This win is for every child, says 'father-daughter' duo of Satyarthi, Malala

  Child rights activists India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday said the Nobel peace prize gives them tremendous opportunity in their fight and......

First Oz cat cafe, 'super cool bra' and more

Cat 'Luca' sleeps in his basket as a waitress serves some food to customers in Vienna's first cat cafe. After three years of negotiations with city officials over hygiene issues, Austria opened......

Nobel Peace Prize: Empty chair makes tough statement to China

Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo, who is serving an 11-year jail term for demanding more fundemental rights in the communist nation, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in......

Fellowship for Indian-American scribe

Sumathi Reddy, 30, a general assignment reporter with The Baltimore Sun, is among eight American journalists who have been awarded International Reporting Project fellowships at the Paul H Nitze......

Visit Vienna's first cat cafe!

After three years of negotiations with city officials over hygiene issues, Austria opened its first cat cafe last Friday. 'Cafe Neko', "Neko" meaning cat in Japanese, was opened by Vienna resident......

Get her a job and earn $1k!

A woman in the US, who is so frustrated with being unemployed for more than a year, has offered $1,000 as reward to anyone who can help her get a permanent job. Sonja Funakura, 51, has saved $500......

Shoemaker Thomas Bata dies at 93

Thomas Bata, the Czech-born head of the worldwide family shoe empire that bears his name, died today in Canada, an official said. He was 93. Bata's father, Tomas, founded the shoe empire in Zlin in......

Where is the Bata headquarters?

Bata Shoes Bata Shoes is 112 years old! Take the Rediff Biz Quiz and find how much you know about the world's favourite footwear. Biz Quiz is best viewed in Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape......

MAMI Diaries: Welcome to movie heaven!

The 16th Mumbai Film Festival had a delicious spread of movies. Have I died and gone to movie heaven where the smell of popcorn permanently fills the air and every room rewards with a mind-blowing......

Review: Heaven Is For Real is really fake

Heaven is for Real is a well scripted drama that manages to warm your heart, but its religious undertones are a bit annoying, writes Paloma Sharma. There are times when you look at religious......

The divorce that never was

A startling revelation about R&B singer and actress Brandy has raised questions about her 'divorce'from music producer Robert Smith last year.Smith, 24, claimed that the couple had never really got......

PHOTOS: Australian cricketers' WAGs sizzle at Allan Border Medal ceremony

Steven Smith on Tuesday capped his great season in international cricket by winning Australian cricket’s greatest individual honour, the Allan Border Medal for 2015.The 25-year-old from New......

Korean officials seek 'Queen Yuna' enquiry

The outcry over the judging in the women's Olympic figure skating competition took a new turn on Friday when South Korea's skating union requested an investigation into whether it was run fairly.......

Sochi Games: S Koreans blame Putin for skater Yuna's loss

South Koreans blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and biased judging at the Sochi Games after their top skater Kim Yuna was denied back-to-back Olympic golds by Russia's Adelina Sotnikova. In......

Jung bags pistol Olympic quota

Samresh Jung bagged an Olympics quota place at the fourth and last ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday. The Indian marksman fired a total of 682.1 to finish fourth in a nerve-wrecking......

Shirur wins bronze in Munich

World record holder Suma Shirur, on Sundaywon bronze in the women's 10m air rifle event at the international Air Gun Competition in Munich, Germany. Suma shot a score of 500.9 with 398 (99, 100,......