Govt posts Manipur cadre officer as aviation secretary, rejigs bureaucracy

The Centre has appointed senior IAS officers Vumlunmang Vualnam and Neeraj Mittal as new secretaries in the ministry of civil aviation and the department of telecommunications respectively in a......

Jailed Lashkar terrorist Afsar Pasha masterminded Mangaluru blast: Police

Investigators have found that jailed Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Afsar Pasha masterminded the Mangaluru bomb blast that occurred in November last year and he provided training in making cooker bombs......

Gadkari gets another threatening call at official residence in Delhi

An unidentified man made a threatening call on the landline number of Union minister Nitin Gadkari's official residence on Motilal Nehru road in New Delhi, the police said on Tuesday.  The......

TRS MLAs who alleged poaching by BJP now complain of threat calls

The four Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLAs, who were allegedly lured with money to quit the party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party, complained of receiving threat calls by unidentified persons,......

India set to launch first-ever offshore mineral auction in Q1 FY24

In a step towards diversifying its resource base and securing green energy minerals, India is poised to launch its first-ever offshore mineral auction in the first quarter of 2024, announced Union......

Indian telcos surpass 3-year 5G rollout target in six months

Indian telecom operators have surpassed the three- year 5G network rollout target given to them within six months and now the government is making efforts to enhance adoption of 5G applications......

Top Indian IT firms form consortium to bag projects in China

India has consistently asked China to open up its market for IT and pharmaceuticals. In a significant initiative to break into the highly-regulated Chinese market, five top Indian IT firms have for......

India, China to sign pacts worth about $10 bln

India and China will sign several business agreements worth about $10 billion at the India- China Business Forum to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Shanghai on Saturday. Official......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

Bhoomi Review: Sanjay Dutt makes comeback in one of the worst films of the year!

Bhoomi’s blood-splattering, bone-crunching vigour is as unwelcome as the rest of this ghastly movie, feels Sukanya Verma. Blatantly exploitative and excessive, Bhoomi treats rape as......

D Ramanaidu: From rice grower to number one filmmaker

Veteran Telugu film producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu passed away into the ages on February 18. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in September 2010, he tells us how he started making......

'Rajani Kantha is not a regular Duniya Vijay film'

Kannada actor Vijay's success in the industry is a shining example of sheer hard work and a stroke of good luck. Vijay was born into a poor family in Anekal village near Bangalore. He became a......

Stats: Stanikzai records highest score in ODIs

Statistical highlights of the Asia Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh played at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, in Fatullah. # Samiullah Shenwari and Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai......

Sri Lanka pen sketches

Mahela Jayawardene (Captain)Full Name: Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene Born: 27-05-1977, Colombo Batting Style: Right Hand BatBowling Style: Right Arm MediumMajor Teams: Sinhalese......

Life insurance for PHL players

Private life insurance firm ING Vysya Life has signed on as the official insurer of the Premier Hockey League, it was announced on Thursday.The Bangalore-based company will provide a life insurance......

Next PHL to be more exciting

Players from the Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain and Argentina would be seen in action during the second edition of the Premier Hockey League scheduled for early next year.The foreign professionals......

Japan tourney will be a test

With the Olympics just a few months away, the four-nation hockey tournament in Gifu, Japan, starting on May 13, will offer a great opportunity to several junior aspirants to prove their mettle at......