Following is the transcript of the US Department of Defence background briefing with senior defence officials from the Pentagon and senior Intelligence officials by telephone on US operations......
Nuclear power generation began more than 50 years ago and now generates as much global electricity as was produced then by all sources. Some two-thirds of world population lives in nations where......
There will be no summit-level meeting at Mohali between India and Pakistan on March 30.On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation, Pakistan premier Yusuf Raza Gilani......
Swedish writer Jan Myrdal and Gautam Navlakha, consultative editor, Economic and Political Weekly, travelled into the jungles of the eastern ghats to interview Mupalla Laxman Rao, the Communist......
The longest solar eclipse of this millenium was witnessed by a huge crowd at Dhanushkodi, in Tamil Nadu. Dhanushkodi is only 18 kms from Thalaimannar in Sri Lanka. The center line of the eclipse......
With an annual remuneration limit of Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million), T K Kurien, the recently appointed chief executive officer of Wipro's information technology business, has become the highest paid......
The Indian markets are now seemingly on the verge of panic and capitulation. The markets are falling everyday, mostly on limited volume, with the mid- and small-caps getting hit particularly......
In contrast to handsome gains made in the primary market, nearly two-third of the 69 companies listed on bourses during 2010 are trading below their issue prices, resulting into negative returns......
German auto major BMW said on Thursday it would introduce its premium range of motorcycles in the Indian market by December this year, which are likely to be priced from Rs 18 lakh (Rs 1.8 million)......
No nation has achieved greatness when governed by a self-centred, self-absorbed and grasping elite, says Shyam Saran. What does a compass do? It orients us towards a definite direction. It reveals......
It won't be completely untrue to say that Sonam Kapoor is more talked about for being a fashion forward clothes horse than her body of work in Bollywood. Currently at Cannes,......
Former Miss India and veejay Sarah Jane Dias was in her elements as she sat down for a Rediff Chat with her fans on Thursday. The Game actress fielded questions about her co-star Abhishek Bachchan,......
Times are changing. In the good old days, actresses just had to flash their gorgeous smiles or flutter their eyelashes, and they would become a rage. These days, skin show rules. Heroines like......
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Rang De Basanti director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Aamir Khan pose as they made their way to a special screening of the film......
After the debacle of his last film What's Your Rashee, Ashutosh Gowariker is back with what he does best and brings us a movie based in the pre-independence era. His new film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan......
An inspired India on Saturday regained the coveted World Cup after 28 years as they suppressed Sri Lanka with a six-wicket victory in a nerve-wrecking final to script a glorious new chapter in......
Led by Sachin Tendulkar's double ton in the first innings and a half century in the second, India comprehensively beat Australia in the second Test in Bangalore. Chasing 207 to win, the home team......
Chess legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov reignite one of the greatest rivalries in the history of chess this week with a re-match of their classic 1984 world championship contest. The two......
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