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PIX: Brace for an R-Day parade like no other
Rediff.com22 Jan 2021The Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath this year are likely to witness a number of changes including smaller marching contingents, shorter distance for the parade and fewer spectators compared to the previous years in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
PIX: Fireworks light up Washington to conclude Biden inauguration
Rediff.com21 Jan 2021Biden and first lady Jill Biden watched the end of the day's events from a balcony in the White House on Wednesday night.
PIX: India takes 1st step to end COVID with vaccine
Rediff.com16 Jan 2021Healthcare workers at the frontline of India's COVID-19 battle got their first jabs after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world's biggest drive via video conferencing.
Journalist Nidhi Razdan's Harvard job offer was an online scam
Rediff.com15 Jan 2021Journalist Nidhi Razdan, who in June 2020 announced her decision to quit NDTV, where she worked for 21 years, to join Harvard University to teach journalism, on Friday posted on Twitter that the job offer was part of an elaborate phishing exercise.
VOTE! Should Republic Day celebrations be cancelled?
Rediff.com6 Jan 2021VOTE! Should Republic Day celebrations be cancelled?
READ: SC ruling on Modi's Central Vista project
Rediff.com5 Jan 2021A three-judge bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar, by 2:1 majority, held that the grant of environmental clearance and the notification for change in land use for the project was valid.
PHOTOS: The 'Great' Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Rediff.com21 Dec 2020This is the first time in over 400 years that the two appeared so close to each other, though regular conjunctions take place every 20 years.
Watch Live: PM lays foundation stone for new Parliament building
Rediff.com10 Dec 2020Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a new Parliament building on Thursday at an event that will be attended by leaders from various political parties, cabinet ministers and ambassadors of different countries.
This monk offers shelter to snakes in monastery
Rediff.com8 Dec 2020Make sure to visit this monastery-turned-snake sanctuary when you go to Myanmar.
World's 'loneliest elephant' is finally free
Rediff.com1 Dec 2020Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, will finally get a chance to live in a place he can call home.
Farmers occupy Delhi's border, turn it into their home
Rediff.com30 Nov 2020India's capital -- New Delhi -- is witnessing farmers from Punjab and Haryana sitting in at the Singhu and Tikri border points for the past five days, braving water cannons, tear gas and the biting cold. Their reason to protest - the Centre's new farm laws. Here's what it looks like.
It's an odd, odd world out there
Rediff.com30 Nov 2020These images prove it's truly a mad, mad world!
PHOTOS: Places of worship prep to reopen in Maha
Rediff.com15 Nov 2020No physical offerings such as 'prasad' distribution or sprinkling of holy water will be allowed inside the religious place.
PHOTOS: Ayodhya gears up for grand 'Deepotsav'
Rediff.com13 Nov 2020At the under-construction Ram Temple, around 21,000 diyas will be lit on Saturday.
PHOTOS: 1st phase of Malabar exercise in Bay of Bengal
Rediff.com13 Nov 2020The mega exercise took place at a time India and China are locked in a nearly six-month-long bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh.
PHOTOS: NDA celebrates Bihar victory with crackers, sweets
Rediff.com11 Nov 2020With the National Democratic Alliance retaining power in Bihar albeit with a narrow three-seat majority, workers from both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal-United celebrated by bursting crackers and distributing sweets.
Full results: RJD (75) is single largest party in Bihar
Rediff.com11 Nov 2020The NDA has retained Bihar with a wafer-thin majority of 125 seats in the 243-member assembly, paving the way for a fourth term for CM Nitish Kumar.
Bihar polls: Big winners and losers
Rediff.com11 Nov 2020Here's how the biggies fared in Bihar elections 2020.
MAPPED: Battle for Bihar
Rediff.com10 Nov 2020Want a detailed break-up of the winners and losers of Bihar?
Kamala Harris through her sister's eyes
Rediff.com7 Nov 2020Kamala and her younger sister Maya are incredibly close.