Jallikattu: Protests intensify, OPS ponders over options, PETA warns Centre

Protests demanding Jallikattu swelled on the streets of Tamil Nadu after agitators rejected statements by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and the state braced for a......

The odd, odd world we live in!

Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world. A passenger not wearing pants stands as he reads a book inside a subway train during the "No Pants Subway Ride" in Mexico City,......

'Symbolic' image of baby at barbed wire fence wins World Press Photo Award

Australian photographer Warren Richardson has won the Photo of the Year 2015 award at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, results of which were announced on Thursday.Richardson's picture......

PART III: The moments that defined 2014

From the Syrian civil war to the Ukrainian crisis to the terror unleashed by the dreaded Islamic State, there was no lack of news in 2014. In this five-part series, rediff.com presents a......

Michael Slater back in rehab amid several assault charges

IMAGE: Michael Slater in action as a cricket commentator. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Mirror Sport/Twitter Former Australian cricketer turned commentator Michael Slater, who is facing multiple......

Australian Open quarantine plan facing legal challenge

IMAGE: Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska meets fans at the AO Social Shack. Photograph: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images Apartment owners on the premises of a luxury Melbourne hotel are......

India to boycott Test series over quarantine rules?

'No different from anyone else, if they are coming from a declared hotspot they will have to quarantine'   IMAGE: Reports in the Australian media, citing sources within the touring party, said......

Why Warner is a 'big inclusion' for Australia...

'He's in that top calibre of player and his energy around the group and in the field will be terrific. It will be great to have him.' IMAGE: David Warner celebrates scoring a triple century......

SCG boss insists 3rd Test will be safe

IMAGE: A general view of the sunset from the Sydney Cricket Ground. (Image used for representative purposes). Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Amid fears that the Sydney Cricket......