Indian student jailed in Australia in bribery scam

An Indian student was sentenced to 14 months in jail for his involvement in a bribery scam under which the English test scores used for granting Australian permanent residency and visas were......

Meet the nation's first UID holders

347688003622 is the Unique ID number of Raju Makkan Madi of Tembhali village, one of the first recepients of the government's most ambitious schemes.The 33-year old Madi is a labourer who earns Rs......

'26/11 investigation was a very lazy one'

Rediff.com correspondentVicky Nanjappa, who has been following and reporting on the case since the attacks, took up readers' queries about the Ajmal Kasab verdict. Here's the chat transciptindians......

ar to work on Mumbai health project

A 23-year-old American Fulbright Scholar studying at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, has decided to use the grant awarded to him to work for Pratham and Niramaya (Niramaya......

Investors' wealth zoom Rs 8.83 lakh cr in FY19

Led by the rally in stocks, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies rose by Rs 883,714.01 crore to Rs 1,51,08,711.01 crore. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Investors' wealth zoomed......

Access to low-cost funds to help infra lender, says IDFC

Lender for big-ticket projects IDFC, which has won a banking licence, was set up in 1997 as a specialised lender to long-gestation infrastructure projects.   IDFC has, over the years,......

Infosys drags markets; Sensex sheds 82 points

Markets erased early gains in the last half hour of trade as investors scrambled to book profits after last three days of consolidation. Key benchmark stock indices were dragged down by sell-off in......

Jan WPI plays cupid for market; Sensex up 173 points

Markets staged a recovery on Friday led by gains in IT majors and index heavyweight like Reliance and Tata Motors after a sharp decline in the previous session. Further, whole sale price inflation......

Spotted: Mithun Chakraborty at Mumbai airport

Reader Pritesh Shah met Mithun Chakraborty at the Mumbai airport. If you encounter/meet/see film or television personalities and take a photograph or a video of the star(s), please scan the......

'Ashwin' Helping Australia Prepare Against Ashwin

IMAGE: Baroda off-spinner Mahesh Pithiya, whose bowling style is quite similar to Ravichandran Ashwin, is helping Australia with their preparations for the four Test series against India.  ......

Why Manchester Utd are easily winning a record 20th EPL crown

After the final day drama of the 2011-12 English Premier League season, when the title was decided on goal difference, no one could have predicted that the race for the 2012-13 crown would be close......

Has the EPL become one-horse race?

With three-quarters of the English Premier League season over, Pritesh Mistry sees Manchester United cantering to a record 20th crown. With Manchester City's dramatic last day finish to the......

Tottenham peg back United, tighten EPL title race

It was an eventful weekend in the English Premier League. Pritesh Mistry reviews the action. West Brom 2 – 2 Aston Villa It was an exciting game of two halves as Aston Villa dominated the......

EPL weekend wrap: Chelsea maintain lead, Arsenal lose

Pritesh Mistry looks back on the weekend's action in the English Premier League Tottenham 2-4 Chelsea This London derby turned out to be the game of the weekend not only for the 6 goals which......