The spectacular Milky Way over the picturesque Bavarian mountain, Herzogstand, the remarkable Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being born; the......
An Al Qaeda splinter group seized control of Mosul, the second biggest city in Iraq, on Tuesday, putting security forces to flight in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi'ite-led Baghdad......
Move over T-rex, scientists have discovered the bones of the world's biggest dinosaur, as heavy as 14 African elephants and equal to a seven-storey building, in Argentina. The 65-feet-tall new......
'What we do about our planet in the next 10 or 20 years is going to be crucial to our existence. There is nothing more important to our long term future. NOTHING!' He hugs pandas in Wolong, China.......
A shaky truce crumbled in troubled Kiev on Thursday morning, when gunfire erupted at Independence Square which has been ground zero for anti-government protesters in Ukraine. At least 20 protesters......
Dodgy or not, most media owners do not spend adequate money on training their journalists or exposing them to global standards. Indian news media has become a joke. When Madhuri Dixit dances to "TV......
Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief, CNN-IBN, and wife Sagarika Ghose, deputy editor, IBN18, quit after nine years. The churn continues at Network18 Group, in the middle of a takeover by Reliance......
Microsoft has found a security flaw in its popular web browser -- Internet Explorer – which could allow hackers to gain control of a computer, and there have already been targeted attacks to......
Government around the world are using technologies to create ideal living conditions for residents. Some cities have made enough progress that they can predict catastrophes and prepare before a......
Blaming constitutional authorities for widespread perception about corruption, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that the situation was "not worse" during the UPA rule. "I agree there is......
'I see myself as someone who is actively participating in the vision of new India.' Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar glimpsed these stars on Wednesday. Please click on the......
'To this day, I find faults in my performance. If people are sitting next to me and watching it and I feel I haven't given that shot properly, I quickly give them popcorn or something to distract......
Image: Prasoon Joshi cleans the streets outside the Sofi Mahal building in Lalbaug, South Mumbai, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Photograph: Sahil Salvi 'I was......
'In our film industry, there are not many opportunities for actors... Our films are not character based, they are hero and heroine based. The only roles we have for character actors are to play the......
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to express their disagreement over Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's statement that......
IMAGE: Manchester United's Fred in action with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Reuters Manchester United deepened Liverpool's January gloom as Bruno Fernandes's......
'We got a bit carried away, seeing Wood bowl really quickly in South Africa. We've seen Archer do it, but it's very hard to do it every single game.' IMAGE: England's pace bowlers Mark Wood and......
'But when you get that click, that six or seven overs where everything is in sync and you see the ball flying down at 90mph-plus causing chaos, that's why you put Jofra Archer in your team.'......
'He is the most naturally gifted bowler I've seen and I don't think he quite realises how good he is.' IMAGE: Barbados-born Jofra Archer has played 28 first-class games and has a number of......
Luis Suarez has reportedly said that he has spoken to specialists about his behavior and has promised his fans that there will be no biting incidents in the future. The Barcelona striker, who is......