Esm

Rediff.com » News » Esm

News for Esm

News
Business
Movies
Sports

Rs 1760 cr worth seizures across 5 poll-bound states: EC

The Election Commission on Monday said over Rs 1,760 crore worth of freebies, drugs, cash, liquor and precious metals aimed at inducing voters in the five poll-going states have been seized so far.......

Tejas among half of DRDO's 55 'mission mode' projects hit by delay

The Defence Research and Development Organisation is working on 55 "mission mode" projects as on date, and nearly half of these are delayed. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi viewing the LCA......

Modi unveils Gandhi's plaque, meets Mattis in Singapore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met United States Defence Secretary Jim Mattis in Singapore, days after the Pentagon renamed its Pacific Command as Indo-Pacific Command in a largely......

'We are deeply hurt by this stepchild treatment'

'It seems to us that bureaucracy is again at its best machination to delay, dilute and finally destroy our most legitimate, already sanctioned scheme of OROP.' The letter the Veterans sent the......

Third veteran on fast-unto-death over delay in OROP

Notwithstanding "advice" from Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to put off their stir, a third veteran on Tuesday joined the fast-unto-death by ex-servicemen as part of the agitation to press for......

Jolt for IPOs of some small finance banks

Investor confidence in unlisted shares was shaken after recent developments that saw online drugstore PharmEasy issuing new shares in a rights issue at a 90 per cent discount to its previous......

EU Commission proposes $8 bn loan for Greece

Under the Commission proposal, Greece would get the whole $8 billion in one go The European Commission is proposing to give a euro 7 billion ($7.7 billion) bridge loan to Greece to cover the......

Greek PM offers conditional okay to bailout, creditors sceptical

Tsipras asked to keep a discount on value added tax for Greek islands, stretch out defence spending cuts and delay the phasing out of an income supplement to poorer pensioners Greek Prime Minister......

EU calls on Greece to stick with reforms as PM quits

The new election, eight months after Tsipras swept to power on now-broken promises of ending lender-imposed austerity, injects renewed uncertainty into Greek policies. Image: Prime Minister Alexis......

New Greek bailout talks start, creditors seek more action

Athens has pushed two reform packages through parliament Talks between Greece and its international creditors on a third bailout began in Athens on Monday but the lenders want to see more reforms......

Scoop: Was Prince Andrew Really Guilty?

Scoop seems like they conclude he is, but Vaihayasi Pande Daniel recommends that you watch the film to find out for yourselves. IMAGE: Keeley Hawes, left, plays Amanda Thirsk, Prince Andrew's......

Meet the players of Twilight Eclipse

The Twilight saga has caught the imagination of young people around the world, and Eclipse, the third film, is coming right up. And as the third of the tween-vampire romances prepares to hit......

Review: Awesome chemistry saves Twilight

I wish I hadn't read Stephanie Meyer's international best-selling book Twilight before watching it unfold on screen. It practically ruined the image of the characters in my head. Not that Robert......

Jadeja, Dhoni, Rahane, Dube, Moeen, Rutu... CSK Families Celebrate Epic IPL Triumph

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja, who hit the winning the boundary off the final ball from Mohit Sharma to clinch the game, with wife Rivaba and daughter Nidhyana. Photographs: BCCI Chennai Super......

CWG: India win historic GOLD in women's four lawn bowl

IMAGE: India's Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia and Rupa Rani Tirkey celebrate winning the gold medal in the Lawn Bowls women's Fours event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.......

Pogba beats Ibra for UEFA Europa League award

IMAGE: Paul Pogba with the UEFA Europa League player of the year award. Photograph: Paul Pogba/Twitter Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba was named UEFA Europa League Player of the Season......

Ronaldo beats Messi to win UEFA Player of the Year award

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo kisses his Best Player UEFA 2014 Award. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA's Player of the Year, beating......

Who will win UEFA player of the year award?

Buffon, Messi and Ronaldo on UEFA player of the year shortlist IMAGE: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gianluigi......

Rediff News

Esm