The Man Who Knows No Fear

Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy sailed the oceans and conquered likely death after a storm badly injured his spine and destroyed his boat.Archana Masih/Rediff.com met the decorated......

Somali pirates release 25 Indian sailors

After nearly two months in captivity, 25 Indian sailors have been released by Somali pirates though there was no word on whether any ransom was paid to the brigands. A Directorate General of......

AI bombing: Rescuers narrate horror

Canadian Judicial Commission investigating into the 1985 bombing of an Air India Boeing 747 off the Irish coast heard the testimony of English and Irish rescuers who first reached on the......

2008 is not our worst terrorism-hit year

Next to Israel, India has been waging the longest fight against jihadi terrorism of the home-grown as well as trans-national variety. Israel's fight against jihadi terrorism started in 1967 and is......

Abhilash Tomy Challenges The Oceans Again

'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.'Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian......