Ready for Hillary: She drives around in Scooby, has a belly laugh

On Sunday, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton announced she was running for president in the 2016 elections. After being a fixture in American politics for the last three decades,......

POWER selfies: Top politicos show you how it's done

The selfie craze that shows no sign of letting up has even taken hold of top world leaders. Many of them have been spotted posing for selfies and taking some themselves. Rediff.com has compiled a......

REWIND: Top moments from the week that was

Here’s a glimpse at what happened around the world last week A volunteer of Ukrainian self-defence battalion ‘Azov’ talks to his girlfriend after returning from the front line in......

Time for the elephant to do some soul searching

Barack Obama's re-election reflects how much the Republican Party, held hostage by the Tea Party, has alienated minorities and women. Aziz Haniffa reports Republican challenger Mitt Romney may very......

Gopichand Katragadda: Tata group's lab-to-market man

Deep down, Katragadda is still that boy who makes as well as sells soap He has directed a Telugu film on treasure hunters, is the author of a well-acclaimed book called S.M.A.S.H Innovation, paints......

Telecom body urges India to liberalise the sector

Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) is the representative industry body of Unified Access Service Licensees providing telecom services in the country with CDMA......

How H-1B visa dreams went sour

Urbandale is a thriving residential suburb of Iowa's capital city, Des Moines. Go to its Web site and you'll see a picture of a charming gazebo and the claim that Urbandale is "a growing city that......

Lakshya Sen loses to Feng in US Open semis

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen went down fighting against China's Li Shi Feng in a gruelling semi-final match that lasted one hour and 16 minutes. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Lakshya Sen went......

New-crowned champ Lakshya Sen leads India charge at US Open

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen will look to continue his winning run when the US Open gets underway. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Newly-crowned Canada Open champion Lakshya Sen will hope to continue......

Time right for the great American cricketing dream?

'Similar to baseball, a lot of the same things go on in it, pitchers have similar curve balls and all that. It is going to be a lot of fun' IMAGE: Indian cricket fans during the 1st T20......

Sports Shorts: Muhammad sets 400m hurdles world record

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Dalilah Muhammad poses with scoreboard after winning the women's 400m hurdles in a world record 52.20 during the USATF......

Sports Shorts: Leclerc aiming for a first in a thousand

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was cruising to an easy victory when engine trouble struck 10 laps from the end, leaving him......