The damage Pompeo is causing to US interests

With a distracted president brooding in the White House, Pompeo seems to think his day has come.He seems to be pushing a personal agenda before a target audience in America, observes Ambassador M K......

2019: The year in photos

We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top images of 2019. Together these tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak,......

7 states where Congress MLAs quit to help BJP

It seems the Congress is imploding in the states as well.In Karnataka, its coalition government with the Janata Dal-Secular is on tenterhooks after some of its MLAs quit the party and resigned from......

UP Polls Phase 5: From Ayodhya to Amethi

As the Uttar Pradesh assembly election campaign hits new lows, Rediff.com's Aslam Hunani walks you through all you need to know about the fifth phase of polling on February 27. The 2017 UP......

SP group can't call Ratan Tata a shadow director: SC

The Supreme Court in its order said it was not open for SP group companies to call Ratan Tata a “shadow director” when the board of which Cyrus Mistry was chairman had nominated him as......

Six months in power: Modi's 6 big ideas to transform India

Partial dismantling of subsidies, move towards a more transparent policy on natural resources and efforts to make India more inviting for foreign investors are some of Modi government's big......

India makes a big song and dance in Davos

It was perhaps in the fitness of things that the concluding dinner of Davos 2011 was hosted by the Indian government and the Confederation of Indian Industry. The annual ball, renamed this year as......

India-origin Gordhan may become South Africa's FM

Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Commissioner of South AfricaRevenue Service since November 1999, is the frontrunner to succeed as the nation's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. According to a statement from......

Rani: I'd love to go to Pakistan!

It's not everyday that one dines with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. And Rani Mukerji understands that well.The actress was invited by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to dinner in honour of......

PHOTOS WC qualifiers: Argentina held; Cape Verde shock SA

The small island nation of Cape Verde shook up the African qualifiers as they registered a second successive win over South Africa that suddenly sees a country of 500,000 inhabitants in with a......

South African sports row reopens old wounds over race

Teams penalised for not selecting enough black players Dream of unified 'Rainbow Nation' still distant IMAGE: South Africa's Temba Bavuma celebrates scoring his maiden century during the second......

India-SA ODIs as scheduled; named 'dedication to late Nelson Mandela'

Cricket South Africa did its bit to honour Nelson Mandela on Friday by naming the ongoing ODI series against India as 'dedication to late Nelson Mandela'. South Africa went into mourning on......

Africa's World Cup dream to become reality at last

The once inconceivable notion of a World Cup played on African soil, in ultra-modern stadiums beamed live to soccer fans in all corners of the globe will become a reality on Friday. When South......

Big names feature in Challenger Trophy

Updated: September 9, 2003 | 16:50 IST England vs South Africa England outplayed us when it mattered: Graeme Smith [telegraph.co.uk] Smith blossomed but is still learning [telegraph.co.uk]......