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Shops targeted in clash-hit Thane; 2 held for attack on Ram temple procession

Shops targeted in clash-hit Thane; 2 held for attack on Ram temple procession

Rediff.com24 Jan 2024

This act of aggression comes in the wake of heightened tensions in the area, where celebratory processions and commercial establishments have been the target of violence.

Bihar: Hunt on for members of illegal kangaroo court

Bihar: Hunt on for members of illegal kangaroo court

Rediff.com26 Sep 2012

Two days after a kangaroo court in Bihar's Madhubani district punished two minor girls and a teenaged boy for visiting a rural fair together and chewing paan (betel leaf) by partially tonsuring their heads before assaulting them and slapping a fine, the police are yet to make any arrests.

HC sets aside govt's order cancelling academic Ashok Swain's OCI card

HC sets aside govt's order cancelling academic Ashok Swain's OCI card

Rediff.com10 Jul 2023

The Delhi high court on Monday set aside an order of the Centre by which the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card of academic Ashok Swain was cancelled.

Nature Like Never Before

Nature Like Never Before

Rediff.com28 Nov 2023

Extraordinary award-winning photographs from more than 20,000 images from all over the world.

Rishi Sunak warns of 'very difficult decisions' in first cabinet meet

Rishi Sunak warns of 'very difficult decisions' in first cabinet meet

Rediff.com26 Oct 2022

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday held his first Cabinet meeting with the new team as he prepares for his debut at Prime Minister's Questions, the first big test of Britain's Indian-origin premier's leadership.

The Queen's Controversial India Visit

The Queen's Controversial India Visit

Rediff.com17 Sep 2022

At sunrise the following day, a hunt was organised for the queen to shoot a female tiger. But she decided a monarch should not make the kill and handed her gun to one of her staff to deliver the fatal shot.

Out on bail, Raut says he will meet Modi, Shah

Out on bail, Raut says he will meet Modi, Shah

Rediff.com10 Nov 2022

Raut said he will meet Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the coming days.

CBI quizzes TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife in coal scam

CBI quizzes TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife in coal scam

Rediff.com14 Jun 2022

The CBI had interrogated Rujira in February last year ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections.

China says not aware of missing Arunachal youth

China says not aware of missing Arunachal youth

Rediff.com20 Jan 2022

Asked for his reaction to the allegation of the PLA abducting Taron, the spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing said, "I don't know the situation."

How Dawood legally carries out illegal activities

How Dawood legally carries out illegal activities

Rediff.com27 Jun 2014

The Intelligence Bureau has alerted Centre about Dawood Ibrahim-led D Company's 'legal' foray into the ship breaking industry which the latter used as a disguise to carry out not just arms and narcotics smuggling but also to sneak in terrorists from across the border. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

Bombay HC likely to take up ED plea against Sanjay Raut bail on Friday

Bombay HC likely to take up ED plea against Sanjay Raut bail on Friday

Rediff.com10 Nov 2022

The Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut by a special court in a money laundering case could not be heard by the Bombay high court on Thursday due to paucity of time.

CBI files 3 fresh FIRs against Mehul Choksi in Rs 6,700-cr PNB fraud case

CBI files 3 fresh FIRs against Mehul Choksi in Rs 6,700-cr PNB fraud case

Rediff.com17 Dec 2022

The diamantaire's counsel said there is a vigilance manual circular that the consortium can lodge only one FIR. Each consortium member cannot lodge separate FIRs, he said.

NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha arrested, office sealed

NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha arrested, office sealed

Rediff.com4 Oct 2023

The Delhi police on Tuesday arrested two persons including NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in connection with a probe in the portal's foreign funding, officials said.

'Mumbai will always be vulnerable'

'Mumbai will always be vulnerable'

Rediff.com6 Dec 2023

'If we have to restrict and fight terrorism, first and foremost, we have to ensure communal harmony in the country.'

Delhi court bars Aaj Tak using FIR material in Shraddha murder case

Delhi court bars Aaj Tak using FIR material in Shraddha murder case

Rediff.com10 Apr 2023

A court in Mumbai restrained a television news channel on Monday from utilising in any form any material related to the FIR registered in the Shraddha Walkar murder case.

Court allows ED to amend plea against Raut's bail, next hearing on Nov 25

Court allows ED to amend plea against Raut's bail, next hearing on Nov 25

Rediff.com11 Nov 2022

A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre also permitted the ED to amend its application as the order of the special court that granted bail to Sanjay Raut was not available on Wednesday when the application was filed.

Probe agencies acting like 'Centre's pets': Uddhav

Probe agencies acting like 'Centre's pets': Uddhav

Rediff.com10 Nov 2022

Uddhav claimed that splits were engineered in many parties using central agencies and arrests were made illegally.

Reexamining translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir to Kuno, Centre tells SC

Reexamining translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir to Kuno, Centre tells SC

Rediff.com28 Mar 2023

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath was told by the Centre in its application moved by additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati that a status report in this regard will be filed before the court within six months on the basis of the advice of the experts on the tanslocation of Asiatic lions from Gir to Kuno.

Govt move to force old gas price for KG-D6 gas illegal: RIL

Govt move to force old gas price for KG-D6 gas illegal: RIL

Rediff.com5 Sep 2013

While the Cabinet has approved doubling of gas price from April 1 next year, Oil Ministry is proposing that old rates of $4.2 per million British thermal unit apply to gas from D1/D3 and MA fields in eastern offshore KG-D6 block till it proved that RIL had proved less than targets only because of geological factors.

Never been involved in pornography: Raj Kundra

Never been involved in pornography: Raj Kundra

Rediff.com20 Dec 2021

The businessman also said has already been pronounced "guilty" by the media, and he wishes his privacy is not intruded anymore with this continued "media trial".

Delhi L-G charges AAP govt with 'intimidation, disregard of rules'

Delhi L-G charges AAP govt with 'intimidation, disregard of rules'

Rediff.com19 May 2023

In the letter, the lieutenant governor said that in the past one week, a "gloomy face of governance" emerged in Delhi where "organised, structured and specialised administrative machinery" is yet again facing the "brunt" of "highhandedness" of the political executive.

Special judge in Sanjay Raut case had pulled up ED on many occasions

Special judge in Sanjay Raut case had pulled up ED on many occasions

Rediff.com10 Nov 2022

Special court judge M G Deshpande, who has granted bail to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, terming his arrest as "illegal, without reason and a witch-hunt", had pulled up the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on multiple occasions this year over its approach in dealing with money laundering cases.

Suella Braverman quits as UK Home Secy over 'mistake'

Suella Braverman quits as UK Home Secy over 'mistake'

Rediff.com20 Oct 2022

"I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign," the 42-year-old barrister said.

Meet The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winners

Meet The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winners

Rediff.com10 Feb 2022

The results for the People's Choice Award for the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year are in.

CBI doesn't name Sisodia in first excise case charge sheet

CBI doesn't name Sisodia in first excise case charge sheet

Rediff.com26 Nov 2022

The central probe agency has got an alleged 'close associate' of Sisodia -- Dinesh Arora -- to spill beans by turning approver in the case, they said.

Congress withdraws from 'Covid toolkit' probe

Congress withdraws from 'Covid toolkit' probe

Rediff.com28 May 2021

The two Congress leader alleged that the Delhi Police is acting at the instance of the accused BJP leaders and under pressure from the Union Home Ministry and "are illegally misinforming and misleading third parties and also the media".

Amnesty halts India operations, cites freezing of accounts on 'unfounded' allegations

Amnesty halts India operations, cites freezing of accounts on 'unfounded' allegations

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

The organisation said it had been compelled to let go of staff in India and pause all its ongoing campaign and research work.

Suicide by family spurs Kerala to hunt for loan sharks

Suicide by family spurs Kerala to hunt for loan sharks

Rediff.com12 May 2014

The raids, codenamed "Operation Kuberan", was ordered by Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala in the wake of public outrage at the suicide of five members of a family, allegedly after running into deep debt on account of high-interest loans obtained from a local money lending racket, known as "blade companies" in local parlance.

Soon after Mamata's outburst, police arrest TMC leader for Birbhum killings

Soon after Mamata's outburst, police arrest TMC leader for Birbhum killings

Rediff.com24 Mar 2022

Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a tough stance and ordered the hunting down of all suspects of the Birbhum carnage including her party colleagues, the police on Thursday arrested a local Trinamool Congress boss Anarul Hossain from near a hotel in the pilgrimage town of Tarapith.

Sexual assault case: Police hunt for Asaram's son Narayan Sai

Sexual assault case: Police hunt for Asaram's son Narayan Sai

Rediff.com7 Oct 2013

A lookout notice was on Monday issued against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai, a day after fresh sexual abuse complaints were lodged against the father-son duo by two sisters in Surat.

Liz Truss quits as British PM after 45 days; Rishi Sunak now frontrunner

Liz Truss quits as British PM after 45 days; Rishi Sunak now frontrunner

Rediff.com20 Oct 2022

"I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected," she said speaking outside Downing Street.

Chinese visa case: ED books Karti, others for money laundering

Chinese visa case: ED books Karti, others for money laundering

Rediff.com25 May 2022

The federal agency has filed its case under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognisance of a recent first information report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the same case, they said.

UK PM Boris Johnson to face no-trust vote over partygate scandal

UK PM Boris Johnson to face no-trust vote over partygate scandal

Rediff.com6 Jun 2022

Sir Graham Brady, who is in-charge of collating the letters of no-confidence received by the 1922 Committee, said the threshold of 15 per cent of the Tory parliamentary party, or 54 MPs, seeking such a vote has been met and it will place on Monday evening in the House of Commons.

'Corbett Park is a part of our history. We can't tamper with history'

'Corbett Park is a part of our history. We can't tamper with history'

Rediff.com18 Oct 2021

'Jim Corbett was a remarkable man. There's a history behind Corbett and he deserves the honour of the area being the Jim Corbett National Park.'

20,000 crocs in 37 years: Meet the real Crocodile Hunter

20,000 crocs in 37 years: Meet the real Crocodile Hunter

Rediff.com24 Jul 2015

Crocodile Mick was taught all about crocodile hunting from his stepfather and mentor German Jack.

Vadra appears before ED for 5th time, grilled for 7 hrs

Vadra appears before ED for 5th time, grilled for 7 hrs

Rediff.com22 Feb 2019

The businessman has been grilled in this case four times in the past, the last being February 20.

Robert Vadra skips ED date due to health issues

Robert Vadra skips ED date due to health issues

Rediff.com31 May 2019

The agency is expected to give him a fresh date for next week.

Man killed by gau rakshaks was a dairy farmer, not cattle smuggler

Man killed by gau rakshaks was a dairy farmer, not cattle smuggler

Rediff.com6 Apr 2017

Pehlu Khan, the man who died after gau rakshaks beat him and four others for allegedly smuggling cows, was a dairy farmer and had the receipts of the cow purchase.

After 28 days, Rhea Chakraborty steps out of jail

After 28 days, Rhea Chakraborty steps out of jail

Rediff.com7 Oct 2020

Rhea was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau on September 9. The NCB has accused her of procuring drugs for Rajput.

Robert Vadra appears before ED for 11th time

Robert Vadra appears before ED for 11th time

Rediff.com30 May 2019

Vadra was dropped by his wife and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi outside the agency's office