2019: The year in photos

We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top images of 2019. Together these tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak,......

India and China: What Lies Ahead

'The Chinese mindset and approach to India is far different from that in Pakistan.''This reality makes it possible for us to follow an engagement policy with one, while militating against......

Exclusive! What the head of US Congress' India caucus wants

US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, newly elected co-chair of the influential Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, discusses her vision for US-India ties with Rediff.com's Monali Sarkar.......

A dangerous new world: Governance by social media

'You worry when serious people, with control of our and our children's future, begin to start obsessing over social media, seeing it as an easy, lazy, fun, low-cost substitute for boring,......

Will Virgin Galactic's crash end space tourism?

The wait for paying passengers to see Earth from the vantage point of space looked a lot longer on Friday, following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic’s first spaceship, but aspiring space......

Goodbye Maggie!

IMAGE: Maggie Smith poses for the media at a hotel in central London, August 13, 2015, for a media interaction to promote Downton Abbey's final season. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters The......

Coming Up On OTT This August

With the rains pouring down on us, August offers yet another reason to stay home! It's going to be an busy month for digital releases on OTT, thanks to the national holiday of Independence Day as......

How Well Has Akshay Remade South Movies?

Akshay Kumar is a creature of habit. From the 'khiladi' brand of movies rocking his boat to a love for starring in biopics and scripts inspired by true stories to headlining endless remakes of......

High Fashion On The Golden Globes Red Carpet

The 81st Annual Golden Globes awards saw Hollywood's swish set make a dazzling show on the red carpet. Here's all the action coming straight for you from Beverly Hills, California.  ......

PIX: India's largest hockey stadium

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/Twitter Cranes lifting heavy material, dusty roads leading up to the site, people in safety jackets and helmets doing their work amid heaps of sand and......

PIX: Athletes who went to the Vanity Fair Oscar party

Hollywood's biggest night (Oscars) means Hollywood's biggest parties. Checkout the athletes who turned heads at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party... IMAGE: Maria Sharapova attends the 2019 Vanity......

Actor Will Smith to be pallbearer at Muhammad Ali funeral

IMAGE: Tribute is made to the late Muhammad Ali on the Apollo Theatre marquis as the US mourns. Photograph: John Lamparski/Getty Images. Actor Will Smith and former heavyweight champion Lennox......

A peek into the high-flying life of F1 champ Lewis Hamilton

Take a look into the glamorous life of Lewis Hamilton IMAGE: Lewis Hamilton with supermodel Irina Shayk. Photograph: Twitter. Lewis Hamilton can become Britain's first four-time Formula One world......

Serena, Federer, Sharapova dazzle on Oscars night

IMAGE: Tennis player Serena Williams attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on......