The Soldier Who Became A Legend

A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......

Navy begins probe into drone attack on merchant ship off Indian coast

The Indian Navy has launched an investigation into a suspected drone strike on a Mangalore-bound cargo vessel off India's west coast in the Arabian sea even as the merchant ship is on its way to......

Navy secures merchant vessel hit by drone in Arabian Sea

A merchant vessel, with around 20 Indian crew, was hit by a suspected drone about 217 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast in the Arabian Sea on Saturday but there was no report of any casualties......

India deploys 3 warships in Arabian Sea after attack on merchant ship

Chemical tanker MV Chem Pluto was struck by a drone off India's west coast but the origin of the strike and the amount of explosive used for it could be known after further forensic and technical......

Investors going beyond wallet businesses into last mile solutions

Mobile payments alone gathered close to $1.51 billion in the year 2017 through 13 rounds of funding, according to data compiled by Tracxn Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com If investors backed......

Will Vishal Kampani become India Inc's best friend?

Vishal Kampani has big shoes to fill as his father is close to the Ambanis, the Wadias and the Ruias, says Dev Chatterjee.   When Nimesh Kampani, 70, founder-chairman of JM Financial......

The men behind India's first Bitcoin exchange

Unocoin founders, Vikram Nikkam, 38, and Sathvik Vishwanath, 31. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Business Standard In August this year, Bengaluru-based startup Unocoin made news internationally when......

Civil aviation ministry gets 3 airport proposals

The civil aviation ministry is considering three proposals to set up privately-owned, or merchant, airports in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Durgapur (West Bengal) and Jhhajjar (Haryana). The proposal......

PIX: Why did the singers party?

Musicians gathered to celebrate singer Harshdeep Kaur's birthday.   The Mohan sisters: Shakti and Neeti.   Himesh Reshammiya with wife Sonia Kapur.   Nihar Pandya joins Himesh,......

Asia's 1st Soho House opens and look at the stars!

Bolly celebs have a new party place to go to! Asia's first Soho House, a most exclusive club, was launched in Mumbai on Thursday, November 15. And look at how many Bollywood celebs attended!......

Why Adah Sharma prefers Telugu films

'I'd rather do a great role in any language than do mediocre stuff in Hindi.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Adah Sharma/Instagram Adah Sharma made her acting debut in Vikram Bhatt's horror film 1920,......

Ismail Merchant honoured

Ismail Merchant,producer of Oscar-winning films A Room With A View, Howards End and The Remains Of The Day, was honoured by Chor Bizarre, one of London's most popularIndian restaurants Thursday. He......

How Hardik has infused energy into Gujarat Titans

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI/IPL Skipper Hardik Pandya's philosophy of playing 'not just to win' but 'to entertain' has infused energy and life into Gujarat Titans' stellar campaign so far in......

Ritwik for Otters Open squash

Ritwik Bhattacharya and India No. 2 Harinderpal Singh Sandhu will be the star attractions in the prestigious Otters Devotie Squash Open 2010 that will be organized and hosted by Otters Club in......

Asiad: India's medal winners

Indian medal winners at the 15th Asian Games in Doha. GOLD Athletics: Women's 4x400 Relay (Sati Geetha, Manjeet Kaur, K. Chitra and Pinki Paramanik) Chess:Women's Rapid (Koneru Humpy)Mixed Team's......

Nandrajog romps into third round

Gaurav Nandrajog and Cyril Kuhn of Chennai faced the same opponent and eased into the men's and the boys' under-19 third rounds respectively, in the 31st HSBC-Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open......

Paranjpe steals the limelight

Mumbai's Shivangi Paranjpe was the toast of the day as she stormed into the women's and girls' under-15 semi-finals with convincing victories, in the 61st CCI-Western India Open Squash Tournament,......