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'And because she was very close to Indira Gandhi, she was close to me.''Sonia is a wonderful person.' IMAGE: Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi, left, with Trinamool Congress President and......

Namaste is the new Hello!

The bear hug in which the prime minister loves to smother Western VIPs might strike as theatrical, boastful and, above all, unhygienic, in these stricken times, observes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.......

Two Aussies test negative for SARS in AP

Two Australian nationals, Wilcox Luke Charles (19) and Goodall Robert Jason (18), who were admitted to the Andhra Pradesh Chest Hospital in Hyderabad after showing symptoms of Severe Acute......

The Man Who Knows No Fear

Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy sailed the oceans and conquered likely death after a storm badly injured his spine and destroyed his boat.Archana Masih/Rediff.com met the decorated......

Ray: Honest and very touching

Likelegendary performers before him, including Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront, Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Peter O'Toole in Lawrence Of Arabia and Denzel Washington in......

'Critics Wait 20 Years To Like My Films'

'Whenever people say to me that all my work looks unique, I say to them originality is the art of concealing your source.''You can't see the sources that I take from because usually, they are......

The Top 100 Greatest Singers of All Time

Aretha Franklin has toppedthe 100 Greatest Singers of All Time list by Rolling Stones magazine. Ray Charles was at number two, followed by Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke. John Lennon rounded off the......

Horror films enjoy Halloween

The soul-stirring biopic Ray, probing the life of legendary singer and musician Ray Charles, made sweet music at the box-office, even as it couldn't dislodge last week's champ The Grudge from the......

England vs West Indies: How the teams rate at WT20 final

IMAGE: Darren Sammy of the West Indies and England captain Eoin Morgan share a joke. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images.. England and the West Indies will look to be the first team to clinch......

Lungi wraps up India's nine-series winning streak

After the 72-run loss in the opening Test, the margin got bigger as the visitors handed the home side a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.   IMAGE: South Africa players celebrate the wicket......

PHOTOS: Hollywood descends upon Vegas for royal megabout

Singers Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z attend the welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Floyd......

U-19 World Cup: England, SL, SA, Zimbabwe win on opening day

A 151-run fourth-wicket partnership between Ed Barnard and Ben Duckett powered 1998 champions England to a 213-run victory over hosts United Arab Emirates on the opening day of the ICC Under-19......

Will Yuvraj go unsold at 2019 IPL auction?

Yuvraj Singh managed just 65 runs in eight games for Kings XI Punjab and no wonder that the team decided to release him. IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh has put himself in the Rs 1 crore base price bracket......