Defying prohibitory orders, protests were held in Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and several other cities. Protesters, mostly students and activists, were detained on a large scale in national capital and other places.
In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Abdul Nabi, who has been cleaning people's ears for 40 years in Mumbai.
Shivpal loyalists have been denied tickets.
The Sindhis are a lesson in perseverance. Once uprooted, they've started all over, often reinventing themselves
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Manavi Kapur goes behind the scenes to find out what it takes to be a successful woman wrestler.
'When a newspaper says that Karnataka leads in corruption, one must also know it means Karnataka leads in patronising corruption.' 'You can't be corrupt without me succumbing to your corruption.'
Four-year-old Santoshi has been missing since July 26, 2015. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets a family, desperately searching for their daughter.
5 states that contribute just under a fifth of the Lok Sabha's seats will go to the polls early this year.
This time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing.
Upasna Pandey goes out on the streets to gauge the mood ahead of the polls
'Communal killings take place routinely in our country and yet we don't ever convict the offenders.' 'The riots of 1993 and 2002 would not have happened if justice was given to the 1984 Delhi riot victims.'
