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4 accused in Hyd rape-murder case killed in encounter

4 accused in Hyd rape-murder case killed in encounter

Rediff.com7 Dec 2019

The four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on November 29 for allegedly raping and killing the woman by smothering her and later burning her body.

Bengal sees nearly 80% voter turnout in sixth phase

Bengal sees nearly 80% voter turnout in sixth phase

Rediff.com22 Apr 2021

Over 1.03 crore voters will decide the political fate of 306 candidates in this phase.

Bilkis gangrape: Accused cops surrender

Bilkis gangrape: Accused cops surrender

Rediff.com5 May 2004

They are the last of 20 people facing charges in connection with the rape and killings that followed, to surrender or be arrested.

Nalgonda encounter: Slain duo were SIMI cadres, says DGP

Nalgonda encounter: Slain duo were SIMI cadres, says DGP

Rediff.com5 Apr 2015

Two armed gangsters, who were gunned down by police in an encounter in Nalgonda district of Telangana, were active members of banned Students Islamic Movement of India and had been involved in a string of terror acts that included triggering of bomb blasts across the country, police said today.

Delhi: Board examinees among those caught in crossfire

Delhi: Board examinees among those caught in crossfire

Rediff.com25 Feb 2020

One of the worst-hit areas was Bhajanpura where a petrol pump and two school buses were torched on a road near Yamuna Vihar border by mobs during the conflagration.

Women workforce break stereotypes in Railways

Women workforce break stereotypes in Railways

Rediff.com29 Apr 2015

Women are taking up responsible jobs in Indian Railways.

Sena expels youth leader for assaulting vendor for refusing free 'vada pav'

Sena expels youth leader for assaulting vendor for refusing free 'vada pav'

Rediff.com1 Mar 2016

The incident took place in Vile Parle (West) area, where Mahadik is seen clearly on CCTV footage assaulting Chetan Geveriya (28), who works at Trupti Sweet and Farsan Mart on DJ Road, with a bamboo stick.

Sengar gets 10-yr jail for murder of Unnao rape survivor's father

Sengar gets 10-yr jail for murder of Unnao rape survivor's father

Rediff.com13 Mar 2020

The woman's father died in judicial custody in April 2018.

REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

Rediff.com5 Oct 2016

Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.

DMK goes for the kill in Stalin's Kolathur segment

DMK goes for the kill in Stalin's Kolathur segment

Rediff.com2 Apr 2021

The DMK's campaign appeared to be the most visible with propaganda at a feverish pace across the segment for the April 6 assembly polls and Stalin is the party's chief minister candidate.

BSF warns Pak Rangers against provocative actions

BSF warns Pak Rangers against provocative actions

Rediff.com29 Sep 2017

The sector commanders of the BSF and Pakistan Rangers held a flag meeting, after a gap of about seven months

India responding to LoC aggression; 15 Pak soldiers killed in a week

India responding to LoC aggression; 15 Pak soldiers killed in a week

Rediff.com28 Oct 2016

Firing mortar shells and using automatic weapons, Pakistani troops targeted civilian areas and forward security posts along the International Border and Line of Control in Jammu, Kathua, Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

UK goes into shutdown to fight against Covid-19

UK goes into shutdown to fight against Covid-19

Rediff.com21 Mar 2020

The decision, that would be reviewed on a month-by-month basis, came a day after England registered its biggest jump in death toll of 39 to hit 177.

President confers gallantry awards

President confers gallantry awards

Rediff.com27 Mar 2018

The Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra were posthumously awarded to Major David Manlun and Major Satish Dahiya, who lost their lives while fighting with terrorists in Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir.

'Item numbers' for inmates on R-Day lands jail officials in soup

'Item numbers' for inmates on R-Day lands jail officials in soup

Rediff.com28 Jan 2016

Two jail officials and a policeman were on Thursday suspended after "item songs" performance by a woman dancer in the dargah prison campus in Vijaypura on R-Day.

Some signs of normalcy in riot-hit northeast Delhi

Some signs of normalcy in riot-hit northeast Delhi

Rediff.com29 Feb 2020

In Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Yamuna Vihar, Chand Bagh, Mustafabad and Bhajanpura, which were among the areas worst hit by the communal violence, there were more vehicles and people on the roads than in the last five days.

J&K Guv promises high-level probe into 'harassment' of militant's family

J&K Guv promises high-level probe into 'harassment' of militant's family

Rediff.com31 Dec 2018

The governor made the remark a day after former CM Mehbooba Mufti met a suspected militant's sister, who was allegedly beaten up by Jammu and Kashmir police

Hate crime in Manchester has doubled since terror attack

Hate crime in Manchester has doubled since terror attack

Rediff.com27 May 2017

From a daily average of 28, the number shot up to 56 by the middle of this week, Greater Manchester Police said.

7 dead, 90 injured after pandal collapses at Ujjain Kumbh Mela

7 dead, 90 injured after pandal collapses at Ujjain Kumbh Mela

Rediff.com5 May 2016

"Seven people have been killed and 90 injured in and around the Mela area," district collector Kavindra Kiyawat told PTI. The second Shahi-Snan is due on May 9.

Witness in Asaram rape case goes missing

Witness in Asaram rape case goes missing

Rediff.com23 Dec 2015

Nine witnesses have been attacked so far and three of them have died.

The mystery death of Pakistan's 'holy warrior'

The mystery death of Pakistan's 'holy warrior'

Rediff.com5 Dec 2020

Khadim Hussain Rizvi is now gone. But the mass appeal of fundamentalism among Pakistan's burgeoning, young, illiterate, unemployed and angry population isn't, observes Shekhar Gupta.

Heavy Pak shelling on border villages, 4 hurt

Heavy Pak shelling on border villages, 4 hurt

Rediff.com16 Jul 2015

Pakistani Rangers on Thursday indulged in heavy firing and mortar shelling on five border outposts and some villages in Jammu district which left four persons injured, a day after a woman was killed in the ceasefire violations prompting India to lodge protest with Pakistan.

Govt allows women to be combat officers in all central forces

Govt allows women to be combat officers in all central forces

Rediff.com13 Mar 2016

After declaring reservation for women in constabulary in paramilitary forces, they can now also be inducted as officers in combat roles in all five Central Armed Police Forces.

BSF jawan dies as gun explodes while responding to Pak firing

BSF jawan dies as gun explodes while responding to Pak firing

Rediff.com29 Oct 2016

BSF constable Nitin Subhash Koli sustained grievous injuries on Friday evening when an explosion inside the chamber of the long range weapon led to a recoil while he was firing.

UP minister says society, not govt, responsible for rape

UP minister says society, not govt, responsible for rape

Rediff.com4 Jan 2015

Uttar Pradesh Women and Child Welfare Minister Aruna Kori on Sunday said it was not the government but the society which was responsible for incidents of rape, drawing flak from several quarters for her "insensitive and irresponsible" remarks.

Big launches at Asia's largest auto show

Big launches at Asia's largest auto show

Rediff.com2 Feb 2016

Over 22 passenger and commercial vehicle makers and 18 two- and three-wheeler makers will take part amid proximate security.

Terrorist behind Bangladesh Eid attack identified

Terrorist behind Bangladesh Eid attack identified

Rediff.com8 Jul 2016

The young attacker was Abir Rahman, a North South University student who had been missing for the past eight months.

65 per cent polling in Maharashtra municipal council election

65 per cent polling in Maharashtra municipal council election

Rediff.com27 Nov 2016

Around 65 per cent polling was reported in elections to 147 municipal councils and 17 nagar panchayats in Maharashtra on Sunday.

Cops, anti-CAA protesters clash in Chennai; 4 hurt

Cops, anti-CAA protesters clash in Chennai; 4 hurt

Rediff.com15 Feb 2020

Four police personnel -- a woman joint commissioner, two women constables and a sub-inspector -- were injured in stone-pelting, the police said, even as reports emerged that some protesters were also hurt.

NCW to summon Uttar Pradesh police chief

NCW to summon Uttar Pradesh police chief

Rediff.com2 Jun 2014

National Commission for Woman on Monday said it will summon the Uttar Pradesh Police chief to ask what his force is doing to prevent increase in rape cases there and observed that fear of police in the state has diminished and goons were ruling the roost.

Govt asks states to set up relief camps for, give food to migrants

Govt asks states to set up relief camps for, give food to migrants

Rediff.com28 Mar 2020

With lakhs of these workers stranded on highways and inter-state bus terminus, the government stepped in and asked states and union territories to immediately set up relief camps for migrant workers and others who are returning to their home states or trying to do so during the nationwide lockdown period.

Mr Piyush Goyal: When can we get our lives back?

Mr Piyush Goyal: When can we get our lives back?

Rediff.com15 Feb 2018

Two officers have been suspended and a constable transferred. But the false case slapped by the RPF against Rediff.com Reporter Anita Aikara has not yet been withdrawn.

Unprovoked Pak shelling kills 6-yr-old boy, BSF jawan

Unprovoked Pak shelling kills 6-yr-old boy, BSF jawan

Rediff.com24 Oct 2016

BSF chief K K Sharma said Pakistani forces are deliberately trying to "create a flash point" to facilitate infiltration of terrorists into India and asserted that these designs will be foiled.

UP worst hit as rain claims 42 lives in 4 states

UP worst hit as rain claims 42 lives in 4 states

Rediff.com28 Sep 2019

Over 40 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar left the streets of state capital Patna and other areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned.

1 dead, 12 missing as boat capsizes in West Bengal

1 dead, 12 missing as boat capsizes in West Bengal

Rediff.com15 May 2016

Alleging that the administration delayed in initiating the rescue operation, a group of people from Shantipur set afire several boats, trawlers and launches anchored on the river bank on Sunday

Those supporting Gurmehar should be thrown out of country: Haryana Min

Those supporting Gurmehar should be thrown out of country: Haryana Min

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

"It is very wrong and condemnable that Gurmehar has tried to do politics over her father's martyrdom," Vij, a five-time MLA said.

Man lynched in Karnataka on suspicion of being child-lifter

Man lynched in Karnataka on suspicion of being child-lifter

Rediff.com15 Jul 2018

Locals mistook them for child-lifters and started attacking them.

SHAME: Delhi cops thrash 2 women in police station

SHAME: Delhi cops thrash 2 women in police station

Rediff.com4 Apr 2015

In an alleged case of police brutality, two Dalit women were purportedly beaten up by a sub-inspector and his subordinates inside outer Delhi's Rohini south police station, following which four police personnel were on Saturday suspended.

Father of UP girl who accused BJP MLA of rape dies in custody

Father of UP girl who accused BJP MLA of rape dies in custody

Rediff.com9 Apr 2018

The girl tried to immolate herself near the chief minister's residence in Lucknow on Sunday.

Hadiya spoke to husband from my phone, says college dean

Hadiya spoke to husband from my phone, says college dean

Rediff.com30 Nov 2017

The dean said: "She appeared to be relieved from depression after talking to him (husband). There is no restriction imposed on her to talk or to meet anybody."