17 months on, Sterlite victims' kin have cash, job; not closure

A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets the families of those killed in the police firing on Sterlite protestors in Thoothukudi, and finds a similar tale running through their lives. IMAGE: Snowlin's......

'I'm A Public Figure, Not Public Property'

'If you shout at me, I will not take it.''If you jump on me and pounce on me or physically come too close to me, that's not acceptable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Taapsee Pannu/Instagram Taapsee......

How Well Has Akshay Remade South Movies?

Akshay Kumar is a creature of habit. From the 'khiladi' brand of movies rocking his boat to a love for starring in biopics and scripts inspired by true stories to headlining endless remakes of......

What Kartik Has In Common With Aishwarya

Christian Bale is a case in extremes. From dangerously starving himself to lose weight for his insomniac character in The Machinist to stuffing his mouth in junk food to gain weight in American......

Pratik Gandhi Suffers Mishap On Gandhi Set

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pratik Gandhi/Instagram Pratik Gandhi who has a release today Dedh Bigha Zameen -- his third release this year -- has realised playing Mahatma Gandhi is not easy, even if......

Shorts: Tokyo finishes building stadium for 2020

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday Construction work has been completed at Tokyo's National Stadium, set to be the centrepiece of next year's Olympic Games, the site's......

Sports Shorts: MMA's McGregor announces shock retirement

IMAGE: Conor McGregor with belts during a press conference. Photograph: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor said on Tuesday he was......