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'I feel at home in the US military'

'I feel at home in the US military'

Rediff.com6 Mar 2008

Cadet Lieutenant Rajiv S Srinivasan who is about to graduate from the West Point Military Academy speaks of his experiences.

Lt Gen Deepak Kapoor to be next army chief

Lt Gen Deepak Kapoor to be next army chief

Rediff.com26 Jul 2007

He will replace the present incumbent General Joginder Jaswant Singh, who retires on September 30.

Correspondence studies with Himachal Pradesh Uni

Correspondence studies with Himachal Pradesh Uni

Rediff.com23 Jul 2007

Himachal Pradesh University offers admission through correspondence course, 2007-2008

Distance education undergraduate programmes

Distance education undergraduate programmes

Rediff.com14 Aug 2006

Annamalai University, Directorate of Distance Education, invites applications for admission to various undergraduate programmes for the academic year 2006-2007.

Jayadev Galla, the TDP MP, who opened the no-trust motion

Jayadev Galla, the TDP MP, who opened the no-trust motion

Rediff.com20 Jul 2018

All you need to know about the MP who became a trending topic on Twitter.

''We will keep fighting'

''We will keep fighting'

Rediff.com8 Jan 2007

'An expected new treaty between Musharraf and Manmohan Singh in 2007 will not be about Kashmir, so it will not change the ground reality,' says Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin.

'I enjoyed working in my first Kannada film'

'I enjoyed working in my first Kannada film'

Rediff.com16 Oct 2014

Ester Noronha who has worked in Telugu films talks about making her Kannada debut.

'Globalisation is not a magic wand'

'Globalisation is not a magic wand'

Rediff.com19 Jun 2006

'The government is making more reservations for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. That, I believe, will ruin Indian industries,' says Professor Baldev Nayar.

Wanted 2nd division but 'chacha' made me top, Bihar 'topper' tells cops

Wanted 2nd division but 'chacha' made me top, Bihar 'topper' tells cops

Rediff.com27 Jun 2016

Arrested BSEB 'topper' Ruby Rai has told the Bihar police about the links between her father and toppers scam 'kingpin' Bachcha Rai. M I Khan/Rediff.com reports from Patna.

Why Americans voted for Trump in 2016

Why Americans voted for Trump in 2016

Rediff.com24 Apr 2018

Not for reasons related to personal financial problems or economic anxiety about the future, but...

Dileep Padgaonkar, journalist and editor, passes away

Dileep Padgaonkar, journalist and editor, passes away

Rediff.com25 Nov 2016

Dileep Padgaonkar edited The Times of India for six years, a job he once quipped was the second-most important job in the country.

'No elections please'

'No elections please'

Rediff.com20 Aug 2007

What India thinks of the political standoff in New Delhi.

'There is no hidden agenda'

'There is no hidden agenda'

Rediff.com4 Mar 2006

'What did the quest for self-sufficiency buy India over a span of forty-odd years?

PLA accelerates fortification of Indian border: Report

PLA accelerates fortification of Indian border: Report

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

In fact, given the current tensions and massed troops on both sides, there is a danger that the LAC will become more like the Line of Control with Pakistan, a heavily fortified and strongly defended border where weapon fire exchanges regularly occur. Indeed, Stratfor Worldview research has listed a sharp increase in new Chinese facilities along the LAC in 2019-20.

No state honours during funeral, says Girish Karnad's family

No state honours during funeral, says Girish Karnad's family

Rediff.com10 Jun 2019

Karnad, a recipient of Jnanpith Award, was also conferred the Padma Shri in 1974 and the Padma Bhushan in 1992.

Scholarship for study in France

Scholarship for study in France

Rediff.com17 Nov 2005

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France, invites applications for the 2006-2007 Eiffel scholarships and Eiffel doctoral scholarships.

Sexist Sharad Yadav blinks: I have great respect for Smriti Irani

Sexist Sharad Yadav blinks: I have great respect for Smriti Irani

Rediff.com18 Mar 2015

Sharad Yadav on Wednesday expressed regret and said he respected her and had defended her earlier

Modi degree row: Names spelt 'slightly differently' in admission form, reveals GU

Modi degree row: Names spelt 'slightly differently' in admission form, reveals GU

Rediff.com9 May 2016

The university said Modi changed his name from 'Narendrakumar Damodardas Modi', which he used in admission form for MA Part I, to 'Narendra Damodardas Modi' in MA Part II.

How 11/7 broke a cop's family

How 11/7 broke a cop's family

Rediff.com12 Jul 2007

Did the compensation money divide a happy family?

NCERT textbooks to get real

NCERT textbooks to get real

Rediff.com16 Aug 2006

The change in the syllabus comes in the wake of the implementation of the National Curriculum Framework, which suggests that the textbooks should connect knowledge to real life situations.

Delhi street play row: 'Banning things has become popular'

Delhi street play row: 'Banning things has become popular'

Rediff.com26 Mar 2015

A Delhi University college play on religious intolerance is caught up in controversy as the ABVP-run students' union runs pillar-to-post to get it banned for reported 'anti-Hindu' content. Watch it once at least before forming an opinion -- that's all that play director Guneet Singh has to say.

'Terrorism is older than Islam'

'Terrorism is older than Islam'

Rediff.com31 Jul 2006

'Terrorism itself is as old as the human species; it goes back at least as far as the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Terrorism is much older than Islam, or Christianity.'

IG Patel chair at London School of Economics

IG Patel chair at London School of Economics

Rediff.com8 Dec 2006

A new chair in the memory of former Reserve Bank of India Governor IG Patel will be created at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

'To save Modi, BJP wants to hang Shivraj, Vasundhara, Raman'

'To save Modi, BJP wants to hang Shivraj, Vasundhara, Raman'

Rediff.com12 Dec 2018

'There was a lot of resentment against the BJP which has not translated into votes, this is surprising.'

'Maharani' loses out to Rajasthan voters' 5-year itch

'Maharani' loses out to Rajasthan voters' 5-year itch

Rediff.com11 Dec 2018

This was her second term as chief minister and, in keeping with the tradition of voters choosing the Congress and the BJP alternately, the ruling party looks set to lose power.

Ladakh's UT status leaves many happy and confused

Ladakh's UT status leaves many happy and confused

Rediff.com2 Sep 2019

A separate Union Territory has been a long-standing demand of locals, many of who have alleged that the Ladakh region had been neglected by leaders of Jammu and Kashmir.

'It was necessary for Shiv Sena to split with BJP'

'It was necessary for Shiv Sena to split with BJP'

Rediff.com28 Nov 2019

'The Shiv Sena as a party was going nowhere.' 'Now Uddhav Thackeray has shown his partymen that he can take the BJP head on.'

NRI to head CIA's South Asia arm

NRI to head CIA's South Asia arm

Rediff.com30 Aug 2005

Alert: Admissions to Bachelors, Masters programmes

Alert: Admissions to Bachelors, Masters programmes

Rediff.com14 Jun 2004

Alert: Admissions to Bachelors, Masters programmes

Okay to give financial aid to Wani's kin? J&K govt wants to know

Okay to give financial aid to Wani's kin? J&K govt wants to know

Rediff.com13 Dec 2016

The Jammu and Kashmir government has cleared ex-gratia to next of kin of 17 persons, including Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani's brother, killed in terrorism-related incidents in the Valley, while giving one week's time for filing of any objection before formal orders are issued.

Bihar exam row: Nitish dissolves BSEB probe committee

Bihar exam row: Nitish dissolves BSEB probe committee

Rediff.com6 Jun 2016

Bihar government on Monday dissolved a committee constituted by Bihar School Examination Board to probe into alleged irregularities in evaluation of marks in this year's 10+2 examination.

Orissa village girl bags global youth award

Orissa village girl bags global youth award

Rediff.com15 Oct 2004

Jyotirmayee, who was chosen team leader of the UNICEF-sponsored 'Meena--the girl child' project, was the lone Indian to receive this year's International Youth Action Net Award instituted by International Youth Foundation, USA.

Alert: Earn an Oxford Fellowship

Alert: Earn an Oxford Fellowship

Rediff.com6 Sep 2004

The Agatha Harrison Memorial Fellowship at St Anthony's College, Oxford, is worth £ 24,536.

27-yr-old charged with 6 counts of murder in Quebec mosque shooting

27-yr-old charged with 6 counts of murder in Quebec mosque shooting

Rediff.com31 Jan 2017

Alexandre Bissonnette, a French-Canadian political science and anthropology student, appeared at a Quebec City court on Monday, he also faces five counts of attempted murder.

CBI books NDA principal, 4 teachers for fudging records for appointment

CBI books NDA principal, 4 teachers for fudging records for appointment

Rediff.com7 Jun 2018

The agency had registered a preliminary enquiry in 2017 on the basis of allegations that 13 faculty members of the academy were appointed in spite of being ineligible.

Two killed in violent clashes on AMU campus

Two killed in violent clashes on AMU campus

Rediff.com24 Apr 2016

Violence erupted on the campus around last midnight, following a clash between two student groups leading to the death of Mahtab, DIG (AligarhRange) Govind Agarwal, who led the police operation, said.

'Unlikely Modi will take another swing at Pak'

'Unlikely Modi will take another swing at Pak'

Rediff.com6 Mar 2019

'It seems likely that the February 2019 crisis is over.'

'China not too far ahead of India: LSE don

'China not too far ahead of India: LSE don

Rediff.com1 Apr 2005

Prof. John Harriss of the London School of Economics says the huge investments in China have been mostly done by overseas Chinese rather than by international companies.