2019 election and the brown man's burden

'The anti-India biases of the Western elite can be attributed to the unease these privileged nations feel at the rise of Asian nations like India and China.''But what ought to shock all......

When terror struck the media

The media has always been at the centre of condemnation and often violent retaliation from those its criticism seems to sting. Even as far back as the turn of the century when......

Small arms with lethal power for India

Russia, a longstanding defense partner of India, is reportedly in talks with New Delhi for sale of small arms like sniper rifles, submachine guns and grenade launchers.Leonid Nikolay Skofenko, the......

Phone tapping, IPL scandals rock Parliament

Reports of telephone tapping and the IPL controversy rocked Parliament on Monday with both Houses adjourning for the day as an agitated opposition demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe......

Solve this case, earn Rs 25,000!

Rediff Business presents the TCS Smart Business Case Study Contest for managers, along with The Smart Manager, the management magazine! We give you a profile and the history of a company. All you......

Owen Wilson's suicide bid

He is known for his comedies but it looks like actor Owen Wilson was feeling far from funny when he landed in hospital after a suicide bid on Sunday, August 26. According to The National Enquirer......

Smita Patil: The Woman Behind the Image

'Smita had it all planned out. She was pregnant then and planning to leave Raj Babbar after the baby was born.' In an enthralling new book Smita Patil, A Brief Incandescence (HarperCollins),......

Tiger Woods admits 'transgressions,' apologizes

Golfer Tiger Woods, engulfed in speculation over his private life after a car accident in the middle of the night, apologized on Wednesday for "transgressions" in a statement that apparently......