With India all set to host the ICC World Twenty20 for the first time in 2016, we take a look at the 8 grounds that will host the 58 matches over 27 days from March 8 to April 3.
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com explains how Dhoni's victory can help you at the workplace.
Kolkata Knight Riders will be aiming to exploit Sunrisers Hyderabad's recent run of poor form
A round-up of Day 1 in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches.
With it's scandalous past, still fresh in the minds of fans and critics alike, the Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers will look to ensure that the focus remains firmly on cricket when the cash-rich event gets underway with a glamorous opening ceremony on Tuesday.
Rohit Sharma on Monday expressed delight about the BCCI's decision to recommend his name for the government's prestigious Arjuna Award.
Their confidence restored after a bumpy start, a transformed Delhi Daredevils will look to stretch Kings XI Punjab to the limit when they face off in the Indian Premier League (IPL), in New Delhi, on Saturday.
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Big cities are the breeding grounds for romance this year.
Rare glimpses of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Kind courtesy: Architectural Digest India.
Most of these incredible performances came against one team -- the Gujarat Lions.
Rediff.com captures these moments and a lot more from the week gone by...
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.
R-Day is a different sort of exercise for the defence forces and the security establishment. At one level it is an enormous tamasha, at another, it is a nightmare.
Robin Uthappa and Sunil Narine played lead roles as Kolkata Knight Riders booked a berth in the play-offs of the Indian Premier League after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 30 runs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Kolkata Knight Riders may be having a good time in the ongoing IPL season, having registered six victories from nine matches, but head coach Jacques Kallis warned against complacency, saying the team had slipped out of contention from a similar position last season.
Carlos Brathwaite's inclusion will lift the spirits of Delhi Daredevils.
If you have the cash, the big fat Indian wedding just got bigger. (Psst! And the good folks at TripHobo.com have a few ideas!)
Britain's Prince William has described his new-born son George as a "little rascal" in his first official interview since becoming a father.
Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Shubman Gill's unbeaten half-century and Dinesh Karthik's quickfire knock helped Kolkata Knight Rider crush Chennai Super Kings by six wickets, in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Chennai Super Kings cruised to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over an out-of-sorts Royal Challengers Bangalore to strengthen their second place in the seventh edition of the IPL at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
How much do you know about Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal and the Taj Mahal?
Metallic mania, sexy sheer, volume sleeves and more...
Serena Williams has buried the hatchet and will return to Indian Wells.
Princess Shivranjani of Jodhpur is breathing new life into dead forts and quietly changing the house of Marwar.
In the 2015 bypoll in the same RK Nagar seat, she had declared total assets of Rs 117.13 crore.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday.
Two days after saying he would be open to a re-match with Manny Pacquiao, unbeaten American Floyd Mayweather Jr. reversed course on Thursday while describing the Filipino as 'a sore loser'.
After a string of low scores, Chris Gayle has finally found some form in the ongoing Indian Premier League. The Royal Challengers Bangalore opener smashed a commanding 49 off only 31 balls in the crucial victory against Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday. Gayle's knock was laced with four towering sixes and five boundaries. Catch the West Indies power-hitter in conversation with IPL T20.com after the game against KKR.
Surprised at the call up, Kolkata Knight Riders' South African recruit Johan Botha, who was brought in as replacement for injured Aussie Chris Lynn, said he's fresh after a three-week break and ready for the rigours of IPL-8.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats by improving to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in a fight that lived up to its immense hype and price tag.
Outside Rampur, Azam Khan's name may be an alias for controversy. But Rampur's voters believe that all the improvements in their constituency has been accomplished only by the man they have elected 8 times to the state assembly.
Aruneel Sadadekar/Rediff.com lists five matches you can't afford to miss out at the ICC's marquee event.
Stating that India is new bright spot of hope and opportunity for the world, the prime minister said India among other things is igniting the engines of its manufacturing sector and making its farms more productive and more resilient.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
It's time you added these places to your bucket list.
These 12 photographs show what a mad, mad world we live in!
