News for 'photojournalist'

Sonia anguished over Mumbai gang rape incident

Sonia anguished over Mumbai gang rape incident

Rediff.com24 Aug 2013

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday expressed anguish over the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai.

Is Asaram Bapu getting special treatment in sexual assault case? Your SAY

Is Asaram Bapu getting special treatment in sexual assault case? Your SAY

Rediff.com26 Aug 2013

At a time when the nation is demanding answers, why has Asaram Bapu not been arrested? Is he getting special treatment? Tell us what you think.

You don't need to go back to Delhi: Tejashwi to migrant whose photo went viral

You don't need to go back to Delhi: Tejashwi to migrant whose photo went viral

Rediff.com26 May 2020

The RJD leader was moved by the latter's tale of grief and loss and made his photo the profile picture on his official Twitter handle. He also shared the footage of his interaction with the hapless man.

When home is under a flyover & life's belongings fit on a cycle

When home is under a flyover & life's belongings fit on a cycle

Rediff.com23 May 2020

The family of nine, Mukesh, his parents, wife and five children, the youngest less than a year old, set out from their 'home' under a flyover in Palam in southwest Delhi on the long walk to their village. While he pushed the cycle, the others walked alongside, some holding bags, others unwieldy bundles on their heads, some barefeet as they walked on the hot tarred road under a scorching sun and others wearing flimsy footwear.

Family of British hostage appeals to IS for direct contact

Family of British hostage appeals to IS for direct contact

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

The family of British photojournalist John Cantlie who is being held hostage by the Islamic State has appealed to the dreaded terror group to re-establish "direct contact" with them.

Famliy of British hostage appeals to IS for direct contact

Famliy of British hostage appeals to IS for direct contact

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

The family of British photojournalist John Cantlie who is being held hostage by the Islamic State has appealed to the dreaded terror group to re-establish "direct contact" with them.

The Mumbai photographer who won the Pulitzer Prize

The Mumbai photographer who won the Pulitzer Prize

Rediff.com2 May 2018

Danish Siddiqui hopes to keep coming up with compelling stories that help him "sleep peacefully at night".

'Taliban resurgence will boost morale of sleeper cells in India'

'Taliban resurgence will boost morale of sleeper cells in India'

Rediff.com27 Jul 2021

'India has to ensure its borders are properly sealed and there is no infiltration from PoK.

India must prepare for the Taliban threat

India must prepare for the Taliban threat

Rediff.com24 Jul 2021

The Taliban will view India through the eyes of the ISI and can be relied upon to undertake hostile actions against this country, warns Virendra Kapoor.

Mumbai gang rape: Arrested accused is a minor, say kin; police disagree

Mumbai gang rape: Arrested accused is a minor, say kin; police disagree

Rediff.com24 Aug 2013

The family of the first accused arrested in the gang rape of a young photojournalist in Mumbai said he is minor, a claim, if found true, could see him escape a stringent prison sentence and spend just three years at a correctional facility.

Amritsar accident: Protesters removed from track, trains resume after 40 hrs

Amritsar accident: Protesters removed from track, trains resume after 40 hrs

Rediff.com21 Oct 2018

The Punjab police has deployed its personnel, including commandoes, to manage the crowd. The Rapid Action Force is also present in the Joda Patak area, officials said.

Journalist among 4 injured in anti-Hebdo protest in Pakistan

Journalist among 4 injured in anti-Hebdo protest in Pakistan

Rediff.com16 Jan 2015

A photojournalist of a French news agency was shot at while three others were injured when activists of Pakistan's right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami protesting against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Friday clashed with police when they tried to enter the French consulate in Karachi.

Anti-CAA protest: HC stays quit notice to Polish student

Anti-CAA protest: HC stays quit notice to Polish student

Rediff.com5 Mar 2020

The Calcutta high court on Thursday stayed the Centre's notice asking a Polish student to leave India for allegedly participating in a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the city. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya restrained the government from giving effect to the notice till March 18, when the court will pass an order on the student's petition.

When George met Jay

When George met Jay

Rediff.com3 Oct 2008

Contributing Photographer Jay Mandal was at the Oval Office for a shoot recently when its resident took charge of the proceedings

'Photography is to capture the times we live in'

'Photography is to capture the times we live in'

Rediff.com24 Jul 2021

'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall.

India is talking to the Taliban because the Taliban are winning

India is talking to the Taliban because the Taliban are winning

Rediff.com20 Jul 2021

But why should India be talking to the Taliban in the first place? There is no love lost there. India will never forget or forgive the humiliation to which the Taliban subjected it in the IC-814 hijack, notes Shekhar Gupta.

Kashmiri photographer wins MCC Photo of the Year

Kashmiri photographer wins MCC Photo of the Year

Rediff.com5 Apr 2017

Saqib Majeed, a photojournalist of eight years, came across the scene on a visit to Nishat Bagh -- one of the most famous Mughal gardens.

Ex-model seen begging on streets

Ex-model seen begging on streets

Rediff.com3 Sep 2007

Nagpal, who was found begging in a market in South Delhi by a photojournalist on Friday, is now under the care of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).

Mumbai gang-rape accused 'lost and found'

Mumbai gang-rape accused 'lost and found'

Rediff.com26 Sep 2013

The Mumbai police and the jail administration cut a sorry figure on Thursday when it was discovered that an accused in the sensational Shakti Mills compound gang-rape case had "disappeared" and could not be produced before the court but he was later found to be in prison.

PIX: Behind the scenes of Bollywood

PIX: Behind the scenes of Bollywood

Rediff.com12 Jan 2016

The book The Silver Screen & Beyond, Up Close and Personal with the Bombay Film Industry is an interesting collection of pictures of the goings-on of the Hindi film industry.

Gang rape probe: 2 more mobiles of arrested accused recovered

Gang rape probe: 2 more mobiles of arrested accused recovered

Rediff.com2 Sep 2013

Mumbai Police, which is probing the gang rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist, on said it has recovered two more mobile phones carried by the accused during the ghastly crime.

Karnataka: Efforts on to drive jumbos back to forest

Karnataka: Efforts on to drive jumbos back to forest

Rediff.com24 Jun 2013

A herd of 15 elephants that have wrecked havoc and killed four persons including a photojournalist at Kolar are now at a distance of 3 kilometres from Bengaluru. The elephants, which entered from Tamil Nadu into Kolar, had escaped to Malur.

Blame women also for getting raped, says NCP leader. BOO her!

Blame women also for getting raped, says NCP leader. BOO her!

Rediff.com29 Jan 2014

Do you think NCP leader Asha Mirje deserves a boo for her sexist remarks?

The world through the eyes of Damir Sagolj

The world through the eyes of Damir Sagolj

Rediff.com7 Mar 2017

A look at Reuters Photojournalist of the Year Damir Sagolj's photographs.

Mum gang rape: DNA samples found on victim match with accused

Mum gang rape: DNA samples found on victim match with accused

Rediff.com30 Aug 2013

The Mumbai police on Friday moved closer to nailing the five accused arrested in the photojournalist's gang rape case with forensic tests confirming that DNA samples found on the victim matched with those of the suspects.

Mumbai police release sketches of 5 accused in gang rape case

Mumbai police release sketches of 5 accused in gang rape case

Rediff.com23 Aug 2013

A day after the photojournalist, who was working as an intern with an English magazine, was gangraped allegedly by five men, a special squad has been formed by the local police as well as by the Crime Branch to probe the case

10 Year Old Indian Wins Top Photo Contest

10 Year Old Indian Wins Top Photo Contest

Rediff.com20 Oct 2021

The Natural History Museum's annual competition and exhibition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been the longest-running and most prestigious nature and wildlife photography competition that has been recognising the world's best nature photography every year since 1965.

It's Big B everywhere!

It's Big B everywhere!

Rediff.com10 May 2018

Rare photographs, paintings, sketches, posters... celebrate the superstar's journey...

Two held for harassing nursing student in Mumbai

Two held for harassing nursing student in Mumbai

Rediff.com1 Oct 2013

Amid rising uproar over crimes against women, two men were thrashed by irate railwaycommuters and handed over to police after they were allegedly found harassing a nursing student.

A blood-soaked timeline of terror attacks in Kashmir

A blood-soaked timeline of terror attacks in Kashmir

Rediff.com14 Feb 2019

Here's the chronological list of all major terror attacks on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in the last two decades.

Before beheadings, IS hostages were tortured, starved

Before beheadings, IS hostages were tortured, starved

Rediff.com26 Oct 2014

Islamic State militants threatened slain American journalist James Foley and other Western captives with execution, waterboarding and starvation ahead of their beheadings, according to a media report.

Srinagar: Violent clashes erupt as colleges reopen

Srinagar: Violent clashes erupt as colleges reopen

Rediff.com24 Apr 2017

Police had to fire dozens of tear smoke shells in an attempt to disperse the stone-pelting students from S P College and the adjoining Women's College on M A Road, officials said.

Gandhi in a Metro

Gandhi in a Metro

Rediff.com1 Oct 2015

Had he been alive today, the Mahatma would likely travel by metro, as hundreds of women and men do each day. Insiyah Vahanvaty reports for Rediff.com on an unusual exhibition on the Mahatma at Delhi metro stations.

Mumbai gang rape survivor discharged from hospital

Mumbai gang rape survivor discharged from hospital

Rediff.com28 Aug 2013

The 23-year-old photojournalist, who was gang-raped at a defunct mill complex in Mumbai nearly a week ago, has been discharged from hospital after doctors attending on her declared her "medically fit".

Gaza bomb disposal goes awry; AP journalist among 5 killed

Gaza bomb disposal goes awry; AP journalist among 5 killed

Rediff.com13 Aug 2014

At least six persons, including an Italian journalist working for the Associated Press, were killed and six others critically injured on Wednesday when an Israeli missile exploded as Palestinian experts tried to defuse it in northern Gaza Strip.

Remembering 26/11: 'Kasab was grinning while firing at commuters'

Remembering 26/11: 'Kasab was grinning while firing at commuters'

Rediff.com25 Nov 2018

"I remember the evil grin on Kasab's face. Armed with an assault rifle, he was walking towards the suburban platform," he said.

I want to BEAT the rapists: Mumbai gang rape victim in court

I want to BEAT the rapists: Mumbai gang rape victim in court

Rediff.com30 Oct 2013

The 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gang raped in the Shakti Mills compound here on July 31 today deposed before a trial court and expressed her desire to get even with the accused who had beaten her up during the sexual assault.

Meet Bollywood's filmi photographers

Meet Bollywood's filmi photographers

Rediff.com14 Mar 2019

Say CHEESE!

How journalists in Kashmir dealing with restrictions

How journalists in Kashmir dealing with restrictions

Rediff.com15 Sep 2019

In the absence of any medium to send the news reports across the country or outside, some journalists would send their reports on pen drives through flyers at the airport.

IS captured British journalist warns of 'Gulf War III'

IS captured British journalist warns of 'Gulf War III'

Rediff.com23 Sep 2014

The Islamic State militants have released a second video of British journalist John Cantlie in less than a week which shows him warning US-led coalition against carrying out military operations against his captors.