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Prabhu Deva bans cell phones on his film sets

Prabhu Deva bans cell phones on his film sets

Rediff.com21 Feb 2013

The secretly-shot visual of the song that Prabhu Deva choreographed for Akshay Kumar in Tony d'Souza's Boss was apparently leaked, irking all involved.

Rajat Gupta: American dream turns nightmare

Rajat Gupta: American dream turns nightmare

Rediff.com25 Oct 2012

No one knows what Rajat Gupta gained from leaking insider information to Raj Rajaratnam. The irony is that he did not make any money.

Wall Street's most high profile executive sent to jail

Wall Street's most high profile executive sent to jail

Rediff.com25 Oct 2012

A criminal case was filed against Gupta by the United States Attorney's Office on October 26, 2011 for insider trading.

China probed weaponising COVID in 2015: Reports

China probed weaponising COVID in 2015: Reports

Rediff.com10 May 2021

The paper also includes musing that SARS -- which hit China in 2003 -- could have been a man-made bioweapon deliberately unleashed by "terrorists".

France unsure about Pak's nuclear deterrent: Wiki

France unsure about Pak's nuclear deterrent: Wiki

Rediff.com29 May 2011

France, not sure about Pakistan's nuclear deterrent, has decided against supplying nuclear energy technology to it, according to a secret United States diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

Can Fat Removal Surgery Lead To Death?

Can Fat Removal Surgery Lead To Death?

Rediff.com25 May 2022

Cosmetic experts explain how liposuction, like any other surgery, has its share of risks and side effects.

Assange faces expulsion from Ecuador embassy hideout in UK: Report

Assange faces expulsion from Ecuador embassy hideout in UK: Report

Rediff.com28 Jul 2018

The WikiLeaks founder has been living in Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge in central London since 2012 when he was granted political asylum.

Congress seeks to turn tables on Jaswant Singh

Congress seeks to turn tables on Jaswant Singh

Rediff.com21 Jul 2006

Congress seeks to turn tables on Jaswant Singh

Rafale: SC allows Centre to circulate letter seeking adjournment of hearing

Rafale: SC allows Centre to circulate letter seeking adjournment of hearing

Rediff.com29 Apr 2019

The top court had rejected the objections raised by the Centre that those documents were not admissible as evidence under Section 123 of the Indian Evidence Act, and no one can produce them in court without the permission of the department concerned as they are also protected under the Official Secrets Act.

US State Department spokesman P J Crowley resigns

US State Department spokesman P J Crowley resigns

Rediff.com14 Mar 2011

United States State Department spokesman P J Crowley resigned on Sunday, days after criticising the Pentagon's treatment of the man accused of leaking secret cables to Wikileaks as "ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid". "Given the impact of my remarks, for which I take full responsibility, I have submitted my resignation as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Spokesman for the Department of State," Crowley said in his resignation statement.

No more talks with government, says Hazare

No more talks with government, says Hazare

Rediff.com18 Jul 2012

Accusing the government of conspiring to split his team, Anna Hazare on Wednesday said he will not hold talks with government any more on Lokpal issue, an announcement that came in the wake of leak of reports of his meeting with Law Minister Salman Khurshid recently.

Is it time to privatise oil trade in India?

Is it time to privatise oil trade in India?

Rediff.com24 Oct 2011

Indian consumers and oil companies are losing out because buying remains a government monopoly.

Our nukes are secure, Pak tells the world

Our nukes are secure, Pak tells the world

Rediff.com2 Dec 2010

The United States and the world community are aware that Pakistan's nuclear installations are well secured, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit told the media. Pakistanis are a progressive and moderate nation and there is no question of nuclear installations or materials falling into the hands of militants, he said.

Kayani has learned the lesson from Mush: Wikileaks

Kayani has learned the lesson from Mush: Wikileaks

Rediff.com1 Dec 2010

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has "learned the lesson" of his predecessor General Pervez Musharraf and prefers staying behind the scene while manipulating the government's decision-making on key issues, according to secret American documents released by WikiLeaks.

'India's aviation technology 20 years behind US, West'

'India's aviation technology 20 years behind US, West'

Rediff.com18 Feb 2011

India's aviation industry is 20-30 years behind the United States and other western nations, believes US envoy Timothy Roemer.

'US policy on Pak disconnected from reality'

'US policy on Pak disconnected from reality'

Rediff.com10 Sep 2010

"It's clear that the Pakistanis are still supporting the Taliban. This was known well before WikiLeaks disclosed secret documents detailing supposed links between the Pakistani military and Taliban," Gilles Dorronsoro, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, said.

Cong to elect president by June 2021 at any cost: CWC

Cong to elect president by June 2021 "at any cost": CWC

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

After a three-and-a-half-hour meeting, which was stormy at times, the Congress Working Committee, the party's highest policy making body, authorised incumbent chief Sonia Gandhi to schedule the internal elections after the conclusion of assembly polls in five states due to be held in April-May.

Former South Korean Prez Park Geun-hye arrested for graft

Former South Korean Prez Park Geun-hye arrested for graft

Rediff.com31 Mar 2017

The former president was grilled for nearly nine hours in court on Thursday as a judge deliberated whether she should be arrested.

2010: A forgettable year for Indo-Pak peace

2010: A forgettable year for Indo-Pak peace

Rediff.com20 Dec 2010

With Pakistan's trial of Mumbai attack suspects making little progress, efforts to revive the stalled Indo-Pak peace process failed to make much headway in 2010, a year which also saw Islamabad struggling to deal with a rising Taliban insurgency.

Embarrassing that Padma awardees figure in Panama Papers: Sharad

Embarrassing that Padma awardees figure in Panama Papers: Sharad

Rediff.com5 Apr 2016

He also attacked corporate houses for "looting" the country in the name of liberalisation.

Not 'joking' with Rajaratnam: Rajiv Goel

Not 'joking' with Rajaratnam: Rajiv Goel

Rediff.com29 Mar 2011

Former Intel executive and key government witness Rajiv Goel has said that he was not joking with Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam when telling him about the dealings of his company.

Beware! Spy agents can monitor all your email, phone calls

Beware! Spy agents can monitor all your email, phone calls

Rediff.com2 Dec 2011

Wikileaks has revealed how technology is being used to monitor everybody's emails, text messages and phone calls.

Why India downplayed infiltration by Pak militants

Why India downplayed infiltration by Pak militants

Rediff.com3 Feb 2011

In its effort to improve its ties with Pakistan, India played down the spurt in infiltration from the neighbouring country in 2008 -- the year in which Pakistan-based terrorists carried out the Mumbai terror attack, according to a secret United States cable released by WikiLeaks

'Wikileaks an orchestrated campaign against Pak'

'Wikileaks an orchestrated campaign against Pak'

Rediff.com3 Aug 2010

Pakistan's Ambassador the United Nations Abdullah Hussain Haroon has denounced the leak of classified US military documents, saying that their authors were mostly fed wrong information by Afghan agents who were hostile to Pakistan.

HSBC 'tax dodge' revelations are tip of iceberg, says leaker

HSBC 'tax dodge' revelations are tip of iceberg, says leaker

Rediff.com10 Feb 2015

The documents show that HSBC opened Swiss accounts for international criminals, businessmen, politicians and celebrities, according to the ICIJ.

What Rahul told US envoy about Hindu terrorism

What Rahul told US envoy about Hindu terrorism

Rediff.com17 Dec 2010

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had told United States ambassador Timothy Roemer that the growth of 'radicalised Hindu groups', which create religious tensions in India, could pose a bigger threat to the country than activities of groups like Lashkar-e-Tayiba.

Delhi-based outfit helped Al Qaeda men get visas

Delhi-based outfit helped Al Qaeda men get visas

Rediff.com10 May 2011

Some Al Qaeda operatives used New Delhi-based global missionary movement Tablighi Jamaat to get visas and fund their travel to Pakistan and lived for a while in and around New Delhi, secret US documents released by WikiLeaks say.

'North Korea helping Myanmar build nuke sites'

'North Korea helping Myanmar build nuke sites'

Rediff.com10 Dec 2010

A number of secret nuclear and missile sites are being built with the help of North Korean technicians in Myanmar. A Myanmar officer quoted in a cable from the United States embassy said he had witnessed North Korean technicians helping construct an underground facility in foothills located more than 480 km north-west of Rangoon."The North Koreans, aided by Myanmar workers, are constructing a concrete-reinforced underground facility.

India has no 'Cold Start' doctrine: Army chief

India has no 'Cold Start' doctrine: Army chief

Rediff.com3 Dec 2010

Indian Army Chief General V K Singh on Thursday said India has no "Cold Start" doctrine as claimed in the secret American documents and dismissed the United States' perception about the Indian Army being "slow and lumbering".

Varun Gandhi dismisses 'honey trapping' allegations

Varun Gandhi dismisses 'honey trapping' allegations

Rediff.com22 Oct 2016

Gandhi was in the eye of a storm for allegedly leaking defence secrets to controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma.

Wiki's latest: CIA's  fears over home-grown terror

Wiki's latest: CIA's fears over home-grown terror

Rediff.com26 Aug 2010

The Central Intelligence Agency feels that nations across the globe would start co-operating with it less in the wake of the David Headley case and growing instances of home-grown terrorists, and start believing that the United States is an exporter of terrorism, according to a secret document posted by WikiLeaks

Myanmar building nuclear weapons: Report

Myanmar building nuclear weapons: Report

Rediff.com26 Jul 2010

Myanmar is working on a nuclear weapons programme, a media report has said, citing expert opinion on leaked photographs.Fears that the country's military junta had joined a clandestine nuclear network linking North Korea, Iran, Pakistan and Syria have been growing for some time, but there has been no hard evidence until now.Now, secret documents and hundreds of photographs smuggled out of Myanmar by a defector indicated that it was intent on developing nuclear weapons.

Diplomats in India just doing their job: US

Diplomats in India just doing their job: US

Rediff.com18 Dec 2010

Amid controversy generated by the release of secret cables by WikiLeaks, including those from United States embassy in New Delhi, the Barack Obama administration has said that American diplomats in India are doing their job just like their counterparts in the US. "Our diplomats do what diplomats do, and what we do in a country like India is no different than what Indian diplomats do in our country," State Department spokesman P J Crowley said at his daily news conference.

'I was suspended to hush up Hasan Ali case'

'I was suspended to hush up Hasan Ali case'

Rediff.com23 Mar 2011

The suspended senior Indian Police Services officer, accused of secretly filming the interrogation of Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and leaking its doctored CD, has said that he was made 'scapegoat' and the action being initiated against him may be to 'hush up' the entire case.

Snowden may have Chinese links: US lawmaker

Snowden may have Chinese links: US lawmaker

Rediff.com15 Jun 2013

Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who disclosed America's secret surveillance programme, may have been working with the Chinese government to reveal intelligence secrets, a US lawmaker has alleged.

Mubarak had warned US not to invade Iraq

Mubarak had warned US not to invade Iraq

Rediff.com11 Feb 2011

"Mubarak said that when President Bush Sr had called and asked what Mubarak thought about invading Iraq to get to rid of Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf war, Mubarak had told him not to because 'you won't be able to get out and you will drown in Iraq,'" according to cables released by WikiLeaks.

Leakgate: Sebi expands probe to check insider trades

Leakgate: Sebi expands probe to check insider trades

Rediff.com17 Mar 2015

Sebi first began looking into the matter last month.

Cong to elect party president by June this year

Cong to elect party president by June this year

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

The Congress party will have an elected president by June 2021, with the party's working committee on Friday approving holding the internal election after the assembly polls.

Assange jailed for 50 weeks for jumping bail in UK

Assange jailed for 50 weeks for jumping bail in UK

Rediff.com1 May 2019

Assange will be eligible for parole after serving half his sentence under licence conditions.

Panama Papers: New data shows about 2,000 Indian links

Panama Papers: New data shows about 2,000 Indian links

Rediff.com10 May 2016

A random check of the database for India displays about 22 offshore entities, 1,046 officers or individual links, 42 intermediaries and as many as 828 addresses within the country ranging from the tony and posh locations of metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai to mofussil locations like that in Haryana's Sirsa, Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Madhya Pradesh's Mandasaur and state capital Bhopal.