The announcement came a day after royal bride-to-be Markle on Thursday confirmed that her ailing father will not attend her wedding with Prince Harry in Windsor Castle.
Boomer, River Rocket, Ode Mountain -- what were these celeb parents thinking?
Kannada movie Sakkare is a sugar coated movie with a message that says life is not so complicated
This time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing.
Residents and families of the building collapse in Mumbai tell of their grief.
Will Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara see a second innings in India?
Photographer HariPrasad captures the quaint village through his lens.
While working with Air India, she has also earned a degree in BSc Aviation, done a course in classical key-board, learnt various forms of modern dance and become a lawyer. Anjuli Bhargava profiles the super-achiever.
'... And I don't think it really is that despite a lot going wrong.' 'Naiveté or stupidity or trusting the wrong person, the outcome is the same, which is that the group has gone to trash.' 'I'm not OK with people saying I had a role to play in crooking the system, which is not what I did.'
'The film released when I was in Class 8. Most of the characters in it inspired me' says Sarvesh Mehtani.
A pregnant woman is murdered in cold blood in the heart of suburban Mumbai. By her father who didn't want her to marry the man she did.
'It's an honour and privilege to be amongst the greats of the game. It wasn't something in the back of my mind to go out and score a 100 in a session. It was about going out there with intent and batting positive'
True Indian scenes most often lie on less travelled routes, along roads that have fallen off the map, after modern highways have come up. On the fourth leg of their 2,148 km journey, Rediff.com's Archana Masih and photographer Rajesh Karkera discover one such forgotten place in the Thar Desert.
Here's our weekly round-up that brings you the latest news on models, designers and celebs from the world of glamour and entertainment.
At least 22 people have been killed in Tunisia after two gunmen stormed the Bardo national museum.
Border dwellers in Bobiya and adjoining hamlets in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district have been experiencing sleepless nights due to the intensified shelling and firing by Pakistan.
Kamla Advani, the wife of Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani, died on Wednesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences due to heart failure.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and several Indian cricketers are expected to fly to Rajkot to attend the reception.
Prashant Lingam and Aruna Kappagantula are changing the way houses are being built in India.
Advertisers take to pitching family values and social causes, giving celebrity endorsers and flamboyance a miss. Nikhat Hetavkar reports.
'...that it takes fantasy seriously as a part of real life'... A fascinating excerpt from Jonathan Gil Harris's book, Masala Shakespeare: How A Firangi Writer Became Indian.
Less than a week into the Olympics and people are looking tired around Rio de Janeiro.
'A lot of unauthorised encroachments have taken place in our forest area.' 'The landslides are partly because of such encroachments.' 'The other factor is deforestation.' 'Protection of forest resources is not on the agenda of any government.' 'The damage caused by the rain in Kerala is a man-made factor.'
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday told the special court hearing the Aarushi case that the scene of crime was "completely dressed up" and the teenage girl's body was tampered with by dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on the night of crime.
'Rishi Kapoor and I come from two different schools of filmmaking. I like to approach scenes in a certain way, and take multiple takes. Rishi sir comes from a school where things were much simpler. I think that's where the friction comes in.' But in the end, Kapoor & Sons director Shakun Batra is still smiling!
Nitin A Gokhale, Co-founder, BharatShakti.in and long-time Rediff.com contributor, remembers a most unusual politician.
In Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star, Aseem Chahbra gives us glimpses of one of Bollywood's best loved actors.
Modi seems to have forgotten the solution to rising tomato prices he had in mind in 2014.
By itself the event may not amount to much, but what it indicates is a changing, assertive, public doesn't want to be taken for a ride anymore.
This is the first time that a Muslim lady has filed a nomination in a Presidential election.
In villages in Palghar district -- in Mumbai's backyard -- more than 254 children have died from malnutrition.
Until September 14, Vaidehi Ankolekar was a bus conductor on Mumbai's famed BEST buses. Now, she is known nationwide as the mother of India's latest cricketing hero. That Saturday, her son Atharva bowled India to the Asia Cup Under-19 title.
Asin joins a long list of actresses, who married rich businessmen!
Three guys stood out at the swearing-in ceremony of Deve Gowda's son, says Sudhir Bisht.
'Would Chumki ever get to lead a normal life? How could we reinstate her in a family? Questions like these haunted me.' Indrani Roy discovers how a young child, cruelly handicapped at birth, is now living a normal, healthy life thanks to the determination of a few warm-hearted people.
A rejuvenated Pakistan brought their campaign back on track as they rode on Umar Akmal's scintillating 54-ball 94 to register a 16-run victory over tournament favourites Australia in the ICC World T20 in Mirpur on Sunday.
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