Mohini Bhardwaj is the IAPOY 2004

Mohini Bhardwaj, gymnast and Olympic silver medallist, was voted India Abroad Person of the Year 2004 by a distinguished 11-member jury, headed by Sonal Shah, India Abroad Person of the Year......

Oil companies may soon start losing money on sale of petrol too

With the rupee falling to new lows against the dollar and the Syrian crisis pushing global crude oil prices higher, the concerns that Indian oil marketing companies might again start losing money......

Now, private power firms may shock banks

Lanco Infratech’s recent talks with bankers to get its Rs 9,000-crore (Rs 90-billion) domestic debt restructured might not be a one-off instance of power-business stress leading a company to......

Divestment in IOC gets Cabinet nod

In an effort to meet the disinvestment target of Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) from public sector undertakings this financial year, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday cleared......

Moily faces China's Lopez diplomacy in Turkmenistan gas quest

The Turkmenistan event underscores the lengths to which China’s oil-and-gas companies will go to curry favour in resource-rich localesThis June, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily had......

Ranji Roundup: Mumbai in control; Karnataka on top

A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday Mumbai close in on win against Odisha IMAGE: Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the Punjab bowlers and picked a 5-wicket haul versus......

North Zone tightens grip over East

A fiery spell of fast bowling by North Zone pacer V R V Singh helped his side bundle out East Zone for a paltry 143 and take a huge first innings lead of 217 runs on the second day of the four-day......

S S Ganguly shocked

Pritam Singh of Jharkhand created a major stir when he upset Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly in the second round of the Tata International Open Chess tournament in Jamshedpur on Tuesday.It turned......

Ramesh consolidates lead

Former British Open champion and International Master R B Ramesh consolidated his slender half point lead after drawing his ninth round game with IM Rahul Shetty in the Hindustan Petroleum National......

BackChat: Shut up and get out, Prem Panicker

I do agree whole heartedly with Puspak Sarkar, Faisal is indeed doing a good job for Rediff and you are not welcome back. We (as in readers of rediff columns ) do not need your caustic sarcasm and......