Kolkata bridge collapse: Toll hits 2; railway had issued warning in July

One body was recovered from the debris of the collapsed Majerhat bridge in south Kolkata on Wednesday, taking the toll in the incident to two. IMAGE: Rescuers clear the debris at the site of a......

Anyone know what Modi and Xi discussed?

'Till today, we don't know what PM Modi discussed with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, but we have been told that the relations have been reset.''We have no evidence from China to show that anything......

The odd, odd world we live in!

These images from across the globe show that it is a crazy world out there. A model poses in a floral dress at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters A......

REWIND: TOP photos of the week that was

Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours. A monkey sits on an idol of Buddha during celebrations on the birth anniversary of Buddha, also......

Amazon, Flipkart HQs get battle-ready: Draw up sales strategy in war rooms

Covid-19 has been an inflexion point for e-tailers. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters E-commerce companies managed to beat the odds by adopting a flexible approach in terms of transforming......

India eyes alternative markets for tea export

India is looking to develop alternative export markets for tea such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the US, Japan and Tunisia in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people aware of the matter said.......

Households must prepare for hefty rise in LPG prices

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cut fuel subsidies while slapping additional fuel taxes on unblended transport fuels in the latest Union Budget. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhury/Reuters The......

Will the Tatas manage to get Air India soaring again?

The Tatas also have to decide whether to merge all the airlines in its portfolio or just leverage their synergies for the time being, and wait and watch. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. Nearly two......

Kuldeep's touching act for Ashwin's 100th Test

If you play regularly, you get more confident about your bowling: Kuldeep Yadav IMAGE: Kuldeep Yadav changed his fitness routine, increased his pace and straightened his run-up. Photograph:......

THRILLING PIX: World Aquatics Championships

IMAGE: Burundi's Nicky Terry Irakoze in action during the men's 100m butterfly heats at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Friday. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Australia's......

Now, back spasm swells Captain Virat Kohli's woes

IMAGE: India’s skipper Virat Kohli missed out on what would have been his 99th Test on the morning of the second match of the series against South Africa, in Johannesburg, on Monday.......

A wish-list for Indian cricket in 2016

More runs from Virat Kohli. India winning the World T20 at home. A controversy-free IPL and more is what Harish Kotian/Rediff.com wants this year. IMAGE: Team India in a huddle. Photograph: BCCI......

Jayasuriya suffers thumb injury

Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya, playing in his last Test match, was on Tuesday taken to hospital with a thumb injury.The 36-year-old injured his thumb while catching opener Imran Farhat in the......