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How year's most extravagant wedding was made secure

Entry based on a QR code messaged on personal mobile phones, colour-coded paper wristbands for access to different zones, and a medical response preparedness reserved for heads of state helped......

How Police Saved A Man From Suicide

'The nylon noose was around his neck; a suicide note was in his hands.' IMAGE: Sub-Inspector P Jeevan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sub-Inspector P Jeevan Sub-Inspector P Jeevan was working through......

'They could have been hired hitmen, who knows?'

'It's been several months now and they still haven't arrested anybody.''It's very possible that whoever was involved in the killing of Mr Nijjar are already gone.' IMAGE: Canada's Prime Minister......

India rising power, want good ties, but...: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada is 'very serious' about building closer ties with India as it is a growing economic power and important geopolitical player, but wants New Delhi to......

'Canada is deeply sorry': Trudeau apologises for honouring Nazi veteran

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised for the Canadian Parliament's recognition of a man who fought for a Nazi unit during World War II, an incident that drew global condemnation and was......

Hinduja group chairman Srichand Parmanand Hinduja dies in London at 87

His business successes which started with the international distribution rights for the Bollywood blockbuster movie 'Sangam' in 1964 made him one of the richest in Britain but it was the Bofors......

India Post calls to say you've got mail

Changing with the times and in compliance with social distancing norms, customers are now picking up their parcels, speed posts and registered letters within the city themselves after they are......

Soon you can fly in a SpiceJet seaplane in Andamans

The islands that would be connected through seaplanes are Campbell Bay, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Hutbay, Neil, Long Island and Diglipur, reports Arindam Majumder. Image used for representational......

Myanmar puts India to shame, emerges as the world's most generous nation

Even India's impoverished neighbour Myanmar has emerged as the most generous nation in the world, according to a survey conducted by the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation. India, known for housing......

REDIFF ARCHIVES: 'The most boring person is one who plays safe'

Mumbai-origin Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon, who migrated to Britain with little funds and went on to found several Indian food companies that made him known as Britain’s first ‘Curry......

Downton Abbey, Back Once More

As Downton Abbey: A New Era readies for its worldwide release -- the film premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on May 15 -- the cast were there to celebrate. Please click on the......

How to find your ghost (and keep it!)

Want to get your spook on this Halloween? Just follow these rules.Halloween arrives every year on October 31. For my Indian brethren who remain untainted by the 'evil' Western culture that our......

Review: This is no Blairwitch Project

Ankur Pathak writes Percept Pictures' ? is a bad copy of The Blairwitch Project.In the year 1999, the American studio Haxan Films financed an unusual film about three teenagers going into the woods......

Review: Ragini MMS is terrifyingly real

Ankur Pathak reviews Ragini MMS. Post YOUR reviews here!Films that are conventionally shot but claim to use real-life footages tend tohave an eerie aura around them.With Balaji's latest roll-out,......

Washout Time For India Down Under

Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in Perth on November 22, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to......

Sachin@50: 50 Interesting Facts

Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com On Monday, April 24, 2023, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be 50 years old. For those of us who first saw him stride onto a cricket field aged 16 back in......

NZ pacer Tickner fights back tears, reveals father's home hit by cyclone

'My father's house has been fully destroyed. It was good to get back, help them out' 'Cricket to me is obviously my life as well, but it's nothing compared to what people are going through at the......

MSD@40: Dhoni's Awesome Journey

Mahendra Singh Dhoni turns 40 on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. One of India's most loved cricketers, MSD led India to three World Cup titles and the No 1 ranking in Test cricket. As the legend turns 40,......

'Laxman's 281 is the greatest innings played by an Indian'

'I really had the best seat in the house for the greatest Indian innings ever played' 'Sometimes, I don't like watching a lot of cricket. But it was absolutely phenomenal to watch' IMAGE:......

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