IAF's Tejas aircraft crashes on way back from war game witnessed by PM

A Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) of the Indian Air Force crashed near a residential colony in Jaisalmer on Tuesday while returning from a tri-services military exercise in Pokhran desert in the......

Budget hikes defence budget by 4.72%, focuses on 'deep tech'

The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row......

Sikkim flash flood: Toll rises to 18; over 90 still missing

The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 18 on Thursday as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and fast flowing water in the Teesta river basin and downstream north......

IAF receives first LCA twin-seater Tejas from HAL

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Wednesday handed over the first LCA Tejas twin-seater aircraft to the Indian Air Force. IMAGE: Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, receives the......

Factors that will drive the markets this week

Quarterly earnings from corporates, the US Fed interest rate decision and other global trends will be the major driving factors for determining movement in the domestic equity market in a......

Oil-gas stocks: Investors must brace for negative impact in Q1 FY25

Escalation of the conflict in West Asia between Israel and Iran has had a direct impact on the energy markets, and more broadly on the financial markets as well as the global economy. Photograph:......

Petrol, diesel prices cut by Rs 2 each

Petrol and diesel prices were cut by Rs 2 per litre each as state-owned oil companies ended a nearly two-year-long hiatus in rate revision, just hours before the general election schedule is......

L&T takes on global peers with electrolyser play

Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is preparing the ground to begin the commercial sale of electrolysers in September, which would be 50 per cent cheaper than its European counterparts,......

Moudgil shoots down mental barriers en route to Paris Games

'The competition is very high in India and the pressure situations we face during trials will definitely help in Olympics. I just wanted to be my best in trials, the fire to perform in trials and......

Olympic talk: 'India's attitude towards sport must change'

IMAGE: But as I said, our Olympic preparations should continue throughout the year, in four years, continuously, says gymnast Dipa Karmakar.  Photograph: Kind courtesy Dipa Karmakar/X......

Look Who Stole The Show At The Wedding...

IMAGE: Ziva Dhoni with her parents Sakshi and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com   Chennai Super Kings Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived at Radhika Merchant......

Paris Olympics: Gagan Narang to be India's Chef de Mission

IMAGE: Gagan Narang had won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives  London Olympics bronze medallist shooter Gagan Narang on......

Convicted rapist on Dutch Olympic team sparks outrage

IMAGE: Netherlands' Steven van de Velde. Photograph: Reuters/X The Olympics ruling body said it had no role in Dutch volleyball's decision to pick a convicted rapist for the Paris Games, a......