Sharat Pradhan In Lucknow And Agencies

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India's First Gene-Edited Sheep Unveiled
Rediff.com28 May 2025

The edited sheep contains no foreign DNA, distinguishing it from transgenic organisms...

Raj Thackeray May Get 1 Lok Sabha Seat
Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

The MNS joining the BJP-led alliance in Maharashtra could help it with a 'Thackeray...

SBI to invest up to Rs 10,000 cr in Yes Bank
Rediff.com8 Mar 2020

Assuming the private bank issues 20 billion shares at Rs 10 apiece (with face value of...

Paytm may buy Rana Kapoor's stake in Yes Bank
Rediff.com11 Sep 2019

Kapoor and his associate entities owned 10.6 per cent in the bank at the end of June 2019.

Bankers say post-recapitalisation, PSBs 4-5 quarters from profitability
Rediff.com23 Feb 2019

A key hindrance to a faster turnaround of these banks is the slow progress in the...

'Rajni of Rajya Sabha' unlikely to make a return
Rediff.com20 Feb 2018

It will be tough for the Congress leader to return to the Upper House from either...

Babri Masjid demolition: 'I was there'
Rediff.com6 Dec 2017

A generation has passed and the demolition appears to be a story of an era gone by,...

Mulayam shows who's boss, but will Akhilesh relent?
Rediff.com28 Dec 2016

The Samajwadi Party is headed for yet another father-son showdown.

Coming soon: Aadhar-enabled transactions via phone
Rediff.com2 Dec 2016

Through this mobile application, the handset will be used for authenticating biometrics...

Yadav dominance in UP police stations to end?
Rediff.com27 Sep 2016

The Election Commission gets cracking on caste, money and muscle power well ahead of...

Rahul sounds poll bugle in UP, attacks rivals
Rediff.com29 Jul 2016

Rahul asserted that Sheila Dikshit was "highly experienced" to change UP's face.

Congress to hold grand meet in Lucknow ahead of UP polls
Rediff.com28 Jul 2016

This is going to be the first such exercise of its kind in the 27 years that Congress...

'He wanted an amicable solution to Ayodhya dispute'
Rediff.com21 Jul 2016

Hashim Ansari's son says the long-drawn court battle had left his father disillusioned.

Babbar, Dikshit breathe life into the Congress in UP
Rediff.com18 Jul 2016

Newly-appointed chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit and state chief Raj Babbar...

How Brexit is affecting Tata's UK asset sale
Rediff.com8 Jul 2016

In March, Tata Steel announced its intention to sell the entire 10.5 million-tonne UK...

Women leaders concerned over rising forced pregnancies
Rediff.com19 May 2016

All the speakers agreed that the issue of early marriage and adolescent health on...

Gates foundation will invest $80 million to fight gender discrimination
Rediff.com17 May 2016

To end gender discrimination across the globe, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...

This statue on Copenhagen streets highlights horror of human trafficking
Rediff.com17 May 2016

However, the voice of the poor victims of prostitution got drowned in the loud and...

BJP's great gamble: Party opts for OBC Maurya in UP, Yeddyruppa in Karnataka
Rediff.com9 Apr 2016

The Bharatiya Janata Party announced a major organisational reshuffle in the party,...

Why banks may not buy Mallya's settlement offer
Rediff.com31 Mar 2016

Mallya has denied that he had fled India and said he would comply with laws.