All stories by YOSHITA SINGH
India votes to block gay rights at UN
Rediff.com25 Mar 2015India along with China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE voted against equal rights for gay staffers in UN
Army chief Dalbir Singh to attend inaugural UN meet on peacekeeping
Rediff.com25 Mar 2015Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag will attend an inaugural United Nations conference on peacekeeping operations
Indian student found guilty of stabbing friend to death
Rediff.com18 Mar 2015An Indian student at a prestigious United States university has been found guilty of murdering his friend in 2013
'Thrust on technology crucial for Make in India'
Rediff.com17 Mar 2015Make in India can be a success if teh govt focusses more on technology, says Pawan Geonka.
Mirach to file $400 million defamation suit against Sahara
Rediff.com17 Mar 2015Sahara had initiated legal action against the US-based firm.
Face dark reality of sexual violence: Freida @ India's Daughter premier
Rediff.com10 Mar 2015The BBC documentary, depicting the aftermath of the brutal gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya in 2012, has premiered in the United States with Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, Frieda Pinto and actor-director Farhan Akhtar in attendance as a show of support for the film banned in India.
I relive the vicious attack multiple times: Uber rape survivor
Rediff.com8 Mar 2015The 25-year-old woman executive, allegedly raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi, on Sunday said she is suffering mentally every day and lashed out at the web-based United States taxi firm for "insult to her injury", saying it has only made cosmetic changes to its policies to operate in India.
Rajat Gupta files fresh plea in US court; seeks release
Rediff.com7 Mar 2015Gupta began serving a two-year prison term on insider trading charges
Delhi rape convict's remarks unspeakable: UN
Rediff.com5 Mar 2015Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson stressed the need for men to get involved in halting violence against women.
Govt trying to radically alter 2013 Land Bill, says Jaitley
Rediff.com3 Mar 2015He said land is required for rural roads, irrigation, electrification.
Inaction against attacks on UN peacekeepers dangerous: India
Rediff.com18 Feb 2015India has criticised the UN over lack of any 'specific concrete action' by member states to penalise those who attack.
Preparing legal action against Sahara: Mirach
Rediff.com13 Feb 2015The Sahara group has accused Mirach of 'cheating and forgery'.
Train smashes into car in New York, kills 6
Rediff.com4 Feb 2015Six persons have been killed and others injured when a train hit a car on the tracks.
Uber rape case: Victim seeks 'fair compensation'
Rediff.com28 Jan 2015The 25-year-old woman allegedly raped by an Uber driver will seek a 'fair compensation'
Obama's India visit signals signing of energy deal
Rediff.com23 Jan 2015Experts hail Obama's India trip as a big step towards signing of imp trade agreements.
Petition in US court to designate RSS as terror group
Rediff.com22 Jan 2015A Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court in New York to designate Bharatiya Janata Party's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as a "foreign terrorist organisation".
Indian economy likely to grow 6.4% in 2015: UN
Rediff.com14 Jan 2015South and South-West Asia could witness an economic growth of 5.3 per cent in 2015, which will be a four-year high.
US apex court denies Rajat Gupta's appeal against lifetime ban
Rediff.com13 Jan 2015The ruling by the Supreme Court was made in a parallel civil insider trading case brought against Gupta by federal regulator Securities and Exchange Commission.
Radical cleric sentenced to life in prison on terror charges
Rediff.com10 Jan 2015A 56-year old British cleric has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in US after being convicted of 11 terror-related charges, including providing material support to Al Qaeda and conspiring to establish a terrorist training camp in the US.
Indian priest arrested in US for possessing child pornography
Rediff.com8 Jan 2015A 47-year-old Indian priest has been arrested in the United States state of Florida on charges of possessing child pornography, with authorities saying he asked a 14-year old boy to help him delete about 40 pornographic images of young boys from his phone.