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Atiq admitted to having links with ISI, Lashkar, says FIR

Atiq admitted to having links with ISI, Lashkar, says FIR

Rediff.com16 Apr 2023

Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was shot dead along with his brother at point-blank range, had admitted during questioning by police that he had links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and militant outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba, according to a first information report (FIR).

3 villagers killed as MiG-21 crashes into Rajasthan home

3 villagers killed as MiG-21 crashes into Rajasthan home

Rediff.com8 May 2023

The pilot made all efforts to avert human casualties and crash-landed the plane on the outskirts of a village, Prakash said.

When Bollywood Heroes Turned Heroines!

When Bollywood Heroes Turned Heroines!

Rediff.com22 Aug 2023

Ayushmann Khurrana is ready to repeat the flirtatious woman deed second time around in Dream Girl 2.

Himachal pacer Sidharth dies after illness

Himachal pacer Sidharth dies after illness

Rediff.com13 Jan 2023

Himachal Pradesh seam bowler Sidharth Sharma died in a hospital in Vadodara after a brief illness.

Driver of truck that plowed into religious procession in Bihar arrested

Driver of truck that plowed into religious procession in Bihar arrested

Rediff.com21 Nov 2022

The driver of a truck that ploughed into a religious procession killing at least 12 people, including seven children, in Bihar's Vaishali district was rescued from the mangled vehicle and arrested, a senior police officer said on Monday.

The Curious Case Of The Conspirative Mic

The Curious Case Of The Conspirative Mic

Rediff.com8 Aug 2023

If a 15 seconds-long mic problem merits a case being registered, then the police risk an avalanche of complaints of similar and greater gravity, seeking their intervention, notes Shyam G Menon.

India complete last rites

India complete last rites

Rediff.com13 Dec 2004

New twist in Mira Road murder, accused claims to be HIV+

New twist in Mira Road murder, accused claims to be HIV+

Rediff.com10 Jun 2023

The crime came to light after neighbours alerted the police about a foul smell coming out of the flat.

J-K: Terrorists strike twice at same site; minor siblings among 6 dead

J-K: Terrorists strike twice at same site; minor siblings among 6 dead

Rediff.com2 Jan 2023

Terrorists struck for the second time at the same site within 14 hours in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, leaving a minor sister-brother duo dead and six others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion on Monday.

J-K: Killed circus worker was sole earning member of family

J-K: Killed circus worker was sole earning member of family

Rediff.com30 May 2023

Deepu Kumar (27) was expecting his first child in June but his life was cut short in a terror attack in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, leaving his poor family without its sole breadwinner.

'This Fight Is Against Terrorism'

'This Fight Is Against Terrorism'

Rediff.com1 Nov 2023

'99.6 per cent is occupied by Arab countries in the Middle East; Israel occupies just 0.4 per cent of the entire Middle East.' 'That 0.4 per cent is also a big issue for them.'

Purification rites with Gangajal

Purification rites with Gangajal

Rediff.com2 Sep 2003

Atiq's killing: Security upped across UP, Internet shut in Prayagraj

Atiq's killing: Security upped across UP, Internet shut in Prayagraj

Rediff.com16 Apr 2023

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been issued in all districts of Uttar Pradesh to prevent any untoward incident.

Bal Thackeray's trusted lieutenant Champa Singh Thapa joins Shinde camp

Bal Thackeray's trusted lieutenant Champa Singh Thapa joins Shinde camp

Rediff.com26 Sep 2022

Thapa, the trusted Man Friday of the Sena patriarch and helped him in his daily chores, had served him devotedly for 27 years before the Thackeray senior's death in November 2012.

K'taka seer found hanging inside puja house, death note alleges blackmail

K'taka seer found hanging inside puja house, death note alleges blackmail

Rediff.com25 Oct 2022

The police found a couple of pages of a purported death note by the seer in which he is said to have blamed some people of "harassing and blackmailing" him.

Lakhimpur tense after woman succumbs to sexual assault injuries

Lakhimpur tense after woman succumbs to sexual assault injuries

Rediff.com17 Sep 2022

A police outpost in-charge has also been suspended for not heeding to the family's complaint, in which they had alleged that the woman was sexually assaulted.

Yamuna water level stabilises but many Delhi areas inundated

Yamuna water level stabilises but many Delhi areas inundated

Rediff.com13 Jul 2023

The Yamuna surged to a record 208.48 metres at 8 am, the Central Water Commission said on Thursday, adding that it is likely to rise to 208.75 metres by 4 pm.

SC asks Centre, Manipur to ensure people's safety; urges to avoid hate speech

SC asks Centre, Manipur to ensure people's safety; urges to avoid hate speech

Rediff.com11 Jul 2023

The top court also took note of the submissions about objectionable public utterances by some groups and individuals.

Sharad Yadav cremated at his ancestral village in MP

Sharad Yadav cremated at his ancestral village in MP

Rediff.com14 Jan 2023

The mortal remains of the former Union minister were consigned to flames by his son Shantanu Bundela and daughter Subhasini in his ancestral village Ankhmau at around 5 pm.

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Bappida

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Bappida

Rediff.com18 Feb 2022

Bappi Lahiri, who enthralled Hindi cinema lovers with his remarkable music in the 1980s and 1990s, was cremated at Mumbai's Pawan Hans crematorium in the presence of family, friends and fans on February 17.

16 killed in Maharashtra landslide, bad weather hits rescue ops

16 killed in Maharashtra landslide, bad weather hits rescue ops

Rediff.com20 Jul 2023

Four National Disaster Response Force teams are engaged in rescue work, he added. The village has around 50 houses, of which 17 were buried under the landslide, the official said.

Missing jawan's body found after 38 yrs in Siachen

Missing jawan's body found after 38 yrs in Siachen

Rediff.com15 Aug 2022

The Sainik Group Centre in Ranikhet on Sunday identified the body as that of Chandrashekhar Harbola of 19 Kumaon Regiment. Harbola was part of a 20-member troop that was dispatched to the world's highest battlefield for 'Operation Meghdoot' to fight Pakistan in 1984.

Criminals should be punished, but...: Cong on Atiq's killing

Criminals should be punished, but...: Cong on Atiq's killing

Rediff.com16 Apr 2023

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said there are courts to ensure that criminals get the harshest punishment but 'playing with law and order only gives birth to anarchy'.

PHOTOS: India bids tearful adieu to Ladakh martyrs

PHOTOS: India bids tearful adieu to Ladakh martyrs

Rediff.com19 Jun 2020

Defying the COVID-19 social distancing norms, huge crowds gathered to pay respects to the soldiers amid emotional moments.

Wife Chitrani Inconsolable At Bappi Lahiri's Funeral

Wife Chitrani Inconsolable At Bappi Lahiri's Funeral

Rediff.com17 Feb 2022

Hours before Bappi Lahiri's funeral at Mumbai's Pawan Hans crematorium, film folk arrived at his home to pay their last respects.

Maha: Bodies of 22 Covid victims stuffed in 1 ambulance

Maha: Bodies of 22 Covid victims stuffed in 1 ambulance

Rediff.com27 Apr 2021

"This happened because the hospital administration does not have enough ambulances," the medical college's Dean, Dr Shivaji Sukre, told PTI on Tuesday.

Prohibitory orders in Mangaluru following back-to-back murders

Prohibitory orders in Mangaluru following back-to-back murders

Rediff.com29 Jul 2022

Prohibitory orders have been clamped in Mangaluru following back-to-back murders of two people belonging to different communities in the last couple of days.

Anyone who kills cows is deemed to rot in hell: Allahabad HC

Anyone who kills cows is deemed to rot in hell: Allahabad HC

Rediff.com5 Mar 2023

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has expressed hope that the Centre will take an appropriate decision to ban cow slaughter and declare it as a 'protected national animal'.

CBI shifts camp office to Kolkata after custodial death

CBI shifts camp office to Kolkata after custodial death

Rediff.com15 Dec 2022

Days after the prime accused in the arson and violence in Bengal's Bogtui village was found hanging in a temporary office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the probe agency on Wednesday shifted the makeshift set up in Rampurhat to the metropolis, a senior official said.

'Heard father cry in despair': Priyanka on Hathras case

'Heard father cry in despair': Priyanka on Hathras case

Rediff.com30 Sep 2020

Tagging Adityanath, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said, "RESIGN. Instead of protecting the victim and her family, your government became complicit in depriving her of every single human right, even in death. You have no moral right to continue as chief minister."

2 Dalit sisters raped, found hanging from tree in UP's Lakhimpur

2 Dalit sisters raped, found hanging from tree in UP's Lakhimpur

Rediff.com15 Sep 2022

The mother of the two girls alleged that they were murdered and accused three youths from the neighbouring village in Nighasan police station limits of abducting and killing them.

Gen Rawat's daughters immerse ashes of parents in Ganga

Gen Rawat's daughters immerse ashes of parents in Ganga

Rediff.com11 Dec 2021

On Saturday morning, the daughters of CDS General Rawat, Kritika and Tarini, collected the ashes of their parents from Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment and reached Haridwar to immerse them in the Ganges.

Has Udhayanidhi Shot INDIA Alliance in the Foot?

Has Udhayanidhi Shot INDIA Alliance in the Foot?

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

Udayanidhi has handed over to the BJP one real issue to draw the line between it and the INDIA alliance, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.

Army Major dies after falling off cliff during anti-infiltration op in J-K

Army Major dies after falling off cliff during anti-infiltration op in J-K

Rediff.com7 May 2022

Major Raghunath Ahlawat (34), hailing from Delhi, was leading his team in a counter-infiltration operation based on a reliable intelligence input in Uri sector on Thursday.

Bhima Koregaon: Is Milind Ekbote Being Protected?

Bhima Koregaon: Is Milind Ekbote Being Protected?

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

The former BJP corporator was named by a villager in a police complaint made three days before the January 1, 2018 violence at Bhima Koregaon. Yet, the police did not include his name in the FIR.

Long wait at crematoriums in Gujarat amid COVID-19 surge

Long wait at crematoriums in Gujarat amid COVID-19 surge

Rediff.com14 Apr 2021

Two days back, around 25 bodies were cremated simultaneously on wood pyres at night in a crematorium in Umra area of Surat city.

Kanjhawala victim's kin rebuts friend's 'drunk' claim

Kanjhawala victim's kin rebuts friend's 'drunk' claim

Rediff.com5 Jan 2023

'My niece did not have a drinking habit. If she was drunk that night (when the incident happened) as per Nidhi's claim then the postmortem report would have mentioned that. It means Nidhi is lying'

Kanjhawala victim stuck onto left front wheel of car

Kanjhawala victim stuck onto left front wheel of car

Rediff.com4 Jan 2023

The FIR said that Deepak was driving the car while accused Manoj Mittal was sitting next to the driver's seat.

Vikas Dubey was wrong, deserved this fate: Wife

Vikas Dubey was wrong, deserved this fate: Wife

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

Dubey's wife hold media responsible for the encounter killing of her husband.

Cong leaders meet President Murmu over Manipur crisis

Cong leaders meet President Murmu over Manipur crisis

Rediff.com30 May 2023

The Congress sought her intervention in helping bring normalcy in violence-hit Manipur, and called for the constitution of a high-level inquiry commission headed by a serving or retired Supreme Court judge to probe the incident.