'Climate change has increased the number and intensity of cyclones in the Arabian Sea'

'The food security along the coastal region will be severely affected.' IMAGE: Passenger buses stranded on a waterlogged road in Mumbai after heavy rains caused by Cyclone Tauktae, May 17, 2021.......

Remembering Shivaji The Great

'In a war of guerrilla resistance from 1682 to 1707, the Marathas destroyed the foundations of the Mughal empire.''Shivaji was dead, but his example and ideals survived and were the main source for......

HC stays demolition of Telangana secretariat till July 13

Three days after the state government began demolishing secretariat buildings in Hyderabad to construct a new one at the same site, the Telangana high court on Friday issued an......

Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Wikimedia Commons, the most popular website for sharing and using photographs, has compiled the best pictures of 2011. In the second part of this photo series, rediff.com presents some of the......

Budget: What the common man wants

The Union Budget is just a week away. And while economists, analysts and political pundits are busy making predictions about the biggest annual financial event in the country, common people are......

India's combat aircraft deal: It's all about business

Much of the initial comment in the Indian media on the shortlisting of two of the six contenders for a Rs 42,000-crore (Rs 420 billion) fighter aircraft has focussed (predictably, perhaps) on the......

Cancel licences of 5 new telecom firms, says Trai!

In a swift action against new telecom players who were given licences in 2008, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday asked the government to cancel 62 licences given to five......

Next Infosys chairman to be from within, hints Gopalakrishnan

Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest IT services firm, appears set on having an insider as its chairman when N R Narayana Murthy retires in August next year. While the final call will be......

Now, you can listen to Mahesh Khaleja's music

Get your low down on what's happening in the Telugu film industry, right here! Audio release functions in the Telugu film industry are normally grand events with much fanfare. But at times there......

Celina Jaitley becomes a Paying Guest

Celina Jaitley joins a huge star cast of Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaferri, Ashish Chowdhary, Vatsal Seth, Riya Sen, Neha Dhupia, Sayali Bhagat, Johnny Lever and Delnaz Paul in Mukta Arts' film,......

Hackers and the rise of Digital Terrorism

'Today it is a studio being held to ransom, tomorrow it will be a government, an entire nation. I don't see anyone laughing when that happens,' says Suparn Verma. In recent months a very scary and......

Images: Hussey hustles for game-changing 195

Mike Hussey showed impeccable timing by producing a magnificent innings of 195 in the first Ashes Test against England on Saturday, transforming Australia's prospects in the match and perhaps......