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Indian hockey's new normal: Santisers, social distancing

Indian hockey's new normal: Santisers, social distancing

Rediff.com10 Jun 2020

As per safety norms, they are also changing the grip of their sticks regularly while there is a temperature check every day.

Activist Natasha Narwal gets 3-weeks bail after father dies of Covid

Activist Natasha Narwal gets 3-weeks bail after father dies of Covid

Rediff.com10 May 2021

The Delhi high court on Monday granted bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University student Natasha Narwal, arrested last year in May in connection with the communal riots in north-east Delhi to perform the last rites of her father who succumbed to COVID-19.

'My Aai was very generous'

'My Aai was very generous'

Rediff.com7 May 2021

Readers tell us what's special about their mothers.

600 cops, sniffer dogs scanned JNU campus, still clueless about Najeeb

600 cops, sniffer dogs scanned JNU campus, still clueless about Najeeb

Rediff.com19 Dec 2016

The sniffer dogs failed to make any headway and stopped after circling around in the hostel.

JKPC chief Sajad Gani Lone released after year-long detention

JKPC chief Sajad Gani Lone released after year-long detention

Rediff.com31 Jul 2020

Lone was released days ahead of the first anniversary of the Centre's move to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution in August last year, the officials said. The JKPC chairman was moved to his residence in Srinagar in February this year and placed under house arrest, the officials said.

Year after JNU attack, students, teachers await arrest of masked goons

Year after JNU attack, students, teachers await arrest of masked goons

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

On January 5 last year, a mob of masked men stormed the campus and targeted students in three hostels, unleashing mayhem with sticks, stones and iron rods, hitting inmates and breaking windows, furniture and personal belongings.

RSS-affiliated professors planned attack: JNUSU prez

RSS-affiliated professors planned attack: JNUSU prez

Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh, who was injured in the violence at the university, was discharged from the AIIMS in New Delhi on Monday. Ghosh suffered head injuries in the violence that took place on the campus on Sunday.

Ask ANU: 'My wife has started behaving strangely'

Ask ANU: 'My wife has started behaving strangely'

Rediff.com11 Aug 2022

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

Guidelines issued for reopening of higher educational institutions

Guidelines issued for reopening of higher educational institutions

Rediff.com8 Sep 2020

'Staggering of classroom activities to be done, with separate timing slots, to allow for adequate physical distancing and disinfection of classroom premises. Academic scheduling should have an intermix of regular classroom teaching and online teaching and assessments,' the ministry said.

AMU expels Kashmiri student after his photo with gun appears online

AMU expels Kashmiri student after his photo with gun appears online

Rediff.com8 Jan 2018

It was suspected that the scholar from Tikipora in Lolab area might have joined the Hizbul Mujahideen.

'We won't accept governor's meddling'

'We won't accept governor's meddling'

Rediff.com22 Sep 2021

'How can we tolerate if a Constitutionally-appointed governor acts in violation of the Constitution?'

3 JNU professors move HC to preserve CCTV footage

3 JNU professors move HC to preserve CCTV footage

Rediff.com10 Jan 2020

The petition also sought directions for preservation and retrieval of all material/evidences available with WhatsApp INC, Google INC and Apple INC pertaining to relevant data of WhatsApp groups 'Unity Against Left' and 'Friends of RSS' including messages, pictures, videos and phone numbers of the members, in connection with the violence at JNU.

Volcano building in J-K, celebrating Pak win meant to provoke BJP: Farooq

Volcano building in J-K, celebrating Pak win meant to provoke BJP: Farooq

Rediff.com26 Oct 2021

"They (those who celebrated the win) don't have anything to do with them (Pakistanis)... It was done to provoke the BJP. They were children and young boys and this should serve as an eye-opener for the BJP," Abdullah said at a public meeting in Surankote in Poonch district.

JNU students baton-charged on way to Raisina Hill

JNU students baton-charged on way to Raisina Hill

Rediff.com10 Dec 2019

The students have been protesting against hostel fee hike. They had sought appointment with the Prez.

TN polls: Kamal Haasan in talks with 'like-minded' parties

TN polls: Kamal Haasan in talks with 'like-minded' parties

Rediff.com4 Mar 2021

Haasan said several parties have initiated discussions for a possible alliance with the MNM and he "shook hands" with the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi.

BJP to fight TN urban civic polls alone, says alliance with AIADMK intact

BJP to fight TN urban civic polls alone, says alliance with AIADMK intact

Rediff.com31 Jan 2022

The Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday announced that it would contest alone in the urban civic polls slated to be held on February 19, even while asserting that its alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the state remained intact.

JNU forms panel to probe attack; students hold march

JNU forms panel to probe attack; students hold march

Rediff.com9 Jan 2020

The five-member panel will recommend measures to ensure safety of students and will probe lapses in security, if any. The students and civil society members, meanwhile, took out a protest march demanding resignation of the V-C.

JNU students' march to Parliament stopped by police

JNU students' march to Parliament stopped by police

Rediff.com18 Nov 2019

The police said 10 companies have been deployed outside JNU. One company comprises 70 to 80 personnel.

Guj CM hopes UPSC training centre will help produce 'sanskari' officers

Guj CM hopes UPSC training centre will help produce 'sanskari' officers

Rediff.com21 Sep 2020

"Like it is said, from the Upanishad to Upagraha (satellite).... we have to launch satellites and also teach the Upanishad to make people sanskari (virtuous)," Rupani said, adding the centre will help create administrators for 'new India', giving opportunity to youth irrespective of caste, creed, religion.

Should college students be expelled for drinking?

Should college students be expelled for drinking?

Rediff.com31 Dec 2019

'There are plenty of videos of boys drinking on social media; I have not heard of any boys being dismissed from college because of this.' 'They have been dismissed just because they are girls.'

Jab We Met: 'I'd wait outside her hostel to meet her'

Jab We Met: 'I'd wait outside her hostel to meet her'

Rediff.com1 Feb 2013

Here, a reader takes us back in time when there were no mobile phones and recollects how he fell in love when he was in college.

Major face-off between protesting Delhi docs, cops leaves many injured

Major face-off between protesting Delhi docs, cops leaves many injured

Rediff.com28 Dec 2021

The stir, led by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association, has been going on for several days, and FORDA also said that several of its members were 'detained' when they tried to hold a protest march from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to Supreme Court.

Why '83 Failed At The Box Office

Why '83 Failed At The Box Office

Rediff.com17 Jan 2022

The film didn't offer the unfettered entertainment which everyone sought -- it was out-and-out a docu-drama, not a masala movie, notes Sandeep Goyal.

IIT-M suicide: HC suggests transfer of probe to CBI

IIT-M suicide: HC suggests transfer of probe to CBI

Rediff.com14 Dec 2019

The court took note of the suicides at IIT-Madras since 2006 and advised the institute to provide periodic counselling to students.

30 sportsperson, coaches test positive in NIS Patiala, Bengaluru

30 sportsperson, coaches test positive in NIS Patiala, Bengaluru

Rediff.com31 Mar 2021

30 sportspersons and support staff across disciplines were found to be COVID-19 positive after 741 precautionary tests were conducted at the National Centres of Excellence in Patiala and Bengaluru, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Wednesday.

4 Kashmiri students beaten up in Rajasthan over beef rumours

4 Kashmiri students beaten up in Rajasthan over beef rumours

Rediff.com16 Mar 2016

Four Kashmiri students were arrested on charges of disturbing public peace following rumours that they had cooked beef in their hostel room in a private university in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district.

Now, Kashmiris in Rajasthan varsity held for ruckus after India's WT20 loss

Now, Kashmiris in Rajasthan varsity held for ruckus after India's WT20 loss

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

The scuffle broke out after the India-West Indies cricket match on March 31 in the university, where only last month a rumour over cooking of beef by some Kashmiri students led to protest on the campus following which four Kashmiri students were arrested.

India presses for 'immediate ceasefire' in Sumy to evacuate citizens

India presses for 'immediate ceasefire' in Sumy to evacuate citizens

Rediff.com6 Mar 2022

India on Saturday 'strongly pressed' the Russian and Ukrainian governments through multiple channels for an immediate ceasefire in Sumy to ensure a safe passage for around 700 Indian students stuck there as it keeps focus on their evacuation from the war-hit city in eastern Ukraine.

SAD! The PLIGHT of Bihari students in Kota

SAD! The PLIGHT of Bihari students in Kota

Rediff.com27 Apr 2020

'I don't think I can go back home before the lockdown is lifted because Nitishji has said he will not allow students from Kota to return.'

JNU fees hike: Why the students are so angry

JNU fees hike: Why the students are so angry

Rediff.com5 Dec 2019

'Once our voices are crushed, they can bring in an agenda of privatisation.'

JNU moves HC against students; Police file FIRs

JNU moves HC against students; Police file FIRs

Rediff.com19 Nov 2019

Hundreds of JNU students rocked the national capital on Monday, bringing several parts of the city to a halt.

HC says depression a serious illness during Covid, upholds student's plea

HC says depression a serious illness during Covid, upholds student's plea

Rediff.com2 Sep 2021

Depression can be classified as a serious illness, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Gujarat high court has observed, while setting aside the cancellation of registration and admission of an engineering student by a government college for not appearing for requisite exams due to depression and suicidal thoughts.

34 tribal students taken ill due to suspected food poisoning

34 tribal students taken ill due to suspected food poisoning

Rediff.com6 Mar 2015

At least 34 tribal students were hospitalised for suspected food poisoning in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh after consuming a meal at their hostel, officials said.

Maha to ensure 80% quota in pvt jobs for locals: Guv

Maha to ensure 80% quota in pvt jobs for locals: Guv

Rediff.com1 Dec 2019

He said the government would provide meal at Rs 10 to common citizens and build a super-speciality hospital in every district of the state.

BJP, Left supporters clash in Jadavpur; baton charged

BJP, Left supporters clash in Jadavpur; baton charged

Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

Several students organisation, civil society groups and parties cutting across political lines took out rallies in various parts of Kolkata and the state to protest against the violence that rocked JNU.

Mass quarantining permissible, says Bombay HC

Mass quarantining permissible, says Bombay HC

Rediff.com12 May 2020

'Time is of the essence in a quarantine situation, perhaps the best way in the present unprecedented situation to balance conflicting interests between individual's rights and public health is to allow for immediate quarantine for preventing spread of contagious and infectious COVID-19'

ASK ANU: 'He blamed me for losing her'

ASK ANU: 'He blamed me for losing her'

Rediff.com16 May 2022

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

IIT-aspirant commits suicide in Kota, 12th death this year

IIT-aspirant commits suicide in Kota, 12th death this year

Rediff.com23 Jul 2016

Prince Kumar Singh, a resident of Motihari district of Bihar, is the twelfth student to have died in the coaching hub this year.

IT Topper To Miss Teen Universe India

IT Topper To Miss Teen Universe India

Rediff.com2 Mar 2022

'From a teenager who struggled with low self-esteem to representing India at Miss Teen Universe, I've really worked hard to become someone I'm proud of.'

Modi must be wary about campus protests

Modi must be wary about campus protests

Rediff.com27 Jan 2020

'New Delhi's rulers should be alert to lighting a dangerous tinderbox,' warns Sunil Sethi.