Partial success for opposition's Bharat Bandh

Rediff.com brings you a combined update of the effect of Thursday's Bharat bandh, called by the National Democratic Alliance, Left parties and Samajwadi Party to protest against the latest hike in......

Gen Bikram Singh takes over as chief of Indian Army

Gen Bikram Singh, a veteran infantry officer, on Wednesday took over as the 25th chief of the Indian Army, succeeding Gen V K Singh whose 26-month tenure wasmired in controversies. The 59-year-old......

Pak tests nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII cruise missile

For the second time in a week, Pakistan on Thursday successfully test fired another nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII cruise missile with a range of more than 350 km, the latest in a series of tests of......

Meet General Bikram Singh, the new Army chief

The 25th General to lead the world's second largest army is one of its most decorated serving soldiers today, says Group Captain Tarun Kumar Singha, VSM.General Bikram Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM,......

King of Gujarati comedy Ramesh Mehta passes away

King of Gujarati comedy Ramesh Mehta,who acted in a number of plays and worked in over 200 films, passed away at his residence in Rajkot on Friday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 78. His......

NBA: Rose injury gives Bulls major concern

Chicago and Miami opened the National Basketball Association post-season with comfortable wins on Saturday but the Bulls paid a steep price for their victory when Derrick Rose was ruled out for the......

Hazare Trophy: Mumbai drub Delhi; to meet Bengal in final

In what turned out to be a complete mismatch, Mumbai on Saturday trounced a hapless Delhi by 140 runs and advanced to the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The former champions will take on Bengal,......

Asian TT: Indian men, women in quarterfinals

Indian women paddlers stunned fancied Thailand 3-0, while their male counterparts edged past Iran 3-2 to enter the Asian Table Tennis Championship quarterfinals in Macau. For the Indian women, it......

Olympic hockey qualifier: Indian eves thrash Canada 4-1

Indian eves dished out a dominating performance to notch up a convincing 4-1 victory over Canada in their second match of the London Olympic qualifiers at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New......