Former US first lady Betty Ford dies

Betty Ford, the much-admired wife of late United States President Gerald R Ford and powerful advocate of women's rights and health who helped treat drug and alcohol addicts at her California-based......

Beauties, PR woes, 'photographer' mark JLF Day 4

After two forgettable days, writer-director Suparn Verma was back with a bang on Monday alongside Rediff.com correspondent Abhishek Mande attending the Jaipur Literature Fest, the biggest literary......

Dr Binayak Sen, 2 others get life term

A Raipur sessions court on Friday held Dr Binayak Sen, Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata businessman Piyush Guha guilty of treason and waging war against the state and sentenced to life......

When Dr Singh and Obama met...

When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama sat down at the long table in Hyderabad House in New Delhi, the venue for the government's summit meetings, who were the......

How Steven Spielberg's War Horse came about

Steven Spielberg's acclaimed war epic film War Horse is set to open in theatres in India February 10. The film is in contention for six 2011 Academy awards and has also won five BAFTA nominations.......

Scuffle between journos and Oprah's guards at Vrindavan

On her maiden trip to India, American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey's visit to the holy town of Vrindavan in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, on January 19was marred when her bodyguards were involved in a......

PIX: The Sexiest Men in the World

Ever since they introduced it in 1985, People magazine has named over 21 Sexiest Men. After the first batch of Bradley Cooper's predecessors, we carry on from where we left off -- the year of......

He made us all look so good! Stars remember Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Gautam Rajadhyaksha was one of the most loved people in the Hindi film industry. And it showed when Bollywood stars who've worked with him and knew him spoke warmly about their favourite......

Hockey: Australia crush India in Olympic test event

India suffered a 0-3 defeat at the hands of world champions Australia to start their campaign on a losing note at the four-nation hockey test event for the upcoming London Olympics in London, on......

Fish, Monfils out of France vs US Davis Cup tie

World No 9 Mardy Fish has pulled out of the United States' Davis Cup quarter-final against France, who will be without World No 14 Gael Monfils for this week's tie. Fish had a health scare on......

El Salvador crush US Olympic soccer dreams

El Salvador scored an injury-time equaliser to end the United States of America's Olympic dreams. Having already lost to Canada, the US needed to beat El Salvador in Nashville in their Group A......

Jayawardene frustrates England with defiant hundred

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene combined luck and pluck to hit his 30th Test century and steer the hosts to a respectable 289 for eight wickets on day one of the first Test against England on......

Cincinnati: Tsonga out, Djokovic and Nadal through

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered a surprise defeat to qualifier Alex Bogomolov while Spain's Rafa Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic passed their second-round tests at the Cincinnati......