It has been the poor man's Madame Tussads for years but the private wax museum, a star tourist puller in the hill resort town of Udhagamandalam (Ooty), is on the verge of 'melting down' following lack of patronage and 'indifferent' attitude of local authorities.
To pursue a job, DPharm candidates must complete two years of coursework, three months of hospital training, and then pass the exit exam. However, BPharm graduates can pursue a job right after completing their four-year course, informs rediffGURU Dr Nagarajan JSK.
A holiday allows you to get away from routine and invigorate yourself in as many ways as possible. Well, yes and no, if you have decided to go, for a change, on a conventional holiday to that evergreen duo in the Nilgiris, Ooty and Coonoor.
Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.
'My trajectory right now is five steps forward, two steps backwards.'
These beautiful photos of India will give you travel goals.
According to police, the bus was on its way from Coonoor to Tenkasi when it met with the accident. The passengers who were onboard the bus were returning home from a tour in Ooty.
'What happened to Raj and Simran after running away on the train at the end of DDLJ 20 years later? Have they become flatmates instead of lovers? What happens when the initial chemistry has worn off and love becomes a habit? This has always fascinated me.'
As March draws to a close, two consecutive long weekend opportunities - Holi and Good Friday - are driving up hotel occupancy and airfares across major routes. According to travel platform Cleartrip, hotel bookings have seen a 3.5 times spike for the Holi weekend, while a 3.7 times spike has been visible in the Good Friday weekend.
Aditi honoured in Dubai... Sonal turns poet...Kalki goes surfing...
Pratik Gandhi's emotional range makes him a treat to watch while Vidya is as wild as she's wise, observes Sukanya Verma.
Lin Laishram has a big personality and an even bigger wardrobe.
It's a different Srinagar from what Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf encountered 24 years ago. Tourists throng the Kashmir Valley post-Article 370, azaadi appears dead, and everyone says one man is responsible for this change, so what if his poster is nowhere to be seen.
Popular doesn't always mean best. Here's why.
No glam, no problem for this Chandramukhi 2 actress.
Several areas of Tamil Nadu remain inundated after hours of heavy to moderate rainfall in the region. Water entered houses and markets in the low-lying residential areas of Erode district due to heavy rainfall throughout the night.
You will be as smitten with this Singaporean soup as I was.
'We failed as a country because those who should have been there to say goodbye did not show up.'
'Even at 50, I will make mistakes, but I'm willing to get up and learn again.'
At 235,000 tonnes per annum, Pakistan is the third largest importer of tea in the world as it can't grow tea because of adverse climate conditions. India supplies just about a tenth of tea imported the neighbouring country
Elli is in Ooty... Tanishaa is in Sri Lanka... Shamita is one with nature...
The criminal lawyer in Bhai's Eid release.
Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma.
Krystle is at the Golden Temple... Ayushmann is in the Gir forest... Arjun is at Bondi...
The New Year has begun -- and work has started -- but the stars are in no hurry to rush home! We catch up with their travel diaries.
Ekta Mohanani Kamra, travel enthusiast and founder, Hop & Bop, lists places and activities to add to your monsoon bucket list.
The list also includes two notorious fugitives -- Sukumara Kurup, never nabbed in connection with a murder and Dr Edadi Omana -- who had given the slip to the investigating agencies, and have remained untraceable for several years.
Huma does good in LA... Walusha meets her sis in Amsterdam... Amyra likes it in Phuket...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a 'safari' at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Sunday, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger'.
Jiya's style and dimpled smile can charm the birds out of the trees.
'Krishna and his brother Hanumantha Rao were the producers of the majority of my Hindi remakes of their Telugu films.'
'I truly believe that I have to do everything in my power to make sure that kids are protected and safe,' Megan Peterson, who has filed a case against the Ottacamund diocese and Bishop A Amalraj, tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com
Just where do Bollywood's glam stars holiday? Let's take a look.
Diocese agrees to revoke molester priest's return to the priesthood and keep him away from children.
'The only film comparable with Archies would be Dil Chahta Hai.'
Rohit Shetty gets so busy giving us a social message that he forgets to add a 'tadka' -- also called 'entertainment' -- to Cirkus, sighs Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
The probe into the November 19 explosion in Karnataka's coastal city of Mangaluru is expanding across two more southern states, as the "global terrorist organisation-inspired" key suspect behind the blast is said to have visited Tamil Nadu and Kerala and police teams are looking into possible local accomplices and links to the Thirthalli native.
'The Congress is not pragmatic about politics or about people.' 'Rahul's intention is good, but good intention does not win you elections.'
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