Rediff Correspondent

BJP HQ In Mumbai Wears A Deserted Look

Loudspeakers blaring indecipherable music alongside a group of musicians beating drums filled the air outside the BJP headquarters in Mumbai but party supporters and workers has deserted the premises.

'Pulwama Planning Was Done in Afghanistan'

'Jaish looked to creating regional mayhem, at a time when peace appeared more likely, and when that peace would have threatened Jaish's existence.'

The Importance of Ajit Doval

'Under Doval, foreign powers traditionally suspicious of India were wooed.' 'Enemies were embraced.'

'RA&W wins over Pakistan -- in the perception wars -- almost every year'

'One of R&AW's greatest achievements is in projecting itself as benign.' 'This work -- done in tandem with the Diaspora and the MEA -- sells a story of India as mostly the victim.'

'ISI is rarely questioned in Pakistan'

'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'

'Peter is the silent killer of Sheena Bora'

CBI Special Prosecutor Bharat B Badami presents the first part of his arguments countering Peter Mukerjea's November 2018 bail plea.

'My book will give clues about Sahara group to investigators'

Interview with Tamal Bandyopadhyay, the author of Sahara: The Untold Story.

Image: 8-year-old rescued from train accident site

An eight-year old boy was rescued from the accident site in West Midnapore on Friday.

50 metres of rail track tampered: DIG

West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh said the police had found Pandrol clips (which tie the tracks) open along a 50-metre stretch at the accident spot and the blast theory was yet to be confirmed.

Naxal attack causes train collision, over 100 dead

At least 120 passengers are feared killed and 150 injured after suspected Maoists blasted rail tracks in West Midnapore district early on Friday, derailing 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train, five of which were hit by a speeding goods train.

Tribals to rally against Modi govt

The Lok Sangharsh Morcha has organised a joint rally of Left forces at Ahmedabad on 17th March 2009. According to Morcha leaders --Ambarish Rai and Pratibha Shinde thousands of tribal, peasants, workers, Dalits and minorities are expected to attend the rally.

'We are outraged by the barbaric terrorist acts'