Rifleman Aurangzeb, Maj Aditya among those awarded Shaurya Chakra

Major Aditya Kumar, who was embroiled in a controversy after his unit fired on a stone-pelting mob in South Kashmir's Shopian in January leading to death of three persons, is among 20 armed forces......

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convicts in unprecedented jubilation

Four convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case lodged in the Central Prison here were on Wednesday overwhelmed by a sense of jubilation on hearing about the Tamil Nadu Government's decision......

Fighting Naxals: Cops, CRPF don't trust each other

The Centre and the states decided this week to set up a unified command to fight the Maoists. But as Rediff.com's Krishnakumar Padmanabhan discovered recently in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, the hostility......

'I feel let down by Gafoor and Maria'

Vinita Kamte, the wife of Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte who was killed during the terror attacks, has launched a scathing attack on the Mumbai police, especially against Joint......

Ex-Cognizant executive Debashis Chatterjee is new Mindtree CEO

Chatterjee said the compNY is not aware of any major client concerns at this point. IT firm Mindtree on Friday said its new management has been engaging actively with customers and employees after......

CEO Ravanan, 2 others quit Mindtree after L&T takeover

Reports had suggested that the construction major had asked Ravanan to step down as the new owners were preparing the grounds for a top management overhaul at the Bengaluru-based company. Within......

L&T gets over 60% holding in Mindtree; open offer over-subscribed

L&T received bids for 5.54 crore shares on Thursday at the close of market hours. This is 108.09 per cent higher than the total offer, as per information available on the BSE.The open offer - for......

Mindtree CEO Rostow Ravanan likely to resign: Sources

According to a source, the founders, which include Subroto Bagchi, N S Parthasarathy and Krishnakumar Natarajan (who together hold about 13 per cent), may look at selling their shares as well in......

'Modi tinkered with the rules at will'

Journalist T R Vivek, along with Alam Srinivas, co-authored IPL Cricket And Commerce: An Inside Story. He has been reporting and writing about the Indian Premier League ever since its inception.......

SRK emerges shrewdest bidder

Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan, who owns the Kolkata franchise, emerged the smartest bidder at the end of three rounds in the Indian Premier League players' auction on Wednesday. Apart from iconic......

Jayasuriya most valuable; no takers for McGrath

Sri Lankan master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya leapfrogged fellow-left-handed opening batsman Adam Gilchrist to become the most expensive foreign player after two rounds of bidding in the Indian......