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The Maharaja Is Airborne!

Tribhuvaneshwar Saran -- or T S -- Singh Deo is a most unusual politician. Apart from being Chhattisgarh's health minister, T S Baba -- as he is known in his assembly constituency Ambikapur -- is......

Taiwan Shows Its Air Power To China

Taiwan's air force showed their preparedness as Chinese aircraft flew past the 68 nautical mile closest pointsto the island. Taiwan also detected 14 Chinese military ships conducting activities......

Dom's Take: Rafales are Coming! Rafales Are Coming!

So, five Rafales will toughdown in India next Monday. The French fighters will give the Indian Air Force a distinct edge as it prepares for the possibility of a short war with China. "If we had......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

Tale of two sets of passengers on a rainy night

'There were no airhostesses and stewards to bring us food, water and the news of when the journey would resume.' IMAGE: People walk on the railway tracks as heavy monsoon rains hit the local train......

Air Deccan not up for sale: Gopinath

Captain GR Gopinath, the owner of Air Deccan, flew down from Toulouse on Monday in the giant Airbus A-380, the aircraft for which Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines has placed an order. But......

'Indian markets are on a strong wicket'

Image: Bombay Stock Exchange. Photograph, courtesy: BSE Given the volatility of the global marketplace, India is already on a strong wicket and well poised to provide a lucrative......

L N Mittal tops UK's Richest Power list

Money and power being "natural bedfellows" is not necessarily true in the British business world, except for steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal who figures right on the top of a new 'Richest Power List',......

Can the Fed steer US out of recession?

While the US may have successfully destroyed a rogue satellite and its potentially lethal cargo of hydrazine high above in space, it will be a difficult task to steer the US out of the recession,......

Mittal, Sarin in UK's Power 100 list

Two India-born British entrepreneurs -- steel czar Lakshmi Mittal and telecom tycoon Arun Sarin -- have been named among the 100 most powerful people in the UK business in a list compiled by the......

PIX: Aamir-Azad celebrate Kiran's birthday

Aamir celebrates Kiran's b-day... Sush runs into an old co-star... Akshay and Bhumi star in a toilet drama... Social media posts from Bollywood celebrities... Aamir Khan and son Azad celebrated......

Happy Days complete 50 days

Sekhar Kammula's Happy Days, a simple tale of eight students and their four years in engineering college has captured the audience in a big way, doing phenomenally well in the United States and......

Weekend Watch: Dil Se

As Shah Rukh Khan turns 40 on November 2, we at rediff.com decided to look back and recommend some of his best filmsto you on DVD, as part ofour regular Weekend Watch feature. Please write in if......

PHOTOS: Torch alights on Rio shore ahead of Olympic opening

- 'The expectations are huge... I think everything will go right, in terms of the Games as well as public safety.' IMAGE: Olympian Lars Grael (left) carries the Olympic flame aboard a Brazilian......

EPL title in the bag, Conte sets sights on FA Cup

‘We were not lucky, we did a great job’ ‘It is a great season but now we can win the FA Cup’ IMAGE: Antonio Conte of Chelsea celebrates with the fans. Photograph: Laurence......

Bagan, Air India in goalless draw

Resurgent Mohun Bagan's distant title aspirations were handed a rude reality check by a determined Air-India who held the three-time NFL champions to a goalless draw in an exciting 13th round......

Buckle up for Formula One of the air

Just a few metres separate mother Earth from the speeding plane."We are just going to fly through those trees," pilot Mark Jefferies says, pointing the aircraft's nose at an unlikely gap."Clench......

Mumbai seek to return to winning ways vs Kings XI

Smarting from their morale-shattering seven-wicket loss against Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians would look to put behind their disappointment and train their guns on a struggling Kings XI Punjab......

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