Padma awards 2017: The winners

Political stalwarts Murli Manohar Joshi, Sharad Pawar and former Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma, cricketer Virat Kohli and Carnatic musician K J Yesudas were among the 89 people who were selected for......

Special Series: Modi comes to Washington

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on his fourth visit to America since being elected two years ago, the frequency of his visits a testimony to the importance India attaches to its relationship with......

Desi appointed dean of top US college

Physicist Kanwal Singh appointed dean of Sarah lawrence College, the first Indian American to head a leading liberal arts college in the US. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from Washington, DC. Dr......

India-US Summit Special, Edited by Ambassador Nirupama Rao

A little more than eight years ago, on July 18, 2005, Dr Manmohan Singh embarked on perhaps his most audacious diplomatic mission -- to completely transform the long troubled relationship with the......

IIT alumni celebrate anniversary

Chancellor Berdhall of UC Berkeley makes himself scarce whenever the 60 Minutes crew [a well-known American TV newsmagazine] comes to the campus since they invariably end up doing an expose. So he......