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'Who's polluting your mind', asks Rijiju from girl 'threatened with rape'

'Who's polluting your mind', asks Rijiju from girl 'threatened with rape'

Rediff.com27 Feb 2017

In her complaint to the DCW, the student has said she has received 'rape' threats on social media allegedly from members of the ABVP after she condemned 'violence in name of nationalism' in the backdrop of Ramjas incident.

20 Amitabh Bachchan collectibles we'd love to have!

20 Amitabh Bachchan collectibles we'd love to have!

Rediff.com7 Oct 2017

Amitabh Bachchan turns 75 on October 11. Rediff.com celebrates the superstar's birthday with this special series, looking back at the very things that made him the BIG B.

Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court

Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court

Rediff.com7 Mar 2016

Dinesh Thakur is famous for exposing Ranbaxy safety problems

'Priyanka Chopra is a stunner!'

'Priyanka Chopra is a stunner!'

Rediff.com29 Feb 2016

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

Why young India is paying for expensive private colleges

Why young India is paying for expensive private colleges

Rediff.com13 Mar 2018

Is it just the glamour?

Willl the Supreme Court finally come out on Section 377?

Willl the Supreme Court finally come out on Section 377?

Rediff.com13 Feb 2016

'All judges are conscious of the historical legacy they leave behind. Chief Justice Thakur understands the important question of Constitutional law involved and the change in public mood,' lawyer Anand Grover tells Sunil Sethi.

12 everyday foods that can make you VERY sick

12 everyday foods that can make you VERY sick

Rediff.com25 Jul 2016

Think, says Nikita Puri, before you eat.

'Militarisation is a problem in the Tamil areas in Lanka'

'Militarisation is a problem in the Tamil areas in Lanka'

Rediff.com25 May 2016

Sherine Xavier, a Sri Lankan Tamil filmmaker from Canada, is happy. After months of struggle with the Indian censor board, she has finally obtained approval to screen her film Muttrupullia?, which deals with the post-war situation in Sri Lanka's Tamil areas.

'Narendra Modi is both a very exciting and polarising figure'

'Narendra Modi is both a very exciting and polarising figure'

Rediff.com23 Jan 2014

'Modi's campaign has been strikingly devoid of anti-Muslim rhetoric. After the kutta pilla incident, it has been several months since he said something horrible about the Muslims of India. It is the result of democratic constraints. He has to make compromises... He's trying to reinvent himself. He will politically hurt himself if 2002 becomes the definition of Mr Modi again', says political scientist Ashutosh Varshney.

Facts be damned!

Facts be damned!

Rediff.com27 Feb 2017

'Politicians have always dealt in lies and propaganda.'
'But the scale of the propaganda and the impunity with which it is being unleashed now is stunning,'

Sheena Bora Trial: What the top cop revealed

Sheena Bora Trial: What the top cop revealed

Rediff.com8 Mar 2019

Indrani exclaimed excitedly, her face lighting up like a little girl's: "I know him soo0o well." Sanjeev Khanna, Accused No 2, jokingly suggested to Badami: "Influencing the witness!" Badami retorted good humouredly: "She can't influence witnesses. She can only influence you and Peter."

Leave Shashi Tharoor alone, says Salman Khurshid at JLF

Leave Shashi Tharoor alone, says Salman Khurshid at JLF

Rediff.com19 Jan 2014

Expressing his disappointment with the media over its coverage of the death of Sunanda Pushkar, the External Affairs Minister said the media should set the bar higher for itself and not stoop to such levels. Sanchari Bhattacharya reports.

RSS won't do anything to rock Modi's boat

RSS won't do anything to rock Modi's boat

Rediff.com31 Aug 2018

'Bhagwat, aware of the advantages of keeping the BJP in power, is wary about the RSS taking steps that would undermine the popular standing of either the PM or the party.'

Army coup story came from a very fertile brain: V K Singh

Army coup story came from a very fertile brain: V K Singh

Rediff.com17 Nov 2013

Former Army chief General V K Singh has dismissed the story of an alleged coup attempt by Indian army in January 2012 as the product of a "very fertile brain" and said it was at "somebody's behest".

Differently-abled, not different

Differently-abled, not different

Rediff.com20 Mar 2018

For teams that work on projects to make art, culture and travel accessible to the differently-abled, the experience of seeing faces light up is reward in itself.

'There is frontal nudity in Rang Rasiya but that's out of love'

'There is frontal nudity in Rang Rasiya but that's out of love'

Rediff.com6 Nov 2014

'People, who make a big deal about doing bold scenes, don't look at them with the right perspective,' Randeep Hooda gets candid.

'No difference between UPA1, UPA2 and this govt'

'No difference between UPA1, UPA2 and this govt'

Rediff.com16 Oct 2017

'Karna is the greatest warrior in the Mahabharata -- in fact, Arjuna is a nobody in front of Karna.' 'But Arjuna had a better advisor in Krishna than Karna.' 'Karna failed because he listened to the wrong advice given by Salya.' 'It just shows wrong advisors can land even the mighty in trouble.'

Dignity moves forward

Dignity moves forward

Rediff.com14 Dec 2013

Rather than talking about Khajuraho and Shikhandi, the argument should be about a Constitution that promised rights to all, says Mihir S Sharma

Caught between worship and blame

Caught between worship and blame

Rediff.com28 Oct 2017

The man behind Aligarh Muslim University 200 years on.

Your job is to govern, not to become our parents

Your job is to govern, not to become our parents

Rediff.com5 Aug 2015

'What adult citizens do in the privacy of their home, what they eat or drink or watch, is not the government's concern.'

What it means to be the world's smallest woman

What it means to be the world's smallest woman

Rediff.com24 Feb 2018

Jyoti Amge explains while Sadiya Upade listens in.

What reasonable return should you expect from equity MFs?

What reasonable return should you expect from equity MFs?

Rediff.com20 Jan 2017

Should you expect 15 per cent return over a period of 20 years? Dwaipayan Bose has the answer

'India is such a fantastic country'

'India is such a fantastic country'

Rediff.com29 Apr 2015

'I was brought up in a Brahmin Hindu family. I was brought up in places where the majority was Muslim, in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. There was a mosque next to my house, but I never saw communal tension.' 'I am not worried. This country's religious roots are very strong. They know how to take care of themselves.'

SCARY! 59,000 farmer suicides linked to climate change

SCARY! 59,000 farmer suicides linked to climate change

Rediff.com18 Sep 2017

'The number of deaths attributable to warming is likely to rise in the future.'

Punjabi author returns Padma Shri over 'growing intolerance'

Punjabi author returns Padma Shri over 'growing intolerance'

Rediff.com13 Oct 2015

Eminent Punjabi writer and Padma Shri winner Dalip Kaur Tiwana decided to return her award protesting "recurrent atrocities" on Muslims in the country, as another Kannada writer joined authors giving up their Sahitya Akademi Awards against "growing intolerance".

RIP RK Laxman: Common Man just lost its first citizen

RIP RK Laxman: Common Man just lost its first citizen

Rediff.com26 Jan 2015

R K Laxman immortalised the passive, hapless common man with an uncanny perception

'America didn't know what to make of Saeed and Madhur Jaffrey'

'America didn't know what to make of Saeed and Madhur Jaffrey'

Rediff.com13 May 2014

Sakina Jaffrey looks back at her parents, Saeed and Madhur Jaffrey's acting journey, to map the changing Hollywood landscape for desi artists.

'What kind of growth is it when 90% of population is out of it?'

'What kind of growth is it when 90% of population is out of it?'

Rediff.com3 Oct 2017

Dr Ashwani Mahajan, all India co-convenor of the Swadesh Jaagran Manch and an associate professor at the Delhi University, discusses the state of the Indian economy in an interview with Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.

Environment Minister Anil Dave passes away

Environment Minister Anil Dave passes away

Rediff.com18 May 2017

Dave complained of uneasiness at his home on Thursday morning and was rushed to AIIMS.

Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais passes away

Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais passes away

Rediff.com9 Jan 2016

Arthur J Pais passes away

The best books to read in 2016

The best books to read in 2016

Rediff.com1 Jan 2016

From Aurangzeb to Sangh Parivar, the year 2016 offers plenty of hope in historical and modern literature.

Sudha Murty: India has not been united for 2,000 years

Sudha Murty: India has not been united for 2,000 years

Rediff.com15 Feb 2017

Sudha Murty worries that India has still not learnt its lessons from history.

What does the new SAT mean for you

What does the new SAT mean for you

Rediff.com16 Feb 2016

Are the new changes helpful to test takers? Find out!

Karnataka govt to hand over Kalburgi murder case to CBI

Karnataka govt to hand over Kalburgi murder case to CBI

Rediff.com31 Aug 2015

The Karnataka government decided to hand over to the Central Bureau of Investigation the probe into the murder of noted Kannada progressive thinker and scholar M M Kalburgi, even as his body was laid to rest with full state honours.

Pranab's praise for Sanjay Gandhi 'a blot on his record'

Pranab's praise for Sanjay Gandhi 'a blot on his record'

Rediff.com2 Feb 2016

'It is palpably prejudiced and totally at variance with public and historical opinion.' 'As a result, he cannot be taken seriously in other matters as well because of his penchant for playing safe,' says Amulya Ganguli.

Tagore and Victoria: Finally on screen

Tagore and Victoria: Finally on screen

Rediff.com4 Dec 2017

'The relationship between Victoria and Tagore was one of mutual admiration and respect.'

'That regulators lost a court battle does not mean Nestl is a victim'

'That regulators lost a court battle does not mean Nestl is a victim'

Rediff.com17 Aug 2015

She maintains the food company ignored her advice on various issues.

India has still not learnt that single lesson of 1965

India has still not learnt that single lesson of 1965

Rediff.com24 Sep 2015

50 years after the 1965 War, India still thinks we can have a 'limited war' when our opponent has time and again shown it does not believe in a limited war, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Surge pricing is good for YOU

Surge pricing is good for YOU

Rediff.com15 Dec 2016

Don't believe us? Then listen to the expert. Harish Rao dispels myths about Ola and Uber's dynamic pricing model and explains why government interference in it finally hurt us, the rider.

Naidu's journey from pasting party posters to being Vice President

Naidu's journey from pasting party posters to being Vice President

Rediff.com5 Aug 2017

Naidu was an ABVP activist during the Emergency and was arrested and jailed.