Ramananda Sengupta explains how 'crap cannons' can be an effective mob-control weapon. Imagine a sonic weapon that could make everyone within a 100-metre radius involuntarily evacuate their......
'Many sepoys fought with distinction, winning some of the first Victoria Crosses to be awarded to Indians; and indeed, as in any army fighting under such inhumane conditions -- standing in the......
Even though the civilian nuclear agreement between Canada and India was signed in Toronto on June 27 in the presence of Canadian Prime Ministers Stephen Harper and his Indian counterpart Dr......
India and Canada have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement and strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Stephen......
Ajit Jain, rediff India Abroad Managing Editor, Canada, is traveling with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his first-ever visit to India. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is leading......
Governments in India have used a clause (known in the legal trade as Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code) to curb various attempts to titillate the Indian mind, writes Ajit Balakrishnan. No sooner......
A sweetly struck drop goal by flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson one minute from the end of extra time gave England a dramatic 20-17 victory over Australia in an epic rugby World Cup final on Saturday.A match......
For all the talk of motivation, desire, and a dozen other imponderables, tomorrow's rugby World Cup final between Australia and England will come down to individual contests within a team game.Both......