A young leader, Tyagi suffered an attack soon after a TV debate and fell unconscious at his residence in Vaishali. He was immediately rushed to the Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziabad, where doctors tried to revivehim, but could not.
People believe the 'yagya' and rituals please the rain god.
Paul noted that "three to four months from now, there will be other vaccines and the stockpile will be even bigger. "And more acceleration can be brought about in the vaccination programme," Paul added.
Stalin's personal intervention in the Adheenam row may have contained the avoidable political damage and social tensions at least for now, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
If you bring out the sportsman in you to the fore in the rain, there won't be a shortage of options.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's last journey in Hyderabad on Friday took him from his home to the Congress Bhavan where party workers paid their last respects. Then the body was taken to the Lal Bhahadur Stadium for the public to pay homage.
Boxer Vikas Krishan prefers US Pro bouts to National camp in Patiala
PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Indra K Nooyi, who hardly takes time off for social events, could not resist helping the latest fundraiser by Akshaya Patra, a non-profit organisation providing hot, nutritious mid day meal for 1.2 underprivileged children in India.
'Me and my boys had never ever thought in our wildest dreams that we would be taking part in a rescue mission of this kind.' IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, a helicopter pilot himself, reports on how the air force rescued those trapped in the Deoghar cable cars disaster last fortnight.
Garbine Muguruza has to be the one taking charge in the Australian Open final against "fighter" Sofia Kenin if she is to win her third Grand Slam title, the Spaniard's coach Conchita Martinez said.
In a letter to the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, the Congress general secretary said that the situation is getting serious and the battle against the pandemic cannot be fought just by publicity and managing news.
Rediff reader Pardeep Malhotra, 50 from Malerkotla, Punjab shares his long list of dreams for 2020.
The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024. Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus AIADMK-BJP's 39.72%) is not insurmountable on a bad day, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Pledging full protection to minorities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday questioned the practice of conversions and advocated a debate on the need for an anti-conversion law.
The Narendra Modi factor will hardly help BJP's fortunes in Delhi, believes Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal who said that "even God can't save" the saffron party as it seeks to wrest power.
'She was like a creation of God which he does whenever he is in a very special mood as a very very special gift to mankind.' 'I think he creates such exquisite pieces of art like her only once in a thousand years.'
'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.'
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Senior general refuses to retire, reveals Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Ananlysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Television anchor and actress Mini Mathur, husband Director Kabir Khan (whose film '83 on India's first cricket World Cup win releases on April 10) and their children Sarah and Vivaan are currently holidaying in the Maldives.
Glimpses from the Miss World pageant.
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The DMK feels its genuine gestures have had no bearing on the governor's politico-administrative conduct, which is 'more political and politicised than administrative and Constitutional', observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
From providing food and succour to pavement dwellers to helping the elderY in times of need, Dinesh Saravanan has been a godsend to the needy.
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput earned praise for portraying Mahendra Singh Dhoni in MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.
There is little doubt that the Dongria Kondhs are facing their biggest challenge. Being small in number, they need special attention and care in order to fight this deadly virus.
Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair.
Twenty two years before Kabir Khan's The Forgotten Army streams on Amazon Prime on January 24, 2020, his documentary of the same name was telecast on Doordarshan. On that occasion, Kabir Khan spoke to Amberish K Diwanji/Rediff.com about Netaji's Azad Hind Fauj and its many battles for India's freedom.
'I know that they are a deadly terrorist group and that killing is their hobby. But I have no fear.'
Smoothly juggling Sandhya's curiosity and closure until her moment of awakening, Sanya Malhotra is emerging into one of the finest actresses of this generation, observes Sukanya Verma.
The four-and-a-half-year-old son of Bihari migrants based in Delhi died at the railway station in Muzaffarpur on arrival by a 'Shramik Special' train, while his father desperately hunted for some milk he believed will save his child.
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Haiti's quake ravaged streets are still seething with people recovering from the after effects of the worst quake to hit the country in this decade. Indian Pooja Bhatia, a volunteer with the Institute of Current World Affairs, based in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has been posting messages on the social networking site Twitter about the disaster.
'People have simply chosen to twist my words. They are abusing me and my family. If our Hindu culture forbids beef meat, does the same culture give you the right to abuse me and my family just because I have an opinion that you don't agree with? Is that our culture?' Rishi Kapoor makes his stand clear.
Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word. Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the actor-politician's 74th birthday.
Sunil Bharala, the chairman of the state Labour Welfare Council, said stubble burning is an 'age-old practice'.
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