Deoghar Disaster: IAF's Mission Impossible

'Imagine hanging from a thin steel cable under a helicopter with certain death staring at you below, being pulled up slowly in the din and downwash of the helicopter.'IAF Veteran Air Commodore......

Art 370: 'Who will suffer more? It's the security forces!'

'Sardar Patel was completely on board in the process for Kashmir as well as the final decisions taken. The fact is that Sardar Patel was willing to trade Kashmir for Hyderabad. This is......

Are we any closer to knowing Who Killed Sheena Bora?

After 800 days, is it a little clearer that Accused No 1 through 4 are responsible for her death?Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.Illustration: Dominic......

Sheena Bora Trial: 'I will die soon if I don't get out of prison'

'I ask for bail in the name of justice.''Give me a chance to stay alive and see the trial till its end.'Savera R Someshwar reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.Illustration: Dominic......

Business travel takes off again on a wing and a prayer

Business executives are finally dusting off their long-unused suitcases to resume travel, thanks to a good vaccination rate, a drop in fresh cases, and an easing of travel restrictions. It comes......

Markets end flat on lacklustre global cues

Among sectoral indices, telecom led the chart, spurting 3.08 per cent, followed by oil and gas. Equities finished with modest gains after a see-saw session on Friday as investors remained on the......

Infosys appoints Salil S Parekh as CEO, MD

Parekh, who is joining the company from Capgemini, will take over on January 2, 2018 India's second largest IT firm Infosys said on Saturday that it has appointed Salil S Parekh as its chief......

Can robotics really ease hiring pain?

HR solutions powered by robotics and machine learning are enabling recruiters to make better hiring decisions. Sangeeta Tanwar reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The most important......

Satyamev Jayate review: John tests your threshold of pain

'John Abraham has Popeye's muscles and Bluto's scowl, but how many times can you watch a deadpan Hulk pull out a van door or burst forth from a truck tyre?' asks Sukanya Verma. A mysterious man in......

How Alia Bhatt nailed Udta Punjab

'The starting point of the Udta Punjab casting was that we didn't think stars would do a film like this, so we'd take non-stars.''As the names kept rolling in and we had Kareena Kapoor and Shahid......

'We cannot survive', tennis counts the cost of empty stands

The absence of spectators has not just robbed tournaments of atmosphere but has also had a savage impact on finances IMAGE: There was a sprinkle of fans in the stands at the Australian Open......

Delhi Capitals: Also-rans to Top Guns

Ricky Ponting + Sourav Ganguly + Shreyas Iyer + Kagiso Rabada + Rishabh Pant + Shikhar Dhawan + consistent team selection.Dhruv Munjal on how Delhi Capitals achieved a remarkable turnaround in IPL......

Sports Shorts: Kenya's Chepkoech smashes women's steeplechase world record

IMAGE: Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech celebrates winning and in the process setting a new Women's 3000m Steeplechase World Record at the Diamond League in Monaco at Stade Louis II, on Saturday.......

The IPL 10 Dream Team

Warner, Parthiv, Amla, Bhuvi, Jasprit...Rediff.com's Harish Kotian picks his Dream Team after IPL 10. The IPL 10 final -- which was decided on the last ball and ended in a one run win for the......

Kohli, Ashwin rule supreme as India pass the Test in 2016

Off the field the Board of Control for Cricket in India looks set for a complete overhaul with Supreme Court's stinging observations tightening the noose around the mandarins of the richest sports......