Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the man and his movie magic.
Sandy, the most devastating storm to hit the United States in decades, killed nearly 50 people as it struck densely populated US east coast region leaving a trail of destruction and millions of waterlogged homes in darkness.
North India continued to be under the grip of cold wave as temperatures remained below the normal levels in most parts of the region, while seven persons were killed in avalanches in Himachal Pradesh.
'Your faith in the system, and in the fact that you are a citizen of this country and have rights, starts eroding.'
Undeterred by the pandemic, Deep Narayan Nayak, a school teacher in a village in Bengal, changes countless lives for the better. Payal Singh Mohanka reports on this Extraordinary Indian.
Understanding financial statements, value and economic moats are key to successful equity investing.
The Congress's big dilemma... What makes A K Antony shiver... N D Tiwari plots his comeback... Catch up on the latest gossip from Delhi.
North India is reeling under an intense cold wave, waging a daily battle with plunging temperatures, dense fog and poor visibility.
Parts of North, Central, East and Northeast continue to shiver as mercury remains below normal level. Rediff.com takes a look at some of the coldest places where life has come to a standstill owing to sub-zero temperatures.
In Uttar Pradesh, the minimum temperature fell down below freezing point at several places during the past 24 hours. The death toll due to the cold has mounted to over 200 as 31 more people have succumbed to it in different parts of the state.
Plummeting mercury, coupled with thick fog cover, threw normal life out of gear in the entire north India on Monday, with 24 more people succumbing to the chill in various parts of the region.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe into the massacre of six people inside a Gurudwara in Wisconsin, described as the deadliest attack against the Sikh community in the US, as authorities termed the shooting spree of Wade Michael Page, the lone white gunman, as "domestic terrorism".
A day after receiving heavy snowfall, Kashmir Valley shivered in intense cold as mercury across the region plunged by several degrees with the summer capital and Gulmarg skiing resort recording the coldest night of this winter so far.
'You need to be very passionate towards life, not because you are a film-maker, but because you are a human being.' 'If you can do that, then I think it reflects in the films that you make.'
The botched terror alert by the Intelligence Bureau has once again put the spotlight on the need for a National Counter Terrorism Centre, which could act as a pool of information. Vicky Nanjappa reports
It has so far received 6.8 cm snowfall.
Businessmen are favourite punching bags of the powers that be whenever public opinion needs to be controlled.
A blanket of fog enveloped the national capital on Wednesday morning disrupting rail and air traffic even as the mercury plummeted sharply leaving Delhiites shivering.
Tarique Mohammed Quereshi, a graduate of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai heads Koshish, an organisation that fights for the rights of beggars.
In an alarming revelation that could send shivers down the spine of aviation security managers, Interpol has said about 40,000 people criss-crossed the globe with lost or stolen travel documents in the recent past.
Meet Archana Sardana, India's first woman BASE jumper and what it cost her to get there
Paresh Baruah's shadow continues to loom large in Assam's political landscape.
'I was told to go to the next room and strip -- that's when it really hits you for the first time... that you are a criminal and you are being treated like one.' 'It comes as a shock when, instead of your name, you hear, "Yeh naya Maowadi aaya hai (A new Maoist has arrived)".'
Media reports on Monday claimed that the reason why the BCCI refused to permit Indian players to participate in the Sri Lankan Premier League is that it believed that the former IPL chief might be involved in its organisation.
Despite claims made by senior police officials of the Delhi police that they would be able to catch the culprits of Sunday's shooting incident near gate number 3 of Jama Masjid in which two foreign tourists were injured, sources in the intelligence agencies feel it would take sometime before a break through is achieved.
Prevention is better than a cure -- here's what you need to know about cervical cancer.
Eleven more people died in Uttar Pradesh as the intense cold wave sweeping north India maintained its firm grip over the region with Kargil town in Jammu and Kashmir freezing at minus 16.4 degrees Celsius.
The rape survivor suffered 90 per cent burns after five men, including two of the rape accused, allegedly set her on fire while she was on her way to court, police said.
Yusuf Pathan is the Indian cricket's team most-feared player. The 'Baroda blaster' sends a shiver down the spine of bowlers the moment he walks out to bat. His ability to clear the boundary at will makes him the scourge of all teams.
Rediff.com's Prasanna Zore visits ground zero at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal.
Winter woes were compounded in north India as the intense cold wave kept people numb with mercury dipping further in the region and resulting in the death of 12 more people. Uttar Pradesh accounted for the 12 deaths -- three in Barabanki, seven in Pratapgarh and one each in Jaunpur and Deoria, officials said.
Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal about his intentions to win the US Open when he cruised through his first match at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday after Victoria Azarenka sent a shiver through the tennis world when she fainted on court.
WATCH the training sessions of South Africa and Team India, on Wednesday, the eve of the first ODI in Durban
Images from Day 1 in the second Test between England and India, at Lords, on Thursday.
'While I am talking to you, I have no idea whether I'm infected or not.' 'I just want to go back home safely.'
Check out the DVD verdicts of Paranormal Activity, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and The Hurt Locker.
He said that his govt is moving on the correct path and the people have put their seal of approval on it.
P Jayaraj and his son Fennix, arrested for 'violating' lockdown norms over business hours of their cellphone shop, died at a hospital in Kovilpatti on June 23.
This Tamil movie is a daring enterprise full of violence and sexual overtones.
