Blast kills four in Kolkata

Four persons including a three-year-old child were killed and nine others injured in an explosion in Chitpur in North Kolkata on Sunday evening, police said. The explosion occured at a garbage dump......

Panama Papers leak: Arrest warrant issued against Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan's anti-corruption court on Thursday issued a bailable arrest warrant against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in two cases of corruption spiralling from the Panama Papers leak. The......

AQ Khan joins hands with Jamaat-e-Islami

Disgraced nuclear scientist and father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said he has decided to join hands with Jamaat-e-Islami for making the country a truly Islamic welfare......

Must read: A Hindu's battle to preserve Urdu!

In four years, Rekhta has become the largest online repository for Urdu poetry and literature in the world, says Veenu Sandhu.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The lawns of the Indira......

When Om Puri deserved an Oscar

'I started learning to pull a rickshaw from two regular rickshaw-pullers.' 'Once I stopped at a roadside tea-stall to have a cup of tea.''It was early morning and two elderly customers were......

Hasan Sardar Pakistan's chief hockey selector

In a fresh reshuffle in the Pakistan Hockey Federation, former Olympian Hasan Sardar was appointed selection committee chairman, while Brig (Retd) Manzoor Hussain Atif was named advisor to......

Pak hockey fraternity mourns Balbir Singh Sr

Balbir Singh Sr's death evoked emotional tributes from Pakistan's hockey community, which described the legendary centre-forward's demise as a big loss to the sport in general and the subcontinent......

Why we may not see Pakistan at Hockey World Cup

IMAGE: Pakistan's players during the 2014 Asian Games hockey match against India in Incheon (Image used for representative purposes). Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images Pakistan's chances......

India, Pakistan in war of words after hockey final washed out

'It's a blatant lie. It was Pakistan who didn't want to play as they had a return flight at 3am in the morning.'   They lifted the Asian Champions Trophy jointly but India and Pakistan were......

Bollywood on their minds: Pak hockey team keen on 'Badhaai Ho'!

IMAGE: A song sequence from the Ayushmann Khurrana starer 'Badhaai Ho'!. Unprecedented security is always reassuring but Pakistan hockey team currently in Bhubaneswar for the Hockey World Cup......