All stories by Kishor Dwivedi
Hathras stampede: Hunt on for preacher Bhole Baba
Rediff.com6 Jul 2024'No one has been given a clean chit. The investigation is on and government agencies are searching for the main accused who is absconding'
What Rahul said to kin of Hathras stampede victims
Rediff.com5 Jul 2024Tahul assured that he would raise the stampede issue in Parliament in a bid to prevent such incidents in the future, they said.
UP to have SOPs in place to permit Hathras-like gatherings
Rediff.com4 Jul 2024A day after a stampede in Hathras claimed 121 lives, Uttar Pradesh minister Asim Arun on Wednesday said the state government has started work on standard operating procedures (SOPs) for granting permission for large gatherings to prevent such incidents in future.
Hathras stampede: The main cause of death was...
Rediff.com3 Jul 2024Asphyxia due to compression was the leading cause of death among the victims of the Hathras stampede who were brought to the district hospital in neighbouring Etah on Tuesday, a senior doctor said.
Hathras stampede: Victims' bodies on ice blocks, kin await autopsy
Rediff.com3 Jul 2024A number of bodies were kept at the district hospital in Hathras.
Ram idol taken to Ravana-worshipping temple near Noida
Rediff.com22 Jan 2024The ancient Shiv Mandir is located at Bisrakh village, believed to be the birthplace of Ravana, the antagonist to the hero of Lord Ram in the epic Ramayana.
After killing wife, ex-IIS officer hid in store room
Rediff.com12 Sep 2023As dramatic as it gets, but a former Indian Information Service (IIS) officer kept hiding inside a store room for more than 10 hours after killing his wife even as police teams along with a dog squad searched his property.
Veteran recalls Partition, travelling with corpses
Rediff.com15 Aug 2023They travelled for almost three days in a train with dead bodies, witnessing bloodshed and massacre across the new border that was created between India and the new-formed Pakistan.
An India-Pakistan love story, brought to you by PUBG
Rediff.com5 Jul 2023Seema Ghulam Haider and Sachin Meena got in touch while playing PUBG in 2019 as a dramatic love story unfolded between the two living more than 1,300 km apart, in countries not too friendly to each other.
Cops bust drug making unit in UP; MDMA worth Rs 200 cr seized, 9 Africans held
Rediff.com17 May 2023The police were also taken by surprise with what they witnessed -- a sophisticated setup for creating the synthetic drug, intense intoxicating smell inside the compound and the foreigners geared up with high-quality face masks.
How Atiq's key vote in 2008 helped save UPA govt
Rediff.com16 Apr 2023The Opposition had brought a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh dispensation and at stake was his UPA government and the nuclear deal.
Sea of people in Saifai for Mulayam Singh Yadav's last rites
Rediff.com11 Oct 2022Frequent chants of "netaji amar rahe, amar rahe amar rahe (long live netaji!)" by lakhs of people rent the air.
Zee News anchor wasn't named in FIR before UP cops picked him up
Rediff.com6 Jul 2022The TV news anchor arrested and released on bail over a misleading video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was not named as an accused in the first information report (FIR) lodged by the Uttar Pradesh, just minutes before they reached his home in Ghaziabad.
How Chhattisgarh cops were prevented from arresting TV anchor in UP
Rediff.com5 Jul 2022The drama unfolded early in the morning as the Chhattisgarh Police came face to face with their counterparts from Ghaziabad and Noida, who, they claimed, prevented them from arresting Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan despite an arrest warrant and court order against him.
UP polls: SP picks winnable candidates, ally RLD relies on clean record
Rediff.com14 Jan 2022The Rashtriya Lok Dal has chosen educated candidates hailing from the constituency and with no criminal background, while partner the Samajwadi Party picked them on their 'winnability' factor as the alliance announced the first list of nominees for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Lakhimpur violence: 2nd FIR silent on farmers' deaths
Rediff.com10 Oct 2021The second FIR mentions only one "unnamed rioter", who has been charged with IPC Sections 302 (murder), 324 (causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) among others.
Ahead of polls, babu-turned-Modi aide AK Sharma to focus on western UP
Rediff.com8 Sep 2021The Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttar Pradesh vice president Arvind Kumar Sharma will be reaching out to residents of western UP with public meetings in Noida, Greater Noida and Bulandshahr from Friday.
Rakesh Tikait, the cynosure of many eyes
Rediff.com30 Jan 2021Tikait has been at loggerheads with various governments on a range of farmers' issues, including loan waivers, minimum support price, power tariff and land acquisition in states such as UP, Haryana Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.
Ahead of R-Day, bomb hoaxes keep cops on their toes in UP
Rediff.com23 Jan 2021The miscreants behind these hoax threats, which even prompted evacuations in hospitals and shopping malls, are yet to be identified. FIRs have been lodged in connection with some of the incidents, according to officials.
When supporters celebrated Pranab's first LS win at 3.45 am
Rediff.com31 Aug 2020Mukherjee had lost the Lok Sabha elections twice earlier and it was third time lucky for him, much to the delight of the Congress leader's supporters.