John Lang represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle against the East India Company to prevent the British from annexing her kingdom of Jhansi. Rediff.com's Archana Masih on a maverick Aussie who spent 22 years in India and became a friend in its dark days of bondage.
The Cuban government has announced nine days of mourning and has set Castro's funeral for December 4.
Commercial flights may also help Boeing's bottom line on a rare, fixed-price, government-backed development program.
Back in September 2002, Shakti Bhatt/Rediff.com located the former Union Carbide chairman's luxury home in New York, declared unknown by the American and Indian governments. Rediff.com reproduces the feature about his life in hiding.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides.
As the year 2016 draws to a close, vote for the best Indian sportsperson of the year.
Rafael Nadal is recovering satisfactorily from appendicitis and will continue a course of antibiotics in a bid to be fit for the remainder of the 2014 season, the World No 2's spokesman said on Thursday.
