Thirty fire tenders have been pressed into service to douse the fire in the building that houses over 400 business establishments at the wholesale market.
The five were absconding soon after one of the worst temple tragedies Kerala has witnessed which has claimed 110 lives so far and left over 350 injured.
All through Moothon, you can sense Mohandas trying hard to empathise with her characters; I just wish she was interested in them, declares Sreehari Nair.
"Our soldiers don't have any personal animosity with Pakistani soldiers. The bullets our soldiers face are not filmy. Salman gets up after being hit by a bullet," Raj said, reacting to Salman's remarks, adding "I have seen his tubelight blinker many a time."
Which is *your* favourite AB film?
We bring you glimpses from one of Mumbai's oldest pandals, Mumbaicha Raja.
The court asked the state government to examine whether a Central Bureau of Investigation probe is necessary to go into the Paravoor temple tragedy.
Speaking of the religious freedom and safety they feel in India, Rabbi Romiel Daniel, part of the Indian Jewish Congregation of USA, tells George Joseph/Rediff.com that members of his community hope for better relations between India and Israel.
'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.' 'Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'
Flood in the rice bowl: Keralites who lost everything stare at uncertainty.
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Director Ezhil attempts to infuse a dose of humour into a tale of enemity.
'No civilised nation can thrive if it is possessed with the spirit of Hindutva.'
'We need all the people who support Jallikattu to empathise with a poor, frightened, animal. Like racism and casteism, this is speciesism; discrimination based on species.' 'Human beings consider themselves superior and they consider it their right to exploit non-human beings, the animals.'
As she steps down as CEO, Indra Nooyi leaves behind an inspiring legacy of initiative, innovation and social responsibility.
Rediff.com gives you a look at films in the past that have captured the lives of sporting icons, and their rise to glory, on the silver screen.
How are we allowing an entire generation to grow up with no clear sense of identity and no knowledge of their incredibly rich cultural heritage, asks Anjuli Bhargava.
All international passengers will henceforth be screened at airports, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said at a press conference. Earlier, travellers from only 12 countries were screened at airports for the disease that has claimed over 3,000 lives and infected more than 90,000 worldwide.
It was an exciting time for India and the world. Photography had been invented 50 years earlier, and the mass-produced Kodak camera of the 1880s helped democratise photography. Ritika Kochhar reports on an unusual exhibition of postcards that chronicle life in the British Raj.
Anish Kapoor's Descension, first envisioned for the 2014-2015 Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has now been installed as a large-scale outdoor piece in Brooklyn.
Made from sweetened gram flour and ghee, this sweet is sure to melt in your mouth.
Australian MasterChef runner-up Sarah Todd can't get over India.
Become an icon of culture and style with these beautiful fashion trends.
Dattatreya Hosabale and Manmohan Vaidya have been invited as speakers at the event starting tomorrow.
The filmmaker said he relied on documentary evidence and public accounts for much of the script.
'I have only seen conflict since I was born. I want it to stop. I am longing for peace.'
'There is no one who can fill the vacuum created by the passing of Girija Devi,' mourns Sunita Budhiraja.
'My father would have liked Piku and PINK.' 'I don't think he would have liked item songs though.'
A R Rahman performed on the second day of the three-day bash to celebrate the 76th birthday of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
'Though the river is cleaner than what it was five years ago, a lot more needs to be done.'
A novel "dog patting" campaign in Muslim-majority Malaysia, aimed at helping people overcome their fear of dogs, has triggered a controversy after Islamic scholars criticised it, prompting authorities to launch a probe.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Navratri, the celebration of nine nights begins September 25. So here, dear readers are 7 things that happen only during Navratri :-)
At least 50 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas - the deadliest mass shooting in the history of United States. Here's a look at other such incidents that have struck the country in recent times.
'Modi and Obama are transformational leaders. There can't be a better occasion than to see them together, making their own 'firsts' in a festival of the Republic of India,' says Tarun Vijay, MP.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that the 'possibility of involvement of ISI-backed Khalistani/Kashmiri terror groups can't be ruled out'.
Former beauty queen Aishwarya Rai who made a comeback after five years walked the ramp as if she owned it.
At the stroke of midnight on Friday, Bangladesh and India swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands in stateless limbo for nearly seven decades.
'When you are returning your award you are commenting on the country and not the government.' 'Can we actually say that a vast majority of Indians have become communal? The data shows actually no. That is not true.' 'In religious terms India has a lot to teach the world because we are genuinely liberal, but in gender terms we have to learn lot from the West. In gender terms, we are terrible.'
Sukanya Verma recaps all the action at this year's MAMI.
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