When US Presidents visited India

United States President Donald Trump will visit India -- Ahmedabad and Delhi -- on February 24 and 25. Rediff.com travels down memory lane when previous POTUSes booked a passage to India.  ......

Orlando reignites the debate for gun control in the US

America’s deadliest mass shooting in Orlando in which 50 people were killed by a gunman pledging allegiance to Islamic State has reignited the debate on gun violence, war against terror......

Pakistan knocks US doors for billion dollar anti-terror op

Pakistan has briefed the United States on the progress it made during military operations against terrorists in North Waziristan costing $1.3 billion (Rs 8080 crore) and sought America's help in......

'It is refreshing to deal with Modi'

'Prime Minister Modi's investment in the relationship with Washington is the biggest deliverable of this visit. He means business and that's fantastic!' Image: US President Barack Obama and Prime......

2 Indian CEOs, Nadella among world's most powerful people

Image: Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita. Photograph: Sandeep Pal     These people have the power that "shapes and bends the world, and moves people, markets, armies and minds,” says......

Rajat Gupta's daughter takes witness stand

A day after former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta notified the court that he will not testify in his own defence, his eldest daughter and close friends took the witness stand on his behalf in......

Financial crisis: How to stop the panic

The world's governments are shocked and dismayed by their inability to stop the increasingly grave financial crisis. Nothing they have attempted has gotten lending flowing normally. Profitable......

They built billion-dollar empires from scratch

While inheriting a billion dollars is still the easiest way to land on our list of the world's wealthiest, it certainly isn't the most common. Almost two-thirds of the world's 946 billionaires made......

If Fantastic Four was made in Bollywood

Just the thought of having desi stars as Fantastic, Sue Storm and the rest of their mates is making our head spin with anticipation! Four science explorers, when hit by cosmic rays, develop......

Oscars 2015: Eddie Redmayne, Jullianne Moore win

The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE American Sniper  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The......

Birdman, Boyhood, American Sniper sweep Oscar 2015 nominations

The 87th Annual Academy awards nominations were announced by directors JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón as well as Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, at the......

Oscars 2014: Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett win top awards

The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture American HustleGravityTwelve Years A SlaveCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers......

World Cup Qualifiers: Raza hammers record-breaking ton

IMAGE: File photo of Sikandar Raza. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters Sikandar Raza smashed the fastest ODI hundred by a Zimbabwean as his team pulled off a second big chase in succession for a......

PICS: Netherlands dash Zimbabwe's semi-final hopes

Images from the T20 World Cup match between Zimbabwe and the Netherlands, at the Adelaide Oval, on Wednesday. Scorecard IMAGE: Opener Max O'Dowd scored 52 off 47 balls, including 8 fours and a......

World Cup Blog: Limiting most of the World Cup to pay TV is limiting audiences

A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup Indian fans during the ICC World Cup Pool B match played between India and West Indies at the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA)......

Sports Shorts: Ibra shows sensitive side after winning Gold Ball

Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Sweden reacts. Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named Sweden's footballer of the year for the ninth time and although his eighth victory in......