When IAF Secretly Brought Prabhakaran To India

'With butterflies in our stomachs, but confident of our mission, we took off for Jaffna on the morning of 24 July 1987.'IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe recalls a conversation with Air Vice......

Mission Accomplished: When IAF Made History

'No aeroplane in the world has been designed to switch off its engines above 14,500 feet.''Thanks to a lot of practice, we were able to execute a flawless landing at DBO at 0900 hours on 31st May,......

From the Raj to Azadi, how I saw India change

As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians. Between the ages of seven and 11,......

My days as a prisoner of war in Pakistan

On Wednesday, India confirmed that a pilot of a MiG fighter had been taken prisoner by Pakistan amid attempts of foiling an attack by the neighbouring country. In light of his capture, Rediff.com......

Aditya Birla Group acquires stake in Living Media India

The Aditya Birla Group on Friday announced it had acquired 27.5 per cent stake in the Aroon Purie-controlled Living Media India, marking an entry into the media business.Living Media acts as a......

BBC to shut down Asian Network

The British Broadcasting Corporation confirmed on Monday that it would close down the Asian Network radio station, which is targeted at people with origins in the Indian sub-continent, by the end......

BBC Asian Network closure was inevitable: Scribes

Senior Britain-based Indian journalists who worked for the BBC believe that given the multi-choice media environment, diversity of languages within the Asian community and stiff competition from......

Global investment boosts FM radio

Even as Rupert Murdoch's STAR TV prepares to acquire a 20 percent stake in Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd, which runs Radio City, a large number of global FM radio companies are jockeying hard to forge......

IPL Auction: Cummins didn't deserve Rs 20.5 crore price tag?

IMAGE: This was not the first time that Pat Cummins had attracted huge sums at the IPL auction. Photograph: BCCI Former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie has questioned Pat Cummins' massive IPL......

Will put my name in IPL auction, confirms Warner

'By the signs of the recent IPL, I won't be retained by the Sunrisers, so I'm looking forward to a fresh start.' IMAGE: Former Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner says being left out of the......

'Australian cricketers still want to fulfil their IPL commitments'

'They do want to see the tournament finished, but they also clearly want to come home at the end, and that's where the concern comes, because there's just not a definitive plan on how that's going......

Will Aussie IPL stars get flights home?

Australian players' union chief says chartered flight for Oz players after IPL under consideration IMAGE: BCCI has already assured the IPL's foreign recruits that their safe return home will be......

There is apprehension: Williamson ahead of IPL

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI New Zealand cricket captain Kane Williamson says an outbreak of COVID-19 in an Indian Premier League (IPL) team has raised some apprehension about the coming......