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'Never Imagined Meeting Hardened Criminals'

'We have been fighting to treat political prisoners differently.''Except for Hyderabad and Kolkata, the concept of keeping political prisoners separate doesn't exist in India.' IMAGE: Sudhir......

'My 7 years in Anda cell were the most inhuman form of solitary confinement'

'When there was no crime committed, everything had to be fabricated.' 'They see it as a war, and everything is fair in love and war.' IMAGE: Prashant Rahi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jyoti Punwani......

'A Fearless Man Devoted To Truth, Justice'

'Every report I filed for Rediff.com on the professor's incarceration, would leave me wondering for days, at the depth of the State's malevolence towards this disabled professor, and his equally......

Sanjay Dutt restless in tiny 'anda cell meant for terrorists'

Actor Sanjay Dutt is feeling 'suffocated' in his egg-shaped high-security anda cell, which is generally used to house terror suspects and hardcore criminals, at the Arthur Road Jail in central......

Ex-DU Prof Saibaba acquitted after spending 8 yrs in 'Anda Cell'

More than eight years after his arrest, the Bombay high court on Friday acquitted former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case for want of valid sanction for......

Pfizer moves US court against Aurobindo, Dr Reddy's over cancer drug

Pfizer Inc and its group companies filed a petition in a US court against Aurobindo Pharma Ltd and Dr Reddy's Laboratories alleging that the Indian drug-makers were planning separately to come out......

How desi brothers built a $1.8 bn drug co

Amneal Pharmaceuticals is set to pip Sun Pharma as the fifth largest generics maker in the US, reports Sohini Das. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Two Indian-American brothers hailing......

Eli Lilly sues Sun Pharma over patent

Eli Lilly and Company, the US-based multinational pharmaceutical major, has sued Sun Pharmaceuticals in the US, alleging the company infringed its patent on Gemzar, a blockbuster cancer drug. The......

Work place pauses? $588 bn loss annually!

Interruptions consume 2.1 hours a day or 28 per cent of the workday and cost American economy $588 billion a year, a new survey shows.The survey by Basex, an information technology research firm,......

Shantha Bio to raise $30m for trials

City-based Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd is slated to raise close to $30 million from a strategic investor to further Phase I trials of its four monoclonal molecules for cancer treatment.Shantha will......

Rs 50 crore riding on Sanjay Dutt

For more then ten years, Sanjay Dutt made the rounds of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court in Mumbai, in connection with the 1993 blasts case. That journey ended on......

Kudumbasree Travels fails to impress

Paresh C Palicha reviews the Malayalam movie, Kudumbasree Travels.Post YOUR reviews here!The trademark of a Jayaram film is that it tries to please the family audience with a light storyline anda......

'Go after Sanjay Dutt and kill him'

'Two things were clear: Firstly, Salem and Sanjay were no longer friends. Two, Salem was gunning for Sanjay.' 'The actor was in Goa at the time, along with his friend and the director of Kaante,......

Farhan Akhtar and the art of war

With the August 2001 release of Dil Chahta Hai, first-time director Farhan Akhtar hopped onto the Hindi film industry bus in outsize shoes. His quirky protagonist Akash, played by Aamir Khan,......

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