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Another scribe held for 'defamatory content' on UP CM

Another scribe held for 'defamatory content' on UP CM

Rediff.com11 Jun 2019

Nation Live editor Anshul Kaushik was arrested on Monday and remanded in 14-day judicial custody.

'Rahul could've handled lawmakers' ordinance issue better'

'Rahul could've handled lawmakers' ordinance issue better'

Rediff.com20 Jan 2014

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi could have handled the lawmakers' ordinance issue better in September last year when he had made a surprise appearance at a press meet to denounce it as "complete nonsense", senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Sunday.

Is Jayalalithaa unwell? New Delhi agog with rumours

Is Jayalalithaa unwell? New Delhi agog with rumours

Rediff.com9 Jul 2015

Insiders in AIADMK headquarters confirmed that Jayalalitha, now 67, has been unwell for the past two months and undergoing medical treatment in her home in Chennai. Of course, she attends office for three hours every morning, and also took the oath of affirmation as a member of the Tamil Nadu assembly last week.

Revealed: The many things Jaitley will do on Budget Day

Revealed: The many things Jaitley will do on Budget Day

Rediff.com9 Jul 2014

Finance Minister Arun Jailtey's time table on Budget day.

Bihar: A year later, another topper fails to answer basic questions

Bihar: A year later, another topper fails to answer basic questions

Rediff.com1 Jun 2017

Bihar education minister asked if the 'media person who posed queries to the topper is himself a great musician?'

Farmer's suicide: Ashutosh breaks down on live TV

Farmer's suicide: Ashutosh breaks down on live TV

Rediff.com24 Apr 2015

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh on Friday broke down on national television when deceased farmer Gajendra Singh's daughter posed questions to him about her father's death at a rally which the party had organised.

Poll surveys tweak findings for money, alleges sting operation

Poll surveys tweak findings for money, alleges sting operation

Rediff.com26 Feb 2014

A TV news channel on Tuesday claimed that a sting operation conducted by it had shown that some of the agencies which conduct opinion polls before elections are willing to tweak their findings for money.

Trouble in DMK? Azhagiri claims loyal workers with him

Trouble in DMK? Azhagiri claims loyal workers with him

Rediff.com13 Aug 2018

Karunanidhi had expelled Azhagiri and his supporters from the party in 2014 at the height of his fight with his younger brother M K Stalin over establishing supremacy in Tamil Nadu's main opposition party.

Truth always prevails: Kodnani on Naroda Patiya case acquittal

Truth always prevails: Kodnani on Naroda Patiya case acquittal

Rediff.com21 Apr 2018

She said she has not yet thought about joining active politics, but will continue to remain a Bharatiya Janata Party worker.

Unnao rape case: Union ministers defend UP govt action

Unnao rape case: Union ministers defend UP govt action

Rediff.com12 Apr 2018

Satyapal Singh, MoS HRD, said allegations can also be proven wrong.

'It seems there was a war': Cyclone Amphan overwhelms Bengal

'It seems there was a war': Cyclone Amphan overwhelms Bengal

Rediff.com21 May 2020

Amphan was the fiercest Cyclone to hit West Bengal in the last 100 years. A large part of the state was without power as electricity poles have been blown away. Mobile and internet services were also down as the cyclone has damaged hundreds of communication towers.

Violence, arson mar Amit Shah's Kolkata road show

Violence, arson mar Amit Shah's Kolkata road show

Rediff.com14 May 2019

Parts of the city plunged into a welter of violence as his convoy was attacked with stones by alleged TMC supporters from inside the hostel of Vidyasagar College, triggering a clash between supporters of the two parties, officials said.

BJP, Congress spar over Rahul's popularity on Twitter

BJP, Congress spar over Rahul's popularity on Twitter

Rediff.com21 Oct 2017

News agency ANI claimed that Bots can be behind rise in Rahul Gandhi's twitter popularity.

India to investigate corruption in healthcare after TV sting operation

India to investigate corruption in healthcare after TV sting operation

Rediff.com22 Jul 2014

Hindi news channel News Nation TV showed laboratories in the national capital offering commissions as high as 50 per cent to doctors who referred patients to their diagnostic centres.

Car theft racket: Assam cops recover weapons, registration plates

Car theft racket: Assam cops recover weapons, registration plates

Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

Police have recovered four fire arms including two revolvers and 45 vehicle registration plates from the house of the arrested kingpin of a nationwide car theft racket, Anil Chauhan, at Mirza in Guwahati city on Thursday.

Case against congregation for showing photo of nun attending function with bishop

Case against congregation for showing photo of nun attending function with bishop

Rediff.com14 Sep 2018

In a press release, the congregation accused the victim, her five fellow nuns and four others of conspiring against the bishop.

Punjab CM seeks legal advice over Sidhu's TV troubles

Punjab CM seeks legal advice over Sidhu's TV troubles

Rediff.com21 Mar 2017

Sidhu insisted his TV shows will not interfere with his Cabinet responsibilities.

Lalitgate: No signature campaign by BJP MLAs in my support, Raje says

Lalitgate: No signature campaign by BJP MLAs in my support, Raje says

Rediff.com26 Jun 2015

"The news of signature by 120 MLAs (in her support) is completely wrong. It is not fair to link a public hearing with a different view," the CMO said.

WB: 2 dead, 7 injured in stampede after fire in Murshidabad hospital

WB: 2 dead, 7 injured in stampede after fire in Murshidabad hospital

Rediff.com27 Aug 2016

Two persons died and seven others were injured in a stampede after a fire broke out in Murshidabad Medical College Hospital in Berhampore district of West Bengal triggering panic among patients and their relatives.

TMC MP's wife apologises for husband's 'rape' remark

TMC MP's wife apologises for husband's 'rape' remark

Rediff.com1 Jul 2014

A day after Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal allegedly threatened to kill Communist Party of India-Marxist workers and have their women raped, his wife Nandini Pal on Tuesday apologised for her husband's controversial comment and said there was another part of the story.

No electoral alliance with Congress in any state: Mayawati

No electoral alliance with Congress in any state: Mayawati

Rediff.com13 Mar 2019

Referring to her party's pre-poll alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, she said it was based on "mutual respect" and "honest intentions", adding that "the SP-BSP alliance is perfect enough to defeat the BJP, especially in Uttar Pradesh.

Karnataka HM says 'hidden agenda' behind highlighting molestation issue

Karnataka HM says 'hidden agenda' behind highlighting molestation issue

Rediff.com5 Jan 2017

Parameshwara also said he was extremely pained that his statement on the alleged molestation incident had been interpreted out of context and not taken in its entirety.

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.

Egypt: 3-month state of emergency declared post church attacks

Egypt: 3-month state of emergency declared post church attacks

Rediff.com10 Apr 2017

The Egyptian government has ordered military special forces to assist the police in securing vital state facilities across the country.

Operation Bluestar hero K S Brar trashes talk of UK help

Operation Bluestar hero K S Brar trashes talk of UK help

Rediff.com14 Jan 2014

Amid the raging row over claims that Margaret Thatcher's government had aided India in the Operation Bluestar to flush out militants from the Golden Temple in 1984, Lt Gen (Retd) K S Brar, who led the offensive, on Tuesday said it was planned and executed by Indian military commanders.

Arms lobby has become very powerful: VK Singh

Arms lobby has become very powerful: VK Singh

Rediff.com8 Nov 2013

Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Thursday alleged that the arms lobby had become "very powerful" and was now a part of the "system" in the country.

The TRP Trap

The TRP Trap

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

'The more the news media weakens, especially at this juncture of economic ruin with lay-offs and wage cuts, the more the owners and journalists weigh their value in terms who they are close to, the more they depend on the State to bail them out of trouble, slow-fry their rival, the faster it pushes us towards institutional destruction,' warns Shekhar Gupta.

I don't aspire to become Maharashtra chief minister: Uddhav

I don't aspire to become Maharashtra chief minister: Uddhav

Rediff.com23 Sep 2014

A fortnight after openly voicing his desire to become chief minister, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said he has no such ambition.

J-K min seeks time-bound probe into charges that army paid money

J-K min seeks time-bound probe into charges that army paid money

Rediff.com25 Sep 2013

Jammu and Kashmir minister Ghulam Hassan Mir, who is in the eye of the storm over a news report that he was paid money by the army's secret unit to topple the state government, on Wednesday said efforts are being made to dent his integrity and demanded a time-bound probe into it.

Bengal, Centre clash over central teams' visit amid pandemic

Bengal, Centre clash over central teams' visit amid pandemic

Rediff.com21 Apr 2020

The home ministry said the West Bengal government is not cooperating with the central teams visiting the state to assess the ground situation and are specifically restraining them from interacting with health workers and touring the affected areas.

Air India hardens stand on Sena MP, cancels 2 tickets

Air India hardens stand on Sena MP, cancels 2 tickets

Rediff.com28 Mar 2017

Gaikwad booked a seat on flight AI 806 from Mumbai to Delhi for Wednesday earlier on Tuesday through his staff which was promptly cancelled by the airline. This was followed by another attempt to book a seat on AI 551 from Hyderabad to Delhi, again for on Wednesday, which was cancelled, too.

Why is EC mum on TV channels that aired Modi video: AAP

Why is EC mum on TV channels that aired Modi video: AAP

Rediff.com12 May 2014

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday attacked the Election Commission for not taking action against "erring" media houses for showing Narendra Modi's video speech on the polling day, which is a violation of the Model Code of Conduct and termed it as an "ostrich approach".

Can't allow lives of Muslim women to be ruined by triple talaq: PM

Can't allow lives of Muslim women to be ruined by triple talaq: PM

Rediff.com24 Oct 2016

"Just like if any Hindu commits female foeticide he will have to go to jail, similarly what is the crime of my Muslim sisters that some one says talaq over phone and her life is destroyed," he said

Zee shareholders to decide on demerging print biz

Zee shareholders to decide on demerging print biz

Rediff.com27 Feb 2017

Demerging print and TV news businesses will allow for separate investment by interested players.

Assam cops seek help from Arunachal to rescue abducted son of BJP leader

Assam cops seek help from Arunachal to rescue abducted son of BJP leader

Rediff.com23 Aug 2016

On the Islamic State-style video sent by the ULFA-I to TV news channels, the DGP said it was the first time that such a video has been received.

JNU students grilled; Govt says fee-hike issue sorted

JNU students grilled; Govt says fee-hike issue sorted

Rediff.com14 Jan 2020

JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh was among those questioned. Ghosh is among the 7 out of the total 9 suspects, who are from Left-leaning student organisations while two suspects are from the ABVP. The ABVP also released eight videos in support of their claims and demanded a detailed investigation.

AP House gives nod to 5% quota for Kapu community

AP House gives nod to 5% quota for Kapu community

Rediff.com2 Dec 2017

To enable the 5 per cent quota for the Kapus, the Centre will have to include it in Schedule 9 of the Constitution so as to insulate it from court's scrutiny.

'Rahul is rubbing salt on the wounds of 1984 riot victims'

'Rahul is rubbing salt on the wounds of 1984 riot victims'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2014

Scores of Sikh protesters led by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee on Monday held a protest outside Rahul Gandhi's residence, demanding revelation of names of Congressmen who were allegedly involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Bulandshahr violence: Cops rush to Jammu to nab accused Army jawan

Bulandshahr violence: Cops rush to Jammu to nab accused Army jawan

Rediff.com8 Dec 2018

Jeetu alias Fauji of Mahav village is a named accused in the case, Inspector General (Crime) S K Bhagat told reporters in Lucknow when asked about his alleged involvement in the mob violence.

Violence mars polling in Bengal, FIR against Supriyo

Violence mars polling in Bengal, FIR against Supriyo

Rediff.com29 Apr 2019

The EC has deployed 580 companies of central forces to man over 98 per cent of the polling booths in these constituencies to ensure free and fair polling.