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Human skulls, bones recovered from vacant plot in Kanpur

Panic gripped Damodar Nagar locality in Kanpur on Wednesday after several skulls and bones were recovered from a vacant plot. The remains recovered from the plot appeared to be that of humans, the......

Is Joe Biden Buying A Car?

Joe Biden, president of the United States aka POTUS, visited the Detroit Auto Show to highlight electric vehicle manufacturing in America. IMAGE: POTUS checks out the Chevrolet Corvette......

Muslim man thrashed, forced to chant Jai Shri Ram; FIR lodged

A Muslim man was assaulted in public and allegedly asked to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ even as his minor daughter tried to save him, said police in Kanpur on Thursday. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Chennai engineer convicted in ISIS conspiracy case

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Delhi has sentenced the accused Mohamed Naser to rigorous imprisonment for seven years and fine Rs 40,000 in the ISIS conspiracy case. ......

Vikas Dubey's absconding aide arrested near Mumbai

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police arrested two men including an absconding aide of slain gangster Vikas Dubey in neighbouring Thane on Saturday, an official said. ......

Why India's automobile business is like Bollywood

What worked for Hyundai in India when so many other auto manufacturers have had to eat humble pie? Pavan Lall finds out. Image: A Harley-Davidson logo is seen on a Street Glide Special motorcycle......

Nadella, Pichai in Trump's economic revival team

In addition to Pichai and Nadella, IBM's Arvind Krishna, Micron's Sanjay Mehrotra, Ajay Banga from Mastercard and Ann Mukherjee from Pernod are among the six Indian-Americans among over 200......

Chennai-born Dhivya S is GM's first female CFO

An Indian-American, Dhivya Suryadevara, has been named the chief finance officer of the US's largest automaker, General Motors. Suryadevara, currently the vice president of corporate......

The remorseful CEO

Today, apologies by CEOs of global corporations have become so common that you get case studies on the subject. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Facebook, Apple, Toyota, Microsoft, Uber,......

The loneliness of being a CEO

Whether they live away from their families or with them, all CEOs struggle with work-life balance, says Shyamal Majumdar. IMAGE: PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi at the Women In The World Summit in New......

Great world cinema at a theatre near you!

At Rs 2,000, says J Jagannath, you can gift yourself an awesome sensory experience for Diwali. IMAGE: A scene from Elle. Last year, the Mumbai Film Festival was an embarrassment of riches. This......

Diwali: Bollywood's favourite festival?

Bollywood's relationship with Diwali is not as deep as with Holi. I have often wondered why we have so many playful Holi songs in Hindi cinema (ranging from Holi Ayee Re from Mother India to Rang......

Directing India's best children's film

Mumbai-based P N Ramachandra won this year's prestigious National Award for the best children's film Putaani Party. The director, who earlier won laurels for his Tulu film Suddha, talks......

Football Extras: Copa Libertadores final postponed again

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: River Plate's fans clash with riot police after the match betweeb River Plate and Boca Juniors was postponed in Buenos Aires in......

Paralympics tragedy: Iranian cyclist death casts pall over Games

IMAGE: Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad of Iran competes in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters. Iranian cyclist Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad has died after crashing in the C4-5......

We have to keep our emotions aside and start afresh: Sania

‘We still think we can improve as every round becomes tougher from here on. We played two amazing champions today and we look forward to playing champions’ IMAGE: India’s Sania......

German coach suffers life-threatening injury in taxi crash

Germany's canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze is fighting for his life after sustaining serious head injuries in a car crash earlier on Friday, the German Olympic team (DOSB) said. Henze was seriously......

Track and Field star Felix still aiming for the triple encore at Rio Olympics

IMAGE: Track and field athlete Allyson Felix of the United States attends a press conference at the Main Press Centre in Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday Photograph: Tim......

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