A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of British-born top Al Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted in the abduction and murder of United States journalist......
'I was present at a meeting where he decided to permit the IAF to strike at Pakistan positions in Kargil, with the caveat that they should not cross the LoC.''Confident that the Indian Army would......
Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying, on Monday met his wife and mother -- but separated by a glass screen -- in a carefully choreographed event that unfolded in......
‘After Nader Shah’s death, in the chaos that followed, a court eunuch called Agha Mohammed tortured Nader’s grandson Shah Rukh to find out where the diamond was. ‘Shah Rukh......
American civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor tells P Rajendran/Rediff.com why he may have become a target of NSA surveillance. When Asim Ghafoor, a civil rights attorney who has often argued for......
Professor Syed Ali Mohammed Khusro Husaini died on 24 August 2003. The various appointments he held spanned a remarkable range: he taught economics at Osmania and other universities and he......
Director Anubhav Sinha's screening of his new film Anek, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Andrea Kevichusa, Manoj Pahwa and Kumud Mishra, was a houseful affair! Actors and directors turned up to see......
'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......
Eid-ul-Fitr has been celebrated in a big way in Hindi films. The films listed below, in fact, are those where the festival plays a pivotal plot point, observes Subhash K Jha. Chaudvin Ka......
B R Chopra was a reformist film-maker, way ahead of his times, says Subhash K Jha. Baldev Raj Chopra was the visionary film-maker who directed Indian cinema's first multistarrer Waqt... If he had......
Rasheed Kidwai unearths little-known stories from the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee's past as Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 50 years in the movies this month. The long, fascinating and illustrious......
Images from the ICC Men's ODI World Cup match between England and Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. SCORECARD IMAGE: David Willey picked up a three-wicket haul as......
Captaincy on line, Babar's Pakistan locked in a do-or-die battle against South Africa IMAGE: Ahead of Pakistan’s clash against South Africa, skipper Babar Azam brushed aside the fear of......
India start overwhelming favourites but Shaheen Shah Afridi, rain pose threat IMAGES: On paper, India is a far superior side and with a batting line-up filled with alpha-male......
IMAGE: Mickey Arthur believes Pakistan can win the World Cup with the brand of cricket they’re playing. Photograph: PCB/X Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur feels the "boys" of 2019......
IMAGE: Rachin Ravindra played a stroke-filled 97 off 72. Photograph: BlackCaps/X Kane Williamson showed his class in his first competitive outing in six months while Rachin Ravindra sizzled......