A lady mason, a centenarian athlete, Jharkhand's lady Tarzan and a "mushroom mahila" were among the 15 women awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar by President Ram Nath Kovind for their contribution in......
-- The gunman live-streamed the mass shooting inside the Al Noor Mosque -- Witnesses have said they saw 'blood everywhere' -- Four people are in custody after the shootings, including one woman and......
In our Special Independence Day series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, a one-of-a-kind cricket fan, who worships Sachin Tendulkar and......
Did you know that Asia's most popular wireless hotspot is a coffee shop in Hong Kong, Pacific Coffee at The Peak? This revealing piece of information is contained in a recent survey that Intel, the......
The Ascott group, a leading international serviced residence company with about 14,000 serviced residence units spread across Europe and Asia-Pacific, has set its sights on India.The group plans to......
The number of students from India going to New Zealand for tertiary-level education has gone up from about 150 in 1999 to 3,000 in 2003 according to the New Zealand High Commission. It is......
IMAGE: Daryl Mitchell and Kane Williamson hit fifties as New Zealand thrashed Pakistan by 46 runs in the first T20 International. Photograph: Black Caps/X Shaheen Afridi's debut as Pakistan's T20......
Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......
IMAGE: Armed police stand guard outside a building construction site following a shooting in the central business district, in Auckland. Photograph: David Rowland/Reuters At least two people......
IMAGE: The opening ceremony celebrated traditional Maori culture including the famous Haka war dance. Photograph: David Rowland/Reuters New Zealand opened the ninth Women's World Cup with a shock......
'You hear about the bad things, and I thought that was going to happen to me.' IMAGE: Kolkata Knight Riders' Tim Seifert experienced only mild COVID-19 symptoms but the stress had proved the......