Kerala gold smuggling: Swapna's 'disclosures' spark political row

The sensational disclosure by gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh triggered a political row in Kerala as opposition parties on Saturday charged that the chief minister's office was aware of......

Paytm employee tests positive, India's coronavirus count rises to 29

A Paytm employee in Gurgaon has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company said in a statement on Wednesday, advising its employees to work from home for the next couple of days. With......

Coronavirus-hit Chinese city suspends public transport

China has suspended all public transport, including flights in and out of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus as the confirmed cases climbed to 571 mostly from the city with 17 deaths so far.......

Meet India's only world heritage city

How did the newly-anointed heritage city bag the title and is it ready for the expected rush of tourists? IMAGE: One of Ahmedabad's magnificent pols or old-fashioned housing clusters in the walled......

Air India to launch new flights to New York, Paris, Frankfurt

Tata Group-owned Air India on Wednesday announced the launch of new flights connecting Mumbai with New York, Paris and Frankfurt, starting February next year. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters......

When V G Siddhartha refused all trappings of reflected power

When word got around in the ministry of external affairs that Siddhartha and Malavika were going to New York and would be with SM Krishna, protocol officers went to Delhi airport to see off the......

AI shuts down some foreign, local offices to cut costs

To cut costs, Air India is pruning the number of its foreign and local offices and has already shut down 23 booking offices in different parts of the country, the government said on Monday. The......

200 amazing years of rail transport

First electric locomotive. Photograph: Siemens Two hundred years after George Stephenson built the steam-powered Blucher, Open Knowledge pays tribute to 200 years of rail transport. ......

'I was too foreign looking for Bollywood'

'My children have seen clips of Sultanat and Loha. They laugh.'The gorgeous Karan Kapoor will be back in India soon. Very soon!Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni speaks to the former actor and......

Meet the sexy siren in Black Stallion

After sizzling in Tamil and Telugu films, sexy Namitha has now set her sights on Malayalam. The sexy siren is currently shooting for her maiden venture in Malayalam, Black Stallion, directed by......

Thulasi: A hardcore affair

Entertainment is the buzzword when it comes to films. It can constitute anything from romance, action, violence, song, dance, comedy etc or a blend of all these constituents as the filmmakers......

Belarusian sprinter reaches Poland after defying order home

IMAGE: Belarusian Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya meets Austrian State Secretary Magnus Brunner during a stop at Schwechat airport in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday. Photograph: Federal Chancellory......

Olympics: Belarus sprinter heads for Austria in fresh twist

Masked and wearing blue jeans, a blue blouse and sunglasses with "I RUN CLEAN" written on them, Tsimanouskaya had arrived in a police-escorted van at Narita airport east of the Japanese capital.......

Is he the greatest Marathoner of all time?

Eliud Kipchoge's story is unusual because when he came into competitive running it was not in the marathon.Fortunately for himself and the rest of us, he then turned to the marathon.Aakar Patel......

Somdev stuns Tipsarevic to draw India level

World number one Rafael Nadal's return helped Spain make a commanding start in their quest to regain the Davis Cup but Novak Djokovic's absence left holders Serbia surprisingly struggling against......

Track and field goes nuts over Bolt

When Usain Bolt blazed to glory at the Beijing Olympics, he was feted as the hero his tainted sport had been crying out for. Now, having repeated them in Berlin, he can consider himself the saviour......