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Gunman attacks busy Indian restaurant in Sydney

A gunman fired a shot through the front window of a crowded Indian restaurant at Harris Park in Sydney's west, the second such incident in last four months in the area. The incident occurred just......

Shame: 8 arrested for gang rape, murder of mentally-challenged woman in Rohtak

Eight youths were on Monday arrested in the brutal rape and murder of a mentally challenged Nepalese woman in Rohtak and a hunt was on to nab one more accused in the case that has caused outrage......

New war against the Maoists

Slowly, security forces are making inroads into Maoist strongholds in Chhattisgarh. Krishnakumar P reports on Operation Red Hunt. The first in a three-part series. Despite losing six men --......

The spotted cat returns?

The word cheetah is Indian. It has its roots in Sanskrit. It means speckled. But to the world at large the cheetah is considered an African animal. It is estimated that just 60 cheetahs or......

Militants kill 2 of 4 abducted persons in Kathua

Militants have killed three of the four persons they abducted in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir while the whereabouts of the fourth is unknown, sources said in Jammu on Sunday.Militants......

The case of the FinMin's missing table, and more

If budget policy started changing around the mid-1980s, it is for a reason. The original oak wood table used by successive finance ministers, right from the time of the interim government before......

Delhi, Mumbai among world's cheapest cities

India's capital city New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have been ranked among the least expensive cities around the world by a survey, even as cost for food and housing in the country continues to...

Inflation rises to -0.14 per cent

India's annual rate of inflation rose 0.6 per cent for the week ended June 13, even as prices of food items like pulses, cereals, fruit and vegetables increased compared to last year.......

Here's the winner of the world's best job!

Ben Southall, a British charity worker has won the 'best job in the world'. He bags a $150,000 deal to work as caretaker of a tropical Australian island. The 34-year-old beat over 34,000......

States fear shortage of essential commodities

The nationwide truckers' strike has hit the industrial trade in several north Indian states. The indefinite strike, which began on Monday, was called by the All India Motor Transport Congress, the......

How Much Money Have SRK-Deepika Made?

IMAGE: Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Padukone/Instagram Sixteen years and an incredible Rs 1,600 plus crore (Rs 16 billion) haul at just the Indian box......

Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley Review: Agatha Christie Redux

Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley is fun in parts, discovers Deepa Gahlot. There have been unofficial Hindi film adaptations of Agatha Christie's novels, like Gumnaam and Dhund, but......

Super Cool Bollywood Quiz

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. Beat the heat with our cool, cool Bollywood quiz. All you have to do is identify the movie from the options listed......

Pathaan Is About Shah Rukh's Life

More than anything else, Pathaan is a silent and subtle statement of Shah Rukh Khan about his place, his commitment to cinema and, if one can say, his politics, observes Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.......

10 Times Deepika Set The Screen On Fire

Deepika Padukone's sizzling moves in her next big release Pathaan are the talk of the town for all the right reasons as well as the wrong ones. Flaunting her curves in bikinis of all cuts and hues......

Watching sports with Naana

'Few athletes are ever able to win his admiration; he mostly relegates them to the status of worthless imbeciles,' says Dhruv Munjal. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In recent years, I've......

What it takes to be a Dangal wrestler

'Some of the good wrestlers are making really good money.''If you look at their lifestyles, they are no less compared to our cricketers.'Dhruv Munjal reports. IMAGE: A wrestler rubs his hands with......

Spectacular opening to IPL-4

A spectacular and vibrant opening ceremony, showcasing a dash of Bollywoood-style entertainment, marked the launch of the fourth edition of the IPL, the Twenty20 extravaganza which has gained......

Images: India vs Pakistan, Champions Trophy

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first on a batsman friendly track. They started off beautifully, with Imran Nazir and Kamran Akmal compiling 28 runs in four overs. However, it didn't......

Two Kashmiri footballers to undergo coaching in Spain

Mir Abdul Hanan and Mudasir Mehraj, two budding footballers from Kashmir are all set to fly to Spain to polish their skills in soccer. This was announced by J&K chief Omar......

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