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'Idiot Aamir' must tell us which country he is going to settle in: Sena

'Idiot Aamir' must tell us which country he is going to settle in: Sena

Rediff.com25 Nov 2015

"Speaking of leaving the country is a language of treachery. Leave whatever glory this country has given you, here only," the Bharatiya Janata Party ally said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

Deonar fire aftermath: Infant dies, parents blame it on smog

Deonar fire aftermath: Infant dies, parents blame it on smog

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

The infant, Mohammad Sarfaraz, who lived with his parents in Shivaji Nagar located near the dumping ground, died early morning on Tuesday.

10 GREATEST World Cup matches

10 GREATEST World Cup matches

Rediff.com27 May 2019

As the teams gear up for the 2019 World Cup to be held in the UK across 11 venues, here is a look at the 10 greatest matches in the history of the mega-event.

24 killed in stampede on banks of Ganga in Varanasi

24 killed in stampede on banks of Ganga in Varanasi

Rediff.com15 Oct 2016

The incident took place when thousands of followers of religious leader Jai Gurudev were on their way to Domri village on the banks of Ganga to take part in the two-day camp, police said.

The Saand Ki Aankh Review

The Saand Ki Aankh Review

Rediff.com25 Oct 2019

'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair.

Champions League PIX: Messi takes Barca into quarters; Liverpool through

Champions League PIX: Messi takes Barca into quarters; Liverpool through

Rediff.com14 Mar 2019

Barca captain Messi opened the scoring with a "Panenka" penalty chipped straight down the middle in the 17th minute after Luis Suarez was fouled in the area, putting the home side ahead in the tie after a goalless first leg in France.

Delhi Capitals: Also-rans to Top Guns

Delhi Capitals: Also-rans to Top Guns

Rediff.com12 May 2019

Ricky Ponting + Sourav Ganguly + Shreyas Iyer + Kagiso Rabada + Rishabh Pant + Shikhar Dhawan + consistent team selection. Dhruv Munjal on how Delhi Capitals achieved a remarkable turnaround in IPL 2019.

Sheena Bora case: Why did her lawyers give Indrani a drubbing?

Sheena Bora case: Why did her lawyers give Indrani a drubbing?

Rediff.com28 Feb 2020

Indrani dressed in a short purple kurta and leggings, with a bandhini green-purple chunni, sindhoor glowing in her mang, was receiving a drubbing from her lawyers for the facts she had revealed before the court on Tuesday while arguing the rejoinder to her bail application. She was insisting: "But he asked me for a motive!"

Mehbooba hopeful of taking separatists on board

Mehbooba hopeful of taking separatists on board

Rediff.com7 Sep 2016

"There is no alternative to dialogue, and somebody has to engage with somebody to find a way out and it stands true for J&K as well," she said.

Dear Dad review: Arvind Swamy is delightful but...

Dear Dad review: Arvind Swamy is delightful but...

Rediff.com13 May 2016

...Dear Dad is disappointingly skin deep, feels Sukanya Verma.

PIX: PSG overwhelm Real Madrid; Atletico hold Juve

PIX: PSG overwhelm Real Madrid; Atletico hold Juve

Rediff.com19 Sep 2019

Juve forward Cristiano Ronaldo had an unusually quiet game after scoring a hat-trick against Atletico in last year's competition, although he came within inches of grabbing a last-gasp winner when he sent a shot just past the far post.

Unseeded Ostapenko stuns Halep to win French Open crown

Unseeded Ostapenko stuns Halep to win French Open crown

Rediff.com10 Jun 2017

The 20-year-old Ostapenko was the first unseeded woman to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Britain's Margaret Scriven in 1933.

What I learned on a rainy day in Mumbai

What I learned on a rainy day in Mumbai

Rediff.com11 Sep 2019

Divya Nair spent eight hours getting home September 4. Thankfully she reached safe. And was able to appreciate the human side of her journey. Her story is not any more unusual than that of so many other city residents last Wednesday. But why should anyone have to spend eight hours getting home on an average rainy day in Mumbai? Why?

Heatwave in southern Pakistan kills 260

Heatwave in southern Pakistan kills 260

Rediff.com22 Jun 2015

An intense heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province has killed at least 260 people in the country's worst heatstroke in more than a decade, triggering an emergency situation in major hospitals in Karachi on Monday.

27 dead in Andhra stampede where lakhs gathered for holy dip

27 dead in Andhra stampede where lakhs gathered for holy dip

Rediff.com14 Jul 2015

The mishap occurred as large number of people tried to rush into the Puskhar ghat to take a holy dip.

Mourinho's 'not special any more', Chelsea hail 'The Confather'

Mourinho's 'not special any more', Chelsea hail 'The Confather'

Rediff.com11 May 2017

How quickly affections can switch in soccer. Where once they would serenade coach Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge with an operatic flourish, now Chelsea fans have fallen headlong for another man driving them inexorably to the Premier League title.

Beni Prasad Verma quits Cong, rejoins SP

Beni Prasad Verma quits Cong, rejoins SP

Rediff.com13 May 2016

Former Union minister Beni Prasad Verma on Friday quit the Congress and rejoined the Samajwadi Party, a move which is likely to shore up the SP's prospects in the 2017 assembly polls.

Pulwama: Why I can cry no more

Pulwama: Why I can cry no more

Rediff.com23 Feb 2019

Pulwama must become the defining moment in our fight against terror, effecting a sea change in our mindset. The erratic, blow hot blow cold approach, the hallmark of our anti-terror-Pak-Kashmir policy must end. In its place is required a pragmatic, comprehensive, robust hard line course that is relentlessly pursued even in times of relative calm until the final objective is met, namely the eradication of separatism and the total annihilation of terror, says Vivek Gumaste.

Indian sentenced to death for killing baby, grandmother in US

Indian sentenced to death for killing baby, grandmother in US

Rediff.com15 Oct 2014

A 28-year-old Indian IT professional has been sentenced to death in the US for the gruesome killing an Indian baby and her grandmother in a 2012 kidnapping plot that went horribly wrong.

How to protect your body from air pollution

How to protect your body from air pollution

Rediff.com6 Nov 2018

Kamal Meattle and Barun Aggarwal guide us on the protective measures we can introduce in our daily lives to protect ourselves from the harmful effects of air pollution.

Jewellers' stocks rise amid buzz of Sonia letter on norms

Jewellers' stocks rise amid buzz of Sonia letter on norms

Rediff.com24 Jan 2014

The 80:20 rule mandates importers to channel at least 20% of the import quantity for jewellery exports.

Why Cheat India is a love letter to Emraan Hashmi but...

Why Cheat India is a love letter to Emraan Hashmi but...

Rediff.com18 Jan 2019

...A hate letter to our system, feels Sreehari Nair.

Killer heat wave in Pakistan leaves 141 dead

Killer heat wave in Pakistan leaves 141 dead

Rediff.com22 Jun 2015

Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that emergency had been declared in all the government hospitals of Karachi.

Eye to eye

Eye to eye

Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

Bereft of options when Keya Sarkar arrives at a charitable eye hospital in Santiniketan she is pleasantly surprised -- not just by the building but also by the patience of the tribals who await their turn and the overburdened doctors.

Eye to eye

Eye to eye

Rediff.com12 Jan 2017

Bereft of options when Keya Sarkar arrives at a charitable eye hospital in Santiniketan she is pleasantly surprised -- not just by the building but also by the patience of the tribals who await their turn and the overburdened doctors.

23 dead, 126 rescued as terror targets westerners in Burkina Faso

23 dead, 126 rescued as terror targets westerners in Burkina Faso

Rediff.com16 Jan 2016

The hotel is popular with westerners and United Nations staff and often used by French troops with Operation Barkhane, a force based in Chad and set up to combat Islamist militants across Africa's vast, arid Sahel region.

Mehbooba had no clue about the BJP coup

Mehbooba had no clue about the BJP coup

Rediff.com21 Jun 2018

'From what I know of her,' says Mohammad Sayeed Malik -- the distinguished doyen of Kashmir commentators -- 'Mehbooba will not take too long to recover.' 'How much room she can then find to maneuver in the valley's extremely harsh political climate only time can tell.'

Saudi princess reveals tales of torture

Saudi princess reveals tales of torture

Rediff.com21 Apr 2014

A Saudi princess, Sahar, has claimed that her father King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has confined her and her three sisters in separate dark and suffocating quarters at his palace where they are isolated, alone and cut-off from the outside world.

Ansal brothers want fire-trap Uphaar cinema to be de-sealed

Ansal brothers want fire-trap Uphaar cinema to be de-sealed

Rediff.com7 Nov 2016

Real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking de-sealing of the Uphaar cinema hall where 59 cine-goers had lost their lives in 1997 in a blaze when a Bollywood movie was being screened.

TRAGIC! 22 people killed outside Cairo soccer stadium

TRAGIC! 22 people killed outside Cairo soccer stadium

Rediff.com9 Feb 2015

Twenty-two people were killed outside an Egyptian soccer stadium.

Dress for success: Fashion tips to show you mean business

Dress for success: Fashion tips to show you mean business

Rediff.com27 Oct 2015

Tips to pick the right business attire.

PHOTOS: Messi earns Barca draw with Chelsea; Bayern rout Besiktas

PHOTOS: Messi earns Barca draw with Chelsea; Bayern rout Besiktas

Rediff.com21 Feb 2018

Willian and Lionel Messi scored as Chelsea and Barcelona finished 1-1 after an absorbing first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday, while Bayern Munich, helped by two typical Thomas Mueller goals and two from Robert Lewandowski, romped to a 5-0 home win over Besiktas.

Review: Grace of Monaco doesn't make much sense

Review: Grace of Monaco doesn't make much sense

Rediff.com13 Jun 2014

Grace of Monaco is a shoddily written film, says Paloma Sharma.

The loneliness of being a CEO

The loneliness of being a CEO

Rediff.com17 May 2017

Whether they live away from their families or with them, all CEOs struggle with work-life balance, says Shyamal Majumdar.

Arvind Panagariya's hits & misses as vice-chairman of NITI Aayog

Arvind Panagariya's hits & misses as vice-chairman of NITI Aayog

Rediff.com3 Aug 2017

Initiated move to privatise Air India, but reports on poverty and cast census remained unfinished

'Thank god, we escaped': A survivor's story

'Thank god, we escaped': A survivor's story

Rediff.com30 Dec 2017

'Women were the victims because it was a ladies night.' 'Whichever club you go to in Mumbai it has the same entry, same exit points except for very few which is very rare.'

In their modified role, junior ministers no longer pushovers

In their modified role, junior ministers no longer pushovers

Rediff.com9 Jul 2016

The men and women in Modi's revamped council of ministers have been carefully selected and a delicate balance between administrative experience and balance of power has been maintained.

Review: Jack Ryan: Shawdow Recruit is mildly entertaining

Review: Jack Ryan: Shawdow Recruit is mildly entertaining

Rediff.com17 Jan 2014

The film lacks the intensity to be categorised as espionage cinema

Here's why Jaitley idolised Deendayal Upadhyaya in his budget speech

Here's why Jaitley idolised Deendayal Upadhyaya in his budget speech

Rediff.com10 Jul 2014

Jaitley's endorsement of Upadhyaya doesn't come as a surprise, for the latter has been the source of ideological guidance and moral inspiration for the BJP since its inception.

22 killed as major fire breaks out at Bhubaneswar hospital

22 killed as major fire breaks out at Bhubaneswar hospital

Rediff.com18 Oct 2016

The blaze was suspected to have been triggered by an electric short circuit in the dialysis ward which spread to the ICU.