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'My time in jail scarred me forever'

'Your faith in the system, and in the fact that you are a citizen of this country and have rights, starts eroding.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Jail is not a place for human beings.......

S B Chavan: The tough taskmaster

Former Union home minister S B Chavan, who died in Mumbai on Thursday, had carved a niche for himself as an astute administrator. It was not for nothing that he was known as 'headmaster' in......

Blanket ban on smoking indoors from Oct 2

Private offices and other establishments can no longer have designated rooms for puffing cigarettes as the ban on smoking in public places would be enforced strictly from October 2, Union Health......

Overburdened Tihar gets CCTVs, jammers

With prison riots and terrorist attacks posing a real-time threat to the security, Tihar jail authorities have decided to install mobile jammers and close circuit televisions inside the sprawling......

Why God's own country loves smoking ban

Till some time ago, Keralites could be seen puffing cigarettes furtively at bus stands and railway stations (there is already a high court directive against smoking in Kerala), but the Centre's......

2010 a nightmare for tobacco farmers

For Andhra Pradesh tobacco farmers, 2010 was a tough year.Heavy rain in the last week of November and the first week of December damaged the crop extensively, resulting in a loss of around Rs 625......

GST Bill: Congress sets tough conditions for support in RS

The government will find it difficult to pass the Bill without the Congress’ help The Congress has set five conditions before the National Democratic Alliance for support to the......

Australia imposes tough rules on cigarette firms

Australia has become the first country to initiate a new law proposing strict packaging rules for tobacco companies to sell their cigarette packs 'plain' without display of logo or imagery on the......

How to beat the tobacco ad ban

It's a Rs 1.5 crore (Rs 15 million) advertising extravaganza intended to go up in smoke.For the photo-shoot the lake at Amer Fort, Rajasthan was filled to the brim at great expense and supermodel......

Scope for more GST rate cuts; 'juvenile' to link it with polls: FM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday debunked Congress' claim that it forced the government to lower tax on over 200 goods, saying rationalisation of rates was in works for 3-4......

'Gadar is a powerful word that came out of Partition'

'When a common man's house is on fire, he is infused with extraordinary strength.''He will go to any length to save his home and family even if he is not as big and strong as Sunnyji.' IMAGE:......

Review: Masala Republic is a shabby film

Masala Republic is one of the tackiest films made in recent times, says Paresh C Palicha. Directed by debutant director Visakh G S, Masala Republic is a satirical entertainer on the ban......

'I don't want to meet the Talwars'

'The director has tried to be neutral. But Talvar won't leave the audience confused, for sure.' Irrfan Khan discusses Talvar with Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com You get precisely 900 seconds to......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

Raikkonen wins Hungarian GP

Kimi Raikkonen won the Hungarian Grand Prix for McLaren on Sunday to revive his Formula One title hopes and claw 10 points back from Renault's championship leader Fernando Alonso.After the agony of......

'Kimi should leave McLaren'

Formula One fans are a passionate breed. And when Sumit Rajwade and Raja Sen landed in the rediff Formula One chat on Monday afternoon a minute late, the questions were already piling up.Don't......

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