Is Devyani Khobragade's arrest connected to India detaining an anti-piracy ship owned by a US security firm, asks Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
All the red carpet action from the recently concluded MTV video music awards!
Read our weekly round-up that brings to you the latest news on models, designers and actors from the world of glamour and entertainment.
The report '2014 International Piracy Watch List,' by International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus highlights the high levels of piracy and the lack of legal protections for copyright in China, Russia, Switzerland and India.
Here are 8 images that show we live in a crazy, odd world
Venugopal talk about his life as a matte painter and compositor and his work on Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning film.
Physiology student Maya Charuni Sarihan from Scottsdale, Arizona, was crowned the 22nd Miss India America 2014 in Los Angeles.
From flared pants to cutesy bomber jackets, knee-length stockings to cheerful dresses, these are our favourite looks.
The two leaders witnessed artistes dancing to the popular Tune Mari Entry Aur Dil Mein Baji Ghanti from the Ranveer Singh starrer Gunday and Radha Teri Chunari and Disco Deewane from the 2012 blockbuster Student of the Year, among others.
Thenmozhi Soundararajan works to break the shackles of caste for Dalits.
The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.
These men gave the women tough competition in the fashion department.
The following is the full text of US President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of the Congress on February 28, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House press office.
Get your selfie sticks out, because believe it or not, there's now a museum of selfies!
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing 8th in the qualifying round in Rio de Janeiro.
The Super Bowl is a big deal in the US and here are some images from the after-match celebrations from the annual football fest. Check out the photos right here...
According to a press release issued by the Marin County Coroner's office, the sheriff's office suspects Robin Williams's death to be "suicide due to asphyxia". The 9-1-1 phone call came in just before noon yesterday.
How are we allowing an entire generation to grow up with no clear sense of identity and no knowledge of their incredibly rich cultural heritage, asks Anjuli Bhargava.
The 'power of women' resonated all through the evening in the most emphatic fashion.
Spectacular IMAGES from the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang, South Korea
A seven-layer security ring is planned around the VVIP enclosure on Rajpath from where United States President Barack Obama, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will watch the Republic Day parade next Monday.
'You made me realise that it is great to be brown, even if we are currently living under Donald Trump's false definition of America.' 'In my 36 years in America there have been few instances where I have laughed and cried so much watching a show about brown people.'
Mumbai teen Siddharth Pillai has designed and patented a technology that prevents coral bleaching and will save hundreds of marine species from extinction.
'Infectious disease is a given of humankind. There will always be another around the corner.'
The TV personality's friend, French chef, Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in his hotel room on Friday morning.
The magazine cited Modi's unconventional announcement on Twitter of his visit to Pakistan last year
We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by ace photographers.
American actor and entrepreneur Meghan Markle is more than just a royal heir's girlfriend.
Hindi Medium works because it manages to stretch itself beyond its scrubby elements, easy half-baked jokes, lessons about consumerism and our love for English, into a simple story about a boy who would do anything to see his girl smile, feels Sreehari Nair.
Rediff.com takes a look at some of the most prominent politicians across the world as they get jiggy with it.
'Omerta is a work of true moral force; it is, at the risk of sounding fancy, a motion picture for our times,' says Sreehari Nair.
The movie presents a version of Modi that the bhakts wants the rest of us to see, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on Priyanka Chopra's appointment as a brand ambassador for India, despite her frankness on intolerant India.
As we near the end of another eventful year, 15 top moments from the world of arts and culture.
In gymnastics, Biles and Uchimura soared while China crashed.
Sreehari Nair is *not* impressed by this lot of films at all.
US national Deep Rai, 39, was working on his vehicle outside his home in Kent on March 3 when he was approached by a stranger, who first argued with Rai, and then shot him in the arm.
As Melania Trump arrives in Ahmedabad, Sheela Bhatt offers the First Lady Of The United States a primer on one of India's oldest, and historic, cities.
Raja Sen looks back at all the 'genuinely thrilling' films and artists that were honoured at the 71st Golden Globes.
