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Will Serena survive three rounds at Roland Garros?

Will Serena survive three rounds at Roland Garros?

Rediff.com30 May 2018

Serena Williams will be favourite for a fourth French Open title if she survives into the second week, former men's champion Jim Courier believes.

Aus PM Gillard to get paid more than Obama, Cameron

Aus PM Gillard to get paid more than Obama, Cameron

Rediff.com1 Dec 2011

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will get more salary than United States President Barack Obama and the United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron, as the country's Remuneration Tribunal has decided in favour of increasing the wage of the members of Parliament.

Emmy 2016: Aziz Ansari wins his first, Games of Thrones wins big

Emmy 2016: Aziz Ansari wins his first, Games of Thrones wins big

Rediff.com19 Sep 2016

A look at the big winners of the night!

Sibal signs pact with Australia on education

Sibal signs pact with Australia on education

Rediff.com9 Apr 2010

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal signed a joint ministerial statement with Australia's Minister for Education Julia Gillard on Thursday to build on ties between the two countries' schools, higher education, vocational studies and training.

Obama backs Australia's u-turn on uranium sale to India

Obama backs Australia's u-turn on uranium sale to India

Rediff.com16 Nov 2011

United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday virtually backed Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plans to sell uranium to India saying it "seemed to be compatible with international law and the Non-Proliferation Treaty".

Rudd livid over Aus PM's U-turn on uranium sales to India

Rudd livid over Aus PM's U-turn on uranium sales to India

Rediff.com16 Nov 2011

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has been angered by Prime Minister Julia Gillard's decision to lift a ban on uranium exports to India and her move threatens to divide the ruling Labor Party.

Australian PM calls Labor leadership ballot

Australian PM calls Labor leadership ballot

Rediff.com23 Feb 2012

A day after her bitter rival Kevin Rudd quit as Foreign Minister, embattled Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday announced that a ballot for the ruling Labor's leadership will be held on Monday and asked her former Cabinet colleague to accept its outcome as final.

Time to lift uranium supply ban on India: Aussie PM

Time to lift uranium supply ban on India: Aussie PM

Rediff.com15 Nov 2011

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday made a strong pitch for uranium sale to India, saying the time has come to lift the long-standing ban on its exports to the dynamic and democratic country.

PIX: Bollywood's affair with snazzy neck pieces

PIX: Bollywood's affair with snazzy neck pieces

Rediff.com23 Feb 2012

Tinseltown hotties show how to work pretty neck accessories to get the star appearance.

Ex-Aus PM Rudd quits as FM; slams Gillard

Ex-Aus PM Rudd quits as FM; slams Gillard

Rediff.com22 Feb 2012

In a dramatic move, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday saying he could no longer work without the support of Prime Minister Julia Gillard, amid speculation that he may pose a bitter challenge to her leadership.

PM gets ready for the G20 Summit

PM gets ready for the G20 Summit

Rediff.com2 Nov 2011

In his pre-departure statement, PM said he looks forward to the G20 Summit and would like Europe to prosper as "in Europe's prosperity lies our own prosperity".

Knighthood for Cook, Thomas and Southgate honoured

Knighthood for Cook, Thomas and Southgate honoured

Rediff.com29 Dec 2018

Former England captain Cook, 34, who retired from international cricket this year, was his country's most-capped Test player and record test run scorer.

Is Freida Pinto the prettiest face of India?

Is Freida Pinto the prettiest face of India?

Rediff.com15 Feb 2011

Freida Pinto was voted the most beautiful face from India. Do you think she's the best representative of India? Which girls would you choose?

Photos: Beauties scorch the French clay

Photos: Beauties scorch the French clay

Rediff.com4 Jun 2011

Check out the sexiest female tennis players at this year's French Open.

BIG BUCKS: Salaries that world leaders take home

BIG BUCKS: Salaries that world leaders take home

Rediff.com2 Dec 2011

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will get more salary than United States President Barack Obama and the United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron, as the country's Remuneration Tribunal has decided in favour of increasing the wage of the members of Parliament.

Dr Khorana: 'A loving father, a caring mentor'

Dr Khorana: 'A loving father, a caring mentor'

Rediff.com28 Nov 2011

Nobel laureate Dr Har Gobind Khorana, who passed into the ages on November 9, took pride in mentoring younger scientists. At the same time, he ensured that his work didn't sideline his family life, Suman Guha Mozumder reports.

The World's Most Beautiful People

The World's Most Beautiful People

Rediff.com29 Apr 2010

Check them out!

Poland's Radwanska lifts Dubai title

Poland's Radwanska lifts Dubai title

Rediff.com26 Feb 2012

Agnieszka Radwanska broke into the world's top five for the first time after beating Germany's Julia Goerges 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday.

PM-Gillard in pull-aside meeting in Bali

PM-Gillard in pull-aside meeting in Bali

Rediff.com19 Nov 2011

Days after she announced a change in Australia's policy of not selling uranium to India -- subject to her party's approval -- Prime Minister Julia Gillard had a "pull-aside" meeting with her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in which she apprised him of the steps being taken by her government to go ahead with the move.

Rousing welcome for Ambassador Nirupama Rao in Washington

Rousing welcome for Ambassador Nirupama Rao in Washington

Rediff.com19 Sep 2011

India's new Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao was on Sunday accorded a rousing welcome by the Indian American community in Washington.

Miss Peru crowned Miss World 2005

Miss Peru crowned Miss World 2005

Rediff.com4 Dec 2004

Miss Dominican Republic is the runner-up while Miss USA was placed third in the final round.

Foreign films, made in India

Foreign films, made in India

Rediff.com9 May 2011

Looking at upcoming international films that have been/will be shot in India.

Australian PM visits Japan's tsunami town

Australian PM visits Japan's tsunami town

Rediff.com23 Apr 2011

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Saturday became the first foreign leader to visit Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeast, where authorities battled hard to contain an atomic crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

Aus 'failed' India in resolving racial row: Wiki

Aus 'failed' India in resolving racial row: Wiki

Rediff.com31 Mar 2011

The then Australian deputy prime minister Julia Gillard's visit to India in 2009 during a spate of racial attacks on Indian students in Australia was a 'wasted opportunity' as it failed to quell the rising tide of anger in the country over the assaults, whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has revealed.Diplomatic cables unveiled by WikiLeaks disclose that Gillard's India visit secured only 'vague commitments' on the burning issue in the country.

Remembering Raminder Singh Jasssal, deputy chief of mission in Washington

Remembering Raminder Singh Jasssal, deputy chief of mission in Washington

Rediff.com30 Mar 2011

Several hundred members of the Indian American community in the Washington DC area packed the synagogue at the Julia Bindman Suburban Center in Potomac, Maryland, to pay tribute to the late Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal at a memorial service in his honour on March 27, organised by the National Council of Asian Indian Associations and the American Jewish Committee.

9/11: Philosophy does not take away the pain

9/11: Philosophy does not take away the pain

Rediff.com16 Sep 2011

Vasantha Velamuri remembers her husband Sankara Velamuri. George Joseph reports

Freida Pinto more beautiful than Pretty Woman!

Freida Pinto more beautiful than Pretty Woman!

Rediff.com10 Feb 2011

Freida Pinto has outrun Hollywood stars like Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts in a new 'Most Beautiful Women in Film' list.

'For us, only saving lives matters'

'For us, only saving lives matters'

Rediff.com8 Jul 2021

'We fought back with and whatever little we were given -- little time, infrastructure, oxygen, medicines and people; and with whatever we had -- determination, common sense, experience and prayers!' 'Some of us lost our lives doing so.' Dr Sanjeeth Peter tells us in the final part of a fascinating diary of a Covid Warrior.

Australian PM a sycophant of US: Assange's mother

Australian PM a sycophant of US: Assange's mother

Rediff.com1 Feb 2011

Mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lashed out at Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and dubbed her as a "sycophant" of the United States.

More nations postpone arrivals to the Games

More nations postpone arrivals to the Games

Rediff.com23 Sep 2010

More nations delayed their teams' arrivals for the Commonwealth Games in India as organisers raced against time to address security and health concerns that have already led several top athletes to pull out.

Aus PM Gillard snatches wafer-thin majority

Aus PM Gillard snatches wafer-thin majority

Rediff.com7 Sep 2010

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is set to head the country's first minority government in nearly 70 years after two kingmaker independent MPs on Tuesday extended support to her Labor party, giving it a wafer-thin one-seat majority after the August 21 cliffhanger polls.

Breathtaking images from Sony World Photography Awards

Breathtaking images from Sony World Photography Awards

Rediff.com20 Apr 2020

Behold the breathtaking winning and shortlisted images from one of the world's most prestigious photography contests. The amazing shots are from the open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2020, which received 193,000 entries from photographers in over 200 territories. Scroll down and feast your eyes on our pick of the shortlisted and category-winning entries.

Aus: Parties woo independents to form govt

Aus: Parties woo independents to form govt

Rediff.com23 Aug 2010

As Labor and the opposition Liberal-National party coalition were projected to win 73 seats each in the 150-seat parliament, the three independents, Rob Oakeshott, Tony Windsor and Bob Katter have virtually become kingmakers.

Assange did not breach Australian laws: Police

Assange did not breach Australian laws: Police

Rediff.com17 Dec 2010

Giving out a clean chit to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, the Australian police has said that it did not find any breach of law by the whistleblower in his home country.

Serena Williams withdraws from French Open

Serena Williams withdraws from French Open

Rediff.com4 Jun 2018

American Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open on Monday, shortly before she was due on court to face Maria Sharapova in a much-anticipated fourth round showdown.

World admires Indian democracy, says Aus PM

World admires Indian democracy, says Aus PM

Rediff.com10 Mar 2011

At a time when people in the Middle East are making moves to steer the region towards democracy, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday said that the world admired India's example as a true democracy.

Joker sweeps Oscar nominations

Joker sweeps Oscar nominations

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

The 92nd Academy Awards nominations have been announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

First look: Kajol, Kareena in Stepmom remake

First look: Kajol, Kareena in Stepmom remake

Rediff.com30 Jun 2010

The poster of the movie titled We Are Family features a close up of the two leading ladies, Kajol and Kareena Kapoor with a tagline that reads "Can two mothers make a home?"

WTA Finals: Kuznetsova chasing Konta for last place

WTA Finals: Kuznetsova chasing Konta for last place

Rediff.com21 Oct 2016

Britain's Johanna Konta faces an anxious 24-hour wait before discovering whether she will make her debut at the WTA Finals in Singapore.

Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall dies at 81

Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall dies at 81

Rediff.com20 Jul 2016

The latest Hollywood updates.