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Remembering Anglo-Indian Courage For The Motherland

'Anglo-Indians have played a significant role at the forefront, meeting every challenge to the security of the motherland.'A fascinating excerpt from Barry O'Brien's The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait......

South Carolina throws a halo around Nikki Haley

It was the night of Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley as people chanted hysterically'Haley, Haley' while drums and loud music proclaimed the changing times. South Carolina was thrilled. As expected,......

'Plane plot proof of growing Al Qaeda branches'

The plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight over American soil on Christmas Day demonstrates a new and lethal ability by a branch of the Al Qaeda to attack the United States directly, the New......

'Taliban militants have more money than they need'

The United States might have eliminated some top Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, but it is struggling to cut off their increasingly diversified terror funding, which continues to keep the......

Al-Qaeda using stomach bombs to fool security

The Al-Qaeda has developed new explosive devices that enable suicide bombers carry them hidden in stomach to breach airline security measures, the media reported on Sunday. An al-Qaeda militant......

The 400 richest Americans

The nine-figure fortune won't get you much mention these days, at least not on these pages. This year, for the first time, everyone in The Forbes 400 has at least $1 billion. The collective net......

How US can maintain tech lead over India, China

As a former tech CEO, I learned to sleep with one eye open. Competition is always looming and it doesn't take much to lose your edge. So I found you need to focus on your strengths and force the......

Who is the CEO of Microsoft?

Giant firms and their CEOsWho is the CEO of Microsoft?Take the Rediff Business Quiz and find out how much you know about some of the world's largest corporations and their chiefs.Biz Quiz is best......

Oscars 2023: Naatu Naatu, Elephant Whisperers Win!

The 95th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Everything Everywhere All at Once was a big winner, winning the top awards and then some more. India scored two wins with Naatu Naatu getting the......

Oscars 2018: Meet the BIG Winners!

The 90th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold. IMAGE: Sam Rockwell (Best Supporting Actor, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,......

Shape Of Water leads Oscars nominations

Dunkirk may have been missed at the year's earlier awards shows, but thanks god, Chris Nolan's classic gets enough play at the Oscar noms. IMAGE: Sally Hawkins' stunning portrayal as a mute in The......

Oscars 2015: Eddie Redmayne, Jullianne Moore win

The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The......

Birdman, Boyhood, American Sniper sweep Oscar 2015 nominations

The 87th Annual Academy awards nominations were announced by directors JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón as well as Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, at the......

NBA: Pascal Siakam nets 40 in Raptors' OT win over Celtics

IMAGE: Cleveland Cavaliers' guard Darius Garland (10) celebrates his three-point basket in the fourth quarter against the Orlando Magic during their NBA match at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in......

Here's a complete list of Wimbledon men's singles champions

Novak Djokovic clinched a fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major on Sunday, shattering Roger Federer's bid to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the longest final ever played at the tournament.......

World Cup Blogs: Federer caught up in India-Pak rivalry

A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup. Roger Federer with the Team India jersey. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Roger Federer has apologised for getting caught up in the bitter......

World Cup blogs: Miandad to Pakistan: No more experiments please

A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup. Pakistan players Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan and Rahat Ali during the practice session at the Adelaide Oval. Photograph: Vipin......

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