The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil has led Britain's Greg Rutherford to have his sperm frozen before heading out to defend his long jump title at the Rio Olympics.

Japan world race shelved amid nuclear fears

Japan world race shelved amid nuclear fears

Rediff.com19 Apr 2011

Japan's nuclear reactor crisis has forced the postponement of a world championship triathlon race in Yokohama next month because of radiation fears, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) said on Tuesday.

Maruti shareholder activism grows from baby steps

Maruti shareholder activism grows from baby steps

Rediff.com17 Oct 2011

It may not be a war cry yet, but the voice is definitely getting shriller.

Japan: Search on for missing near Fukushima

Japan: Search on for missing near Fukushima

Rediff.com7 Apr 2011

The Japanese police, dressed in protective gear, on Thursday began searching for some 2,500 people missing within a 10-20 kilometre radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, which was crippled by the March 11 killer earthquake and tsunami.

UK tourist in Meghalaya drowns in Umkynsan river

UK tourist in Meghalaya drowns in Umkynsan river

Rediff.com29 Jun 2011

Meghalaya police on Wednesday handed over the body of 25-year-old Christina Reed, a tourist in India from the United Kingdom, to her father Scot Robert Reed. Reed was swept away while she was swimming in Umkynsan River at Sohra (Cherrapunjee) along with her two companions on Saturday.

Damaged reactor at nuclear plant worries Japan

Damaged reactor at nuclear plant worries Japan

Rediff.com25 Mar 2011

Concerns over more serious contamination mounted in Japan on Friday after authorities warned that the core of one of the six reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant may have been damaged, a day after three workers were exposed to high radiation while trying to stabilise the crippled unit.