120 rockets fired from Lebanon as Israel observes Yom Kippur

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that multiple rocket launches have been identified from Lebanon since the Yom Kippur fast started. IMAGE: A man rides a bike along a highway on Yom......

West Asia conflict escalates, Iran fires 100 missiles towards Israel

In a major escalation in the raging conflict in the Middle East, Iran launched a missile attack on Israel on Tuesday. In a statement the Israeli Defence Forces said, all Israeli civilians are in......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Cyclone Dana: Lakhs evacuated; flights, trains suspended

As Cyclone Dana barrels toward the coasts of Odisha, threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population, the government is racing against time to execute a massive evacuation plan aimed at......

Bharat Benz use data to up its service quotient

New age diagnostic tools come in handy for BharatBenz to predict repair needs and breakdown in advance. IMAGE: Employees work near a BharatBenz truck inside Daimler's new factory in Oragadam, in......

How Telangana stir has hit business in Andhra Pradesh

Even as the situation in Andhra Pradesh’s Seemandhra region showed no signs of improvement on Monday, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy found himself in the cross hairs for his handling of the......

TN gets 1st motorwoman

Breaking another male bastion, 37-year-old C V Thilagavathi has become Southern Railway's first woman driver of a suburban electric train, a vital part of the metropolis' public transport system,......

PIX: New gym creates safe space for Afghan women

IMAGE: Afghan women exercise in a fitness gym in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photograph: Ismail Sameem/Reuters In Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a......