The Comptroller and Auditor General report tabled in Gujarat legislature has indicated security lapses and mismanagement by the jail staff in the state prisons.
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Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said the discussions at the day-long meet involved an overview of five models of participative policy, framework of engineering, procurement and construction contracts and sectoral guidelines for foreign and domestic investment.
Some of the workers claimed they were entitled to draw salaries of SGD 2,200 to SGD 3,300 per month but were paid only SGD 900
President Pranab Mukherjee expressed condolences over the loss of lives in the stampede and called upon the authorities to provide all assistance and help to the victims.
Malayalam film Nadodimannan doesn't work, according to Paresh C Palicha.
'Unless we start making the products we need, we cannot become a developed country or call ourselves an economic power.'
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale has put Kerala on the art tourism circuit, says Kishore Singh.
It is a sight that both warms and breaks the heart. The women of Shaheen Bagh seem oblivious of the cold, these women and their children, the latter ranging in age from 19 days to early teens, who have been occupying the road for over two weeks now. Some of them have not gone home for days, but their faces are clear, unlined by fatigue, their eyes bright and fierce as those of the falcon, shaheen, the area is named for.
The Jet Airways of old is no more and the industry mourns its demise. Anjuli Bhargava reports.
Parle is taking one step at a time as it moves ahead in the pulse biz. Carpet bombing will not work. The company goes slow with Fresh Harvest dal rollout.
The events of September 24 have not only earned the country a whole lot of interest but also showed the world how a lot more can be accomplished with a shoestring budget.
The dust has not yet settled on the public inconvenience and outcry over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country's premier health centre All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi for a routine check-up on August 24. But medical superintendent Dr DK Sharma insists "there was minimal inconvenience of a few minutes" in an interview to Rediff.com's Upasna Pandey.
'The bullet train project is a complete sham'
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
"I congratulate the people of Kochi on the proud moment," the PM said.
Suburban services were disrupted with trains on all the three lines -- western, central and harbour -- running late.
Investigators were on Sunday looking into what caused one of the deadliest train accidents in recent times as rescue operations continued
The banyan tree and the green chilli; the crow and the beetle; the rose and the mango; the informality and good humour of its people... Beloved author Ruskin Bond continues Rediff.com's special series on India's treasures, and tells Archana Masih that India's wealth lies in its simple splendours.
Neither the filmmaker nor the actor who is being targeted, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, has done anything illegal.
Ambani's $15 bn bet will upend Indian telecom
Reader Sarani Tarafder tells us how to make Jalebis in 30 minutes.
Qatar's construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers who are "treated like cattle" and live in squalid accommodation exposed to overflowing sewage, Amnesty International said in a report on Sunday.
Fourteen photos from events that defined the world in the week gone by.
'In Bastar, as in Delhi, being branded 'anti-national' in the eyes of the government now seems to have acquired new meaning,' says Aakar Patel.
Start-up Belong.co uses an unconventional way of hiring that trusts more on data available on social media or tweets than the resume.
A look at few marquee projects that are stuck for several reasons.
Rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world
A homoeopathic state of mind pervades our thinking in governance and infrastructure-building. Do it in small, harmless doses, but nothing bitter, sharp, or bloody, says Shekhar Gupta.
The fire broke out shortly after midnight on the third floor of the four-storeyed building on Senapati Bapat Marg, a commercial hub of the city, a civic official said.
'The core sectors have not done very well in the past one year.'
'Love Sonia is a motion picture with the ambitions of a novel.' 'When I walked out of Love Sonia this Monday night, I walked out with a hushed audience that seemed too overcome by the raw power of the film to even pause for applause,' notes Sreehari Nair.
In the 66th year of the Indian Republic, eight people died of cold every night in the nation's capital.
This start-up connects diners with regional cuisines that restaurants do not serve.
Resident doctors are the engines that run hospitals. For the patient, they are the face, hands, and voice of the hospital.
'Modi is the first BJP leader to try to include Dalits in its fold.' 'But the rank and file of his party is backward and want to bash up Muslims and Dalits whenever they have a chance.'
Rediff.com captures the mood among the people at Elphinstine Road railway station, a week after 23 people died in a stampede at a footover bridge.
'We hope there shall be more focus on existing projects and their completion rather than new projects.' 'Any new project announcements should be largely for decongesting the existing lines rather than new lines.'
The focus is on tapping all resources, even foreign agencies.
Hundreds of migrants, who continue to arrive in Europe as they flee the scenes of chaos and brutality of the Islamic State in the Middle East, have created sharp divisions among European Union member states which are increasingly finding it tough to control the massive influx.
RIL has faced protests from local authorities, activists and residents across India campaigning against masts and roadworks.
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