India's Untold Nepal Stories

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......

Foreign power didn't want me to quit: SL ex-president hints at India's role

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ousted as the president of Sri Lanka in a popular public uprising in 2022, on Thursday hinted that India was keen on his continuation despite the growing public discontent......

ISI trained ULFA militants, tried to appease Baruah: Book

The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which trained a batch of Assam's United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants in 1991-92, considered the rebel group's chief Paresh Baruah a prize catch......

Blast near Israel embassy: Unknown persons booked; police await NSG lab report

Days after a low-intensity blast took place near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, the Delhi police registered an FIR against 'unknown' persons, officials said on Saturday. IMAGE: The Delhi Police......

Visa on time: Embassies work to meet spike in applications by Indians

Visa delays have perturbed Indian visitors this summer. But a solution could be in sight soon, as embassies gear up to address the challenges caused by a spike in applications and staff shortages.......

With return to office, real estate investment trusts expected to do well

Recent trends indicate that pure-play commercial (office) leasing stocks, represented by REITs, could be making a comeback after having lagged real estate stocks that rallied because of robust......

Realtors hope for sunny 2022 with better sales

India's real estate industry staged a rebound from 2020's downturn, with housing sales seen rising by over 50 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The performance, though short of......

'We have been a bit like a fast tortoise'

'My biggest contribution is the creation of the first 'modern Indian law firm',' Cyril Shroff tells Sudipto Dey.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com On a Saturday afternoon, a few minutes past......

The Looming Tower: How 9/11 happened

The Looming Tower reveals the bitter CIA-FBI turf battles that led to the worst terrorist attack in America's history.Vikram Johri checks out the gripping series now available in India on Amazon......

World Athletics: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for javelin throw final

DP Manu (81.31m) and Kishore Jena (80.55m) also made the cut as three Indians qualified the final of an event in the World Championships for the first time ever. IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra threw a......

Indian sprinters on verge of missing Olympic qualifier

Hima Das, Dutee Chand might miss Olympic qualifier World Relays in Poland due to flight suspension IMAGE: The Athletics Federation of India is trying to book an alternate......

Stuck in Spain, Indian paddler finally set to return

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Indian paddler Takeme Sarkar, who has been stuck in Spain for about three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is......

Fouaad Mirza confident of Olympic qualification despite setback

'I had ups and downs. Losing this horse is a huge blow. Our sport is very difficult when you lose a good horse it makes things even harder.' IMAGE: Fouaad Mirza won the silver medal at the Asian......

Taxi ploughs into Moscow crowd including soccer fans, eight hurt

IMAGE: An ambulance is parked near a damaged taxi, which ran into crowds of people in central Moscow on Saturday. Photograph: Jack Stubbs/Reuters A taxi drove into a crowd of pedestrians near......