Giant inflatable ballerina takes over New York's Rockefeller Center

There’s a dancer currently kicking up a storm at the Rockefeller Center Plaza in New York. IMAGE: The 45-foot tall nylon sculpture is based on a porcelain figurine of a ballerina in a......

When Nikki Haley was asked to serve coffee

As election day approached and the fight reached its final stages, Representative Nikki Haley, the Republican candidate for governor of South Carolina, marches ahead with sizeable leads in opinion......

Ethnic Tamil Minister Velu loses in Malaysian poll

Malaysia's long-serving Tamil minister Samy Velu was on Saturday handed down a surprise defeat in Malaysian snap polls seen as a 'litmus test' for the ruling coalition, which faces the danger of a......

Hindraf chief 's daughter seeks protection

Seeking protection from any police violence, a five-year-old ethnic-Indian girl has urged the Penang Chief Minister to accompany her to Malaysian Parliament when she visits it on Saturday to......

Why Indian abstract art is so valuable

What makes Indian abstract art more valuable is its relative rarity.V S Gaitonde, S H Raza and J Swaminathan are the only major names in modern Indian art known for their abstracts, reports Namrata......

'Modi will suffer for this in the next elections'

Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf arrived at the bank on Thursday morning to withdraw cash, a day after high denomination notes were withdrawn, and encounters a veritable battlefield inside.......

Budget 2009: Jewellery traders rue increased duty on gold

Jewellery traders in Rajkot on lamented the loss of business due to the rise in the import duty on gold announced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Budget. Jewellery traders......

Ultimate toys for super-rich boys

It's said that money can't buy happiness. But some of the billionaires on our list of America's richest 400 might argue it can get you pretty much anything else. Take S Truett Cathy. The......

Say hello to Dr Kanye West

Rapper Kanye West has become the recipient Of an advanced college degree after officials at the school of the Art Institute Of Chicago (Saic) in Illinois, US, awarded him an honorary......

Srikanth, Gayatri-Treesa win bronze;Sindhu, Sen one step away from gold

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth celebrates his victory in the men's singles - bronze medal match against Singapore’s Jia Heng Teh. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images World championships......

Yuki surprised at TOPS exclusion

But AITA backs top singles player IMAGE: India’s Yuki Bhambri. Photograph: PTI Yuki Bhambri is aghast at being excluded from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) after preferring the......

Mumbai Fighters team up for the big bout at World Series Boxing

India's lone boxing franchise Mumbai Fighters is ready with its line-up of Indian and international pugilists in a 17-strong squad for the $5million World Series of Boxing commencing November 11 in......

Commonwealth Games images: Day 10

Paramjeet Samota, Suranjoy Mayengbam and Manoj Kumar brought some cheer back in the Indian boxing camp, winning gold medals in their respective categories at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in......

Badminton: India go down to Malaysia

A vociferous crowd failed to inspire India as the hosts went down fighting to Malaysia 1-3 in the finals of the mixed badminton event to settle for a silver in the Commonwealth Games at the Siri......