What Was The Most Dangerous Decade Post Independence?

The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: An Indian soldier walks past destroyed Pakistani tanks in......

Goa principal suspended after students taken on mosque visit

The principal of a private school in Goa has been suspended after a right wing organisation filed a police complaint that some students of class 11 were allegedly taken to a mosque for a workshop......

'When the Pakistanis surrendered...'

'...they were shockedto learn that just 352 Indian soldiers had made 3 Pakistan army brigadiers, 2 colonels, 170 officers, 290 JCOs and 8,000 troops surrender to the Indian Army.' IMAGE: December......

'American or Chinese soldiers are not a patch on Indian soldiers'

'The next war will be fought by China-Pakistan against India and we have to fully be prepared. We must read the writing on the wall.' IMAGE: Indian troops advance into East Pakistan (now......

Massive purse for ICC World Cup winners

IMAGE: England won the World Cup in 2019. 2023 World Cup winners will get US$4 million and runners-up will receive US$2 million. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images from the Rediff......

Mohali ODI: Perfect platform for Surya, Iyer to test themselves against Aus

  Shreyas Iyer's dodgy match-fitness will be put to the ultimate test while Suryakumar Yadav's desperation to alter a dismal ODI record adds a fascinating sub-text to India's three-game series......

Sable to take learnings from World C'ships failure into Asiad

IMAGE: While Avinash Sable will compete in 3000m steeplechase on October 1, his second event -- 5000m -- is on October 4. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Imagess from the Rediff Archives ......

New, unique events at the Hangzhou Asian Games

The Asian Games officially begin on Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou and will feature several sports that are unlikely to be seen in any other major continental or global......

Recovered Smith 'ready to go' for India ODIs

IMAGE: Steve Smith sweated it out in a two-hour long nets session in Mohali on Wednesday, ahead of their ODI opener against India on Friday. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images for ECB from the......