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JNU students' march to Parliament stopped by police

JNU students' march to Parliament stopped by police

Rediff.com18 Nov 2019

The police said 10 companies have been deployed outside JNU. One company comprises 70 to 80 personnel.

Football Focus: Real Madrid's Hazard sidelined with thigh injury

Football Focus: Real Madrid's Hazard sidelined with thigh injury

Rediff.com30 Nov 2020

News of all that transpired on and off the football field.

Frankfurt players display '#blacklivesmatter' on game shirts

Frankfurt players display '#blacklivesmatter' on game shirts

Rediff.com11 Jun 2020

Eintracht Frankfurt changed their team shirt to display "#blacklivesmatter" on the front for their German Cup semi-final at Bayern Munich on Wednesday to take a stand against racism, the club said. Athletes across the world have joined in support of protests triggered by the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in US police custody last month.

Army chief honours Galwan heroes in Ladakh

Army chief honours Galwan heroes in Ladakh

Rediff.com25 Jun 2020

Gen Naravane awarded Commendation Cards to a number of soldiers who fought valiantly during the recent face-offs with Chinese Army.

CAB fallout: Ranji game suspended; ISL match postponed

CAB fallout: Ranji game suspended; ISL match postponed

Rediff.com12 Dec 2019

The effects of anti-CAB protests in the North East have spilled over to the sports field with Assam and Tripura's Ranji matches suspended, while also forcing the Indian Super League match between NorthEast United FC and Chennaiyin FC in Guwahati to be postponed.

When fans boo their own players....

When fans boo their own players....

Rediff.com14 Aug 2020

Players from both teams took a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement before Wednesday's game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, but their gesture was overshadowed by booing from a small section of fans.

10 arrested in connection with Gargi College molestation

10 arrested in connection with Gargi College molestation

Rediff.com12 Feb 2020

The accused are between 18 and 25 years of age, they added. Over 11 police teams were looking into the technical details available and also visiting various sites in NCR to identify the suspects and investigate the case, the police said.

Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19

Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19

Rediff.com18 May 2021

A jump in infections has stoked alarm amid a shortage of medical staff and hospital beds in some areas of Tokyo

Doctors hit the street across the country against Bengal violence

Doctors hit the street across the country against Bengal violence

Rediff.com15 Jun 2019

Notwithstanding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's warning of strict action if work is not resumed, the junior doctors carried on with their agitation.

Decoding Modi's Jallianwala Bagh memorial speech

Decoding Modi's Jallianwala Bagh memorial speech

Rediff.com1 Sep 2021

From playing to the Sikh vote bank because Punjab elections are round the corner, to ensuring that a discordant 'us versus them' note was struck, whatever could be done to exploit every last drop of communal appeal, was done, observes Jyoti Punwani.

Graeme Smith to join South Africa players in taking the knee

Graeme Smith to join South Africa players in taking the knee

Rediff.com18 Jul 2020

Former captain and Cricket South Africa Director of Cricket Graeme Smith will take the knee along with players and staff in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement during the 3TC Solidarity Cup at the Centurion. Smith said he backed national team pacer Ngidi Lungi on the BLM movement which gathered momentum following the death of African-American George Floyd.

CAA stir: Security increased in UP; Internet suspended

CAA stir: Security increased in UP; Internet suspended

Rediff.com26 Dec 2019

Paramilitary force personnel and state police force will be deployed and drone cameras will be used to ensure security on Friday.

Why Wistron vandalism is bad for India

Why Wistron vandalism is bad for India

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

'The workers's dance of wilful destruction has the potential to kill all investments planned in India by any foreign entity,' argues Dr Sudhir Bisht.

Pak Army forcibly moving Covid patients to PoK, Gilgit

Pak Army forcibly moving Covid patients to PoK, Gilgit

Rediff.com26 Mar 2020

Sources in PoK reveal that special quarantine centres have been set-up in Mirpur and other major cities in the occupied regions to cleanse the Punjab province of COVID-19 patients as Army top brass has ordered that no positive patient should be anywhere near where Army facilities and Army family housing is there.

SpiceHealth, AAI in blame game over Covid fiasco at Amritsar airport

SpiceHealth, AAI in blame game over Covid fiasco at Amritsar airport

Rediff.com13 Mar 2022

SpiceHealth had on January 6 and January 7 tested 469 passengers who arrived on two charter flights from Italian capital Rome and found 298 of them to be COVID-19-positive.

HPCL, BPCL staff to strike work from Mar 25- 27

HPCL, BPCL staff to strike work from Mar 25- 27

Rediff.com11 Mar 2003

The employees unions of Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum said on Tuesday that they will strike work for three days starting March 25 in protest against the proposed privatisation of two oil majors.

Will resolve issues with India through dialogue: Nepal PM to Gen Naravane

Will resolve issues with India through dialogue: Nepal PM to Gen Naravane

Rediff.com6 Nov 2020

PM Oli said that "there has been good friendship between Nepal and India".

Bhanu Sahni: 'Ukraine is my second homeland'

Bhanu Sahni: 'Ukraine is my second homeland'

Rediff.com2 Mar 2022

'We feel betrayed by the West.'

Jet Airways employee commits suicide in Maha

Jet Airways employee commits suicide in Maha

Rediff.com27 Apr 2019

Shailesh Singh, 45, jumped off the terrace of his four-storeyed building in Nalasopara East on Friday afternoon.

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.' 'The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi.

Jumbled seating 'new normal' as Parliament commences

Jumbled seating 'new normal' as Parliament commences

Rediff.com14 Sep 2020

While nearly 200 members were present in the Lok Sabha chamber, a little over 30 were seated in the visitors' gallery located above the main chamber.

Old system is optional: PM Modi on farm laws

Old system is optional: PM Modi on farm laws

Rediff.com10 Feb 2021

The prime minister also said the government has offered to discuss clause by clause of the three farm laws and if there are any shortcomings it was ready to make changes.

Six Barcelona directors quit, throwing club into crisis

Six Barcelona directors quit, throwing club into crisis

Rediff.com10 Apr 2020

Spanish La Liga champions Barcelona were in turmoil on Friday after six board directors resigned criticising the clubs's handling of a social media scandal and the financial implications of the coronavirus crisis. Two of the club's four vice presidents, Emili Rousaud and Enrique Tombas, were among those to quit, joined by directors Silvio Elias, Josep Pont, Jordi Calsamiglia and Maria Texidor.

Amarinder orders magisterial probe into Amritsar mishap

Amarinder orders magisterial probe into Amritsar mishap

Rediff.com20 Oct 2018

He said four weeks have been given to submit the report to find out who was at fault.

FM quoted Kashmiri verse, Tamil literature in longest Budget speech

FM quoted Kashmiri verse, Tamil literature in longest Budget speech

Rediff.com1 Feb 2020

She recited a Kashmiri verse, which was part of a poem by Sahitya Akademi award winner Pandit Dinanath Koul. She rendered the verse in both Kashmiri and Hindi. Besides, the minister quoted woman Tamil poet Avvaiyar, Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar, a verse from Raghuvamsa by Kalidasa, as well as late finance minister Arun Jaitley while talking about the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

SAD! The PLIGHT of Bihari students in Kota

SAD! The PLIGHT of Bihari students in Kota

Rediff.com27 Apr 2020

'I don't think I can go back home before the lockdown is lifted because Nitishji has said he will not allow students from Kota to return.'

We stay far away from politics, follow govt directives: Gen Rawat

We stay far away from politics, follow govt directives: Gen Rawat

Rediff.com1 Jan 2020

In his first media interaction after assuming the position of the CDS, Rawat also said that his focus as the CDS will be to integrate the efforts of the three services and to work as a team.

'I hope India does not give up on Afghanistan'

'I hope India does not give up on Afghanistan'

Rediff.com17 Sep 2021

'There is far more goodwill towards India from across the board in Afghanistan'

SC stays order to sell HDIL assets to repay PMC Bank dues

SC stays order to sell HDIL assets to repay PMC Bank dues

Rediff.com7 Feb 2020

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Bombay high court order directing sale of bankrupt Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) to ensure the repayment of dues of crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobe and justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant took note of the appeal of the Reserve Bank of India against the Bombay high court order.

14 more infants die at Kota hospital; toll reaches 91

14 more infants die at Kota hospital; toll reaches 91

Rediff.com30 Dec 2019

940 children have died this year. A team from NCPCR found the hospital to be in the 'worst condition'. 77 infants had died till December 24 including 10 within 48 hours on December 23-24.

Who will Pakistan army chief promote?

Who will Pakistan army chief promote?

Rediff.com31 Mar 2019

General Bajwa gets inputs from his senior officers, but he has the final word, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.

Villa's Gerrard primed for emotional Liverpool return

Villa's Gerrard primed for emotional Liverpool return

Rediff.com10 Dec 2021

Spurs Premier League match at Brighton postponed due to COVID-19

'Putin's Military Won't Allow Nuclear War'

'Putin's Military Won't Allow Nuclear War'

Rediff.com4 Mar 2022

'Putin is just flexing his muscles. He is not going to do anything. He is not that crazy.'

How Mumbai, Delhi fought Covid

How Mumbai, Delhi fought Covid

Rediff.com19 May 2021

How did Mumbai tightly control the case-spread deaths while Delhi so obviously did not? And what do the answers imply regarding preparedness for the third wave, asks Omkar Goswami.

Country is being thrashed, no big deal if I got pushed: Rahul

Country is being thrashed, no big deal if I got pushed: Rahul

Rediff.com6 Oct 2020

He further also flayed the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the farm laws, demonetisation, GST, COVID-19 management and the issue of Chinese incursion in Eastern Ladakh.

Bihar police bill passed by assembly amid unprecedented chaos

Bihar police bill passed by assembly amid unprecedented chaos

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

Unprecedented chaos erupted inside the Bihar assembly on Tuesday when police was called inside to assist the marshals in evicting unruly opposition members who tried to physically prevent the Speaker from taking his Chair.

A legal crisis overtakes Telangana

A legal crisis overtakes Telangana

Rediff.com19 Jul 2016

K Chandrasekhara Rao is using politics to highlight an administrative and judicial issue, says B Dasarath Reddy.

SC stays results of SSC 2017 examination

SC stays results of SSC 2017 examination

Rediff.com31 Aug 2018

The SC said it appeared that the entire test and the system was tainted.

What I Saw When The Kashmiri Pandits Fled in 1990

What I Saw When The Kashmiri Pandits Fled in 1990

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

Threats were often communicated to Pandit homes through notes tied to stones chucked through a window, or a notice pasted on a wall. Those sometimes came from neighbours eyeing that Pandit family's property. Those threats often worked in the atmosphere of terror during that awful season of vacuous exercise of State authority, writes David Devadas, longtime Kashmir watcher and author of two books on the Valley.

Japanese towns drop plans to host Olympic athletes

Japanese towns drop plans to host Olympic athletes

Rediff.com13 May 2021

Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to host Olympic athletes because of concern they will overburden stretched medical resources amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections.