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'Now we know what Mumbai-style attack looks like'

'Now we know what Mumbai-style attack looks like'

Rediff.com16 Nov 2015

After the Paris terror attacks, "we know what Mumbai-style attack looks like", a leading British daily said on Monday, underlining that this is war in which everyone is equally at risk.

Global markets brace for short-term hit after Paris attacks

Global markets brace for short-term hit after Paris attacks

Rediff.com15 Nov 2015

French stocks, particularly those exposed to the country's large tourism sector, are likely to suffer the biggest falls

They are cutting us down one by one: Witnesses speak of Paris horror

They are cutting us down one by one: Witnesses speak of Paris horror

Rediff.com14 Nov 2015

Even as Paris reels from the terror attacks that have killed over 120 people, several eye-witnesses have recounted the horror and the bloodshed that unfurled before them.

PHOTOS: Dogged Kiwi Williamson fights on after Aus make mammoth total

PHOTOS: Dogged Kiwi Williamson fights on after Aus make mammoth total

Rediff.com14 Nov 2015

Kane Williamson staged a fight-back along with opener Tom Latham (36), and Ross Taylor (26) as New Zealand reached 140 for 2 (42 overs) at close of play on Day 2 of the 2nd Test at the WACA in Perth on Saturday.

We must guard against ISIS clones in India

We must guard against ISIS clones in India

Rediff.com25 Mar 2016

'Increasingly, there is a tendency to magnify 'victimhood' of the minority for electoral gains and vote bank politics.'
'There is no doubt that there is a worldwide rise in Islamophobia. There is a tendency amongst some in India to react to this in the Indian milieu,' says Colonel Anil A Athale(retd).

Campaign ends for last round of Bihar polls

Campaign ends for last round of Bihar polls

Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

Curtains came down on Tuesday evening on campaigning for 57 seats going to poll in the fifth and last phase of bitterly-fought Bihar assembly elections on November five, with acrimonious exchanges provoking showcause notices from the Election Commission to top leaders of rival alliances.

Lewis Hamilton takes third F1 title after U.S. thriller

Lewis Hamilton takes third F1 title after U.S. thriller

Rediff.com26 Oct 2015

Lewis Hamilton joined the elite group of triple Formula One world champions on Sunday after winning a thrilling U.S. Grand Prix that kept the crowd on tenterhooks right to the very end.

Hardik Patel: They may have me killed

Hardik Patel: They may have me killed

Rediff.com15 Oct 2015

'I warn them of such tactics because hundreds of Hardiks will be born if one is killed because our fight for justice has been accepted by the Patidar community.'

Zakir Naik says he will not return to India this year

Zakir Naik says he will not return to India this year

Rediff.com15 Jul 2016

The controversial Islamic preacher also said that his remarks were being blown out of context and that he is a messenger of peace.

Stocks crash, rupee weakens on capital outflows

Stocks crash, rupee weakens on capital outflows

Rediff.com6 May 2015

In the currency markets, the rupee lost another 10 paise to close at 1-week low of 63.54 against the US dollar

Carnage at Zaveri Bazaar: Witness accounts

Carnage at Zaveri Bazaar: Witness accounts

Rediff.com14 Jul 2011

An eyewitness says there were two blasts.

Riders shocked after Tour de France carnage

Riders shocked after Tour de France carnage

Rediff.com11 Jul 2011

Riders were in a state of shock on the first rest day of the Tour de France after Sunday's chaotic and crash-strewn ninth stage.

PHOTOS: 12 deadliest terror attacks at airports

PHOTOS: 12 deadliest terror attacks at airports

Rediff.com29 Jun 2016

Hours after three suspected Islamic State group suicide bombers targeted the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing at least 36 people and wounding many others, Rediff.com brings you some of the deadliest attacks at airports, which have left several dead and hundreds injured.

'Koi Sardar hai? Goli se maar dalenge'

'Koi Sardar hai? Goli se maar dalenge'

Rediff.com31 Oct 2016

Jasmit Singh, 85, recalls a horrific train journey to New Delhi on the day Indira Gandhi was killed.

Senior advocate HS Phoolka quits AAP

Senior advocate HS Phoolka quits AAP

Rediff.com19 Sep 2015

Supreme Court advocate and Aam Aadmi Party member H S Phoolka on Saturday resigned from all his posts in the party, saying he wants to focus on the 1984 riots cases of Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, which are at a very crucial juncture.

Trouble ahead for Amit Shah?

Trouble ahead for Amit Shah?

Rediff.com14 Sep 2015

Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt wants BJP chief Amit Shah to be made a respondent for allegedly foisting wrong criminal cases against him, former additional solicitor general Indira Jaising tells Prasanna Zore/Rediff.com

Obama in Orlando: Arming nightclub-goers defies common sense!

Obama in Orlando: Arming nightclub-goers defies common sense!

Rediff.com17 Jun 2016

United States President Barack Obama has warned that horrific mass shooting incidents like the recent one in Orlando will continue to occur unless tougher gun control laws are adopted.

Lessons from a meaningless massacre

Lessons from a meaningless massacre

Rediff.com14 Jun 2016

By some strange and bizarre twist of fate, Omar Mateen did exactly what he did not intend to do. He took the lives of gay people and made them extraordinary. He infused their stories with a poignancy they might not have possessed otherwise. He enabled the rest of the world to see themselves in their stories, to weep at the sheer waste of lives cut short, says Sandip Roy.

PHOTOS: Sunrisers Hyderabad outclass RCB to win IPL 9

PHOTOS: Sunrisers Hyderabad outclass RCB to win IPL 9

Rediff.com30 May 2016

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers put up an incredible performance to ruin Virat Kohli's fairytale season beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in a high-octane summit clash walking away with their maiden Indian Premier League trophy, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.

Blow by blow: How swift action saved the day in Pathankot

Blow by blow: How swift action saved the day in Pathankot

Rediff.com9 Jan 2016

Nitin Gokhale reports on how quick decisions saved a repeat of a Mumbai-like carnage at the key Punjab air force base.

De Villiers smashes 162 as South Africa crush Windies

De Villiers smashes 162 as South Africa crush Windies

Rediff.com27 Feb 2015

AB de Villiers confirmed his status as the most destructive batsman in cricket with a magnificent unbeaten 162 from just 66 balls to lead South Africa to a record 257-run victory over West Indies in the World Cup on Friday.

Deadly suicide attacks kill 35, wound hundreds in Kabul

Deadly suicide attacks kill 35, wound hundreds in Kabul

Rediff.com8 Aug 2015

Two suicide attacks killed at least 35 people and wounded hundreds more in Kabul on Friday, the first major attacks in the Afghan capital since the announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death.

22 dead as terrorists storm mosque in Pakistan

22 dead as terrorists storm mosque in Pakistan

Rediff.com13 Feb 2015

Three suicide bombers entered the mosque while only one was able to detonate the bomb.

India, from the eyes of one who saw her birth

India, from the eyes of one who saw her birth

Rediff.com10 Aug 2017

'Our biggest problem has been keeping this country together.' 'Nation building is never easy. It is a very difficult task.' 'Even 70 years is not too long a time.'

'All the attackers were Bangladeshis whom the police were looking for some time'

'All the attackers were Bangladeshis whom the police were looking for some time'

Rediff.com8 Jul 2016

'If a bloodbath of this nature can occur in a high security area like Gulshan, I shudder to think how vulnerable other parts of this country are.'

CBI raids Modi-baiter Teesta Setalvad's home, office

CBI raids Modi-baiter Teesta Setalvad's home, office

Rediff.com14 Jul 2015

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday carried out searches at premises of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her organisation in connection with a case of alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act in receiving funds from abroad without taking prior permission from the home ministry.

'Ruthless Dhaka attack indicates undeniable ties with IS'

'Ruthless Dhaka attack indicates undeniable ties with IS'

Rediff.com5 Jul 2016

'A deadly combination of money and religion lures them into the murky world of terrorism.' 'You will reach heaven if you kill -- what a doctrine!' Professor Ajoy Roy, whose son blogger Avijit Roy was brutally murdered in Dhaka last year, tells Rediff.com's Indrani Roy.

China stocks jump again as emergency measures bite

China stocks jump again as emergency measures bite

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

In the past two weeks China has cut interest rates.

World powers must use a 'soft' approach to combat ISIS' endless jihad

World powers must use a 'soft' approach to combat ISIS' endless jihad

Rediff.com8 Dec 2015

A 'soft' approach must be nurtured to complement the hard-line of spending billions in physical conflict; that is the only way to 'degrade and destroy' ISIS.

The mystery of how the Islamic State makes its millions

The mystery of how the Islamic State makes its millions

Rediff.com28 Nov 2015

Not with standing the Western nations' zeal to wage a war against the group, unless its source of funding is known and curbed, its rampage will likely continue.

6 Bodo militants arrested for massacre of adivasis in Assam

6 Bodo militants arrested for massacre of adivasis in Assam

Rediff.com9 Jan 2015

Two dreaded Bodo militant leaders responsible for the massacres of adivasis in Assam's Kokrajhar have been arrested along with four of their associates and a large quantity of arms seized from their possession, a senior police officer said on Friday.

'Trump will be tougher on Pakistan'

'Trump will be tougher on Pakistan'

Rediff.com21 Jul 2017

'If there's one administration that would be likely to put the squeeze on Pakistan, it's the Trump administration.' 'This is an administration that views terrorists as a black and white issue (kill them all, no questions asked), and will have little patience for Pakistan's selective policy toward terrorism.'

Charlie Hebdo and lessons for intolerant India

Charlie Hebdo and lessons for intolerant India

Rediff.com8 Jan 2015

Rise up for the right to offend. Let there be no holy cow, person, religion, ideology that cannot be criticised, ridiculed, parodied, lampooned. That's what differentiates you from the bigots who entered Charlie Hebdo, says Mango Indian.

Pakistan announces Rs 10 million bounty for Taliban chief

Pakistan announces Rs 10 million bounty for Taliban chief

Rediff.com6 Jan 2015

Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province government has announced a bounty worth Rs 10 million for information leading to the arrest or killing of Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah, the mastermind of the Peshawar school massacre that left 150 people dead, mostly students.

'Terrorism should not be branded Hindu or Muslim'

'Terrorism should not be branded Hindu or Muslim'

Rediff.com19 Jul 2017

'They have the same pet peeves, the same ruse, the same beliefs, the same justifications.' 'All terrorists thrive on the premise that by perpetuating violence and bloodshed on innocents, they are justifying the injustices done to their community.'

Pakistan executes man who attempted to murder Musharraf

Pakistan executes man who attempted to murder Musharraf

Rediff.com31 Dec 2014

Pakistan on Wednesday hanged a man convicted for attempting to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the seventh execution in the country after a moratorium on death penalty was lifted following the Peshawar school carnage.

Paris terror attack: First attacker identified by French authorities

Paris terror attack: First attacker identified by French authorities

Rediff.com15 Nov 2015

French police have identified the first of seven gunmen who killed at least 129 people in a wave of carnage claimed by the Islamic State group.

Assam violence toll rises to 78 as Adivasis seek revenge

Assam violence toll rises to 78 as Adivasis seek revenge

Rediff.com25 Dec 2014

The toll rose to 78 on Thursday in attacks by NDFB-S and retaliatory violence in lower Assam with Adivasis setting afire houses of Bodos as the backlash to Tuesday massacre continued for the second day.

Alert no 802 could have saved 148 lives in Peshawar only if...

Alert no 802 could have saved 148 lives in Peshawar only if...

Rediff.com22 Dec 2014

Authorities in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent revenge attack on the army-run school in Peshawar months before a Taliban-sponsored carnage claimed 148 lives, mostly that of children.

PHOTOS: In these classrooms 132 children were killed

PHOTOS: In these classrooms 132 children were killed

Rediff.com17 Dec 2014

The first devastating images emerged on Wednesday of the blood-soaked classrooms where 132 innocent children and nine teachers were massacred by the Taliban. Horrifying pictures revealed the carnage wrought by seven extremist gunmen who sprayed children with bullets as they sat receiving first aid tuition and exploded suicide bombs in a room of 60 pupils.