There is perhaps no other city in the world that is almost synonymous with love as Paris. We bring you these stunning pictures shot by photographers from Retuers of Paris over the years.
While film industry folk marrying people from their own profession are common, several Bollywood stars -- like John Abraham -- have found love and marital bliss outside of showbiz.
Reader Patrick has sent these photographs of the star.
Bushfires are an annual problem for Australia, but this season has been unprecedented. As of January 2, about 5.9 million hectares (13.5 million acres) of land has been burnt; that's larger than Denmark and The Netherlands. The Australian state of New South Wales also declared its third emergency in as many months -- the last two times, in November and December. Furthermore, 18 people have died, eight on New Year's Eve, making it one of Australia's most deadly bushfire seasons.
While suburban fares remain unchanged, ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares were increased by 1 paise per km of journey. The Railways also announced a two-paise/km hike in fares of mail/express non-AC trains and four- paise/km hike in the fares of AC classes. The fare hike is also applicable to premium trains such as Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto.
'With more and more young people relocating outside their home states for work, an all-India MLDA of 21 would be a good way to ensure that more Indians can go with the flow,' recommends Kanika Datta.
Most unusual, extra-ordinary New Year traditions from around the globe.
A Vadodara court on Monday issued a bailable warrant against Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat in connection with an obscenity case.
Although Kamini has only studied till class five, she quickly got the hang of sending audio messages before her life turned upside down.
'I didn't know exactly how to move from a world of gray back into a world of vibrant colour, but one day I figured out one simple thing I could do: I could stop hiding and re-engage with life.'
Seems like she has had enough of bizarre allegations.
Indian student Souvik Pal who went missing on New Year's Eve has been found dead after the British police recovered his body from a canal.
Tweeters came out in support of Honey Singh, criticising the public backlash to his songs.
After a day-long lull, Pakistani rangers violated ceasefire again by targeting border posts in Kathua and Samba sectors, drawing retaliation from the Border Security Force.
FIPB likely to allow cafs and restaurants in its review of conditional approval on December 31.
The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying the cold wave in some areas in the region, an official of the Meteorological Department said. He said Srinagar city recorded the low of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius last night, down from minus 5.8 degree Celsius the previous night.
The body of Indian student Souvik Pal, who died under mysterious circumstances at Manchester in the UK about a month ago, was cremated in Bengaluru on Thursday.
The actor, who turned 39 yesterday, interacted with the media about his birthday.
Wasim Jaffer's second successive century helped him equal Ajay Sharma's longstanding record of most hundreds in the Ranji Trophy.
It is all too easy to blame Bollywood, notes Aseem Chhabra, just as many politicians are now saying that young women should not step out late at night or wear Western clothes, suggesting that leads some men to become rapists.
Two men were arrested in New Delhi after a 17-year-old complained on New Year's eve that she was raped allegedly by them earlier, police said on Wednesday.
From stocking up on health foods to moving on from misunderstandings, Kanchan Maslekar outlines a few vital dos for 2013.
Its wedding season and we browse through some of Bollywood's popular wedding songs.
It looked as if the BJP was hoping to use Rajinikanth to press their seat-bargain with the AIADMK. Now with the Rajini bait gone, the question now is not how much the BJP would settle for, but how much the AIADMK would be ready to offer, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Reader Gurvinder Saini sends us a photograph.
Bollywood goes into flashback mode.
Hundreds of Central REeserve Police Force troops deployed for anti-naxal operations in Bastar region of Chattisgarh were in for a pleasant surprise when they found their chief K Vijay Kumar in their midst to launch a New Year's eve strike.
Kumaraswamy rejected a charge by the saffron party that he was trying to poach their lawmakers.
Almost all star-rated hotels in the tourist hotspots of Goa, Kerala and Rajasthan are reporting total sellout of room inventory for New Year's Eve, even though hospitality rates for that period have been more than doubled.
The apex court also restrained e-commerce websites like Flipkart and Amazon from selling firecrackers which are beyond the permissible limit.
A taxi driver may hold vital information about Gurdeep Hayer, a 20-year-old Indian-origin man who has been missing since January 2, according to the Greater Manchester Police. Concern is growing for Gurdeep, who has gone missing from a place in Manchester, which is less than 16 km from where Anuj Bidve was killed on December 26. Based in West Bromwich, Gurdeep was last seen in Manchester in the early hours of January 2. He travelled to Manchester on December 31.
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Shonali Nagrani talks to her fans on Rediff Chat about her Bigg Boss experience.
Rediff reader Heera Nawaz, 57, shares her fond girl gang memories.
Ahead of a very specific threat that terrorists may attack Bengaluru City on New Year's eve, the administration has deployed 18,000 policemen to guard the city. City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidri asked all citizens to remain alert and inform the police about anything suspicious.
'Forever and always you stay the sunshine in my life...'
City's Guardiola defends Mendy after COVID protocol breach.
Manchester City's Premier League title hopes were delivered a grievous blow on Sunday as Everton's inspired Romelu Lukaku and teenagers Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman made it another crushing afternoon for Pep Guardiola.