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SC seeks reply from Centre, J-K over Farooq's arrest

SC seeks reply from Centre, J-K over Farooq's arrest

Rediff.com16 Sep 2019

Sources said that Abdullah has now been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act

Why we need to know the history behind NRC

Why we need to know the history behind NRC

Rediff.com16 Aug 2018

Let us see the problem for what it actually is: Illegal Immigration plain and simple, confined to the northeast with a definite communal slant that poses a national security risk and one that needs to be dealt with firmly and promptly by stringent identification (and deportation), says Vivek Gumaste.

After bars, raids on matka dens in Mumbai

After bars, raids on matka dens in Mumbai

Rediff.com26 Feb 2004

The action comes a day after raids on 62 dancing bars and beauty parlours in Mumbai in which close to 1,000 people were detained.

SC dismisses Nirbhaya convicts' curative pleas

SC dismisses Nirbhaya convicts' curative pleas

Rediff.com14 Jan 2020

A five-judge Bench of Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the petition filed by Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh. The duo had moved a curative petition in the top court after a Delhi court issued death warrants in their names for their hanging on January 22.

SC order on Friday on Nirbhaya convict's plea challenging rejection of mercy petition

SC order on Friday on Nirbhaya convict's plea challenging rejection of mercy petition

Rediff.com13 Feb 2020

Sharma, one of the four convicts on death row in the 2012 case, has also sought commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment claiming that he has "developed mental illness" inside the prison due to the alleged "torture and ill-treatment".

Centre seeks report on detained US ship; FIR against crew

Centre seeks report on detained US ship; FIR against crew

Rediff.com14 Oct 2013

Taking a serious view of the suspicious movement of an American ship in Indian waters, the Centre on Monday sought a report from the Tamil Nadu government on the vessel which was detained for carrying arms and buying diesel unauthorisedly.

Nation's foundations can't be shaken by students' protests: HC

Nation's foundations can't be shaken by students' protests: HC

Rediff.com15 Jun 2021

"Having given our anxious consideration to this aspect of 'likelihood' of threat and terror, we are of the view that the foundations of our nation stand on surer footing than to be likely to be shaken by a protest, however vicious, organised by a tribe of college students or other persons, operating as a coordination committee from the confines of a University situate in the heart of Delhi," a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani said in a 133-page judgement.

SC clarifies verdict on Mayawati relates to Taj corridor case

SC clarifies verdict on Mayawati relates to Taj corridor case

Rediff.com8 Aug 2013

The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that its judgement on former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was only in Taj Corridor case and it did not go into other aspects including merits of allegation of disproportionate assets amassed by the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo.

Bhima Koregaon case: SC refuses bail to Gautam Navlakha

Bhima Koregaon case: SC refuses bail to Gautam Navlakha

Rediff.com12 May 2021

The FIR against him was re-registered in January 2020, and Navlakha had surrendered before the NIA on April 14, last year. According to the prosecution, some activists allegedly made inflammatory speeches and provocative statements at the Elgar Parishad meet in Pune on December 31, 2017, which triggered violence at Koregaon Bhima in the district the next day.

Pakistani court annuls Musharraf's death penalty

Pakistani court annuls Musharraf's death penalty

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

The special court of Islamabad on December 17 last handed down the death penalty to 74-year-old Musharraf after six years of hearing the high-profile treason case against him. The case was filed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in 2013.

Scribe was going to Hathras to create caste divide: UP govt to SC

Scribe was going to Hathras to create caste divide: UP govt to SC

Rediff.com20 Nov 2020

In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the state government has alleged that Kappan is the office secretary of Popular Front of India and was using a 'journalist cover' by showing identity card of a Kerela-based newspaper which was closed in 2018.

52 Indians 'fleeing religious persecution' held at US detention centre

52 Indians 'fleeing religious persecution' held at US detention centre

Rediff.com20 Jun 2018

They alleged that they fled from their country because of religious persecution from the Hindu majority.

Bizarre ways of ball tampering: Mint, zipper, teeth and now sandpaper

Bizarre ways of ball tampering: Mint, zipper, teeth and now sandpaper

Rediff.com26 Mar 2018

Cameron Bancroft hiding a yellow strip of sandpaper in his pants easily fits into one of the many bizarre ball-tampering tactics

Will Trump free these 52 Indians?

Will Trump free these 52 Indians?

Rediff.com27 Jun 2018

'Through a translator, I was able to speak with several of the detainees from India who are seeking asylum.' 'I was saddened to hear the detainees tell us that they are being confined in their cells for up to 22 to 23 hours a day.' 52 Indian are among the 121 asylum-seekers held in an Oregon prison. Rediff.com Senior Contributor Pottayil Rajendran reports from New York on the case that is making headlines in America, India, indeed around the world.

Kerala love jihad case: A timeline

Kerala love jihad case: A timeline

Rediff.com8 Mar 2018

Here is the chronology of events of the case.

Tejashwi Yadav: Novice who gave veterans a run for their money

Tejashwi Yadav: Novice who gave veterans a run for their money

Rediff.com11 Nov 2020

The 2020 assembly polls marked the coming of age of a politician who valiantly went down fighting an army of battle-hardened veterans.

Bengal is 'slightly friendly' to Rohingyas: BSF DG

Bengal is 'slightly friendly' to Rohingyas: BSF DG

Rediff.com7 Sep 2018

"They have set up camps for Rohingyas coming from within the country and not from Bangladesh," Sharma said.

Could US ship detained in Tuticorin escape action?

Could US ship detained in Tuticorin escape action?

Rediff.com17 Oct 2013

The American ship, detained by Coast Guard for carrying arms and ammunition off Tamil Nadu coast, may escape action if it is established that the vessel was cruising beyond Indian territorial waters, a top official said.

Snooping row: Modi wanted to spy on woman in Bangalore

Snooping row: Modi wanted to spy on woman in Bangalore

Rediff.com25 Dec 2013

The snooping of a woman allegedly at the behest of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not confined to Gujarat but extended to Karnataka as well, according to an investigative portal, contradicting the claims of the Bharatiya Janata Party government.

Won't take action against errant cops, govt to HC on FB row

Won't take action against errant cops, govt to HC on FB row

Rediff.com30 Jul 2013

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the Bombay high court that pending inquiry it would not initiate any criminal action against police officers responsible for the illegal arrest of two girls from Palghar in Thane district for their post on Facebook.

Conflict gold entering India through Ghana

Conflict gold entering India through Ghana

Rediff.com4 Oct 2015

Report says gold being exported by persons of Indian origin and routed through Dubai

When companies override the regulators

When companies override the regulators

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

Companies think they are too big to bow before regulators.

Kerala goes dry barring 5-star hotels

Kerala goes dry barring 5-star hotels

Rediff.com31 Mar 2015

Setting aside a single judge order permitting bars in four-star and heritage hotels, the Kerala high court on Tuesday upheld the state government's liquor policy for 2014-15 confining bar licences only to five star hotels.

3 activists sent back home from Pune, kept under house arrest

3 activists sent back home from Pune, kept under house arrest

Rediff.com30 Aug 2018

Varavara Rao reached home in Hyderabad on Thursday morning, while activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, were sent to Mumbai by road.

BSP MP, wife denied bail in maid's murder case

BSP MP, wife denied bail in maid's murder case

Rediff.com29 Nov 2013

Bahujan Samaj Party Member of Parliament Dhananjay Singh, who was arrested along with his wife Jagriti Singh in connection with the murder of their maid, was on Friday denied bail by a Delhi court.

SC reserves order on Pradeep Sharma plea, refuses to go into snoopgate controversy

SC reserves order on Pradeep Sharma plea, refuses to go into snoopgate controversy

Rediff.com12 Aug 2014

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order for Wednesday on suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma's plea to transfer probe of cases against him from Gujarat police to the Central Bureau of Investigation but refused to go into the snoopgate controversy.

Lavasa's recusal: Poll panel to meet on May 21 to discuss dissent

Lavasa's recusal: Poll panel to meet on May 21 to discuss dissent

Rediff.com18 May 2019

On a day Ashok Lavasa's decision to recuse from model code of conduct complaints became public, the EC said the 'full commission' would meet on May 21 to discuss the issue of dissent and 'related matters'.

16 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks crushed by goods train

16 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks crushed by goods train

Rediff.com8 May 2020

The migrant workers were walking along the rail tracks apparently to escape the attention of police. A video clip from the scene of the tragedy shows the bodies of migrant workers lying on the tracks and nearby with their meagre personal belongings scattered around.

HC tells CM Kejriwal that Najeeb Jung is the boss in Delhi

HC tells CM Kejriwal that Najeeb Jung is the boss in Delhi

Rediff.com4 Aug 2016

The bench said the AAP contention that the LG is bound to act on the aid and advice of Council of Ministers was "without substance and cannot be accepted".

The Mystery of Varavara Rao's Injury

The Mystery of Varavara Rao's Injury

Rediff.com23 Jul 2020

'In what must go down as one of the most nonchalant remarks by the head of any hospital, J J Hospital Dean Dr Ranjit Mankeshwar said: 'We do not know where the staff was, but he did not suffer serious wounds'.'

Furious India hits back, strips US diplomats of privileges

Furious India hits back, strips US diplomats of privileges

Rediff.com17 Dec 2013

In a strong retaliation, India on Tuesday initiated a slew of steps to strip US diplomats and their families of privileges including withdrawing all airport passes and stopping import clearances for the US embassy, terming as "barbaric" the arrest and strip searching of India's Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade.

SC reinstates Alok Verma as director but clips his wings

SC reinstates Alok Verma as director but clips his wings

Rediff.com8 Jan 2019

The apex court said that he won't be allowed to take any major policy decision till the high-powered committee considers the issue of "divestment of power and authority".

MSHRC initiates probe into police raids, activists slam moral policing

MSHRC initiates probe into police raids, activists slam moral policing

Rediff.com11 Aug 2015

The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has initiated a probe into last week's raids by the Malwani police at hotels and a beach in Mumbai taking suo motu cognisance of the matter.

Shah: Will implement NRC in Bengal; non-Muslims to get citizenship

Shah: Will implement NRC in Bengal; non-Muslims to get citizenship

Rediff.com1 Oct 2019

He, however, asserted that all infiltrators will be thrown out of the country.

When a big nation is led by a small man

When a big nation is led by a small man

Rediff.com28 Nov 2017

'Presidents may come and go, but America will go on forever,' an American business leader tells Ambassador T P Sreenivasan in New York.

'It's time for my mother and every detainee to come home'

'It's time for my mother and every detainee to come home'

Rediff.com14 Feb 2020

'It is an uncomfortable situation for a woman.' 'She has been on her own, separated from family.' 'That is the point of isolating her -- breaking her to a point where she bends to their will.'

Lok Sabha passes citizenship (amendment) bill

Lok Sabha passes citizenship (amendment) bill

Rediff.com8 Jan 2019

The Bill provides for according Indian citizenship to the the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 years even if they do not possess any document.

Shelter home HORROR: 'Children sexually abused, made to eat faeces'

Shelter home HORROR: 'Children sexually abused, made to eat faeces'

Rediff.com29 May 2014

Two officials of a children's shelter home in Karjat taluka of Maharashtra's Raigad district were arrested on charges of sexually abusing five minor inmates, police said on Thursday.

Hate speech: SC stays execution of warrant issued against Swamy

Hate speech: SC stays execution of warrant issued against Swamy

Rediff.com2 Jul 2015

In a relief to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a non-bailable warrant issued against him by an Assam court for allegedly delivering a hate speech at a university there.

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.