Cork

Rediff.com » News » Cork

News for Cork

News
Business
Movies
Sports

Varadkar declares victory as Ireland votes against abortion ban

One of the key cases influencing the debate on abortion in Ireland was that of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died of sepsis in a hospital in Galway after being denied an abortion during a......

Duchess of Cambridge has third baby

Proud dad William brings George and Charlotte to Kate's hospital to meet their new little brother -- the fifth to the throne. Aditi Khanna/PTI reports IMAGE: Britain's Prince William arrives at......

Why Congress will face defeat in 2019

'Not many in the country have cottoned on to the precise nature of the deepening hold the BJP has over the majority of the Indian people.''The secret is rooted in the fact that the majority of the......

The best wedding photos from around the world

Are you looking for inspiration for your wedding photography? Here are the winning photos from this year's International Wedding Photography of the Year image competition. The International Wedding......

These are the weirdest records this year

A woman with 18-feet-long fingernails, another with 4.88-inch-long eyelashes and a stroller with the enclosure length of 4 ft 6.3 inches are just some of the Guinness World Record holders this......

Output of a third of manufacturing segments in Aug less than base year

Despite high headline numbers, the output of one-third of the segments in the manufacturing sector in August stood below even that in the same month in 2011-12, when the new index of industrial......

Google tax: American IT and steel lobbies back action against India

The group has called for a retaliatory tariff action against India, if New Delhi does not roll back the ‘unilateral and discriminatory’ equalisation levy or Google Tax. Illustration:......

Industrial production shrinks by 4.3% in September

In terms of industries, 17 out of 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector have shown negative growth. Showing signs of sluggishness in the economy, industrial production shrank by 4.3 per......

TV, movie tickets to be cheaper as govt cuts GST rates on 23 items

With this, only 28 goods are left in the highest 28 per cent tax bracket. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses a press conference after GST Council meeting in New Delhi.......

Industrial growth slips to 4-month low of 4.5% in Sep

The previous low was recorded at 3.8 per cent in May this year. Industrial production grew at the slowest pace in four months at 4.5 per cent in September mainly due to poor performance of mining......

Do Aur Do Pyaar Review: Vidya-Pratik's Breezy Equation

Pratik Gandhi's emotional range makes him a treat to watch while Vidya is as wild as she's wise, observes Sukanya Verma. IMAGE: Ileana D'Cruz, Pratik Gandhi, Vidya Balan and Sendhil Ramamurthy in......

Cillian! Cillian! Cillian!'

Students and principals at the primary and senior schools that Oscar winner Cillian Murphy attended in Cork, Ireland, tell Rediff.com what the triumph means to them. All Photographs and Videos:......

'I was tasting life for the first time, the magical side of it'

'Throughout my journey, people have been wishing me well, praying for me, from all over the world.''People I know, people I don't even know.''They were praying from different places, different time......

Indian Cinema gets its finest love story

... And it's written with tears, blood and unspoken lines, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: The beauty of Mayaanadhi is that it shows the guts to be a love story of two people who have exhausted the......

Sonam, Bipasha, Nargis get ready for New Year's Eve

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Bollywood celebrities are all set to ring in the New Year in style. Sonam Kapoor is enjoying herself in Maldives. She......

PIX: England on top after debutant Atkinson rips through Windies

Images from Day 1 of the first Test between England and West Indies at Lord's Cricket Ground, in London, on Wednesday. SCORECARD IMAGE: England fast bowler Gus Atkinson bags a five-wicket haul......

The Unsung Hero Of India's '83 Triumph

'The entire team actually loves my father and respects him for his management and honesty.' IMAGE: Actor Pankaj Tripathi, right, played P R Man Singh in Kabir Khan's '83, the film on India's 1983......

Badminton's new unplayable 'spin serve' banned

IMAGE: The spin serve was similar to the 'Sidek serve' which was banned after the technique -- which involved slicing the shuttle across its feathers -- created an uproar in the early 1980s.......

New 'unreturnable' serve takes badminton by storm!

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tobias Wadenka A new "unreturnable" spin-serve has caught the attention of the world's top badminton players and the Indian doubles shuttlers are also not far behind as......

EPL PIX: City crush Leeds to go back top; Norwich relegated

IMAGES from EPL matches played on Saturday. IMAGE: Manchester City's Fernandinho celebrates scoring their fourth goal against Leeds United at Elland Road, Leeds, Britain. Photograph: Phil......

Rediff News