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What Modi needs to do
Rediff.com31 May 2019'The time has come to ask the extent of coercive power the State must arrogate to itself to achieve economic ends,' points out T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for 5th straight term
Rediff.com29 May 2019BJD managed to retain 112 seats securing another term for Patnaik in the CM chair.
2019 election and the brown man's burden
Rediff.com28 May 2019'The anti-India biases of the Western elite can be attributed to the unease these privileged nations feel at the rise of Asian nations like India and China.' 'But what ought to shock all right-thinking Indians is that many of our own countrymen/women have joined this chorus,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Modi's 1st problem: A below-normal monsoon
Rediff.com28 May 2019'The first two months of monsoon are not looking good.' 'In case both the halves fail, it is going to be misery.'
IAF's 1st all-women crew fly Mi-17 in training mission
Rediff.com28 May 2019Three women officers of the Indian Air Force on Monday made history as they became the country's first 'All Women Crew' to fly a Medium Lift Helicopter.
Nationwide curfew in Lanka after communal violence
Rediff.com14 May 2019The blockade of Facebook and WhatsApp has been imposed from mid-night following violent incidents between the minority Muslim and majority Sinhalese communities, officials said.
Curfew lifted in Lanka's Negombo after Easter blasts
Rediff.com6 May 2019The curfew was imposed on Sunday after a group of miscreants carrying swords attacked some people travelling on a three-wheeler in Porathota area of the town. The vehicle was set on fire.
Sri Lanka to freeze assets of terrorists involved in Easter bombings
Rediff.com2 May 2019The details of the attackers and their relatives linked to the bombings was released by the police on Wednesday.
Soccer Extras: Neymar 'punches' fan after French Cup final
Rediff.com28 Apr 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Lanka lifts night curfew; attacks insult to humanity, says cardinal
Rediff.com28 Apr 2019'What happened last Sunday is a great tragedy, an insult to humanity'
72 LS seats in 9 states go to polls in 4th phase on Monday
Rediff.com28 Apr 2019The fate of 961 candidates, including Union ministers Giriraj Singh, Subhash Bhamre, S S Ahluwalia and Babul Supriyo of the BJP and former Union ministers Salman Khurshid and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress, will be decided by about 12.79 core voters in the fourth phase.
Wuhan Revisited: One year after the Modi-Xi Summit
Rediff.com27 Apr 2019'From Doklam to Wuhan and the return of the India-China relationship to its previous equilibrium is indeed a major contribution of President Xi and PM Modi. Without any doubt they deserve the kudos for their sagacity and their wisdom,' says Ambassador Gautam Bambawale, India's envoy to China during the Wuhan summit.
Sri Lanka bombings 'revenge of NZ'; toll crosses 320
Rediff.com23 Apr 2019National flags were lowered and people bowed their heads as the silence began at 8:30 am local time, the time the first of the attacks occurred on Sunday.
87 bomb detonators found at bus station in Colombo
Rediff.com22 Apr 2019The blasts -- one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history -- targeted St Anthony's Church in Colombo, St Sebastian's Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 8.45 am (local time) as the Easter Sunday mass were in progress.
'Rahul will win by over 5 lakh votes'
Rediff.com22 Apr 2019'Wayanad has become famous because of Rahul Gandhi.'
215 killed as blasts rock Sri Lanka on Easter
Rediff.com21 Apr 2019Seven persons had been arrested in connection with the blasts.
'Pieces of flesh thrown all over church after blast'
Rediff.com21 Apr 2019Father Edmond Tillekeratne, social communications director for the Archdiocese of Colombo, said that the blast took place after Easter Mass, and that there were about 30 bodies lying in the area of the church.
LS polls: Bihar sees lowest turnout with 50%, WB tops with 81%
Rediff.com12 Apr 2019This time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing.
Lessons learnt from Goa's Gudi Padwa
Rediff.com11 Apr 2019'We must not forget who we are and what courage and bravery were shown by our ancestors to bring us closer to the freedom we enjoy today,' says Tarun Vijay after attending the Gudi Padwa in Goa.
Why Hindutva vote is unable to grow in TN
Rediff.com8 Apr 2019In a state where Hindu social identity continues to remain in the overarching Dravida umbrella, the 'Hindutva' political identity does not have the same, or even near-similar electoral purchase, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
US-China trade war: What India must do
Rediff.com8 Mar 2019'If we play our cards right, we may even benefit from the competition between the US and China as seen from increased investment from each of these countries into India.' 'The size of our market gives us an important lever of power which we shall have to play adroitly and intelligently,' points out Ambassador Gautam Bambawale -- who served as India's envoy to China -- in the Professor V M Dandekar Memorial Lecture 2019, delivered on March 8, 2019 in Pune.
Cricket Buzz: Morne Morkel could star in Big Bash 10 as a local player
Rediff.com5 Mar 2019Norne Morkel, who has now retired from the international cricket, has said that he is keen to play in the Big Bash and Sheffield Shield having relocated to Sydney with his family.
MUST READ: How India, China can work together
Rediff.com2 Mar 2019'As China rises and India grows to reclaim their earlier positions on the world stage as two of the largest economies and most important countries, there will indeed be some contention between these two powers.' 'There will also be plenty of space and room for cooperation amongst the two of us.' 'As our economic size increases to match the fact that we are the two most populous nations on earth, it will be all the more important for us to keep the interests of our peoples as well as those of the rest of the world in mind.' 'We shall have to grow together rather than as separate and disparate entities,' points out Ambassador Gautam Bambawale -- who served as India's ambassador to China -- in the 7th annual lecture of the Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents on March 1, 2019.
The magical lessons music can teach you
Rediff.com20 Feb 2019Musicians from across the world will gather in Goa for the Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival.
Football Extras: Sala's body arrives in Argentina for weekend funeral
Rediff.com15 Feb 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Football Extras: Mourinho to get his own TV show in Russia
Rediff.com11 Feb 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A Star chef in 3 nations
Rediff.com8 Feb 2019'More and more young chefs, instead of inventing new things, are exploring more deeply inside India,' Indian Accent's Manish Mehrotra tells Rahul Jacob.
Football Extras: India slips out of top 100 in latest charts
Rediff.com7 Feb 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Why the 2019 election is pivotal for India
Rediff.com28 Jan 2019The 2019 election gives the Indian public the same choice: Between growth and oligarchs (or, in our case, dynasts and crony capitalists). If we chose wisely, well and good. If not, well, we have the Nehruvian Rate of Growth and massive corruption to fall back on. In a large sense, it is a choice between the India of the Lutyens elites and the Bharat of the real citizen, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
Football Extras: Rescuers end search for missing plane carrying soccer star Sala
Rediff.com24 Jan 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Why readymade news on FM radio is a bad idea
Rediff.com22 Jan 2019The fear of news tailored by private players is a surprise in the internet age. If news websites, run by any entity, can reach out to everyone, why not radio, asks Nivedita Mookerji.
Lok Sabha passes citizenship (amendment) bill
Rediff.com8 Jan 2019The Bill provides for according Indian citizenship to the the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 years even if they do not possess any document.
2018's 10 Best Moments In Hindi Films
Rediff.com3 Jan 2019Aseem Chhabra picks the scenes that left him impressed this year.
Navy inducts its 1st deep submergence rescue vehicle
Rediff.com12 Dec 2018The vehicle can rescue as many as 14 people in one dive.
Sparse crowds at Adelaide vindicate CA's stance for day-night Tests
Rediff.com7 Dec 2018Officials in Australia said they were worried after a modest 23,802 turned out for the opening day of the Test series in Adelaide on Thursday, the lowest day-one attendance since the venue was redeveloped in 2013. 'We hope that the sentiment from fans is something India can see'
Will Xi Jinping's China survive?
Rediff.com28 Nov 2018'Is Xi's China stable?'
'No one can say whether the regime will fall all at once or if its leaders are devising a new solid and competitive -- anything but democratic -- model.' A fascinating excerpt from Francois Bougon's Inside The Mind of Xi Jinping.
Football Extras: Copa Libertadores final postponed again
Rediff.com26 Nov 2018News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The truly odd, odd world we live in!
Rediff.com23 Nov 2018Ten images that prove it's a wonderfully bizarre world.
VP Naidu inaugurates 1st India-built war memorial in France
Rediff.com10 Nov 2018The memorial is the first-of-its-kind built by India in France after the country's Independence. The announcement to construct the memorial was made by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during her last visit to Paris in June 2018.
2+2: COMCASA saves the day!
Rediff.com10 Sep 2018'India appears to have stood its ground on strategic autonomy by resisting US pressure on Russia, China and Iran, but succumbed to the temptation to walk into a tighter embrace in defence cooperation, a high priority of the Trump administration,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.