Ex-Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who will be remembered both for his commitment to the communist ideology and a pragmatic approach to industrialising the state, passed......

Would rather jump in well: Gadkari on Cong leader's offer

Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Nitin Gadkari has said that a politician once advised him to join the Congress, to which he replied that he would rather die by jumping into a well......

Stealth destroyer INS Chennai commissioned

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday commissioned 'INS Chennai', the third indigenously designed guided missile destroyer in the Kolkata class, in Mumbai.  Built at the Mazagon Dock......

Swedish minister to visit Delhi with fighter plane offer on Tue

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist will arrive in New Delhi on Tuesday on a four-day visit during which he is expected to offer Gripen NG fighter aircraft or a possible joint collaboration......

Why Has RBI Scrapped Polymer Currency Notes Idea?

The RBI has shelved its plan for polymer notes more than a decade after it invited interest from global manufacturers for one billion pieces of Rs 10 denomination polymer banknotes, reveals Tamal......

Can Ola disrupt India's e-scooter market?

By setting up massive capacities in a limited market against entrenched competition, founder Bhavish Aggarwal has his work cut out proving the sceptics wrong, says Surajeet Das Gupta. Photograph:......

IndiGo, SpiceJet stare at huge Q1 losses

Experts expect a net loss of Rs 26.7 billion for IndiGo and Rs 10.1 billion for SpiceJet in Q1FY21 driven by low traffic volume, low fleet utilisation and poor coverage of fixed costs. Budget......

Aircraft makers throng Telangana's aviation meet

Wings India 2018, an international conference on the civil aviation sector, was inaugurated on Thursday at Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, by KT Rama Rao, minister of IT, mines and NRI affairs in the......

PIX: Kriti, Tiger celebrate 5 years of Heropanti!

Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon and director Sabbir Khan's debut film, Heropanti, turned five. The stars posted some interesting pictures and beautiful messages on their Insta feed. Photograph: Kind......

Sindhu makes winning comeback as India stun China

IMAGE:  Returning from injury PV Sindhu beat higher ranked Han Yue. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Two-time Olympic-medallist P V Sindhu made a winning return from a lengthy injury......

India finish in top four as shuttlers, paddlers add to medal haul

India's final tally at the Commonwealth Games read 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze. They placed behind third-placed Canada, which was far ahead with 92 medals (26-32-34). Australia (67-57-54)......

Meet India's medallists at Birmingham CWG

Indian athletes are on a roll at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games. With 55 medals thus far, India are 5th on the list of medal winners.    Rediff.com introduces you to the......

Sports Shorts: Saina, Kashyap, Srikanth enter 2nd round of Malaysia Masters

IMAGE:  Saina Nehwal. Photograph: Saina Nehwal/Twitter Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round to mark a fine day for Indian shuttlers......

Sports Shorts: Kushagra, Natraj continue to shine with gold

Kushagra Rawat triumphed in 400m freestyle to bag his fourth gold medal while Srihari Nataraj created a new meet record on his way to gold in 100m backstroke at the Asian Age Group Championship, in......