A day in the life of desperate Indian farmers

The cold wave has sounded the death knell for farmers in Vidarbha, Maharashtra. Snow and hail wreaked havoc in the cotton belt. Unable to bear the burden of the crop damage, the debt-ridden......

200 mega cities in China in 15 years!

China's urban population is expected to swell up to a billion by 2025, and the country will have as many as 221 mega cities, 10 of them with over 10 million population each, leading consultancy......

India to create 570 million new jobs in 5 years

The United Progressive Alliance government has announced an estimated 2.5 per cent annual growth in employment and a possibility of creating 570 million (57 crore) jobs over the next five years, if......

From Passenger to Arjunan Saakshi

Writer-director Ranjith Sankar surprised everyone with his maiden Malayalam venture, Passenger. The film starring Dileep, Sreenivasan and Mamta Mohandas was appreciated by the critics and......

The awesome transformation of Shilpa Shetty

From an awkward newcomer with no sense of style to a classy entrepreneur, Shilpa Shetty has evolved with panache. On her 35th birthday, rediff.com celebrates the actress and her transformation......

India's favourite celebrity couples

Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have beaten off competition from within their family and outside to clinch the title of India's favourite celeb couple. As part of the Valentine Day......

Vidya Balan: I'm dying to do a comedy

From the mother of a 12-year-old boy (played by Amitabh Bachchan, no less) in Paa to a seductive widow in Ishqiya, Vidya Balan seems to want to try out the whole range of acting. Ishqiya sees the......

Battered India eye revenge against Sri Lanka in final

India would look to avenge the league stage humiliation and clinch their second successive ODI trophy on Sri Lankan soil when they take on the hosts in what promises to be a high-voltage summit......

Meet Test cricket's record-breakers!

Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 wickets in Test cricket when he dismissed Pragyan Ojha caught in the slip by Mahela Jayawardene. Here is a chronology of first player to......