'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!'
Instead of running on the tracks model Ashwati Ramesh opted for the runway. Paloma Sharma finds out why.
Donald Trump on Thursday branded President Barack Obama as "ignorant" and "incompetent," alleging that a rising China had reduced the United States to a "third-world country".
In a weekly chat with readers, Rediff's Love Guru addressed their relationship problems and offered solutions. Here's the unedited transcript.
The 25 odd witnesses that so far had given testimony had not come up with anything incriminating against Peter or the way Shivade characterised it -- "not even a whisper."
'How much fashion she used to do.' 'Now all gone in the water!' 'All good things have to come to an end.' 'And all bad things have come to an end.'
'I had to convince myself that I was steely enough to operate on a cold-blooded killer.' 'For all my medical experience, this was something I had never done!' 'If something happened to Charles, I knew my fate was sealed for me.' 'I would be called Doctor Death until I breathed my last.' 'Success was my only hope of escaping that fate.' A fascinating excerpt from heart surgeon Dr Raamesh Koirala's Charles Sobhraj, Inside The Heart Of The Bikini Killer.
Presenting some of the good, bad and ugly looks of the week.
A day after the Congress suffered a huge set back in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi election, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told CNN-IBN that she took full responsibility for the defeat.
Its governing allies are not happy on the economy and complain of ignored concerns but find themselves unable to be assertive.
With the contentious Decision Review System in focus again following some umpiring howlers in the ongoing ODI series between India and Australia, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said "we can deliberate" on its conditional use once the team is back.
If only making it official was as easy as falling in love, says Sukanya Verma.
American senator Marco Rubio has dropped out of the presidential race after suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Republican front runner Donald Trump in his home state of Florida.
Bigg Boss's enfant terrible talks about her unceremonious eviction from the house.
No means no. No amount of cajoling, arm-twisting and pleading by his team mates and swimming fans around the world will make Michael Phelps change his mind about retiring after the Rio Olympics.
With the pitch showing no signs of aiding the bowlers, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is pinning his hopes on the second new ball to give India breakthroughs on the fourth day of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Gadkari said the bill's early passage in Lok Sabha was necessary so that it could be moved to the Rajya Sabha for passage during the ongoing session, which ends on Friday.
The hike in prices of petroleum goods led to protests in several parts of the country and many state governments announced the withdrawal of value added tax on petroleum products to lessen the impact of the hike on the common man.
'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.' '"I don't want you to project that you are a loser. You are a winner".' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com speaks to Leela Raj about her famous daughter, now in the West Indies for the women's T20 World Cup.
Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.
But criticism of government will still be a no-no.
'I became aggressive as a captain because I realised the players needed that backing...' 'We in India are brought up to be docile, goody-goody, but that needed to change on the field,' Sourav Ganguly tells Udit Misra.
It was a starry evening in Mumbai as some of India's most followed sportsmen and Bollywood stars graced the opening ceremony of the fourth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, on Saturday.
'The film stared at me and asked me a question. As a producer you have made financial decision but it's time that as a woman you made a decision from your heart. That's what I did,' says Lipstick Under My Burkha producer Ekta Kapoor.
Devulkar had a certain abnormal vagueness about him that was unreal and defied belief. That came across in both his slightly too easy-going, extra-cooperative manner and the ragged nature of his testimony.
Exuding confidence that the economy will grow by 8.5 per cent in 2011-12, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the recent hike in prices of petroleum products will not have much impact on the fiscal deficit.
Here's how you can follow the campus dresscode and still make a style statement!
Kerala Congress President V M Sudheeran on why the state needs to get sober.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Indrani's words were quick, her hand gestures quicker. She kept pointing to certain paragraphs in their consent terms.
Suresh Prabhu's maiden Railway Budget presentation, peppered with personal references and quotes, turned out to be a smooth affair.
'The RSS doesn't intervene, interfere or try to dominate government policy-making... The responsibility of running the government is entirely in the hands of the BJP.'
Dipa Karmakar's coach Bishweshwar Nandi never used corporal punishment over his ward during a career spanning more than 15 years, but he used to attack the the star gymnast "psychologically" to stir up her emotions, that resulted in a historic fourth place finish in Rio. Revealing the secret of his training, the Dronacharya awardee coach said, "In this era of scientific training, corporal punishment is a strict 'no-no'." "I've to attack her psychologically. At times she would break down and was so hurt that she would plead, 'don't tell me like this, it's more painful than getting caned', but that's my technique.
Only three active players -- Novak Djokovic (1080), Nadal (804) and Roger Federer (742) -- have more singles victories than him in world tennis. All this means that David Ferrer has won the most number of matches on the ATP Tour without a Grand Slam title.
Take a break from those denims and leggings. Palazzo Pants are very much in vogue. Now-a-days, women are seen wearing solid and printed palazzo pants.
A perfectly posh city girl now commutes by local transport to reach her office.
We know your secret New Year's Resolution! And these are five ways you should not go about fulfilling it!
It's okay to sprout some lies and tell people what they want to hear.
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