India upset at US mention of Modi while discussing immunity for Saudi crown prince

India is upset at a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by a US state department official while defending the immunity it had extended to Saudi Arabian ruler Mohammad bin Sultan, who is......

The Importance Of Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi's gritty refusal to backtrack on her plans to visit Taiwan is part of who she is. IMAGE: Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu welcomes US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi at......

'Indian, Chinese soldiers were thrown into the lake'

'It is pure luck that we did not have any body bags, otherwise things could have been nasty.'Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) explains the recent India-China military standoff in Ladakh. IMAGE:......

Bypolls: BJP, allies win 26 seats; Cong 12

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies on Thursday won 26 of the 51 assembly seats at stake in the bypolls across 18 states and the Congress emerged victorious in 12 constituencies while......

Achhe din? Nah. India ranks a dismal 118 in happiness index!

IMAGE: A man carries his mother to board a passenger train at a railway station in New Delhi, February 25, 2016. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters India is ranked seventh among the biggest......

Can a condom maker churn out vaccines for the nation?

HLL, formerly Hindustan Latex Ltd, has been attempting to protect the nation against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies for decades -- its Nirodh condom is arguably one of the......

BT to buy Mumbai-based i2i

BT group, the UK's incumbent telecom operator will acquire Mumbai-based i2i Enterprise Ltd, a company specialising in Internet protocol services to become a leading global carrier in the local......

M-banking to gain currency

Internet and mobile phones are set to give banking a whole new face. Internet banking (I-banking) and mobile banking (M-banking) are being promoted as more convenient ways of banking as they give......

Ayaz Khan: From TV ads to Jaane Tu!

Those of you who have seen the film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na could not have missed the guy who played Genelia D'Souza's love interest. IfAyaz Khan lookedfamiliar, it is because he has done more than......

Stars on their dads

The world celebrated Father Day's on June 19. To mark the occasion, rediff.com decided to ask some prominent sons and daughter of Bollywood about their fathers.Amitabh BachchanNeeds no......

'I have so many flops, but my fans are increasing'

After Yuva, another Kareena Kapoor film is ready to hit the marquee.If Yuva gave her the opportunity to work with Mani Ratnam, Dev fulfilled her dream of working with Govind Nihalani.Dev,......

KHNH bigger than KMG? I hope!

"Godfather is the best film ever." "Masoom is outstanding.""Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is the most honest film.""Parinda was amazing."Obviously, Nikhil Advani loves to watch all kinds of films. The......

Gambia's football team in emergency landing scare

IMAGE: A statement from the Gambia Football Federation said preliminary investigations indicated that there was a loss of cabin pressure and oxygen. Photograph: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters Gambia......

Is Yash Dhull the next big thing in Indian cricket?

IMAGE: India's Under-19 World Cup winning captain Yash Dhull started his journey from being among the boys with a muscular hundred -- 113 off 150 balls -- against a good Tamil Nadu side on the......

Bobby Fischer, the greatest chess player ever

He possessed an IQ of 180, higher than Albert Einstein's, but his life and career took unexpectedly bizarre routes.Dhruv Munjal salutes the strange genius of Bobby Fischer. IMAGE: Former world......

Out of Federer's shadow, Wawrinka scripts own legacy

For someone who lost nine of his first 13 finals, Stanislas Wawrinka has turned failure to success, winning his last six, and that includes his three biggest titles – the Australian Open and......

'Nervous' Wawrinka surprised at French Open win

Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka poses with the Coupe de Mousquetaires and coach Magnus Norman after winning the French Open. Photograph: Christophe Saidi/Getty Images Stanislas Wawrinka was still......