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| October 31, 2007 | |
Hillary Clinton under fire Stand Honda/AFP/Getty Images
It was the seventh time that the Democratic Party's Presidential candidates were coming together for a debate.
Vidarbha learns the Art of Living Vipin Vijayan
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited Vidarbha and met villagers who have benefited from the swabalambhan project.
Saudi King with the British Queen John Stillwell/AFP/Getty Images
In an interview to BBC, the King said Saudi Arabia passed on to Britain information that might have helped avert the July 2005 bombings that killed 52 people.
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| October 30, 2007 | |
Angela Merkel comes calling Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
The German Chancellor is on her first visit to India.
'The problem is that we are born with the Dalit tag' AFP/Getty Images
‘If educated and literate people don't fight against discrimination, who else will?’
The fight of the other India Vicky Nanjappa
Indians, who took part in the Janadesh Yatra, speak about their plight.
German Chancellor meets PM Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Presidential palace in New Delhi on Tuesday. Merkel's visit is expected to focus on security and trade issues as Europe's largest economy aims at strengthening ties with India.
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| October 26, 2007 | |
Meet the Gladrags Mrs India contestants The Oprah Winfrey Show
Manvendra Singh Gohil, scion of the Rajpipla royal family from Gujarat, sure has come a long way.
Meet the Gladrags Mrs India contestants Arun Patil
It's a contest for married women -- glamorous women who have maintained a perfect balance between their home, family and career.
'Sikh extremists are going to take a plane down'
In an shocking testimony at the public inquiry into the1985 Kanishka bombing, former Federal lawyer Graham Pinos said on Thursday that the then director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Services had told him a few days before the incident that, "Sikhs are going to take a plane out of the sky."
A new high in India-China ties Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Hu, who was recently re-elected as the party boss, said that he still had fresh memories of his last visit to India in November last year and vividly remembered the warm reception given by the Indian government and the people of India.
Sonia, Rahul Gandhi meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao with both leaders taking note of the steadily growing ties between the two countries.
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| October 25, 2007 | |
Bringing up Sunita Williams Jay Mandal
Dr Deepak N Pandya, father of astronaut Sunita Williams, tells Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt about his life.
Chinese Communist meet packs surprises Feng Li/Getty Images
Surprises were galore at the 17th CPC meet, which ushered in a 204-member central committee.
US Ambassador's wife in campaign against breast cancer
Sheela Bhatt
Mrs Mulford was joined by Bim Bissell, founder of Fab India, and Devika Bhojwani, the vice-president of the women's cancer initiative - Tata Memorial Hospital. Bhojwani and Bissell are also breast cancer survivors.
Afghan President at 10 Downing Street Getty Images
Karzai's visit to Britain comes at a time when the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has sought more western troops to maintain security in his country.
Laura Bush puts on a hijab Hasan Janmali/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady trying on the Islamic headscarf.
Queen Beatrix meets Pachauri Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is welcomed by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and chairman of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajendra Pachauri and other officials during a visit to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi on Thursday. Queen Beatrix is in India on a four-day visit.
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| October 22, 2007 | |
Media celebrates Bobby Jindal's win Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
Bobby Jindal is the first-ever Indian-American to be elected a governor in the history of the United States.
Ram Lakhan Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
The 10-day Navratri festival came to an end on Sunday. Devotees marked it with Ramleelas and Durga immersions.
Meet China's Generation Next Teh Eng Koon/AFP/Getty Images
Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang were briefly mentioned by President Hu in his remarks, and are now in place to become party secretary and premier respectively when Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao step down in 2012.
Sanjay Dutt being taken to Pune jail Arun Patil
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was convicted to six years rigorous imprisonment in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, arrived at the Special TADA court in Mumbai on Monday morning. Dutt, who is out on bail, is expected to receive a copy of the judgment today following which he will have to surrender before the TADA court.
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| October 18, 2007 | |
Indo-Pak border ceasefire enters 5th year Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
The two sides agreed to continue the four-year-old border ceasefire.
Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned to her country after an eight year exile.
US bestows top honour on Dalai Lama Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
United States President George W Bush presented the Congressional gold medal to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
Navratri evenings Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images
Navratri has added special colour to evenings across India.
Three million received Bhutto on return in 1986 Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
'The eight-mile drive from the airport to the Minar-i-Pakistan in Iqbal Park usually takes 15 minutes. On the unbelievable day of April 10, 1986, it took us ten hours,' Bhutto recalls in her 1988 memoir Daughter of the East.
Homecoming for Bhutto amid fanfare, security Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
As many as 20,000 police personnel, anti-sniper shields and a mass of her own supporters are ready to guard Bhutto on her return home. Police marksmen will take positions on rooftops and flyovers even as bomb disposal squads were sweeping the former premier's route on her planned 18-hour procession from Karachi airport to Quaid-e-Azam's mausoleum.
US honours Dalai Lama with top honour Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is bestowed with the Congressional gold medal, US' highest civilian honour.
Grooming Ravana Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
A demon king gets his royal last touches.
Benazir Bhutto lands in Pakistan Carl De Souza/Getty Images
Some 20,000 airport security personnel, policemen and paramilitary personnel as well as bomb disposal squads have been deployed in Karachi to protect Bhutto, who is returning to Pakistan following secret parleys with President Prevez Musharraf for a power-sharing arrangement.
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| October 16, 2007 | |
US Trip: Kalam Feels At Home Paresh Gandhi
Kalam exhorted the more than 2,500 people that it was incumbent upon them to give their adopted country their all, and then some.
Fresh Off the Boat
First off, Sumit Bhattacharya, who was watched, and his sexuality questioned, on the streets of America.
'China and India can take off together' Sheela Bhatt
Talking to Professor Wang Dehua, 69 a scholar known for his comparative studies on the rise of India and China.
Indian MPs attend Yale University Jay Mandal
Indian MPs came to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 9 for a 5-day leadership program.
Junk medicines, Swami Ramdev tells Toronto Ajit Jain in Toronto
Ramdev was critical of pharmaceutical companies that are interested in selling their drugs.
Putin's historic visit to Iran Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
Putin is the first Russian President to visit Tehran in 65 years, after Joseph Stalin.
Meet Miss Tibet 2007 Tenzin Lhawanga/AFP/Getty Images
Tenzing Dolma, a 21-year-old BPO executive, is Miss Tibet 2007.
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| October 12, 2007 | |
Dancing the nights aways Sanjay Sawant
Navratri -- literally the festival of nine (nav) nights (ratri) -- celebrates the nine forms of Goddess Shakti.
Nobel Cheers Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Dr Pachauri heads the world's top scientific authority on global warming and its impact.
Al Gore, Pachauri's IPCC share peace Nobel Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
Gore, who was US President Bill Clinton's deputy in 2000, made the 2006 Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, after which he was seen as a champion of environmental issues and climate change.
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| October 11, 2007 | |
What do the stars hold for India? Uttam Ghosh and Getty Images
What does the future have in store for India? We asked India's well-known astrologers what they predict for the country.
Terror strikes Ajmer dargah STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images
Terror struck the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisthi in Ajmer when a bomb went off inside the complex on October 11.
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| October 09, 2007 | |
Young Indians on Che Guevara Krishnakumar
Even 40 years after his death, Ernesto Che Guevara continues to capture the imagination of youngsters across the world.
'India is a model for the developing world' Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
Mohammed ElBaradei, the director general of the UN nuclear watchdog, on a three-day visit to India.
IAEA chief with AEC chief Kakodkar AFP/Getty Images
UN atomic energy chief Mohammed El-Baradei began a three-day visit to India as the ruling United Progressive Alliance-Left alliance appeared headed for a break-up over the India-United States civil nuclear energy pact.
Taking Kashmiri art to New York Photograph courtesy: Asia Society
Named 'The Arts of Kashmir', the exhibition that started on October 3 and will run till January next year comprises works of Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic art, including those loaned from collections in the US, Europe and India.
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| October 08, 2007 | |
The globalisation of Che Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images
Today that angry, powerful, bearded visage graces posters, walls, T-shirts, bikinis, tattoes from Havana to China.
The Surya Kiran Magic Manpreet Romana/Getty Images
This October, as the Indian Air Force turns 75, come join rediff.com in saluting the our heroes in the skies.
Musharraf's landslide victory Banaras Khan/Getty Images
The country is all set for probably its first free polls since 1970.
A unique 'ban the bulb' protest Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
The Greenpeace campaign 'Ban the Bulb' has been launched in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune and Bangalore.
At 75, IAF shows its colours Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
The Platinum Jubilee of the Indian Air Force was celebrated in style, showcasing its might.
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| October 05, 2007 | |
40 years after death, Che lives on AFP/Getty Images
In 50 years, developments bridged the gap between Earth and the heavens.
They made people laugh and think AFP/Getty Images
India-born Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan of Harvard University and Enrique Cerda Villablanca of Chile University have received the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachuse.
Tearful adieu for slain Major Snaps India
He was among two army officers who were killed in the encounter.
Dr Singh with Philippines Prez Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Arroyo's three-day visit is the first to India by a Philippines president in over 10 years.
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| October 04, 2007 | |
Celebrating five decades of space flight Matt Stroshane/Getty Images
In 50 years, developments bridged the gap between Earth and the heavens.
What's cooking? On the food trail... Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
Bloggers on the food trail are making forays into the kitchen more interesting for their readers.
Pakistan gets ready for polls Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty Images
The country is all set for probably its first free polls since 1970.
Lal Masjid reopens Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
Around 5,000 people packed the mosque, which had been closed for nearly three months after a military raid.
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| October 01, 2007 | |
To the Island of the Gods Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images
Rediff columnist Francois Gautier, a French writer and journalist based in India for the last 33 years, visited Indonesia recently and made a special journey to the island of Bali.
Where Mahatma Gandhi's soul still lives Vaihayasi Pande Daniel
Sixty years later, the sun-dappled, spartan Sabarmati Ashram, located in the heart of blazingly hot and bustling Ahmedabad, is a serene, supremely peaceful location where time has stood still. It has halted in memory of one of India's greatest human beings.
The recipients of the Harmony Silver Award
Wipro chief Azim Premji and veteran actor A K Hangal are among the 10 senior citizens who will receive the Harmony Silver Award this year for their contribution to society.
Pranab meets Ban Ki-Moon Jay Mandal
Among other things, the two leaders discussed climate change.
Pranab meets Myanmar leader Mohammed Jaffer/SnapsIndia
The meeting comes even as a large group of Myanmar refugees hit the Delhi streets.
Advani meets Thackeray Arun Patil
Sena sources said that the purpose of Advani's visit was to discuss important issues concerning the relation between the Sena and the BJP in the wake of Maharashtra Assembly elections due in 2009.
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