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Trump names Mick Mulvaney as interim Chief of Staff

United States President Donald Trump has named his budget director Mick Mulvaney as interim White House chief of staff, putting a halt to a chaotic search to who will take over one of the most......

WH Chief of Staff John Kelly to leave by year end: Trump

IMAGE: US President Donald Trump speaks to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after an event with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Photograph: Jonathan......

Could Partition have been less bloody?

The British administration ignored the mounting evidence of violence between Hindus and Muslims...Military historian Barney White-Spunner traces the countdown to the tragedy in his book, Partition.......

MUST READ: The FIRST scam of independent India

While we celebrate Indian independence with much pride, here is a fact that does not quite hold much celebratory value. A book reveals that independent India's first scam may have taken place as......

'60 pc Britons' think Everest is UK's highest peak!

You may call it a curious case of clueless Brits! Nearly six in 10 adults in Britain think that the country's highest peak is Ben Nevis, Snowdon -- or even Mount Everest. According to a shocking......

Rajat Gupta released after completing 2-year prison term

He was convicted in his 2012 trial of passing confidential boardroom information to his one-time friend and business associate Raj Rajaratnam India-born former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta......

US court to rehear Rajat Gupta's appeal against conviction

Rajat Gupta was convicted in 2012 of passing illegal tips about Goldman Sachs to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam. India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has convinced a US court......

Rajat Gupta, freed from jail but confined to home

Rajat Gupta was freed from Federal Medical Centre Devens, a federal correctional facility in Ayer, Massachusetts, on January 5. Image: Rajat Gupta started serving a two-year prison term from......

World is drowning in oil; US crude drops below $28

US commercial crude oil stocks were forecast to have risen by 3 million barrels last week Crude futures slumped again in early Asian trade on Wednesday, with US oil falling to its lowest since......

Rajat Gupta loses another bid to overturn insider trading conviction

Less than three months before his prison term is slated to end, India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has lost yet another bid to overturn his conviction on insider trading......

Around the world with Alia, Katrina, Priyanka...

Amazing holiday ideas from Bollywood! Actors lead busy lives, but they know just where to vacation. As we get ready for the summer break, here are some amazing holiday ideas for you! Germany......

When Will Smith gets talking...

'It's like we were saying the Dark Lord is coming. We weren't thinking of Donald Trump.' Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Will Smith is in India to promote his Netflix movie Bright and......

Will Smith watches Bright with Sarah Jane Dias, Rakul Preet

Welcome to India, Will! Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Will Smith attended the India premiere of his Netflix exclusive film, Bright, held on Monday at the St Regis, Lower......

Parineeti Chopra's AWESOME Australian holiday!

Stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in.We bring you their travels in a special series. Aamir Khan went on a family holiday to Italy. Karisma......

Review: Suicide Squad is a noisy mess

Suicide Squad is less an actual movie and more an assemblage of moments, moments mostly to do with popular music appropriated around shots of spectacle, with every single scene trying to hit a......

EPL PIX: Chelsea profit as Man City lose; Liverpool held

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday. IMAGE: Reece James, left, celebrates with his Chelsea team mates after scoring the first goal against Newcastle United during the......

India came all guns blazing in the match, says Morgan

'The pitch was slow and low and one thing that does is expose our weakness on these surfaces a little bit' IMAGE: Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates the wicket of David Malan with his......

Venus has much thinking to do

Niggles, knocks and persistent injuries have undermined Venus Williams for the bulk of her career.For all those physical failings it could well be a psychological weak spot which ends up driving......

Iverson could be the Answer

It was July 2002 and Allen Iverson's name had become a byword for amorality. Iverson was always a self-styled anti-hero but a letter sent to The Pilot and Ledger-Star newspapers in Virginia --......

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