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Back after 14 months! Rishabh Pant to lead Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024

Back after 14 months! Rishabh Pant to lead Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024

Rediff.com19 Mar 2024

Pant will reclaim his captaincy role for the Delhi Capitals in the upcoming Indian Premier League season.

'Pant was playing single-handed shots and hitting sixes'

'Pant was playing single-handed shots and hitting sixes'

Rediff.com19 Mar 2024

Delhi Capitals' teenaged wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra can't wait to play alongside the likes of Rishabh Pant.

Priyanka's Home Away From Home

Priyanka's Home Away From Home

Rediff.com19 Mar 2024

Manushi makes memories... Preity gets a jalebi... Erica loves the sea...

IPL 2024: LSG, Punjab aim to get back to winning ways

IPL 2024: LSG, Punjab aim to get back to winning ways

Rediff.com29 Mar 2024

LSG, Punjab Super Kings will be aiming to bounce back after losing their previous match.

Sarfaraz, Jurel get BCCI central contracts

Sarfaraz, Jurel get BCCI central contracts

Rediff.com18 Mar 2024

India's newest batting star Sarfaraz Khan and wicket-keeper Dhruv Jurel were inducted into Group C of BCCI's central contract with an annual retainership fee of Rs 1 crore, having fulfilled the criteria of playing three Tests in a current season.

Can Rishabh Pant shine and lead DC to victory vs PBKS?

Can Rishabh Pant shine and lead DC to victory vs PBKS?

Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

IPL: Comeback-man Pant the highlight as Delhi Capitals take on Punjab Kings

PIX: Punjab Kings unveil new jersey in glitzy event

PIX: Punjab Kings unveil new jersey in glitzy event

Rediff.com16 Mar 2024

With the clock ticking down fast for the upcoming IPL season, Punjab Kings launched their matchday jersey for the 17th edition of the glitzy league.

Amritsar No Cakewalk For Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Amritsar No Cakewalk For Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Rediff.com1 Apr 2024

Barring 2004 and 2009 when Navjot Singh Sidhu won the Amritsar seat as a BJP MP and 1998 when Daya Singh Sodhi from BJP was elected as the MP, it has essentially a Congress bastion.

Wrestling restarts, elections get fair, wrestlers get a voice

Wrestling restarts, elections get fair, wrestlers get a voice

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

The WFI will resume national camp from March 27, after after almost 16 months with Sonepat and Gandhinagar in Gujarat to be the likely venues for men and women respectively.

INLD to go solo in LS elections in Haryana: Abhay Chautala

INLD to go solo in LS elections in Haryana: Abhay Chautala

Rediff.com14 Mar 2024

The Indian National Lok Dal will contest all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, senior party leader Abhay Singh Chautala said on Thursday.

Haryana trust vote: JJP issues whip to MLAs to remain 'absent'

Haryana trust vote: JJP issues whip to MLAs to remain 'absent'

Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

Ahead of the crucial floor test of the newly elected Nayan Singh Saini-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) has issued a whip to its MLAs to remain 'absent' from the state assembly at the time of voting on Wednesday.

I am a bhakt of...: Anil Vij on skipping Saini's swearing-in event

I am a bhakt of...: Anil Vij on skipping Saini's swearing-in event

Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

Anil Vij on Tuesday skipped Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's swearing-in ceremony where, he would also have been inducted in the cabinet.

Khattar hints at being fielded in Lok Sabha polls

Khattar hints at being fielded in Lok Sabha polls

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

Hours after he resigned as Haryana chief minister along with his cabinet ministers, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manohar Lal Khattar Tuesday hinted that he may be fielded by the party in the coming Lok Sabha polls.

New Haryana CM seeks to prove majority on Wednesday

New Haryana CM seeks to prove majority on Wednesday

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

Haryana's new Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said they have presented a letter of support of 48 MLAs to the governor and asked him to convene an assembly session on Wednesday so that the Bharatiya Janata Party government can prove its majority in the House.

Nayab Saini to replace Khattar as Haryana CM

Nayab Saini to replace Khattar as Haryana CM

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

Saini, who is an MP from Kurukshetra, was unanimously elected as the leader of the state BJP legislature group and will be sworn in later in the day, party MLAs Subhash Sudha and J P Dalal told reporters.

Will Kangana Make A Good Politician?

Will Kangana Make A Good Politician?

Rediff.com27 Mar 2024

Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.

Every woman deserves dignity, hurt by remarks on Mandi: Kangana amid row

Every woman deserves dignity, hurt by remarks on Mandi: Kangana amid row

Rediff.com26 Mar 2024

The Congress has been in the crosshairs after demeaning remarks on Ranaut and Mandi were posted on the social media handles of its leaders Supriya Shrinate and H S Ahir.

CBI busts network linked to trafficking Indians to Russia-Ukraine war zone

CBI busts network linked to trafficking Indians to Russia-Ukraine war zone

Rediff.com8 Mar 2024

They said the agency has found 35 instances in which youngsters were taken to Russia after being lured with false promises of high-paying jobs via social media channels and local contacts and agents.

SC refuses to stay disqualification of 6 Congress MLAs

SC refuses to stay disqualification of 6 Congress MLAs

Rediff.com18 Mar 2024

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker's order disqualifying the six Congress rebels who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls in the state.

IPL PIX: Curran hits fifty as Punjab Kings down Delhi

IPL PIX: Curran hits fifty as Punjab Kings down Delhi

Rediff.com23 Mar 2024

Sam Curran's counter-attacking fifty powered Punjab Kings to a four-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2024 match in Chandigarh on Saturday.

Vij was to be sworn-in, but he didn't come: Khattar

Vij was to be sworn-in, but he didn't come: Khattar

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

BJP leader Anil Vij on Tuesday skipped Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's swearing-in ceremony where, according to the outgoing CM M L Khattar, he would also have been inducted in the cabinet.

Why BJP picked Nayab Singh Saini as new Haryana CM

Why BJP picked Nayab Singh Saini as new Haryana CM

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

Saini's elevation as Haryana chief minister fits in with a pattern that has gathered pace in the BJP after the Congress and its allies like the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar began making an aggressive bid to woo the largest group of communities and politically most significant, especially in Hindi-speaking states, by pushing for a caste census.

Who is Nayab Singh Saini, the new CM of Haryana

Who is Nayab Singh Saini, the new CM of Haryana

Rediff.com12 Mar 2024

Saini, 54, a low profile OBC leader, rose through the ranks in the party and was unanimously elected as the leader of the state BJP's legislature group at a meeting held in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

LS polls: Haryana seeks 200 more companies of central forces

LS polls: Haryana seeks 200 more companies of central forces

Rediff.com17 Mar 2024

Additionally, the Haryana police and home guard personnel will be deployed for security during the elections, he said.

Is Modi's Authoritarianism Good For India?

Is Modi's Authoritarianism Good For India?

Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

We need not spend much time going over what this government has done and is doing to the Opposition, by misusing the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI. There is a daily update on that, notes Aakar Patel.

6 disqualified Himachal Congress MLAs move SC

6 disqualified Himachal Congress MLAs move SC

Rediff.com6 Mar 2024

These Congress rebels, who had voted in favour of the BJP nominee in the Rajya Sabha polls, later abstained from voting on the Budget, defying a party whip.

Chandigarh businessman gets HC protection against BJP's Kirron Kher

Chandigarh businessman gets HC protection against BJP's Kirron Kher

Rediff.com13 Dec 2023

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Chandigarh police to provide protection for a week to a businessman and his family after he filed a petition alleging threats from Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Kirron Kher and her aide.

How Indian Students Can Stay Safe Abroad

How Indian Students Can Stay Safe Abroad

Rediff.com28 Mar 2024

'Be aware of your surroundings. Stay alert, stay vigilant.'

2 traffickers under scanner for duping Indians into joining Russian army

2 traffickers under scanner for duping Indians into joining Russian army

Rediff.com8 Mar 2024

The agents allegedly confiscated the passports of Indians arriving in Russia and forced them to fight with the armed forces, officials said.

BJP 1st list: Bansuri Swaraj makes poll debut; Bidhuri, Lekhi dropped

BJP 1st list: Bansuri Swaraj makes poll debut; Bidhuri, Lekhi dropped

Rediff.com3 Mar 2024

Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj, will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from the New Delhi seat and incumbent MP Manoj Tiwari from Northeast Delhi as the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced the names of five candidates from the national capital, dropping four MPs -- Meenakshi Lekhi, Harsh Vardhan, Parvesh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri.

Nayab Saini wins trust vote in Haryana assembly

Nayab Saini wins trust vote in Haryana assembly

Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) had issued a whip, asking its 10 legislators to remain absent from the House during voting on the confidence motion. However, when the issue of trust vote was taken up, five of its MLAs left the House.

Haryana gets new CM; but BJP, JJP mum on alliance

Haryana gets new CM; but BJP, JJP mum on alliance

Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

Five MLAs -- four from the BJP and one independent -- were also sworn in as ministers. However, former home minister and six-term MLA from Ambala Cantt, Anil Vij, has not found a place in the new cabinet.

Cong sacks Himachal secretary in bid to end rebellion

Cong sacks Himachal secretary in bid to end rebellion

Rediff.com6 Mar 2024

The party on Wednesday removed former minister Sudhir Sharma, who was among the six rebel MLAs who were later disqualified for defying party whip on the state budget, from the post of All India Congress Committee secretary with immediate effect.

Congress, AAP to announce alliance today

Congress, AAP to announce alliance today

Rediff.com24 Feb 2024

An alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress in Delhi and in different states, including Gujarat and Haryana, for the Lok Sabha polls may be officially announced on Saturday, sources in the AAP said.

They will go: Akhilesh on SP MLAs of cross-voting

They will go: Akhilesh on SP MLAs of cross-voting

Rediff.com27 Feb 2024

Action will be taken against such MLAs, he said.

Akhilesh's party chief whip resigns amid voting for Rajya Sabha polls

Akhilesh's party chief whip resigns amid voting for Rajya Sabha polls

Rediff.com27 Feb 2024

Akhilesh Yadav said those who are looking for "profit" in the situation will leave.

Terrorist Pannun threatens to disrupt Ranchi Test

Terrorist Pannun threatens to disrupt Ranchi Test

Rediff.com21 Feb 2024

According to the Press Trust of India, Pannun, who has been designated as a terrorist by the Home Ministry, has also appealed to the banned CPI (Maoist) through a video uploaded on social media to disrupt the match, officials said.

Two shooters among 3 held in Chandigarh for Karni Sena chief's murder

Two shooters among 3 held in Chandigarh for Karni Sena chief's murder

Rediff.com10 Dec 2023

Delhi police sources on Sunday said a team of the crime branch in a joint operation with the Rajasthan police nabbed the duo from Chandigarh's Sector 22.

Union ministers hold 4th round of talks with farmers

Union ministers hold 4th round of talks with farmers

Rediff.com18 Feb 2024

The Union ministers and farmer leaders had met earlier on February 8, 12 and 15 but the talks remained inconclusive.

Avoid dilly-dallying, accept demands before...: Farmers to govt

Avoid dilly-dallying, accept demands before...: Farmers to govt

Rediff.com18 Feb 2024

Three Union ministers and farmer leaders will meet in Chandigarh at 6 pm to discuss their demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP for crops and farm debt waiver.