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All our friends are dead today: Indian-origin recounts Tunisia horror

All our friends are dead today: Indian-origin recounts Tunisia horror

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

Cambridge-based Pallavi Patel still suffers from sleepless nights after gunman slayed 30 tourists.

Timeline: How Phillip Hughes met with his fate

Timeline: How Phillip Hughes met with his fate

Rediff.com27 Nov 2014

Here is a how the late Phillip Hughes fought for his life after the fatal knock on the head during a domestic match on Tuesday...

New York court summons on Modi has no effect: White House

New York court summons on Modi has no effect: White House

Rediff.com26 Sep 2014

As a sitting head of government Narendra Modi enjoy immunity from suits in American courts and also enjoy personal inviolability.

Woman scientist slaps sexual harassment notice on ICRISAT

Woman scientist slaps sexual harassment notice on ICRISAT

Rediff.com3 Jan 2014

A woman scientist working in a leading research institute in Hyderabad has alleged sexual harassment by a senior colleague at workplace and slapped a legal notice on the management.

Woman set ablaze at police station dies, probe ordered

Woman set ablaze at police station dies, probe ordered

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

The mother of a journalist, who had accused police officials of setting her ablaze at a police station after she refused to give bribe to free her husband, on Tuesday succumbed to injuries following which a magisterial inquiry was ordered into the incident.

'Where are you taking my mother and sister?'

'Where are you taking my mother and sister?'

Rediff.com27 Jul 2017

A nine-year-old boy weeps as mourners take away the bodies of his sister, mother and grandmother for cremation.

Prosecution won't seek death penalty for all Mumbai train blasts convicts

Prosecution won't seek death penalty for all Mumbai train blasts convicts

Rediff.com22 Sep 2015

Special Public Prosecutor Raja Thakare said that he would not pray for death at all.

A woman's woes after filing a sexual harrassment complaint

A woman's woes after filing a sexual harrassment complaint

Rediff.com6 Apr 2015

"They would say, 'Look at these modern women. If someone puts a hand on their shoulder, they cry sexual harassment'. I became the butt of everybody's jokes." Read on to find out more

President Mukherjee interacts with students on Teachers Day

President Mukherjee interacts with students on Teachers Day

Rediff.com5 Sep 2016

India has suffered the brunt of terrorism, including that of the cross-border variety, he said.

'India will feel impact of future financial crisis more than in 2008'

'India will feel impact of future financial crisis more than in 2008'

Rediff.com3 Oct 2018

'I can confidently say there will be another financial crisis soon enough, and probably more than one global crisis within the next century, given the increasingly integrated nature of the global economy.'

We die a little every day, say villagers living near Indo-Pak border

We die a little every day, say villagers living near Indo-Pak border

Rediff.com4 Jan 2015

An uneasy calm prevailed in the Indian village along the International Border in Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir with residents reluctant to return fearing cross-border firing from Pakistan.

'The government is perceived with fear'

'The government is perceived with fear'

Rediff.com10 Dec 2017

'No government should be viewed as authoritarian, rather as a collective institution of people,' says Pinarayi Vijayan.

Uphaar tragedy: SC voices displeasure over Ansal leaving India

Uphaar tragedy: SC voices displeasure over Ansal leaving India

Rediff.com26 Mar 2014

The Supreme Court expressed displeasure over real estate baron and convict in Uphaar fire tragedy case Sushil Ansal leaving the country without taking its permission.

'Cities are not safe for girls'

'Cities are not safe for girls'

Rediff.com3 Apr 2017

Pankhuri Awasthy discusses her new show Kya Kasoor Hai Amla Ka.

Feeling depressed? This will lift your mood

Feeling depressed? This will lift your mood

Rediff.com2 Nov 2014

Depression is not a sickness, it's a disease.

2015 Nobel Peace Prize: The Top Contenders

2015 Nobel Peace Prize: The Top Contenders

Rediff.com8 Oct 2015

Rediff.com takes a look at some personalities who are likely to win the prize this year.

Ryan child murder: SIT teams search school campus

Ryan child murder: SIT teams search school campus

Rediff.com13 Sep 2017

The SIT clicked photos and shot videos of the suspected places to examine the nature of the crime again.

Review: Carrie isn't that scary

Review: Carrie isn't that scary

Rediff.com17 Jan 2014

The film could have been a true horror flick if the casting would had been better.

Why Adivasis fled their village after the Maoist ambush

Why Adivasis fled their village after the Maoist ambush

Rediff.com22 May 2017

Fearing imminent arrest and likely reprisals from the CRPF -- 25 of whose jawans were gunned down by the Maoists inside a jungle just 200 to 300 metres away from their homes on the afternoon of April 24 -- young Adivasi men and women in Burkapal abandoned their homes and fled into the jungle.

A tale of two janaazas

A tale of two janaazas

Rediff.com4 Aug 2015

Does India's first majoritarian government that is hard-focused on economic development have it in it to provide the Muslim community the healing touch? On evidence available so far, I am not hopeful at all. Yet, like the besieged community, I too find it impossible to abandon hope in the land's millennia-old syncretic traditions, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Review: Satyamev Jayate continues to probe our conscience

Review: Satyamev Jayate continues to probe our conscience

Rediff.com2 Mar 2014

Aamir Khan's unsettling revelations on rape contradict the gleaming lines of his introduction speech -- Hindustan badal raha hai, ek laher si chal rahi hai.Sukanya Verma reviews the Episode 1 of Satyamev Jayate's second season

Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team ran out of fuel

Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team ran out of fuel

Rediff.com1 Dec 2016

The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian football team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the pilot's final words. The disaster on Monday night killed 71 people and sent shock waves round the global football world. Only six on board the LAMIA Bolivia charter flight survived, including three of the Chapecoense football squad en route to the biggest game in their history: the Copa Sudamericana final.

For Indians, losing a job considered taboo

For Indians, losing a job considered taboo

Rediff.com5 May 2017

Build trust in face of lay-offs Communicating with employees is the key to easing pain as downsizing cycle sweeps IT.

Recounting the horror! 'People were stampeding and stepping over each other'

Recounting the horror! 'People were stampeding and stepping over each other'

Rediff.com26 Apr 2015

Survivors of the devastating earthquake in Nepal that killed over 2,000 people had horrific tales of the nature's fury that reduced houses, temples and historical monuments to rubble as they struggled for basic necessities of shelter, food and sanitation.

6 months in a coma. 3 years in a wheelchair. But she never gave up.

6 months in a coma. 3 years in a wheelchair. But she never gave up.

Rediff.com2 Jan 2018

How Rayna Arya, who became a victim of a hit-and-run at age 12, got back on her feet again.

Sad day for cricket: Tendulkar, Kohli react to Hughes's death

Sad day for cricket: Tendulkar, Kohli react to Hughes's death

Rediff.com27 Nov 2014

The cricket fraternity from across the globe reacted with shock and sadness at the sad demise of Australian batsman Philip Hughes.

Hema Malini's driver arrested; actress undergoes surgery

Hema Malini's driver arrested; actress undergoes surgery

Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

Actress and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini's driver was on Friday arrested on charges of overspeeding and causing death by negligence after her Mercedes collided with another car, killing a four-year-old girl and injuring the actress along with four others last night.

A 9/11 in Trump's America

A 9/11 in Trump's America

Rediff.com12 Sep 2017

Indian Americans speak up about the daunting challenges on the 16th anniversary of the tragedy.

Review: Hate Story 2 is gutless, brainless, soulless, sexless!

Review: Hate Story 2 is gutless, brainless, soulless, sexless!

Rediff.com18 Jul 2014

A stale plot with flatly executed scenes of retribution and a lacklustre leading lady; Hate Story 2 is too trivial to be erotic or thrilling

Preventing rape: A survivor's story

Preventing rape: A survivor's story

Rediff.com5 Jan 2017

Rapes happen because we raise our children inappropriately. Not our daughters, but our sons, says Vaishnavi Prasad.

Why Sunetra Choudhury wrote a book on VIPs in jail

Why Sunetra Choudhury wrote a book on VIPs in jail

Rediff.com13 Jun 2017

'I met someone who came out of jail and started telling me wild things that they did inside.' 'I couldn't believe it and then my curiousity led me to do some more digging.'

Fresh tremors felt across India, toll climbs to 62

Fresh tremors felt across India, toll climbs to 62

Rediff.com26 Apr 2015

Fresh tremors were on Sunday felt in various parts of India, including the national capital Delhi, even as the death toll in Saturday's earthquake climbed to 62.

Saving India from the 'mad cow' people

Saving India from the 'mad cow' people

Rediff.com5 Nov 2015

'it looks like India wants to follow Pakistan on the slippery slope of stupidity masquerading as religion.'

1 dead in 'sickening terrorist attack' near London mosque

1 dead in 'sickening terrorist attack' near London mosque

Rediff.com20 Jun 2017

The police is investigating whether it was 'accidental or deliberate'.

The real heroes of the fight against hunger deaths

The real heroes of the fight against hunger deaths

Rediff.com10 Oct 2016

Just two doctors attend to almost 300 patients at a hospital in Maharashtra's Malnourished Corridor every day.

There seems no hope after this verdict now: Hashimpura residents

There seems no hope after this verdict now: Hashimpura residents

Rediff.com29 Mar 2015

After last week's acquittal of 16 policemen, pointedly accused of the cold-blooded murder of 42 Muslims in Meerut in 1987, this mohalla in Meerut is still scarred by the past but willing to move on

When death came calling on the cricket field

When death came calling on the cricket field

Rediff.com20 Apr 2015

Following the demise of Ankit Keshri here other instances when cricketers died while playing a match.

Preet Bharara wants legal immunity for Modi in US

Preet Bharara wants legal immunity for Modi in US

Rediff.com20 Oct 2014

The office of the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara on Sunday, October 19, in papers filed with the US District Court in Manhattan strongly argued in favour of immunity for Prime Mimister Narendra Modi in a pending lawsuit against Modi that has been brought by an organisation based in the United States.

Rescuers race against time, fear reigns in quake-hit Nepal

Rescuers race against time, fear reigns in quake-hit Nepal

Rediff.com26 Apr 2015

Racing against time, rescuers on Sunday waded through tonnes of rubble of flattened homes and buildings in Nepal to look for survivors of the earthquake.

Shocking! How children are sold into sexual slavery

Shocking! How children are sold into sexual slavery

Rediff.com5 Aug 2016

Each story is sadder than the next, but what is most heartbreaking is to see the indifference shown towards these children by the police.