Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary to receive Jnanpith Award

Eminent Gujarati novelist, poet and critic Raghuveer Chaudhary has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015, the literary organisation has announced. "The Jnanpith selection Board......

Cong names Pilot loyalists among 43 candidates in second Rajasthan list

The Congress on Sunday released its second list of 43 candidates for the November 25 Rajasthan assembly elections, fielding 35 sitting MLAs, including 15 state ministers, and former chief secretary......

Who Won By The Highest/Lowest Margins?

Hemant V Shivsaran/Rediff.com does a deep dive and lists the winners with the highest and lowest margins in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. IMAGE: All India United Democratic Front candidate from......

JD-U leader among 11 sentenced to life term in murder case

Eleven persons, including a state Janata Dal-United leader, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in an 18-year-old triple murder case by a court in Lucknow. District Judge Masood Ali Siddiqui......

'We prayed for case to be solved but we hoped it wouldn't come to this'

A year after the brutal murder of music composer Jatin-Lalit's sister Sandhya Singh, her only son Raghuveer surrendered to the cops earlier this week after being named prime......