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At least 25 killed in northern Nigeria car bomb explosions

At least 25 people have been killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting a bus station in northern Nigeria. The blasts occurred on Monday at a inter-city bus station in Kano when three......

Delhiites to lose 11.9 years of their lives to pollution

Delhi has emerged as the world's most polluted city in a new study which has also found that its residents are on track to lose 11.9 years of life if the current levels of pollution continue to be......

PIX: Hundreds flee after Boko Haram threatens villagers in Nigeria

People from 4 villages near in Nigeria were forced to leave their homes and flee after the Boko Haram militants told them to leave or face consequences. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed a......

Suicide bombers attack Airtel office in Nigeria

Suicide car bombers today attacked the offices of a Nigerian subsidiary of Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel in the volatile city of Kano besides that of South African firm MTN, killing at least......

200 killed in Nigeria's post election violence

At least 200 people have been killed and thousands displaced in post-election violence in Nigeria, a civil rights group said on Wednesday, as the loosing Muslim candidate General Muhammadu Buhari......

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.Surajeet......

Will the world embrace jatropha revolution?

Today, the intractable upward mobility of the price of crude has become a major problem to the Western industrialised nations. Friendly governments in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Iraq, and even Libya......

Reliance Industries eyes Kurd oilfields

Reliance Industries, the country's largest private oil company, is seeking oil and gas fields in Kurdistan. The Mukesh Ambani-controlled company is considering various options of entering the......

KEC forms joint venture in US

KEC International Limited, a part of the Rs 9,500-crore (Rs 95 billion) RPG Enterprises has floated a joint venture company with the Power Engineers Incof the US in a bid to tap the North American......

Russia promises oil to India

Russia has promised India four to five million tonnes of crude oil annually from its Far East Siberian oil fields if it fails to accommodate ONGC Videsh Ltd in Yuganskneftegaz, the core asset of......

Review: Black Panther is more than a superhero movie

...And that's a very good thing, feels Sukanya Verma. Black Panther doesn't have the manner of a regular superhero vehicle. It's the first thing you notice and love about the latest Marvel comic......

Commonwealth Games 2022: Medals Table

The medals table of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham: RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal 1 Australia 67 57 54 178 2 England 57 66 53 176 3 Canada 26 32 34 92 4 India 22 16 23......

CWG 2022: Boxers ensure seven medals for India

IMAGE: Amit Panghal, in blue, punches Lennon Mulligan of Scotland during the men’s 48kg-51kg (Flyweight) quarter-final fight on day seven of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday.......

CWG 2022: How India fared on Sunday, July 31

IMAGE: Jeremy Lalrinnunga first bettered the Commonwealth Games snatch mark with a successful 140kg attempt and then lifted 160kg in clean and jerk to take his aggregate to 300kg, a new CWG......

CWG 2022: How India fared on Saturday, August 6

IMAGE: Ravi Dahiya celebrates with Indian flag after defeating Nigeria's Ebikewenimo Welson in the men's Freestyle 57 kg wrestling gold medal match on Day 9 of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth......

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......

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