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BATTLE FOR 5 STATES: The Verdict

BATTLE FOR 5 STATES: The Verdict

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2022

Check out all the numbers HERE.

5-state polls: Big winners and losers

5-state polls: Big winners and losers

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2022

Counting for assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur was held on Thursday. Here's how the big names fared.

BJP, AAP celebrate early Holi with poll victory

BJP, AAP celebrate early Holi with poll victory

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2022

Here are some of the glimpses.

Mapped: Election results in 5 states

Mapped: Election results in 5 states

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2022

Here are constituency wise mapped results for all the assembly elections.

Pix: Yogi, ministers vote in phase 6 of UP polls

Pix: Yogi, ministers vote in phase 6 of UP polls

Rediff.com   3 Mar 2022

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several prominent faces among 676 candidates are contesting on 57 seats spread across 10 districts in the state.

Famous faces at polling stations

Famous faces at polling stations

Rediff.com   14 Feb 2022

As people queued up across these states to cast their vote, there were some famous faces in the lines at different polling stations.

SEE: Stunning cockpit views from fighter jets at R-Day flypast

SEE: Stunning cockpit views from fighter jets at R-Day flypast

Rediff.com   26 Jan 2022

Watch the stunning cockpit views of the jets.

Watch Live! 73rd Republic Day parade on Rajpath

Watch Live! 73rd Republic Day parade on Rajpath

Rediff.com   26 Jan 2022

The Republic Day parade-2022 is happening in the 75th year of Indian independence, which is being celebrated as 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' across the country.

See: Anup Jalota, V M Bhatt honour Pt Birju Maharaj

See: Anup Jalota, V M Bhatt honour Pt Birju Maharaj

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2022

As Pandit Birju Maharaj, one of the giants in the world of Kathak, passed into the ages today, artistes from various classical genres expressed their grief.

PHOTOS: India showcases its military prowess on Army Day

PHOTOS: India showcases its military prowess on Army Day

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2022

The Army Day is celebrated on January 15 every year to mark Lieutenant General K M Cariappa taking over as commander-in-chief of the Indian Army in 1949 from General Francis Butcher, the last British commander-in-chief of India.

#LongLivePMModi: BJP leaders pray for Modi after Punjab security breach

#LongLivePMModi: BJP leaders pray for Modi after Punjab security breach

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2022

The leaders of the saffron party also posted their wishes and religious prayers for Modi on Twitter, using the hashtag "LongLivePMModi".

Pics: Huge crowds bid final farewell to General Rawat, his wife Madhulika

Pics: Huge crowds bid final farewell to General Rawat, his wife Madhulika

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2021

Huge crowds of mourners gathered outside as armed forces personnel took the mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat inside the Brar Square crematorium in the Delhi Cantonment on Friday.

PHOTOS: Saluting our soldiers at sea!

PHOTOS: Saluting our soldiers at sea!

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2021

Navy Day is celebrated every December 4, as on this day in 1971 during the Indo-Pak war Indian Navy undertook Operation Trident in which its missile boats carried out an audacious attack to sink enemy ships.

Marooned in Tirumala-Tirupati!

Marooned in Tirumala-Tirupati!

Rediff.com   19 Nov 2021

Tirumala-Tirupati, the most popular, and wealthiest, temple in India was cut off on Thursday following heavy rains that flooded the main shrine at Tirumala and led to the shutdown of the ghat roads that lead to it.

5 days of rains bring Chennai to its knees

5 days of rains bring Chennai to its knees

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2021

The cyclonic depression may have crossed the Tamil Nadu coast on Thursday evening, but the state continues to be battered by heavy rains.

PIX: President Kovind confers Padma awards on 73

PIX: President Kovind confers Padma awards on 73

Rediff.com   8 Nov 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously, at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday.

With 23 cm rainfall in 24 hours, Chennai re-lives 2015 nightmare

With 23 cm rainfall in 24 hours, Chennai re-lives 2015 nightmare

Rediff.com   8 Nov 2021

Parts of the city saw a humongous 23 cm of rainfall over a 24-hour period, which left the city inundated on the Deepavali weekend and many stranded. In 2015, the city was lashed by 25 cm of rainfall in 24 hours.

Mumbai's local trains are fully back!

Mumbai's local trains are fully back!

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2021

Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com captured these images as the City That Never Sleeps took to the trains with gusto.

PHOTOS: Get ready for 89th Indian Air Force Day

PHOTOS: Get ready for 89th Indian Air Force Day

Rediff.com   6 Oct 2021

Ahead of the air show, a full dress rehearsal held at the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad.

PIX: School days are here again in Maharashtra

PIX: School days are here again in Maharashtra

Rediff.com   4 Oct 2021

Schools across Maharashtra resumed physical sessions for classes 5 to 12 on Monday after being shut for over a year-and-a-half in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with students being welcomed back on campuses with flowers, balloons, sanitisers and social distancing protocols.