Sri Lanka openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva safely guided their side to 84 without loss in their second innings at the close of the second day's play in the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday after being forced to follow-on.

Renowned chefs reinvent traditional age old recipes for your palate

Medium pacer Krishnakant Upadhyay's inspiring spell helped Railways restrict defending champions Karnataka in their Ranji Trophy match in New Delhi. A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches.

'As we were setting up our base camp, one of the women with professionally used brooms squatting in a corner and having chai approached us, with a grin. "Namaste Saheb, Acche Din to aahi gaye. From which party?"' Ambassador B S Prakash and a group of retired bureaucrats join the Swach Bharat Abhiyan.

New Year is around the corner and these things should be on your agenda!

Here are four health benefits of green colour: it heals, boosts memory, lowers anger and makes you lose more fat

When minnows Jammu and Kashmir defeated 40-times Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai on Wednesday, it was perhaps the biggest-ever shock victory in domestic Indian cricket. Rediff.com's Vaihayasi P Daniel and Sonil Dedhia spent time with the J&K team after their stunning triumph to discover the inspiring story of how these fine cricketers turned adversity into advantage.

Travel bloggers Amrita Das and Rutavi Mehta list out their recommendations.

Prepare yourself to hit the ground running on January 1.

Harnoor Channi Tiwary who recently moved to Mumbai is now exploring the outskirts of the city!

In Tamil Nadu, the alternative to one Dravidian party has been another, and for one actor-politician CM, there is another. Their initial popularity may owe to their filmi charisma, but their continued acceptance owed to their government's policies and programmes targeting the poor and the needy in the state, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Central Zone's batsmen, led by Robin Bist, were guilty of poor shot selection as they finished on 237 for 7 against South Zone on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy final, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Bist blew away a chance to register a hundred, getting out for 79 off 153 balls. His three-and-a-half hours' stay at the wicket was studded with 12 sweetly-timed boundaries and a six.

Nestle has maintained healthy growth in Japan by maintaining a a tradition of trying out off-beat marketing tactics.

Overall expenses in Q2 stood at Rs 6,473.68 crore, as against Rs 5,871.25 crore in the year-ago period.

Reader Tanu Pathak shares this recipe of an unusual yet very sumptuous starter or snacks for Diwali.

Rediff reader Priyanka Mukherjee sent us this easy-to-make Malpua recipe.

It is easy to be indulgent during this time of the year. Here are some secrets to help you enjoy the festivities and stay fit!

'The hotel room number can never total up to 8.' 'I fly First Class and won't take a pre-9am flight.' Check out Bollywood's travel plans.

Holistic health guru Mickey Mehta shares 6 easy-to-do fitness tips. Follow these and stay healthy :)

Here's this week's collection of wacky and funny stories from around the world.

Your choice of food could be a better option than popping anti-depressants.

Top 20 images of all the events of the week that was.

Famous and long believed to be trusted Indian brands have wilted against foreign brands, says Mohan Guruswamy.

A defiant half-century by India opener Murali Vijay kept alive his side's hopes of setting England a tough fourth-innings chase in a tense second Test at Lord's in London.

Images from Day 1 in the second test between India and England at Lord's Cricket Ground.

A defiant Ajinkya Rahane hit a superb 103 to pull India out of trouble after a mid-innings collapse on a lively track at Lord's, as the visitors ended the first day's play on a respectable 290 for nine on Day 1 of the second Test in London.

Reader Urmimala shares her mother's recipe of making Alu Parathas without the hassle of stuffing.

Joe Root hit an unbeaten 102 and Moeen Ali impressed on his debut as England recovered from the loss of three early wickets to reach 344 for five on the first day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Thursday.

Vadams or vatthals are popular South Indian crispies that go perfectly with almost all varieties of rice.

An interesting recipe made from rice that you can also carry in your dabba

Three Indian Air Force officers held as Prisoners of War in a jail in Rawalipindi made a heroic escape. They reached as far as the Pak-Afghan border in Pakistan's Wild West -- within sniffing distance of freedom -- only to realise that they had finally met their match. Or so it seemed. The three escapees were never feted for their audacious attempt 41 years and truly deserve official recognition. Why not honour them at least now, says MP Anil Kumar.

Smita Prakash, Editor, News, Asian News International, recalls the behind the scenes action during her recent television interview with Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar.

Nutritionist and health expert Naini Setalvad will addressed reader queries on how to control sugar intake.

Listless Indian bowling allowed New Zealand get off the hook. The home team rode on captain Brendon McCullum's magnificent double century to continue their remarkable fightback and take a commanding lead on the fourth day of the second Test in Wellington on Monday.

India continued to enjoy the upperhand in the second and final Test against New Zealand despite a fighting unbeaten century from home team captain Brendon McCullum, who led a spirited fightback on an absorbing third day in Wellington on Sunday.

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Ishant Sharma exploited the seaming conditions brilliantly to return a career-best 6 for 51 as India took early control of the second and final Test by bowling out New Zealand for a paltry 192 in the first innings in Wellington on Friday. Opener Shikhar Dhawan then hit an unbeaten half-century as India reached 100 for 2 at close, still trailing by 92 runs at the Basin Reserve.

Kane Williamson was the proverbial cat with nine lives on Friday as he top scored for New Zealand with 47 against a fired up Indian pace attack keen on exploiting what they could from a green and bouncy Basin Reserve pitch.

Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he was committed to bring back black money stashed abroad and assured people that if BJP is voted to power, he would set up a task force, amend laws and distribute the money brought in as "gift" among honest tax-payers.