85 killed, children burnt to death in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Scores of people, including children, have been killed in a Nigerian town by Boko Haram fighters who shot at villagers and set fire to their homes in the latest deadly attack by the......

3 Naxals involved in 2013 Ch'garh massacre killed in encounter

Three Naxals, who were allegedly involved in the ghastly Jiram valley attack on Congress leaders in Bastar in 2013, were on Wednesday gunned down in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in the......

POWER selfies: Top politicos show you how it's done

The selfie craze that shows no sign of letting up has even taken hold of top world leaders. Many of them have been spotted posing for selfies and taking some themselves. Rediff.com has compiled a......

Chhattisgarh: Police jawan, Naxal killed in gun-battle

A police jawan and a Naxal were killed in a gun-battle between security forces and ultras in the Maoist-hit Bijapur district of southern Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. "The face-off took......

Why SoftBank's Deep Nishar is bullish on Snapdeal

IMAGE: Deep Nishar. Photograph: Courtesy, Deep Nishar's LinkedIn page. ‘Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic,’......

SoftBank agrees to buy Britain's ARM Holdings for $31 billion

If confirmed, the deal would be one of the largest in European technology to date and SoftBank's largest ever Japan's SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to buy ARM Holdings PLC for 23.4 billion pounds......

Masa and I are still in love with each other: Nikesh Arora

For about four hours, Nikesh Arora patiently answered all questions and responded to remarks and observations. IMAGE: Masayoshi Son (R), founder and chief executive officer of Japan's SoftBank......

Making Rs 2 crore a day, Nikesh Arora rocked at his job

The son of an Indian Air Force officer, Nikesh Arora worked for a brief period at Wipro, selling computers.Raghu Krishnan profiles the flamboyant business star. IMAGE: Nikesh Arora and wife Ayesha......

Sachin's Gujju birthday meal for 'Gujju' Anjali

IMAGE: As Dr Anjali Tendulkar, daughter Sara and other members of the family and friends pose for a picture, who is Sachin messaging on his phone?! Photographs: Kind courtesy Sachin......

Japan mulls 50% cap on Tokyo Olympics spectators

IMAGE: Organisers have repeatedly spoken of their resolve to hold the Tokyo Olympics this year at all costs, despite low public support. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images Japan is considering......

Japan will take steps to guard against Olympics cyberattacks

IMAGE: British officials said on Monday the hackers from Russia's GRU military intelligence agency had also conducted "cyber reconnaissance" operations against Tokyo Games organisers. Photograph:......

Tokyo 2020 expects to secure all venues for Games

IMAGE: Last month, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said 80% of all venues needed had been secured, with the Athlete’s Village and Tokyo Big Sight, the planned media centre, among those yet to be......

Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic persists: Games chief

IMAGE: The Tokyo Games is now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021, but the Games president Yoshiro Mori said no further postponement was possible. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Tokyo 2020......