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......

New Zealand crush England for consolation win in Hamilton

IMAGE: Tim Southee celebrates with Will Young after New Zealand trounce England on the fourth day of the third Test in Hamilton on Tuesday. Photograph: ICC/X New Zealand romped to victory by 423......

NZ take charge as England tumble in Hamilton

IMAGE: Will Young celebrates his fifty on Day 2 of the third Test against England in Hamilton on Sunday. Photograph: Black Caps/X Kane Williamson scored a 38th half-century as New Zealand took......

PIX: England hit back after New Zealand's solid start

IMAGE: New Zealand openers Will Young and Tom Latham put on an opening stand of 105 but the other batters failed to capitalize on the platform laid by them on Day 1 of the third Test against......

England take huge lead over NZ after Atkinson 'trick'

IMAGE: England pacer Gus Atkinson registered the 47th hat-trick in 147 years of Test cricket, the first since 2021 and first by an England bowler since spinner Moeen Ali achieved the feat against......

England in charge at Wellington after another Brook ton

IMAGE: Harry Brook brought up his third century in four Tests in New Zealand off 91 balls with a single through point on Day 1 of the second Test at Wellington on Friday. Photograph: England......