Cruel Intentions

Rediff.com » News » Cruel Intentions

News for Cruel Intentions

News
Business
Movies
Sports

Subjecting child to corporal punishment not part of education: HC

It is cruel to subject a child to physical violence in school in the name of discipline or education, the Chhattisgarh high court has observed while dismissing a petition of a woman teacher accused......

US cop who laughed after Indian student's death fired

A United States police officer, whose insensitive comments and laughter following the horrific death of a 23-year-old Indian student had caused outrage, has been fired from the Seattle Police......

Debate on no-confidence motion replete with poetry

From Indian poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar to English great William Shakespeare, Lok Sabha members quoted extensively from literature to put across their arguments as they raised the Manipur......

SC rules Kathua rape accused an adult, raps court for casual approach

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held Shubam Sangra, a key accused in the sensational gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in 2018, was not a minor at the time of the......

Uthra murder: Husband given double life term for killing wife using cobra

A sessions court in Kerala on Wednesday awarded double life sentence in the Uthra murder case to the victim's husband for killing his wife using a cobra, saying the crime was 'definitely diabolic,......

Business can't alone build a country, Nirmalaji

Had Finance Minister Sitharaman thought a little more about the middle class, disadvantaged sections and the poor who are struggling, it would have been an inclusive Budget that would have made......

5 things Modi got right on the economy

'Good economics isn't necessarily bad politics, or vice versa,' says Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Depending entirely on where your voting preference lies, the Narendra......

Greece votes in referendum with future in euro in doubt

Greeks are split on whether to accept an offer by creditors that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls a humiliation Greece voted on Sunday on whether to accept more austerity in exchange for......

How IIT Kharagpur researchers are leading a 'green revolution'

Indrani Roy/Rediff.com traces how researchers at IIT-Kharagpur have managed to turn barren land of surrounding villages to multi-crop farmland Image: Dr P B S Bhadoria of IIT-Kharagpur speaks to......

Railways are in a financial crisis: BJP

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde on Friday slammed Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for presenting a 'lacklustre, populist budget with an eye on forthcoming elections in......

Amazing OTT To Watch This Week!

Bring out the popcorn, Sukanya Verma promises there's *tons* to catch up on OTT this week. YudhraWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Hindi Siddhant Chaturvedi flexes his action and......

Shaitaan Review: Wicked Without Warning

Shaitaan's wickedness may be its calling card but relies on age-old formulas to do the trick, observes Sukanya Verma. A despot seeking complete control by hypnotising blind followers into......

'We had no intention of giving him any positive vibe'

'At the outset when director Srinath discussed it with Dulquer, there was agreement that it will remain a negative character.''So, we knew we wouldn't have to alter the character in any way to suit......

Hasmukh review

Hasmukh just doesn't make you laugh and that's its biggest tragedy, sighs Moumita Bhattacharjee. When there's Vir Das promising a thriller show where he is a stand-up comedian, you are stoked.......

The Saand Ki Aankh Review

'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair. In Tushar Hiranandani's Saand Ki Aankh, Prakash Jha plays a character the audience......

Mutiny at the BBC: Lineker row causes huge crisis

IMAGE: Manchester City fan with a sign in support of BBC presenter Gary Lineker at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Sunday. Photograph: Tony Obrien/Reuters Britain's BBC faced a mounting......

Told Malik to retire; knew he will not be respected: Hafeez

'I told Malik to take retirement as well because I knew that he will not be respected as it was also evident in my case' 'My understanding was that he wanted one last standing but cricket is cruel......

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony scandals and more...

Scandals over ceremony have deterred some, Tokyo 2020 head says Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter A series of recent scandals engulfing officials working on the opening......

I am destined to win Olympic medal: Boxer Vikas

'Olympics will happen because God can't be so cruel to me. I know that' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vikas Krishan/Twitter Top Indian boxer Vikas Krishan has decided to revive his professional career......

EPL PIX: Five-star City make statement; Spurs down Villa

IMAGE: Raheem Sterling celebrates after scoring Manchester City's third goal. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Raheem Sterling scored a hat-trick as champions Manchester City made a......

Rediff News