Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas

Tropical storm Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States mainland in 12 years, on Saturday made landfall in central Texas coast with winds of 195 kmph, taking aim at the......

Putin's rape remark stuns EU

Crude comments about rape by Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to overshadow a summit with European Union leaders Friday which is already burdened by concerns over Moscow's human rights......

Reliance ranked 96th in Fortune Global 500 list

This is the highest any Indian company has been ranked on the Fortune Global 500 list. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has jumped 10 places to break into the world's top 100......

How to get licence for selling petrol, diesel

Govt's move will facilitate entry of global giants such as Total SA of France, Saudi Arabia's Aramco, BP Plc of the UK, and Trafigura's downstream arm Puma Energy. The government on Tuesday said......

India must stop being the West's digital colony

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,'......

Mukesh inks one of India's biggest FDIs; Saudi Aramco to pick 20% in RIL

Reliance Industries will sell 20 per cent stake in its oil and chemicals business to Saudi oil giant Aramco for about $ 15 billion and nearly half of its fuel retail business to BP of UK for Rs......

10 Biggest Sports Surprises of 2016

2016 is at the halfway stage and the year has already seen some stunning wins, underdogs emerging triumphant on the biggest stages of them all.Rediff.com presents the most astonishing sporting......

Petrol bomb raises Bahrain Grand Prix fears

Safety fears grew ahead of this weekend's Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain on Thursday after members of the Force India team were caught up in a petrol bomb incident and police fired tear gas and......