PHOTOS: When our naval warships spewed FIRE
Defence Minister A K Antony was on Wednesday given a glimpse of the expansive scope and scale of the Indian Navy.

IN PHOTOS: India's MOST VIEWED netas
Rediff.com takes a look at the seven most viewed leaders on the netapedia website.

Send porn scandal ministers to jail: Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare on Wednesday demanded that the three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers who were caught watching porn inside Karnataka assembly be dismissed from the House

TOP SHOTS: The BIG freeze grips Europe
Forecasters say freezing conditions and snowfalls that have grounded flights at London's Heathrow Airport will continue for most of February.

Rediff readers showcase their photography skills
We had asked our readers to share with us their photography skills. We received an overwhelming number of responses, some of which are being showcased here.

NCTC: Will it fight terror or add to the mess?
Will the much-hyped National Counter Terrorism Centre end up being just another agency to create jobs? Vicky Nanjappa tries to find some answers

In PHOTOS: 6.8 earthquake jolts Philippines
The quake struck about 70 kilometers from the coastal city of Dumaguete on the Philippine island of Negros, the US Geological Survey said.

Postcards from a snowy Kashmir
The Kashmir Valley received fresh snow Sunday that blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway yet again. The blockade of the highway stranded hundreds of vehicles at various points on the highway.

TOP SHOTS: Europe cold snap, Egypt football riots and more
Here are some of the best images from across the globe in the last 48 hours.

Sonia ringmaster with whiplash, PM the lion: Swamy
It's not for nothing that Dr Subramanian Swamy is called a maverick. And the maverick was at his best once again while speaking on the 2G scam and its implications in Mumbai, just a day after the trial court judge O P Saini dismissed his petition to make Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused with former disgraced telecom minister A Raja in the allocation of the scandal.

Kapil Sibal CANNOT count beyond zero, says Swamy
Refusing to give up his efforts to make Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in 2G scam, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said he will move the Supreme Court within a month to challenge a Delhi court's order rejecting his plea as he has a "very, very strong case".

PHOTOS: Jesus Christ with Marx, Lenin at CPI-M show!
Display of a painting of Jesus Christ -- along with icons of Communism like Karl Marx, Lenin and Che Guevara at an exhibition organisation by the Communist Party of India - Marxist in Thiruvananthapuram -- has sparked a debate with sections of the Catholic Church seeing it as an attempt to win the support of its believers.

PIC: Ice, ice EVERYWHERE at minus 30 deg Celsius
Nearly 11,000 villagers have been trapped and several homeless people killed after heavy snowfall hit Serbia's mountainous regions, according to media reports.

IN PICS: Sun 'punches' earth with powerful radiation
A strong follow-up solar flare, which cropped up on Friday, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection seen in almost a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to Earth's magnetic field even though it was targetted away from our planet, a new study including Indian origin scientist has revealed.

INCREDIBLE PHOTOS: When rediff readers took up the camera
We had asked our readers to share with us their photography skills. We received an overwhelming number of responses, some of which are being showcased here.

Why many Muslim youngsters are maintaining a diary
In an interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Trideep Pais says that most of the youngsters he has dealt with have started carrying a diary in which they write down what they do through the day so that it can be used as an alibi if they get into trouble with the police.

It is risky to be born a girl in India: UN Report
According to newly-released data by the United Nations, India is the most dangerous place in the world for a girl child. According to the report, a girl child aged between 1-5 years is 75 per cent more likely to die than a boy of the same age.

PHOTOS: 34-km-wide asteroid flies past earth
34-km-wide Eros, the second largest near-earth asteroid, had a fly by of earth and can now be seen in the constellations Leo, Sextans and Hydra.

PHOTOS: Lord Shiva at Hungary's gold museum
Most of the artefacts at this museum are reportedly of gold and go as far back as the prehistoric times and come from 11 countries. Besides Shiva, its collection also includes Lord Ganesha from the Indonesian Archipelago.

Is India on the right flight path with Rafale?
Ending months of speculation, India has finally selected Rafale as the best aircraft tailor-made to meet its requirements for at least the next decade and replace its ageing fleet of MiGs. But is it what India needs now to safeguard its skies?

Rafale clinches India's Rs 52,000 cr fighter jet deal
Overcoming tough competition from Eurofighter Typhoon, French aviation company Dassault's Rafale fighter jet has won Indian Air Force's mammoth deal for 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft worth Rs 52,000 crore.