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Rift brewing between Langer and Australia players?

Rift brewing between Langer and Australia players?

Rediff.com30 Jan 2021

The report suggested that Langer is no longer able to cope up with demands of being a three-format coach.

'Dean Jones's Chennai knock a big lesson for youngsters'

'Dean Jones's Chennai knock a big lesson for youngsters'

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

'He had that attitude that I will never give up no matter what the circumstances.'

HC suspends 2-yr jail term of Somnath Bharti in assault case

HC suspends 2-yr jail term of Somnath Bharti in assault case

Rediff.com24 Mar 2021

The Delhi high court on Wednesday suspended the two-year jail term of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti in a case of assault on All India Institute of Medical Sciences security staff.

Court upholds 2-yr jail to Somnath Bharti for assaulting AIIMS guard

Court upholds 2-yr jail to Somnath Bharti for assaulting AIIMS guard

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

A Delhi court on Tuesday upheld an order sentencing Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti to two years in jail for assaulting the AIIMS security staff after which he was taken into custody and sent to the prison, his lawyer said.

The Indian Soldier Missing In Pakistan

The Indian Soldier Missing In Pakistan

Rediff.com14 Apr 2022

It is 25 years since Captain Sanjit Bhattacharjee went missing during a patrol on the India Pakistan border. Pakistan has never acknowledged his captivity.

'Divya was going through emotional stress'

'Divya was going through emotional stress'

Rediff.com8 Dec 2020

'She couldn't fight back because she was emotionally drained out and her immunity was low.'

Mary Kom won 2 of the 3 rounds, but still lost! How?

Mary Kom won 2 of the 3 rounds, but still lost! How?

Rediff.com29 Jul 2021

Six-time World champion M C Mary Kom's pursuit of a second Olympic medal ended in the pre-quarter-finals of the Tokyo Games after she went down to Colombia's Ingrit Valencia, the 2016 edition's bronze-medallist, in a fiercely-fought 51kg showdown on Thursday.

The Magic of Millet

The Magic of Millet

Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

These recipes will tickle your tastebuds and ensure good health, says Sahana Shivprasad Shetty.

Taj Mahal gets a makeover before Trumps visit Agra

Taj Mahal gets a makeover before Trumps visit Agra

Rediff.com23 Feb 2020

From Dwight D Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, many American presidents have made sure they're photographed against the backdrop of the Taj. And, now the monument is ready to impress Trump for that family frame. Well, almost ready, reports Shreya Jai.

Federer predicts a solid career for 'consistent' Nagal

Federer predicts a solid career for 'consistent' Nagal

Rediff.com27 Aug 2019

Nagal lost 6-4, 1-6, 2-6, 4-6 in a match that lasted two hours and 50 minutes in New York on Monday night to bow out after making his maiden Grand Slam main draw. The debut, at least in the opening set, was impressive as he stretched a "rusty" Federer, a five-time champion here with a career tally of 20 Slams.

Wajid Khan's family tried to convert me to Islam: Wife

Wajid Khan's family tried to convert me to Islam: Wife

Rediff.com29 Nov 2020

Kamalrukh said she is a Parsi who got married to the "Dabangg" composer under the Special Marriages Act.

How India Can Tackle Security Challenges

How India Can Tackle Security Challenges

Rediff.com9 Jun 2022

India has the ability in all respects to be a great power and address our security challenges in the best national interests, says Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).

The FORGOTTEN task the freedom movement set itself

The FORGOTTEN task the freedom movement set itself

Rediff.com15 Aug 2012

The government should step up its efforts to improve rural sanitation, for the sake of the children who die as a consequence of cultural apathy.

Tasty Modak Recipes

Tasty Modak Recipes

Rediff.com6 Sep 2021

Welcome the Lord with his favourite dish.

MapMyIndia plans to go public, raise Rs 1,200 crore

MapMyIndia plans to go public, raise Rs 1,200 crore

Rediff.com30 Aug 2021

India's first home-grown mapping company MapMyIndia is looking to list in the public market by raising around Rs 1,200 crore at a Rs 6,000-crore valuation. Sources said the company is ready with its draft red herring prospectus documents and is likely to file as early as next week. While the money will be used for business expansion, it will also give MapMyIndia's early investors, including Qualcomm, PhonePe, and Japanese mapmaker Zenrin Co., a chance to exit. The Verma family, which founded the company, will continue to remain promoters.

Who will buy Rs 4.6 trillion bonds?

Who will buy Rs 4.6 trillion bonds?

Rediff.com21 Mar 2018

With banks staying out of the bond market, and foreign investors exhausting their investment limit, the question is: Who will buy the Rs 4.6 trillion bonds that will be issued from April.

As rains batter Chennai, TN CM says all precautions taken

As rains batter Chennai, TN CM says all precautions taken

Rediff.com25 Nov 2020

As the storage level touched 3,000 million cubic feet in the Chembarambakkam reservoir as against its full capacity of 3,645 Mcft, authorities on Wednesday began releasing about 1,000 cusecs into the Adyar river as a precautionary measure.

Winter recipe: How to make Mutton Khichada

Winter recipe: How to make Mutton Khichada

Rediff.com22 Oct 2018

Celebrate winter with this mutton recipe.

Asian Championship: India women boxers score a perfect 10

Asian Championship: India women boxers score a perfect 10

Rediff.com31 May 2021

The Indian women's boxing team won one gold, three silver and six bronze medals at the Asian Championship in Dubai, ensuring that all 10 weight categories featured an Indian medallist.

Can TN's Water Woes Ever End?

Can TN's Water Woes Ever End?

Rediff.com1 Dec 2021

For the current woes of the state to end, in city after city, town after town, village after village, unauthorised constructions have to be removed, no questions asked, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Are you ready for a 'Grand' get-together at US Open?

Are you ready for a 'Grand' get-together at US Open?

Rediff.com6 Sep 2014

Serena Williams and friend Caroline Wozniacki arranged a get-together in the US Open women's final, winning their Friday semi-finals in contrasting fashion on a stifling hot, humid day at Flushing Meadows.

Rs 5,000 fine if found dumping waste on Yamuna floodplains

Rs 5,000 fine if found dumping waste on Yamuna floodplains

Rediff.com19 May 2017

The NGT also constituted a committee to oversee the execution of work pertaining to cleaning of the river.

4 arrested for Mumbai doc's death during deluge

4 arrested for Mumbai doc's death during deluge

Rediff.com18 Sep 2017

Probe found that they had opened the manhole so that the water in the area, which had entered their houses, could drain out, police said.

Will 2 Public Sector Banks Be Privatised In 2022?

Will 2 Public Sector Banks Be Privatised In 2022?

Rediff.com17 Jan 2022

The government plans to bring down its stake to 26 per cent in these two banks, which are yet to be identified. This may not come in the way of getting investors for these banks, provided the government is willing to step back rather than run them the way it had been doing for over five decades since these banks were nationalised, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Tatas win back Air India; welcome back, says Ratan Tata

Tatas win back Air India; welcome back, says Ratan Tata

Rediff.com8 Oct 2021

They say better late than never. For the Tatas, the original owners of Air India, bringing back the airline to its fold is worth the wait even if the attempt to privatise the bleeding national carrier by successive governments has taken over two decades. While many airlines have come and gone from the Indian skies since the time when the first move was made to privatise Air India to date, the salt-to-software conglomerate has never let the love affair with aviation, more so with Air India that its former chairman Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (JRD) had, to go off the radar. It is said that Tata group executives used to complain in private that JRD -- the pioneer of the Indian aviation industry -- spent more time worrying about Air India than the Tata group when he was heading both the entities.

Recipe: How to make Falafels

Recipe: How to make Falafels

Rediff.com25 Feb 2021

This homemade wrap has the perfect balance of falafel, mixed green salad and Tahini sauce.

El Chapo extradited to US: When he was captured

El Chapo extradited to US: When he was captured

Rediff.com20 Jan 2017

Mexican officials allowed cameras to glimpse inside the safe house where El Chapo was hiding before his arrest on January 8, 2016.

6 healthy recipes to cook at home

6 healthy recipes to cook at home

Rediff.com25 Jun 2020

These recipes are full of nutrition and can be made in less than 30 minutes.

Muslim artist wants to gift her Lord Krishna painting to Modi

Muslim artist wants to gift her Lord Krishna painting to Modi

Rediff.com30 Sep 2021

Jasna Salim, a 28-year old homemaker in Kerala's Kozhikode district, has drawn hundreds of paintings of Lord Krishna in the last six years but her faith has not permitted her to keep any one of them in her home.

2021: What worked with work, or didn't

2021: What worked with work, or didn't

Rediff.com30 Dec 2021

'During the course of these two years, as new people have joined, we have no mental picture to associate with them and hence, have little connection with them.'

Situation peaceful but uneasy calm in riot-hit northeast Delhi

Situation peaceful but uneasy calm in riot-hit northeast Delhi

Rediff.com1 Mar 2020

No untoward incident has been reported from the district over the past three days.

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

Rediff.com6 May 2022

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.

President Kovind inaugurates refurbished Motera Stadium

President Kovind inaugurates refurbished Motera Stadium

Rediff.com24 Feb 2021

The refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera is now renamed Narendra Modi Stadium.

'It was full of danger and we knew we were playing with our lives'

'It was full of danger and we knew we were playing with our lives'

Rediff.com29 Apr 2022

'Me and my boys had never ever thought in our wildest dreams that we would be taking part in a rescue mission of this kind.' IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, a helicopter pilot himself, reports on how the air force rescued those trapped in the Deoghar cable cars disaster last fortnight.

Revealed: Why Arvind Swamy Quit Films

Revealed: Why Arvind Swamy Quit Films

Rediff.com23 Sep 2021

'Life should never be unidimensional.' 'While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.'

Select Team: Should India include Kuldeep?

Select Team: Should India include Kuldeep?

Rediff.com10 Feb 2021

It will be interesting to see if India turn to Kuldeep Yadav for the second Test in Chennai, starting on Saturday, or continue with their strange tactics of freezing him out.

Pak supporting proxy war in J&K, threats growing: Army chief

Pak supporting proxy war in J&K, threats growing: Army chief

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

Accusing Pakistan of continuing to support "proxy war" in Jammu and Kashmir despite suffering casualties due to terror on its soil, Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh on Tuesday said threats and challenges have been growing because of the "active borders".

Unplanned vaccination can promote mutant strains: Experts to PM

Unplanned vaccination can promote mutant strains: Experts to PM

Rediff.com10 Jun 2021

A group of public health experts, including doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and members from the national taskforce on COVID-19, have said that mass, indiscriminate and incomplete vaccination can trigger emergence of mutant strains and recommended that there is no need to inoculate those who had documented coronavirus infection.

Why Bihar's Musahars won't get vaccinated

Why Bihar's Musahars won't get vaccinated

Rediff.com4 Jun 2021

'They are not ready to take the vaccine.' 'They fear that if they do, they will die.'

Jharkhand minister forces Muslim MLA to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

Jharkhand minister forces Muslim MLA to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

Rediff.com26 Jul 2019

As the tussle appeared getting out of hand, the two lawmakers disengaged and went their separate ways.