He fought Ajmal Kasab and his LeT colleague Abu Ismail, received splinter injuries and held them off till he fell unconscious. Image used only for representation. Photograph: ANI Photo On......
As some BJP pollsters concede, the Modi leadership's sweeping success in elections 2019, especially across central India, owed not to Hindutva ideology, but to welfare schemes, all of them borrowed......
A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater......
'No country or society ever prospered or remained secure by marginalising more than one-sixth of its own,' warns Shekhar Gupta. Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters The perennial regret of......
'Gotabaya will expect India to observe the red line.''He even dispensed with any gesture welcoming India as an interlocutor on the Tamil issue.' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Sri......
The BRICS model will need to demonstrate the efficacy of a second alternative governance structure to reform the Bretton Woods legacy, says Zorawar Daulet Singh. It has become customary for some......
Don't let stars get in your eyes. Mutual fund companies try and dazzle you with their hottest star-rated funds, each with mouth-watering returns that will excite you. "Pick our funds! Act now! Buy......
It's been a tough few months for Rajesh Mehrotra, a Mumbai-based businessman with interests in shipping and travel. Freight rates are down, and the market for corporate incentive trips, his......
As staff at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering wait patiently in a conference room, a loud rumble shatters the silence. "Must be him," someone says. Alain E. Kaloyeros has just pulled......
Hotel managers, particularly those in the luxury business, are generally polite folk. But last month, when India's Taj Hotels chain made what it said was a friendly approach to Orient Express......
'I would love to do an item number every day,' Action Jackson heroine Manasvi Mamgai tells Sonil Dedhia/ Rediff.com Like many girls, Manasvi Mamgai also dreamed of becoming a successful......
Catherine Deneuve, one of the grand dames of French cinema, is 'shattered', a report in The Telegraph, London, said.In an otherwise faultless career, the 60 year-old actress, famed for her femme......
The league, which was announced on Sunday with 12 founding members, has been championed by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, the new competition's chairman. It is now left with three Italian......
IMAGE: Gold medallist Sun Yang of China, and bronze medallist Gabriele Detti of Italy celebrate as silver medallist Mack Horton of Australia protests on the podium after the men's 400m freestyle......
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images Legendary shuttler Lee Chong Wei has been diagnosed......
Li Na of China during a press conference. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images China's Li Na, Asia's only Grand Slam singles champion, announced her retirement from tennis on Friday, citing the......
Chinese Olympics swimming champion Sun Yang will spend seven days in detention, state media said on Monday, after a car he was driving without a licence collided with a bus in the latest incident......