Here’s a Forbes annual list of the extraordinary women from across the world that dominate the world of politics. From heads of state to first ladies, these women with all their political......
Rediff.com presents the list of the most powerful women in the world, as per the latest Forbes rankings. Sonia Gandhi Congress party president Sonia Gandhi was on Wednesday ranked the sixth most......
She is the latest young and vibrant leader to take over the reins of her nation. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, leader of the left-centre party Danish Social Democrats, is expected to become the first......
World leaders, including Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Argentina President Cristina Fernandez and Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri, have been on a spending spree in New York ahead of......
Yingluck Shinawatra formally took over as Thailand's first woman prime minister on August 5 after she led her party to a landslide victory in the general election. Shinawatra is a......
The visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States worked. On conclusion of his short trip to Pittsburgh to attend the G-20 Summit, he was in upbeat mood. His admirer and director of......
The Joker in the Batman movie, who gave sleepless nights to the winged superhero, has been named the world's best loved villain in a poll. The character, which first appeared in a 1940 Batman......
When making a melodrama and in doubt, give your heroine a big false stomach. That seems to be the primary thought in Bollywood drama at least, the filmmakers milking pregnancy for sympathy as......
Okay, so we know that director Anurag Kashyap has already cast Kunal Kapoor to play Doga in his cinematic adaptation of the popular Raj Comics series. Yet fantasy-casting is always a fun game to......
FBI agents carry boxes from the headquarters of CONCACAF after it was raided. Photograph: Joe Skipper/Getty Images US prosecutors may find it difficult to get a number of the people they have......
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez admitted on Monday she had not watched a single one of the country's matches in the World Cup soccer tournament, including the final, a blunder that some......
The end of Diego Maradona's tenure at the helm of Argentina's national team has dealt a hard blow to his fans, even though his performance as coach was a far cry from his genius as a player.......
Diego Maradona's stormy spell as Argentina coach came to an end on Tuesday when the Argentine Football Association (AFA) voted unanimously not to renew his contract. Maradona's future had been in......
Diego Maradona could decide his future on Wednesday when he is expected to meet Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona. As he walked off the pitch after Argentina's crushing......