News for 'dominion'

ICC restructuring: NZC backs change despite players' opposition

ICC restructuring: NZC backs change despite players' opposition

Rediff.com20 Jan 2014

New Zealand Cricket has backed the proposed changes in the ICC's administrative structure, which would leave major decision-making in the hands of India, Australia and England, despite facing severe criticism from the country's players' association.

'Move to abrogate Article 370 will reopen J-K's accession to India'

'Move to abrogate Article 370 will reopen J-K's accession to India'

Rediff.com4 Dec 2013

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday warned that any move to abrogate Article 370 will reopen the issue of the state's accession to India, as the political row ignited by Narendra Modi's call for a debate on this constitutional provision persisted.

Soon, BSF to get UAVs and all-terrain vehicles

Soon, BSF to get UAVs and all-terrain vehicles

Rediff.com17 Mar 2015

An array of modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, fast-attack craft and all-terrain vehicles will soon bolster the dominion power of the Border Security Force deployed to guard the marshy and arid Rann of Kutch region along the Indo-Pak border.

Lou Vincent's ex-wife claims Cairns 'did cheat'

Lou Vincent's ex-wife claims Cairns 'did cheat'

Rediff.com21 May 2014

After news of Lou Vincent's ex-wife's match-fixing testimony came out, former New Zealand Test cricketer Chris Cairns has continued to stay firm on the stand that he is innocent.

PM's speech: Passing off WhatsApp forwards as facts

PM's speech: Passing off WhatsApp forwards as facts

Rediff.com12 Feb 2018

'Those who have followed politics even when there was no Twitter know what the word 'jumlebaaz' means,' says Utkarsh Mishra.

UK defence secretary honours India's World War I soldiers

UK defence secretary honours India's World War I soldiers

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

British Defence Secretary M Fallon on Thursday laid a wreath at the war memorial at India Gate to commemorate India's contribution during World War I.

Hidesign bets on the millennial lifestyle

Hidesign bets on the millennial lifestyle

Rediff.com30 Jun 2017

For a brand that is still heavily reliant on traditional brick-and-mortar channels, airports are its new malls, drawing in young travelling professionals and encouraging impulse purchases.

Hungry kya? MTR may have something for you

Hungry kya? MTR may have something for you

Rediff.com19 May 2017

MTR re-positions its brand to cater early morning to the hungry urban young. It has launched a range of breakfast foods to pave the way for future product and brand transformation.

Mysore royal scion Srikantadatta Wodeyar passes away

Mysore royal scion Srikantadatta Wodeyar passes away

Rediff.com10 Dec 2013

Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, scion of the erstwhile Mysore royal family and the last descendant of the Wodeyar dynasty, died of severe cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Bangalore on Tuesday.

'A little hungover' Australians aim to be No 1 in all formats

'A little hungover' Australians aim to be No 1 in all formats

Rediff.com30 Mar 2015

Dark sunglasses were the order of the day for Australia's triumphant cricket team.

He got suspended from school for watching World Cup!

He got suspended from school for watching World Cup!

Rediff.com19 Feb 2015

Watching the 1992 World Cup got New Zealand's Grant Elliott suspended from school but also set him on the path to a career as a professional cricket.

Why roads hold the key in 'war' against Naxals

Why roads hold the key in 'war' against Naxals

Rediff.com25 May 2017

Roads are of great importance to win the war against the rebels in Sukma

Whatever its status, Hyderabad has changed irreversibly

Whatever its status, Hyderabad has changed irreversibly

Rediff.com7 Aug 2013

The old Hyderabadi-ness would not resurface. Nor can be recreated. For like in other cities, others too have a right to live and prosper and regardless of what states it gets, the city will not be what it was. Only people, romantic fools at that, look back. Cities don't; they look to the future, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.

US, China intensify rhetoric over South China Sea

US, China intensify rhetoric over South China Sea

Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

The war of words between China and the US heated up on Tuesday with an American Admiral defending last week's US naval ship's foray near Chinese-made artificial islands in the area while Beijing blasted the move as a "blatant provocation".

'Britain created Pakistan'

'Britain created Pakistan'

Rediff.com2 Nov 2017

'The creation of Pakistan was integral to Britain's grand strategy.' 'If they were to ever leave India, Britain's military planners had made it clear that they needed to retain a foothold in the NWFP and Baluchistan because that would provide the means to retain control of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar.'

Bachchan star power boosts Prestige cookers

Bachchan star power boosts Prestige cookers

Rediff.com3 Aug 2016

Ash and Abhi help the TTK Group strengthen its mass appeal.

Coalgate: Court rejects CBI closure report, directs further probe

Coalgate: Court rejects CBI closure report, directs further probe

Rediff.com20 Nov 2014

A special court on Thursday refused to accept a closure report by the Central Bureau of Investigation and directed it to further investigate an alleged scam in coal blocks allocation, involving Congress Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, saying he had misrepresented facts in letters written to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Now, the cafe comes home

Now, the cafe comes home

Rediff.com21 Dec 2015

Coffee Day has 1,555 outlets across India.

Why target Aurangzeb alone, Mr Kejriwal?

Why target Aurangzeb alone, Mr Kejriwal?

Rediff.com19 Feb 2016

Yes, Aurangzeb was a tyrant who ill-treated his subjects. But was he the only Mughal emperor guilty of this, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

'Why are we handing over our territory to Pakistan?

'Why are we handing over our territory to Pakistan?

Rediff.com13 Jun 2016

'Our policy seems to be to give away part of J&K, even though we are entitled to the entire state.' 'The Congress has done so, and the BJP is following the same policy.' 'No one is applying their mind to the legal position.' 'Kashmir is not a part of Pakistan under its own constitution.'

The blunder of the Pandit

The blunder of the Pandit

Rediff.com18 May 2014

Nehru's sentimental attachment to the Mountbattens deeply vitiated the Kashmir issue. It was certainly the most important factor for the failure to find a solution in the first years of the conflict.

Why the CBI should be insulated and not independent

Why the CBI should be insulated and not independent

Rediff.com26 Jun 2013

You just cannot let an institution go adrift and never reporting to any other institution and never submitting itself to any monitoring review or evaluation with regard to its functioning and particularly with regards to an institution which has dominion over the lives and liberties of citizens. That kind of total abdication of government responsibility with regard to that kind of an institution will be dangerous to democracy itself, to the people, Bahukutumbi Raghavan tells Sheela Bhatt

Truth behind SRK's business ventures

Truth behind SRK's business ventures

Rediff.com14 Dec 2015

To unravel Khan's overseas business, one has to rewind to 10 years ago when Londoner Richard James Moore floated a real estate company called Winford Estates in Surrey.

How the British stole the Kohinoor from a child

How the British stole the Kohinoor from a child

Rediff.com23 Jan 2017

'I can tell you the case that hurts me the most is the one in which the little boy is forced to sign the Kohinoor over.' 'You take a mother away from a child, you surround him with grown ups speaking a different language, you tell him he must sign this over or else...'

'Hinduism has been failed by seculars and the right-wing'

'Hinduism has been failed by seculars and the right-wing'

Rediff.com22 Apr 2015

'The real danger in India right now is that identity politics is being stoked in extremely dangerous ways.' 'The narrative you get about churches in the mainstream Indian media and the narrative you get in the social media is very different.' 'Many Americans today want to appropriate Indian culture. They want yoga, but they say yoga has nothing to do with Hinduism. They want Ayurveda, but they say it's got nothing to do with Hinduism.' 'Hinduism has been failed by political constituencies in India -- seculars and the right-wing.'

« Prev  |