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'How Will Amit Shah's Visit Help Manipur?'

'How Will Amit Shah's Visit Help Manipur?'

Rediff.com29 May 2023

'Can they (the Union government) provide security to every tribal in the valley? This is impossible now.'

Doc, cop among 4 J-K employees sacked for terror links

Doc, cop among 4 J-K employees sacked for terror links

Rediff.com22 Nov 2023

In the last three years, the Union Territory administration has invoked 311 (2)(c) of the Constitution to sack more than 50 employees, who were allegedly operating in shadows within the government and drawing a salary from the public exchequer, however, they were helping Pakistani terror outfits, providing logistics to terrorists, propagating terrorists' ideology, raising terror finances and furthering secessionist agenda, officials said.

Padmaavat opens under security cover, cinegoers defy threat of violence

Padmaavat opens under security cover, cinegoers defy threat of violence

Rediff.com25 Jan 2018

The film faces opposition from fringe Rajput groups, who allege that it distorts history and show Queen Padmavati in "poor light".

Qadri's supporters hold Islamabad's 'red zone' under siege

Qadri's supporters hold Islamabad's 'red zone' under siege

Rediff.com28 Mar 2016

About 25,000 protesters on Sunday, a month after Qadri was hanged for shooting Taseer, prayed for him in Rawalpindi, and then marched towards Islamabad's Red Zone, breaking barriers that had been erected.

Let's Not Forget Father Stan Swamy!

Let's Not Forget Father Stan Swamy!

Rediff.com8 Jul 2023

The tributes to Fr Stan by his associates and his co-accused (which were read out) provided a clue to why his death continues to touch so many.

10 get bail in Palghar sadhus' lynching case, no relief for 8

10 get bail in Palghar sadhus' lynching case, no relief for 8

Rediff.com1 Apr 2022

The Bombay high court on Friday granted bail to 10 accused arrested in the April 2020 Palghar lynching case in Maharashtra, holding that video footage and still photographs from the crime spot did not show them being "overtly" violent.

'People were carrying swords, pistols in Jahangirpuri'

'People were carrying swords, pistols in Jahangirpuri'

Rediff.com18 Apr 2022

'My neighbours are Muslims, but we have never faced any communal problems. We have all been living in harmony'

Shocked at PM's silence: 13 Oppn leaders on communal tensions

Shocked at PM's silence: 13 Oppn leaders on communal tensions

Rediff.com16 Apr 2022

'This silence is an eloquent testimony to the fact that such private armed mobs enjoy the luxury of official patronage'

BJP's Bengal bandh call evokes mixed response; normal life unaffected

BJP's Bengal bandh call evokes mixed response; normal life unaffected

Rediff.com28 Feb 2022

The 6 am to 6 pm shutdown call evoked a mixed response as the state government engaged its entire machinery to ensure that normal life remained unaffected.

Ivanka Trump believed her father lost 2020 US poll

Ivanka Trump believed her father lost 2020 US poll

Rediff.com10 Jun 2022

The former Attorney General was also seen noting that Trump's claims of a stolen election were "bullsh**."

Naroda Gam acquittal paves way for Kodnani's return to Gujarat's politics

Naroda Gam acquittal paves way for Kodnani's return to Gujarat's politics

Rediff.com21 Apr 2023

Gujarat BJP leaders on Friday said if the physician-turned-politician, once a member of the powerful Narendra Modi ministry in the state and rising star in politics, wants to return to active politics, the saffron party will definitely assign work to her.

Smoke Spiraling From Manipur Not Visible In Delhi?

Smoke Spiraling From Manipur Not Visible In Delhi?

Rediff.com11 Jul 2023

There is the problem of regions in the North East being theatre for power-play by nations with borders and influences converging in those parts, which in turn requires a sizable presence of the armed forces, notes Shyam G Menon.

Absconding terrorists like Dawood can now be tried: Amit Shah on new bills

Absconding terrorists like Dawood can now be tried: Amit Shah on new bills

Rediff.com11 Aug 2023

Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday introduced three bills in Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act, asserting that the proposed laws will transform the country's criminal justice system and bring the spirit to protect the rights of citizen at the centre stage.

Maha registers 12 cases across 6 districts over social media posts, 6 booked

Maha registers 12 cases across 6 districts over social media posts, 6 booked

Rediff.com13 Jun 2023

The arrested person is identified as a 29-year-old man from Kolhapur who allegedly used Tipu Sultan's image with the caption 'Bharat Ka Raja' on social media, which caused enmity between two communities, he said.

Some people at Jamia protest came prepared for arson: Police

Some people at Jamia protest came prepared for arson: Police

Rediff.com16 Dec 2019

Police personnel entered the university campus to only control the situation, police said.

Biden lauds Vanita Gupta as 'proud daughter' of Indian immigrants

Biden lauds Vanita Gupta as 'proud daughter' of Indian immigrants

Rediff.com8 Jan 2021

"As associate attorney general, the number three job at the department, I nominate Vanita Gupta. A woman I've known for some time. One of the most respected civil rights lawyers in America," Biden told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware as he announced some of the key nominations in the Justice Department on Thursday.

'The police will be significantly more militarised'

'The police will be significantly more militarised'

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

'The idea of subversive activities is so vague that it could include making fun of the government, being critical of the government.'

'You're provoking me, so off you go to jail'

'You're provoking me, so off you go to jail'

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

'The Bills (Bharatiya Saksha, Bharatiya Nagarik Sanhita and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) are arbitrary, opaque and ambiguous and structurally quite violent.'

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