The India-Japan joint naval exercises are a strategic signal for China, observes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Japanese Ship Kashima and Japanese Ship Shimayuki conducted an exercise with INS Rana and......
It is rare for communal riots to spread to rural areas. The UP riot is the first time after the September 1969 Gujarat riots that a rural area have been affected. Electoral politics which divide......
Ranjan Roy, an officer of the Indian Police Service belonging to the Orissa cadre, who headed the Research & Analysis Wing as Secretary (R) for 13 months in 1996-97 under prime ministers H D Deve......
Vikram Chandra took seven years to complete Sacred Games, an epic 900-page novel of love and betrayal. It is a massive work that deserves to be read, not merely for Chandra's widely respected......
Vikram Sood,formerchief of the Research & Analysis Wing, asks if Osama bin Laden miscalculated when he initiated the 9/11 attacks. Exclusive to rediff.comBy the middle of 2001, the Taliban, along......
Come April, Indians will have the choice to taste charbroiled burgers by Carl's Jr -- a brand that has been endorsed by the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Padma Lakshmi. California-based......