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Goa speaker refuses to disqualify 8 Cong turncoats

Goa assembly speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Friday dismissed the disqualification petition filed by the Congress against eight of its MLAs who defected to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in 2022.......

Amid reports of discontent among Goa MLAs, BJP says...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa on Tuesday rubbished reports that eight MLAs from the Congress who had joined the party were unhappy about not being accommodated in the state cabinet and on......

Cobra under his seat, South African pilot makes emergency landing

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus has been lauded by flight experts for a safe emergency landing after a highly venomous Cape cobra reared its head in the cockpit mid-flight. Image used only for......

5 of its Goa MLAs 'missing', Congress sacks Michael Lobo as LoP

The Congress on Sunday removed Michael Lobo from the post of Leader of Opposition in Goa legislative assembly, accusing him and former chief minister Digambar Kamat of "conspiring" against the......

'Congress chhodo yatra has begun': 8 MLAs break vow, defect to BJP in Goa

Eight Congress MLAs in Goa, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat, on Wednesday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, in a body blow to the opposition party which is now left with just......

Rudolf Elmer: The man who blew the whistle on Swiss banks

A former employee of Swiss bank Julius Baer, Rudolf Elmer shot into limelight as a whistleblower in 2008. He shared secret documents with WikiLeaks on the tax evasion activities of Julius Baer in......

How Adidas and Puma were born

The small Bavarian town of Herzogenaurach, near Nuremburg, is most famous in Germany as the home of the Dassler brothers. Were it not for an extreme case of sibling rivalry, it could have been the......

Swiss banker gives details of super rich to WikiLeaks

A former Swiss banker on Monday handed over documents of 2,000 high net worth people from the United States, Britain and Asia to WikiLeaks that he claims would expose attempts by these business......

Who invented the automobile?

Vintage cars From horse-drawn vehicles to steam powered engines to cars that make James Bond drool, the global automobile industry has seen sea change. Take the rediff biz quiz to find out how much......

World's 10 largest employers

Retail giant Walmart has the world’s largest number of employees. Take a look at world’s 10 largest employers, according to a ranking by 24/7 Wall St. Image: Wal-Mart Stores, largest......

The Zone of Interest Review: Potent Yet Distant

The Zone Of Interest is technically flawless but lacks emotional pull, observes Mayur Sanap. With the number of films based on the Holocaust, it's hard to find something unique dealing with this......

Scorpions arrive in Shillong

Are you ready to be rocked like a hurricane? Scorpions -- there is no The in the band name -- have arrived in India, to perform in Shillong, Mumbai and Bengaluru as part of their Humanity World......

10 GLORIOUS MOMENTS from Oscars 2019

Sukanya Verma gives us a recap of the 91st Academy Awards. Oscars 2019 wasn't off to an auspicious start. At first, overwhelming opposition forced the Academy to withdraw its......

Mrinal Sen: 'I wish I could start from scratch'

'How do you expect me to tone down my anger when the most prominent culture in India today is the culture of corruption, in every sphere of life?'Mrinal Sen, who passed into the ages on December 30......

Australia can win, India more vulnerable at home this time: Chappell

'India are more vulnerable at home than they have been for some time due to injuries to key players like Rishbah Pant, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah. They will rely heavily on Virat Kohli.'......

Austria gives OK to crowd-free F1 races on July 8, 12

IMAGE: Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in action during the 2019 Austrian F1 Grand Prix. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Austria's health ministry on Saturday gave the green light to two Formula......

Swiss launch criminal probe of German soccer great Beckenbauer

Swiss federal prosecutors are investigating soccer great Franz Beckenbauer and three other German soccer officials for fraud and money laundering in connection with the award of the 2006 World Cup......

Five Mumbai boys to train at Queens Park Rangers

Five south Mumbai school boys will undergo a 21-day coaching stint with English Premier League team Queens Park Rangers in London from next week. Rudolf D'Souza (13), Arfat Ansari (15), Tanaay Shah......

Prajnesh close in on Australian Open main draw

IMAGE: Prajnesh Gunneswaran. Photograph: PTI/Files In-form Prajnesh Gunneswaran inched closer to his maiden Grand Slam appearance with another straight-sets win but Ankita Raina and Ramkumar......