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6 terrorists, 2 soldiers dead in Kulgam encounters

Six terrorists were killed and two soldiers laid down their lives in twin encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said on Sunday. IMAGE: Soldiers stand guard at the encounter......

Captain among 4 Army soldiers killed in Doda encounter

Four Army personnel, including a captain, were killed in a fierce gunfight with heavily armed terrorists of Pakistan-based banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Doda district, the third major......

Kathua mountain road bears telltale signs of ambush

Bloodstains on the road and helmets, bullet shells, vehicles with shattered windscreens and flattened tyres... A day after terrorists ambushed an Army patrol, a wooded mountain road on Tuesday told......

Terrorism breathing its last in J-K, says LG Manoj Sinha

Terrorism is breathing its last in Jammu and Kashmir and the recent acts of terror are signs of the "enemy's desperation", Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday. IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir......

Kathua ambush: 2 terrorists hit during search ops, NIA roped in

Security forces tightened their cordon around a forest area in the higher reaches of Doda district on Tuesday evening following an encounter with hiding terrorists, officials said. IMAGE: An......

NCLAT judge recuses from hearing Byju Raveendran's plea

Byju's Founder Byju Raveendran's plea against the Insolvency of Think & Learn before the NCLAT was adjourned on Monday as one of the members of the bench recused from the hearing. Photograph:......

Tarun Bajaj posted as revenue secretary in IAS reshuffle

Senior bureaucrat Tarun Bajaj was appointed revenue secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre on Tuesday. Bajaj, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS)......

Nirav Modi to move 2nd bail plea in London on Friday

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges amounting to USD 2 billion, is set to appear before Westminster magistrates court in London on Friday,......

Investors going beyond wallet businesses into last mile solutions

Mobile payments alone gathered close to $1.51 billion in the year 2017 through 13 rounds of funding, according to data compiled by Tracxn Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com If investors backed......

RBI wants customers' financial data stored in India

Experts say the new guideline is likely to hurt foreign players more, especially card companies such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express who process and store credit card transaction data......

Amy Jackson-Ed Westwick Attend BAFTA

The 2024 British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) were held at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre, London, and saw its share of the good and the bad. The best was, of......

Will Piyush Swain become Crorepati?

Hyderabad-based software consultant Piyush Swain, who became only the second person to win Rs 50 lakh in the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati-2, wants to keep the suspense on whether he hit the......

Who is the Sholay girl?

Meet the first stunt woman in Bollywood. IMAGE: Bidita Bag in The Sholay Girl. A young woman jumps high, her ponytail bobbing up and down. Then she breaks into a run in a lane in Ballad Pier,......

Divith Reddy is Under-8 World Cadets Champion

IMAGE: Hyderabad's Divith Reddy. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Lalitha Krishna/X Eight-year-old Divith Reddy of Hyderabad added to India's growing reputation in the world of chess by becoming......

8-YO Indian chess genius takes the world by storm

IMAGE: Divith, centre, who has a FIDE rating of 1784 points currently, won four matches on the trot. Photograph: Kind Courtesy FIDE World Cadet Chess Championship/Facebook On a pleasant......

Ranji: Mulani, Himanshu power Mumbai to big win!

IMAGE: Shams Mulani was adjudged the Player of the Match for his impact in the outcome of the match. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Mumbai Cricket Association Spinners Shams Mulani (5/71) and Himanshu......

Ranji: Sindhu's 11-wkt haul powers Haryana to victory

IMAGE: Nishant Sindhu took 5 wickets in the second innings. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Nishant Sindhu/Instagram Left-arm spinner Nishant Sindhu delivered a match-winning performance, taking 5/56 in......

Harshit celebrates maiden Test call-up with 4-wkt haul

Group D: Harshit celebrates maiden Test call-up with four-wicket haul vs Assam IMAGE: Harshit Rana bagged four wickets. Photograph: KKR/X Harshit Rana celebrated his maiden Test team call-up......

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