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1993 Mumbai blasts convict Mustafa Dossa dies

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Mustafa Dossa dies

Rediff.com28 Jun 2017

He was rushed to Mumbai's JJ Hospital due to chest pain.

Climate change endangers world heritage sites

Climate change endangers world heritage sites

Rediff.com17 Oct 2018

From Venice and the tower of Pisa, dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites are deeply threatened by rising sea levels, researchers warned Tuesday. According to a study by researchers at the University of Kiel, in Germany, all but two of 49 United Nations-recognised icons of human civilisation rimming the Mediterranean Sea risk being damaged by the rising watermark, soil erosion, or both, with few options for protecting most of them.

Tennis Round-up: Paes in Santo Domingo Open final

Tennis Round-up: Paes in Santo Domingo Open final

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

It will be the second consecutive final for Paes and Angel, who also reached the final at Montrrey Challenger last week, ending runners-up to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Marcelo Arevalo.

Rajiv Gandhi's statue vandalised in Ludhiana, SAD member held

Rajiv Gandhi's statue vandalised in Ludhiana, SAD member held

Rediff.com25 Dec 2018

The miscreants sprayed red and black paint on the statue at the Salem Tabri area in Ludhiana, police said, adding that they carried out the act in full public glare and blamed Rajiv Gandhi for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Bangladesh: 4 arrested for Saudi diplomat's killing

Bangladesh: 4 arrested for Saudi diplomat's killing

Rediff.com25 Jul 2012

The Bangladesh police have arrested four people in connection with the killing of a Saudi diplomat in Dhaka early this year in what has been described as a case of mugging.

BJP demands judicial probe into hacking of TN leader

BJP demands judicial probe into hacking of TN leader

Rediff.com20 Jul 2013

Special police teams have been formed to trace the assailants who hacked to death Bharatiya Janata Party's Tamil Nadu unit general secretary V Ramesh, even as a state-wide bandh has been called by the party on July 22 to protest the murder.

Argentina, Dutch qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Argentina, Dutch qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Rediff.com17 Nov 2021

Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland

'India's Test series win against Sri Lanka was a united effort'

'India's Test series win against Sri Lanka was a united effort'

Rediff.com9 Sep 2015

Anil Kumble has said India's Test series win against Sri Lanka in the away tour was a tremendous achievement by the team.

BJP-sponsored bandh evokes mixed response in TN

BJP-sponsored bandh evokes mixed response in TN

Rediff.com22 Jul 2013

The state-wide bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party to protest the murder of a senior party functionary evoked mixed response across Tamil Nadu with normal life largely remaining unaffected, barring some stray incidents of stone pelting.

How Tamil Nadu plans to become a start-up destination

How Tamil Nadu plans to become a start-up destination

Rediff.com21 Jan 2019

The policy aims to create around 5,000 startups, including 10 global high-growth startups, and to create a minimum of 100,000 high skilled job creation, direct and indirect, in the startup ecosystem by 2023.

Parimarjan Negi bags Asian chess title

Parimarjan Negi bags Asian chess title

Rediff.com13 May 2012

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi won the Asian continental chess championship despite losing to A R Saleh Salem of UAE in the final round that concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday.

'Don't want more Akhilas to become Hadiyas'

'Don't want more Akhilas to become Hadiyas'

Rediff.com12 Dec 2017

'I served the Indian Army and I am an ex-serviceman.' 'I look at this as a battle I am fighting after I left the army.' 'I will not leave till I get her back as my daughter Akhila, and I believe it will happen one day.'

3 NEET candidates die by suicide in TN

3 NEET candidates die by suicide in TN

Rediff.com13 Sep 2020

The deaths brought back the focus on NEET in the state, with all political parties but for the BJP opposed to the qualifying exam.

Asian Team squash: Indian men in last eight

Asian Team squash: Indian men in last eight

Rediff.com3 May 2012

The Indian men's team, led by National champion Saurav Ghosal, put up a dominating show to sail into the quarter-finals of the 16th Asian Team Squash Championships in Kuwait. It blanked Jordan 3-0 in the pre-quarter-finals, at the Salem Al-Sabah International squash complex on Wednesday night, to top Pool 'A'.

Indian-Australian Akshay Venkatesh wins 'Nobel of mathematics' Fields medal

Indian-Australian Akshay Venkatesh wins 'Nobel of mathematics' Fields medal

Rediff.com2 Aug 2018

The citation for his medal -- awarded at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro -- highlights his "profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics" and his "strikingly far-reaching conjectures."

1993 Mumbai blasts death row convict Tahir Merchant dies

1993 Mumbai blasts death row convict Tahir Merchant dies

Rediff.com18 Apr 2018

Merchant had arranged the finance for the blasts, and was also linked to conspirators Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim.

Insurance scheme for poor bags top slot

Insurance scheme for poor bags top slot

Rediff.com18 Jan 2012

A Rs 2 health insurance scheme for rural India and a project on empowering cooperative banks through effective application of information technology -- ideas that looked at tackling such problems received the thumbs-up from the jury of the Business Standard B-school Award 2012 held here on Tuesday.

PICS: Australia vs India, 4th Test, Day 1

PICS: Australia vs India, 4th Test, Day 1

Rediff.com15 Jan 2021

Images from Day 1 of the fourth Test between Australia and India, at the Gabba, on Friday.

Land grabbing: Another ex-DMK minister arrested

Land grabbing: Another ex-DMK minister arrested

Rediff.com31 Aug 2011

Former Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudi is the fourth former minister after Veerapandi S Arumugam (Salem), K N Nehru (Tiruchirappalli) and N K K P Raja (Erode) to be arrested on land grabbing charges in the crackdown launched by the Jayalalithaa Government on land grabbing.

Australia end Saudi Arabia's WC hopes

Australia end Saudi Arabia's WC hopes

Rediff.com29 Feb 2012

Australia scored three goals in three minutes in a second-half burst to beat Saudi Arabia 4-2 in Melbourne on Wednesday and dash the Middle Eastern country's hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

Land grabbing: Ex-DMK minister, MLA arrested

Land grabbing: Ex-DMK minister, MLA arrested

Rediff.com30 Jul 2011

In the continuing crackdown by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government on land grabbing, former Tamil Nadu Minister and senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Veerapandi Arumugam and his party MLA J Anbalagan were arrested on Saturday in different cases.

Why AIADMK joined forces with BJP

Why AIADMK joined forces with BJP

Rediff.com23 Nov 2020

'In the last three to four months the BJP vote share in Tamil Nadu, which was 2.86% in 2016, has gone up to about 5%-6%.' 'The AIADMK will lose the minority votes and others who don't like the BJP and Modi.' 'The AIADMK decided to take the risk to get the 5%-6% votes that the BJP will bring in.'

Two more infants die in TN hospital, oppn slams govt

Two more infants die in TN hospital, oppn slams govt

Rediff.com19 Nov 2014

Two more infants, shifted from Dharmapuri Government Hospital to Salem, died on Wednesday pushing the toll of toddlers to 13, as the opposition parties called for a probe in the incident.

Take a look at these STUNNING car factories!

Take a look at these STUNNING car factories!

Rediff.com5 Aug 2016

These photographs are sure to take your breath away!

SC frees Hadiya from parents' custody

SC frees Hadiya from parents' custody

Rediff.com28 Nov 2017

During the hearing, which went for over two hours, the woman said she wanted to go with her husband Shafin Jahan.

Isner downs Roddick, meets Benneteau in final

Isner downs Roddick, meets Benneteau in final

Rediff.com27 Aug 2011

Fourth seed John Isner gave himself the perfect US Open boost by upsetting fellow-American Andy Roddick 7-6, 6-4 in a slug-fest between two big servers in the Winston-Salem Open semi-finals on Friday.

Roddick cruises into last eight in US Open tune-up

Roddick cruises into last eight in US Open tune-up

Rediff.com25 Aug 2011

Fit-again Andy Roddick kept his US Open preparations on a smooth track by crushing Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday.

Roddick romps in US Open tune-up

Roddick romps in US Open tune-up

Rediff.com24 Aug 2011

American Andy Roddick romped past lucky loser Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-2, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Winston-Salem Open on Tuesday, and get his US Open preparations back on track.

Steely Stalin steals Modi's show too

Steely Stalin steals Modi's show too

Rediff.com2 May 2021

Stalin owes his victory this time, like in 2019, to the hate-campaign of the local Hindutva forces, which kept haranguing him, and even his dead father, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.

306 crorepati candidates in Phase 4

306 crorepati candidates in Phase 4

Rediff.com29 Apr 2019

943 candidates are contesting 71 seats spread across 9 states.

5 smartphones that could BEAT the iPhone 4S are here!

5 smartphones that could BEAT the iPhone 4S are here!

Rediff.com25 Nov 2011

Am I suggesting you not to buy iPhone 4S? A big NO. But yes, I am suggesting you compare the five phones here with the hot-in-market iDevice (read iPhone 4S) before you really buy it draining about Rs 50,000, that too for just a mobile phone.

Intel to launch educational programmes

Intel to launch educational programmes

Rediff.com11 Oct 2007

Talking to reporters in Salem, B Suryanarananan, Director, sales and marketing, South Asia, said Intel had alaready expanded ints business operatios to 484 cities.

What was wrong in converting to Islam, asks Hadiya

What was wrong in converting to Islam, asks Hadiya

Rediff.com10 Mar 2018

Kerala-based Hadiya, an alleged victim of love jihad, on Saturday expressed happiness at being "free now," days after the Supreme Court set aside a Kerala high court order annulling her marriage with a Muslim man.

Passport case: SC upholds Monica Bedi's conviction

Passport case: SC upholds Monica Bedi's conviction

Rediff.com9 Nov 2010

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of actress Monika Bedi, girlfriend of underworld don Abu Salem, in the fake passport case, but reduced her sentence to the period of jail term she had already undergone. A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar rejected Monika's plea that she could not be convicted in India as it would amount to 'double jeopardy' since she had been convicted by the Portugal court for the same offence.

Somdev's Dubai run over after defeat to Jaziri

Somdev's Dubai run over after defeat to Jaziri

Rediff.com26 Feb 2014

Somdev Devvarman frittered away chances galore and crashed out of the men's singles at the Dubai Duty Free Championships after a straight sets defeat to fellow-wild card Malek Jaziri in the second round on Wednesday.

Somdev rallies to enter Shanghai Challenger final

Somdev rallies to enter Shanghai Challenger final

Rediff.com6 Sep 2014

Somdev Devvarman extended his excellent run at the ATP Shanghai Challenger by reaching the singles finals with a hard-fought win over Italy's Luca Vanni.

Jab We Met: 'I was awestruck by her beauty'

Jab We Met: 'I was awestruck by her beauty'

Rediff.com10 Mar 2016

Dr Deepak Jacob tells us how love blossomed for him in college.

28 arrested for holding Jallikattu despite SC ban

28 arrested for holding Jallikattu despite SC ban

Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

DMK blamed the Centre and state government for 'not taking appropriate, timely steps' to ensure conduct of the event and announced a state-wide stir.

Kerala, TN, Assam, WB, Puducherry to vote on Tuesday

Kerala, TN, Assam, WB, Puducherry to vote on Tuesday

Rediff.com6 Apr 2021

More than 750 constituencies spread across four states and one union territory will go to the polls on Tuesday

Stalin goes with experience, expertise

Stalin goes with experience, expertise

Rediff.com8 May 2021

Stalin has given due respect to seniority in the pecking order, but has also taken into consideration the demands of individual ministries and the suitability of individuals, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.