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A daring rescue op and a girl's escape from jaws of death in Himachal flood

A man and his daughter from a village in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district demonstrated rare courage during the dreadful night of June 30 by not only defeating death but also saving the lives of......

7 of 13 passengers killed in Jalgaon train tragedy hailed from Nepal

As many as seven of the 13 persons who died in a train accident in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district hailed from Nepal, an official said on Thursday. IMAGE: Passengers deboard the Pushpak Express......

Boy delivers food to father, missing after MP firecracker unit blast

"I have not been able to find my son so far," said a visibly worried man as his eight-year-old son went missing on Tuesday after an explosion leading to a blaze at a firecrackers factory in Madhya......

Stray dogs enter Kanpur zoo, kill 31 deer

In an incident that exposed the shabby conditions of the Kanpur zoo, 31 deer including some endangered black bucks died thereon Saturday night when a pack of dogs used cracks in the outer wall to......

Sunil Shetty, Azhar gather crowd for Shekhawat

The road show of Bollywood star Sunil Shetty and cricketer-turned-politician Mohammad Azharuddin organised by the Congress candidate and President Pratibha Patil's sonRajendra Shekhawat to woo......

When India ran helter-skelter for loose change

Hours after the government banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Indians are facing an acute shortage of chutta, reports Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. India woke up to Woeful Wednesday after the......

World inflation - Is the worst over?

The world is alive with the sound of inflation. Policy makers are troubled and central banks have retreated somewhat from their lofty one-shoe-fits-all (read inflation targeting) policy they were......

Mr PM: 5 lakhs new jobs a month will do

That is the number for job creation that India needs to achieve, argues T N Ninan.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There is no shortage of surveys on India's employment situation at a time......

Waiting at the bank at 3 am!

Indians waiting patiently in serpentine queues outside Mumbai banks tell Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf they back Modi's move and are ready to suffer for the larger good of the country. The War......

A white elephant called the Bullet train

The Bullet train is a childish desire of the government to join an elite club at the cost of 99.9 per cent of rail passengers, says S Pushpavanam. Image: Japan's bullet train, or the shinkansen,......

When I Attended The Bachchans' Holi Party

The Bachchan family have this knack of going out of their way to make you feel extremely comfortable. IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan with Jaya Bachchan and granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda. Photograph:......

Like the Joker trailer? VOTE!

After endless first look photographs and teaser posters on various websites, the first trailer of Shirish Kunder's new film Joker has been released. It's all alien invasion and a bunch of......

Review: Dunki Lacks Rajkumar Hirani's Touch

Rajkumar Hirani has a mastery in bromance. In Dunki, Sukanya Verma doesn't feel that chemistry one bit, it's more like SRK babysitting a bunch of clueless kids running helter-skelter in a garden......

'I held his hand'

Outside, Mumbai was sweltering in the summer heat. Inside the Pantaloon store, the atmosphere was heated with excitement.Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor were scheduled to make an appearance to......

'I'm Not Shah Rukh Khan Yet'

'Today, if someone spits on us, we are ready to kill them, but these men, without raising a hand, led the country to freedom and that's easier said than done.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sidhant......

When 16 people died during a Kolkata derby in 1980

IMAGE: In what was a dark day for Indian football, on August 16, 1980, 16 people were killed in a stampede and riot inside the Eden Gardens during a Mohun Bagan and East Bengal during a Calcutta......

The old man had e-mailed to say congrats: Oram

New Zealand's Jacob Oram hasadmitted that he was unaware he had taken a hat-trick during the thrilling three-run win over Sri Lanka in a Twenty20 international. Oram's three wickets in three......

Bad air dogs Beijing ahead of Games

A glance from the window of any of Beijing's towering skyscrapers is enough to ascertain the biggest problem facing the city in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics -- smog.The biggest event on the......

Four injured as fans jostle to buy tickets for India-Aus T20

IMAGE: Police personnel try to disperse fans gathered to buy tickets for India vs Australia cricket match, following a stampede at Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad. Photograph: PTI Four people......

Belgium held, but advance; Romania, Slovakia also thru

Images from the Euro 2024 Group E matches between Slovakia and Romania, Ukraine and Belgium, in Germany on Wednesday. IMAGE: Ukraine's goalkeeper Taras Stepanenko thwarts Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne......