It's official, Biden vs Trump set for rematch

United States President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump secured their parties' presidential nominations with impressive wins in another round of key primaries, setting the stage for a......

Current epidemic law can't handle future crisis, needs overhaul, says panel

Flagging "significant deficiencies" in the Epidemic Diseases Act, the Law Commission has recommended to the government that either the law be suitably amended to address existing gaps or a......

'The police will be significantly more militarised'

'The idea of subversive activities is so vague that it could include making fun of the government, being critical of the government.' IMAGE: Gangster Vikas Dubey after his arrest in Ujjain, July......

Did 'Modi Ki Guarantee' Work Its Magic?

Narendra D Modi and his party campaigned in these elections uncharacteristically without any big ideas.Of course, winning each election at all costs could be a big idea as well, observes Shekhar......

'The formulations business been a growth driver'

'Fundamentally, we think that in the coming quarters, API business should come back.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Biocon Biocon is preparing to make the most of the peptides opportunity as these......

India's ambitious chip dream all set to be real

Two full-fledged semiconductor fabrication plants are going to come up in India very soon entailing multi-billion dollar investment besides several chip assembly and packaging units, Minister of......

Sensex down 199 points on profit-taking in IT stocks

Stock markets snapped their five-day winning run on Tuesday with the benchmark Sensex declining by 199 points due to profit-taking in IT and oil shares and weak global trends. Photograph: Danish......

Potential bidders set to get three chances in offshore mineral auction

For the country’s maiden offshore mineral mining auction, the Centre is planning to relax the rules on the number of chances for bidding. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters Under the newly......

Tina Turner: The Legend In Pictures

IMAGE: Tina Turner performs during the Grammy awards in 2008. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Known as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll for her blistering performances and powerfully gritty......

Cirkus Review: Angoor Khatte Hain!

Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma. Rohit Shetty poaches on Vishal Bhardwaj territory to make his version of the Bard's The Comedy of Errors. There are several cinematic adaptations......

Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale dies at 77

Gokhale, an artist equally at home in theatre, television and movies, acted in several Marathi and Bollywood films, including the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Agneepath (1990), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007),......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

Mayank Yadav: India's next pace sensation?

Photograph: Kind courtesy LSG/X A new star has been unearthed in Indian cricket. 21-year-old fast bowler Mayank Yadav announced himself on the biggest stage, the IPL, with a fiery debut for the......

Virat Kohli AXED? 'Can't be true,' says Stuart Broad

IMAGE: Reports of Virat Kohli’s T20 World Cup omission spark fierce debate. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli's possible omission from India's T20 World Cup squad has sparked debate. Former......

Ponting lauds Stokes's 'proactive' captaincy

IMAGE: England's Ben Stokes celebrates with Ollie Robinson and Stuart Broad after taking the wicket of Australia's Steven Smith on Day 2 of the 1st Ashes Test. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action......

Gaikwad fulfills dream of joining Yuvraj's league

IMAGE: Ruturaj Gaikwad hit a phenomenal world record of seven sixes in an over. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Gallo Images/Getty Images Ruturaj Gaikwad was the talk of the town after his astonishing......

REWIND: T20 World Cups: How India Fared

India won the inaugural T20 World Cup, as a young Indian team under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh, in 2007 in South Africa. Since then their best finish has been second place in 2014, when they......