News for 'smears'

Azhar wants to clear fixing smear

Azhar wants to clear fixing smear

Rediff.com23 Apr 2006

Ashes PIX: Starc, Cummins put Australia on brink of victory

Ashes PIX: Starc, Cummins put Australia on brink of victory

Rediff.com2 Jul 2023

Australia's pacemen Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out England's top order with a masterclass of textbook bowling to put their side in sight of a 2-0 Ashes lead on Saturday.

Liverpool welcome UEFA report on Champions League final chaos

Liverpool welcome UEFA report on Champions League final chaos

Rediff.com14 Feb 2023

UEFA apologised to Liverpool for initially blaming the Merseyside club's fans for the mayhem following the release of the independent review on Monday.

Sleaze and smear mark poll campaign in Udupi

Sleaze and smear mark poll campaign in Udupi

Rediff.com1 May 2013

Udupi in Karnataka has witnessed a close electoral fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in the last few years, with the former winning the seat in the last three polls. But the BJP was forced to deny a ticket to Raghupathy Bhat after a CD showing the sitting Member of Legislative Assembly in an alleged compromising position was revealed.

Top Tibetan leader defends Dalai Lama over video row

Top Tibetan leader defends Dalai Lama over video row

Rediff.com14 Apr 2023

Tsering described the gesture as an "innocent grandfatherly affectionate demeanour" that was followed by his "jovial prank" with a tongue.

How To Keep Your Child's Teeth Healthy

How To Keep Your Child's Teeth Healthy

Rediff.com17 May 2023

Dr Rohit Mistry suggests five dental hygiene habits young mothers should start their babies/kids.

How did Kareena-Jeh Celebrate Holi?

How did Kareena-Jeh Celebrate Holi?

Rediff.com18 Mar 2022

Just how did Bollywood's Next Generation celebrate Holi? Their famous parents flood Instagram with lovely pictures, and show us.

SEE: Villagers celebrate Bhavina's silver with 'garba'

SEE: Villagers celebrate Bhavina's silver with 'garba'

Rediff.com29 Aug 2021

Family members and friends of paddler Bhavina Patel broke into the traditional 'garba' dance, burst firecrackers and smeared each other with 'gulal' at her native Sundhiya village in Gujarat's Mehsana district to celebrate her historic silver medal at the Paralympic Games.

Recipe: Mayur's Benne Dosa

Recipe: Mayur's Benne Dosa

Rediff.com20 Apr 2023

The other half of the name, benne dosa literally means butter dosa in Kannada.

TMC dominates Bengal rural polls, bags over 30,000 gram panchayat seats

TMC dominates Bengal rural polls, bags over 30,000 gram panchayat seats

Rediff.com12 Jul 2023

Violence had rocked West Bengal's rural polls on Saturday, leaving 15 people dead while ballot boxes were vandalised, ballot papers torched, and bombs thrown at rivals in several places.

The deal is smeared in murky poitics

The deal is smeared in murky poitics

Rediff.com8 Jul 2008

'If the US withdraws, where do we stand with all the starved costly reactors? We will be left with only the hazardous waste to deal with. The way the terms of the deal are structured, it is clear that we have only the legal right to test which cannot be implemented due to tremendous consequences,' says nuclear scientist A N Prasad, a known critic of the nuclear deal.

Lalu's elder son threatens to release videos of marital abuse

Lalu's elder son threatens to release videos of marital abuse

Rediff.com20 Jul 2022

Yadav came out with a video statement, nearly seven minutes long, fulminating against a news portal which had carried a report about his divorce case, apparently presenting him in a poor light.

NRI entrepreneur flays NYT over 'smear campaign'

NRI entrepreneur flays NYT over 'smear campaign'

Rediff.com28 May 2007

The CEO of infoUSA says the NYT article is a 'hatchet job' to embarrass Hillary Clinton and is motivated by the newspaper's support for Obama.

'Sonia should pull up those behind smear politics'

'Sonia should pull up those behind smear politics'

Rediff.com22 Apr 2011

"If Sonia Gandhi admits in public that she does not like a vilification campaign then I would like to ask her why she hesitates to pull up her own colleagues who engage in such campaigns," said Justice Santosh Hegde, a member of the drafting committee of the Lokpal bill. Hedge threatened to quit on Thursday following statements from Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh, who had said that he (Hegde) had failed to control corruption in Karnataka.

Ponniyin Selvan: 2 Review: Amazing Spectacle

Ponniyin Selvan: 2 Review: Amazing Spectacle

Rediff.com28 Apr 2023

Everybody knows he's a master of sublime, but Mani Ratnam's brilliance in escalating drama delivers a goosebumps-inducing impact when bolstered by A R Rahman's musical gravitas,

Recipe: Maharashtrian Amboli

Recipe: Maharashtrian Amboli

Rediff.com4 Jan 2023

Amboli is a quintessential Malvani dish prepared with rice and mixed dal batter, soaked and grounded, then left to ferment overnight.

'BJP's washing machine': Oppn reacts to Maha upheaval

'BJP's washing machine': Oppn reacts to Maha upheaval

Rediff.com2 Jul 2023

Opposition parties on Sunday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party after Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and eight others were inducted into the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, saying the ruling party's 'washing machine' has resumed its operation to clean tainted leaders and it was an 'ED-facilitated power grab'.

Review: Bholaa Is Quite A Trip

Review: Bholaa Is Quite A Trip

Rediff.com30 Mar 2023

The real scene stealer of Ajay-Tabu's Fury Road is Deepak 'Deadly' Dobriyal, applauds Sukanya Verma.

No blame game, no smear campaign in Karnataka: BJP

No blame game, no smear campaign in Karnataka: BJP

Rediff.com11 Apr 2013

To up the ante of its ongoing poll campaign in Karnataka, the Congress is planning to release a 'chargesheet' to document all the 'wrong-doings' of leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

World Idli Day: An interesting recipe to try at home

World Idli Day: An interesting recipe to try at home

Rediff.com31 Mar 2021

Lahu Kapduskar is always under pressure to produce something marvellous and piping hot daily. On a rainy day, he was running short of ideas and options, when inspiration hit.

There are very few sharper brains than Raman: Azharuddin

There are very few sharper brains than Raman: Azharuddin

Rediff.com17 May 2021

Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin threw his weight behind WV Raman, saying there are very few sharper brains around in cricket than the recently-removed women's national team coach.

This man 'topi pehnau-ed' India: Mahua Moitra on Adani row

This man 'topi pehnau-ed' India: Mahua Moitra on Adani row

Rediff.com8 Feb 2023

Moitra brought two birthday caps in the House to press her argument that the businessman being most talked about had "topi-pehnau-ed" the government.

'The bus was torn into by a torrent of bullets'

'The bus was torn into by a torrent of bullets'

Rediff.com2 Aug 2023

The team heard a loud crackle. Then the scream came from Dilshan at the front of the bus. 'Get down.' Jayawardene was hit first; his sock filled with blood. Outside, twelve gunmen blocked the exit. A revealing excerpt from Nicholas Brookes's An Island's Eleven: A History of Cricket in Sri Lanka.

Hate speech attack on govt one-sided: Ex-IFS officers' counter letter

Hate speech attack on govt one-sided: Ex-IFS officers' counter letter

Rediff.com5 Jan 2022

In their counter-letter, the group of former IFS officers acknowledged that the remarks made at the Haridwar event should be condemned by all right thinking, before adding that when the import of these is "exaggerated out of all proportion and the rantings by fringe elements" are seen as representative of the sentiments prevailing in ruling circles, then the political leanings and moral integrity of the critics can be rightly questioned.

India to face 'tsunami' of diseases like cancer: US-based doc

India to face 'tsunami' of diseases like cancer: US-based doc

Rediff.com18 Jan 2023

Due to globalisation, growing economy, aging population and changing lifestyle, India will face a tsunami of chronic diseases such as cancer.

Baba Ramdev supporter smears black ink on Sonia's poster

Baba Ramdev supporter smears black ink on Sonia's poster

Rediff.com16 Jan 2012

Two days after Kamran Siddiqui threw black ink on Baba Ramdev after addressing a press conference, Ramdev's supporters held a demonstration at the Congress headquarters on Akbar Road. One of the agitators even threw black ink on a poster of Sonia Gandhi.

Hurt by smear campaign, Anna sends letter to Sonia

Hurt by smear campaign, Anna sends letter to Sonia

Rediff.com12 Jun 2011

Upset over Congress leaders calling him a mask of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Anna Hazare has told Congress chief Sonia Gandhi that party leaders and ministers were "telling lies" to defame him and dared them to make public any evidence to prove it.

Uddhav's right hand man Sanjay Raut walks out of jail

Uddhav's right hand man Sanjay Raut walks out of jail

Rediff.com9 Nov 2022

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)'s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut walked out of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail on Wednesday evening, hours after a special court granted him bail in a money laundering case.

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".

Chouhan breaks Raman Singh's record to become longest-serving BJP CM

Chouhan breaks Raman Singh's record to become longest-serving BJP CM

Rediff.com18 Mar 2022

On Thursday, he broke a record which had been held by former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh.

10 Healthy Tips for Women

10 Healthy Tips for Women

Rediff.com9 Jun 2022

After the age of 35, women need to take extra care of their mental and physical health.

Virat's 'smashing' birthday celebration

Virat's 'smashing' birthday celebration

Rediff.com5 Nov 2020

Kohli's RCB team-mates made sure that their skipper enjoyed his birthday.

China terms crackdown in Xinjiang as 'counter terrorism'

China terms crackdown in Xinjiang as 'counter terrorism'

Rediff.com8 Oct 2022

China on Saturday maintained silence on India's abstention at the voting at the UNHRC on the human rights situation in Xinjiang

Maha min slaps Rs 100 cr defamation suit against BJP's Somaiya

Maha min slaps Rs 100 cr defamation suit against BJP's Somaiya

Rediff.com21 Sep 2021

Anil Parab's suit said Somaiya had been continuously indulging in a smear campaign since May 2021 by publishing false and reckless allegations on social media by attributing a scam to Parab in connection with a construction of a resort at Dapoli in the Ratnagiri district.

Delhi HC orders Twitter to take down Truschke's tweets against Vikram Sampath

Delhi HC orders Twitter to take down Truschke's tweets against Vikram Sampath

Rediff.com4 May 2022

The Delhi high court has directed Twitter to take down certain defamatory tweets posted by academician Dr Audrey Truschke against historian Vikram Sampath over allegations of plagiarism.

'I am very angry with the stars'

'I am very angry with the stars'

Rediff.com30 Jan 2023

'When I watched KGF, I was like, 'What kind of world are we living in? Who are these people'?'

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine war until after Winter Olympics?

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine war until after Winter Olympics?

Rediff.com3 Mar 2022

China had made the request but declined to provide details.

In a veiled attack, Imran Khan blames Pak Army chief for his ouster

In a veiled attack, Imran Khan blames Pak Army chief for his ouster

Rediff.com21 Apr 2022

Khan, in the same breath, praised the Army, saying "Pakistan needs the Armed forces more than Imran Khan."

China defends Covid policy, downplays protests as country logs 40K fresh cases

China defends Covid policy, downplays protests as country logs 40K fresh cases

Rediff.com28 Nov 2022

China's national health commission said 39,452 new cases were reported on Monday, including 36,304 local asymptomatic cases, as authorities scrambled to contain the fresh surge in infections.

HC asks Twitter to remove historian Truschke's tweets against Vikram Sampath

HC asks Twitter to remove historian Truschke's tweets against Vikram Sampath

Rediff.com24 Feb 2022

The bench of Justice Amit Bansal also sought the response of Meta Inc, the parent company of social media platform Facebook, on an application filed by Vikram Sampath alleging defamatory content has been circulated on the platform.