Why Modi is so obsessed with Pakistan

'India serves itself poorly with its latter-day discovery of Pakistan as an instrument in domestic politics,' notes Shekhar Gupta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com=   How do we define a......

4 Pak brothers face life sentence for gang rape

Four Pakistani immigrant brothers, who repeatedly raped two teenage girls in Sydney last year, were on Thursday convicted and face life imprisonment under new gang rape laws in Australia.A New......

When big brands hide behind a veil

Patrick Jake O'Rourke, an American political satirist and journalist recounts a very interesting story in his book Age and Guile – Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut. It was 1969 and......

Tata in UK construction industry's powerful list

Indian business titan Ratan Tata, already named among the world's most influential business people from India, has now made to a list of 30 most powerful in the British construction space with a......

India wants building workers back

India's largest listed developer, DLF, is planning to lure thousands of Indian construction workers home from the Middle East, in a sign the country's acute skills shortages are spreading from the......

Scary facts about India's skill gap

India still produces plenty of engineers -- 400,000 a year. But a Nasscom study found only one in four engineering graduates was employable. The rest were deficient in the required technical......

Body-shamed, judged, Sarfaraz proves critics wrong with ton

Sarfaraz Khan's emotional journey comes to full circle: Replacement to contender for first 11 IMAGE: Sarfaraz Khan celebrates his maiden Test century. Photograph: BCCI Sarfaraz Khan tore his......

Can India avoid defeat in Bengaluru Test?

IMAGE: Sarfaraz Khan celebrates alongside Rishabh Pant. Photograph: BCCI India were in danger of suffering their first home Test loss to New Zealand since 1988, despite Sarfaraz Khan's 150 and......

PIX: India collapse on Day 4; NZ need 107 to win

IMAGES from Day 4 of the first Test played between India and New Zealand in Bengaluru, on Saturday. Scorecard IMAGE: Matt Henry celebrates the wicket of Ravichandran Ashwin. Photograph: BCCI......

India Eye History After Fightback!

Only once in the history of Test cricket has a team bounced back to win after being bowled out for less than 50. IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan's third wicket partnership of 136 runs kept......

'Kohli put his hand up for batting in at No 3'

'The experienced players are the ones who have to take that extra responsibility. It is a good sign. This time, it was Virat. He was the one who was ready to do that' IMAGE: Virat Kohli's selfless......