Hundreds of Missionaries of Charity sisters in their trademark blue-trimmed saris had front-row seats at the Mass, alongside 1,500 homeless people and 13 heads of state or government, including Queen Sofia of Spain. Pope Francis, bestowing sainthood said, “For the honour of the Blessed Trinity… we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Kolkata to be a Saint and we enroll Read More

Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann were knocked out in the first round of men’s doubles at the US Open after losing to the Stephane Robert-Dudi Sela 6-2 5-7 4-6 on Saturday. Despite starting on a positive note after taking the first set 6-2, Paes and Begemann lost the next set by a narrow margin (5-7). In the Read More

Curfew was on Friday reimposed in many parts of Kashmir including Srinagar as a precautionary measure ahead of Friday prayer congregations even as normal life remained paralysed in the Valley for the 56th day. “Curfew has been imposed in entire Srinagar district and some other towns of the Valley as a precautionary measure,” a police official said. He said other Read More

The National Crime Records Bureau has released data for all crimes recorded in the country in 2015. Under various parameters, data has been classified to show how states and major cities fare.  Rediff.com accessed the data and here are the findings.  Crimes against women The year 2015 witnessed a reduction in crime against women as compared to 2014 with the registration Read More

As much as we love gorging on delicious food and trying out different cuisines, we fret going down with food-poisoning. It is a very common ailment that arises when we eat something that has been contaminated with excessive toxins and bacteria. And the results are even painful to deal with — convulsions, vomiting, diarrhoea, dehydration and painful cramps. Talking to Read More

Ringing Bells has marked its first anniversary by announcing a Loyalty Programme with Silver, Gold and Platinum cards. The interesting bit, however, is that Ringing Bells is giving away units of the Freedom 251 free with these loyalty cards. But the value of the cheapest loyalty card, the Rs 500 silver one, is double the cost of the Freedom 251 Read More

It has been 12 years in the coming, but it has finally seen the light of the day. The military logistics agreement, called the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), was signed between India and the US on Monday in Washington, in the presence of visiting defence minister, Manohar Parrikar and US secretary of defence, Ashton Carter. The name of Read More

WhatsApp’s privacy policy has changed, and it is generating serious interest on account of one big update: The data-sharing with Facebook. Now, WhatsApp assures it is not going for third-party banner ads or start sharing your private messages onto Facebook or force you to open a Facebook account if you don’t have one, but there are bits where the privacy Read More

To coordinate next year’s Golden Jubilee celebrations of the induction of the first submarine in the Navy, more than 100 retired officers of the submarine branch started a WhatsApp group last month. This group, which includes three-star officers who have spent decades with submarines, went abuzz at midnight last Tuesday after The Australian newspaper reported that 22,400 pages of documents Read More

Even as an embarrassed Odisha government attempts to sweep the issue of Kalahandi tribal Dana Majhi carrying his wife’s corpse under carpet, Bahrain Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has reportedly extended financial help to the family drowned in grief. “His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa read about the man, who carried his Read More